Show A STORY ABOUT tim THE CLAY rl FAMILY MUM the cincinnati enquirer tells tile fol lowing lowi r story when the r statesman henry clay was living lie purchased a farm farin in kentucky for his son thomas and stocked and prepared it thoroughly for his use after a few years tile the faim thomas wrote to liis his father for more money that liis his farm needed important improvements prove ments and he had bad not the wherewith to what lie he needed mr air C clay lay replied to the effect that as lie thomas had squandered the means lie had given him in preparing the farm for liis his use lie ho should now go to thomas replied in a brief letter to liis his father as follows this letter is now with a friend in this city ind and may be given to the sanitary fa fair i r it mr imy your kind letter of dinst is before me I 1 have pe pc 11 used and digested its contents and am obliged to return you my war warmest niest gratitude for the kindly admonition it if contains the destination you direct me to go will be strange to me and I 1 have doomed deema it the part of a dutiful son to inquest of you a letter of introduction hoping soon to hear hom you I 1 remain remain your most obedient and dutiful so son THOMAS CLAY |