AS J. W. J. SEES LIFE
An Artisan Highly Honored
"In an early day in the village of Worthington, near Columbus, Ohio, lived a contractor and brick mason by the name of Elias Lewis, who lived long enough to see one of his hod-carriers become highly honored and distinguished as follows: He became a noted lawyer and was admitted to the bar in Washington, D. C. He became a notable anti-slavery agitator and leader. He helped to organize the Liberty and Free Soil parties. He was elected to the U. S. senate in 1849. He was elected to be governor of Ohio in 1855 and served two terms. He was selected by President Lincoln to be his secretary of the treasury. He was appointed chief justice of the supreme court in 1864 and held the position. until his death in 1873.
"This distinguished lawyer and statesman was none other than Salmon P. Chase, who was born in Cornish, New Hampshire, in 1808. At about 12 years of age, he left his New England home and came to Worthington to live with his uncle, Philander Chase. During his school vacation periods he engaged to do whatever of manual labor offered and at one time and another carried bricks and mortar for Mr. Lewis.
"In the course of time, young Chase returned to New England, where he graduated with honors at Dartmouth and whence he began his ascent to statesmanship and fame. Naturally, the Worthington brick mason was profoundly gratified to realize that the boy who was willing to carry the hod for him was made of the sterner stuff out of which the real men of a nation are evolved.
