The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1867-04-05
S,fliseelIaneolls geleftions.
A Prompt Man Of Business.

:
Never too late to Mend" is scarcely ex-
elled by anything from the pen Of
Dickens:
Meadows found Mr.. Clinton at Peers.
'.Mr. Clinton, l want man of intelli-
renee to be at my service for twenty
our hours. 1 give you the first offer,
Sir" 7a-5
Mr.. Clinton replied that he had 50
many irons in the fire, that twenty four
hours
Meadows put fifty pound note on
The table.
"Will all your irons iron you out fifty
pounds as fiat at that?'
"Why, heml"
"No, nor FIVE. Come, sir, sharp is
The word. Can you be my servant for
twenty-four hours for fifty pouadsl ! yes
or mol" % 3.
"Why, this is dramatic-yesp
'1t is half past two. Between this
and four o'clock l must buy few hun
dred acres in AustraIia-a fair bargain. I"
"Humphl Well, that can be done.
know of an old fellow that has land
in every part of the globe"
'FTake me to him."
In ten minutes they we're i'll one Of
those dingy narrow alleys in the city of
London that look the abode of decent
poverty, and they could afford to buy
Grosyenor Square for their stables; and
Mr.. Clinton introduced his friend to a
blear-eyed merchant in a large room
papered with maps; the windows, were
iucrusted, mustard and cress might have
been grown from them. Beauty in
clean linen collar and wristbands would
have shown here with intolerable lustre
but the Blear-eyed merchant did moi
come out bright by contrast; he had
taken the local colcr. You could see
him, and that was all Ikea partridge
in furrow snuff colofed man; Goa
rusty, all but the collar, and that wa
greasy; poor as its color was, his ,liner
had thought it worth emulating; black
ish nails, cotton wipe, little bald place
on head, d,-but didn't shine for the same
reason the windows didn't. Nv. Clintol
approached this 'dhirrty money, thi
rusty coin, in the spirit of flunkeyism.
'Sir," said he, in a low reyerentis
tone, this party is disposed to purchas
a few hundred acres in the colonies"
''Mr. Rick looked up from his desl
aud pointed with sweep Of his pen t
the walls. rl.i~aO5
s"There are the maps; the red crosse
are my land. They are numbered. Re
fer to the margin, of the map and yo
will find the acre and the latitude an
longitude calculated to fractron.-
When you have settled in what part {
the world you buy, come to me agair
time is gold"
And the blear-eyed merchant, wrote
and sealed, and filed, and took no motto
of his customers. They found red eros
es in several Of the United States,
Canada, in Borneo, in nearly all til
colonies, and as luck would have i
they found one small cIoss within thirt
miles OF Bathurst and the margin d.
scribed it as five hundred acres.
Mr.. Meadows stepped to the desk.
81 have found a small property nei
Bathurst. "
"Bathurstl where is thatl"
sIn Australia"
"Suit |" -,.4 s,, .,s1
"If the price suits. What is II
Ipricc, sir'" ~
| "The books must tell us that"
/ Mr.. Rick stretched out his arm an
seized ledger and gave it to Meadow
81 have but one price for land, an
that is five per cent. profit on my ou
lay, book will tell you what it stanC
me in: add five per cent to that an
take the land away or leave it" -.s
With this curt explanation Mr.. Rit
resumed his work.
at seems you gave five shillings p
acre = sir" said Mr.. CLIFTON I"Fi'
times FIVE hundred shilliugs, one hu
dred and twenty-five pounds. Intere
at five per cent. six pounds five."
"When did | buy II" asked Mr. Ric
"Oh. when did you buy it, sir?'
Mr.. Rich snatched the book lit
pettishly and gave it to Meadows.
"You make the calculation" said h
"the figures are all there. Come to II
when you have made it.
| The land had been bought twent
seven years and some months ago. N
Meadows made the calculation in tu
Of the hand and announced it Rio
rang hand bell. Another snuffy Fl
ure, with stoop and bald head and
pen, came through curtain.
f. "Jones, verify that calculation"
penny halfpenny two pence, penl
half-penny two pence. Mum, nun
, half-penny wrong, sir"
"There is half-penny wrong" cri'
Z Mr.. Rich to Meadows with a most !
r Eiured air.
There is, sir" said Meadows, ''but
is on the right-side for you. | thong
, l would make it even money agair
myself"
"There are only two ways, wrong al
: right" was the reply. "Jones make
right. There, that is the price for {
next half hour; after business hours
, day add a days interest; and, Jones
} le does not buy, write your calculate
, iuto the book with date--ssye time Ne
's customer comes in for it."
II You need not trouble Mr.. Jones
i: said Meadows. l take the land. He
: is two hundred and fifty pounds-tf
n is rather more than half the purchs
money"
"Jones, count. +" = ssfls1
"When can | have the deeds, sir Z
"Ten tomorrow 80