There would be no "spreads" involved; no expense of receiving
friends at entertainments in college; he could live at home, so that
it would not be necessary to fit up another room, as at college. At
all the times of his leaving he had sold out favorably to other
occupants.
Solomon John's destiny was more uncertain. He was looking
forward to being a doctor some time, but he had not decided
whether to be allopathic or homeopathic, or whether he could not
better invent his own pills. And he could not understand how to
obtain his doctor's degree.
For a few weeks he acted as clerk in a druggist's store. But he
could serve only in the toothbrush and soap department, because it
was found he was not familiar enough with the Latin language to
compound the drugs. He agreed to spend his evenings in studying
the Latin grammar; but his course was interrupted by his being
dismissed for treating the little boys too frequently to soda.
The little boys were going through the schools regularly. The
family had been much exercised with regard to their education.
Elizabeth Eliza felt that everything should be expected from them;
they ought to take advantage from the family mistakes. Every new
method that came up was tried upon the little boys.
They had been taught spelling by all the different systems, and
were just able to read, when Mr. Peterkin learned that it was now
considered best that children should not be taught to read till they
were ten years old.
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