Autobiography of Captain ; biographical sketches of relatives, reminiscences of 1861-1865, also some opinions and reflections concerning public duty . ening; no sign of haste or hurry about it. Allthe children and any of us grandchildren—who fre-quently visited her—and the men-servants and maid-servants, all knelt together while grandmother prayedin the Manx language; and yet there was not a vestigeof what we call sanctimoniousness about her. A busy 20 THE CAIN FAMILY. woman all the time, yet she seemed to have lots oftime to entertain us little ones when we came to visither. Sixty year
Autobiography of Captain ; biographical sketches of relatives, reminiscences of 1861-1865, also some opinions and reflections concerning public duty . ening; no sign of haste or hurry about it. Allthe children and any of us grandchildren—who fre-quently visited her—and the men-servants and maid-servants, all knelt together while grandmother prayedin the Manx language; and yet there was not a vestigeof what we call sanctimoniousness about her. A busy 20 THE CAIN FAMILY. woman all the time, yet she seemed to have lots oftime to entertain us little ones when we came to visither. Sixty years ago there were no poorhouses in theIsle of Man. The poor went from door to door poor palsied paralytic named Walter Dun would beplaced in a little donkey-cart by his friends, and thenproceed on his rounds for charity. .On one occasionhe came to Ballamoda. The weather was inclement,and the servants all busy. Grandmother gatheredthe poor paralytic in her arms, carried him into thehouse, gave him some nourishing food, some more tocarry home, and put him back in his little cart rejoic-ing. He was a devout Catholic, she a devout JOHN WILLIiUVI CAIN, Founder of our family in Atchison, Kansas. He was a man who exemplified in his life that teaching of Holy Writ, to do justly and to love mercy, and to walk humbly be ore God. CHAPTER 3. John William Cain was born in Castletown, Isle ofMan, April 1, 1808, and was the only son of WilliamCain and his wife Elenor Clague Cain. John WilliamCain, like most youths of his station in life, served anapprenticeship to the house-carpenter business. Afterlearning his trade he worked at it for a short time inLiverpool, to obtain a better understanding of thetrade. Returning to the Isle of Man he established acarpenter business in Castletown, employing a fewmen. In the year 1832 he was married to Ann Myl-chreest, daughter of John Mylchreest and his wifeElizabeth Stephen Mylchreest of Ballamoda, nearCastletown. My Aunt Sophie
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