. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . e Morse Magnetic Telegraph Com-pany (now the Western Union), and the American printinginstruments were abandoned. Thus he had to learn the newsystem, which he mastered in a short time. He then becamea pupil at the Lyceum at Jersey City. He paid for his tui-tion and board by teaching. He prepared himself for highereducation so well that he was able to enter Brown College atSchenectady, N. Y., as a sophomore, but he was unable toenter for the college course because the expense was morethan his meagre resources would warrant. While preparingh
. Between the ocean and the lakes; the story of Erie . e Morse Magnetic Telegraph Com-pany (now the Western Union), and the American printinginstruments were abandoned. Thus he had to learn the newsystem, which he mastered in a short time. He then becamea pupil at the Lyceum at Jersey City. He paid for his tui-tion and board by teaching. He prepared himself for highereducation so well that he was able to enter Brown College atSchenectady, N. Y., as a sophomore, but he was unable toenter for the college course because the expense was morethan his meagre resources would warrant. While preparinghimself for college at the Lyceum, he became a good Latinscholar and mathematician, and he was a teacher of thosebranches successfully for a long time. So fond was he ofthem that his study of them has never been entirely discon-tinued, and to-day, in the fulness of his material success andprosperity, one of his principal recreations is the reading ofthe masterpieces of French and Latin literature. Soon after leaving the Lyceum, Mr. Thomas went to Port.
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