Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1869-03-12


Der, there were two young men in our city,
4. G. Abbott and Sam Knislsy. They we're
COED. bright. eatsrprisieg beys.-popsAr
and Of eood grit. aod got sssd livisg and
laid By - dollar se twJ'' u their sassioes,
year stesr year. - clerks. In ths Aasdssrs
line. Oas dss. when trsds wss . little
dull. they sat down on pair Of nail kegs
and bsgsn 10 chat about business % their
Own hook. They hads's much money .
bssg of-hardIv essssh y stock . good
sis.d sho~ ssss, bat, aevsrtbeiess, they
had . distioos impression that II they could
dad . god thriving point. who're they could
open out tight, they could in time. by hard
work and carefsl manage uent. shoot ahead
in the world-have 4 fine business Of their
own and take favorable rank among the
merchants Of the State. They talked it
over continually after that, and the more
they talked the more confidence they
worked up. and finally putting their dol
lars together, they made up q small purse
went up to Marshalltown, and opened
out hardware store. They made for
tunits selection, and they worked like bea<
vcrs. They have been there five OF six
years, have bull. up lerge business, are
prominent mon in the town, and have 40
eumulstsd net asse.s to the amount Of
$4,000 ssohl This 10 no Och story-but
an actual fact. Il shows what energy and
enterprise in pair Of boys will do when
they pull OF their coats aud put their
shoulders to the wheel.
The chances are not all exhausted yet,
boys. There is..msny young man in tows
to-day that would like 10 do a. Abbott L
Knislsy have done. Why not do it. The
avenues are open The road may not bs
smooth. but II tho proper effsrt is made,
and the proper manage ment introd aced, The
obstacles can be ovsrcome. Who among
you oil 10 prepared to 6ght Il out on that
line and run thu risk
TERalBLY FxIos5ISsp Nofsp Biz
LIAaDIsf nAKss 4 Coon Rux.-Rather an
amusing ineident occurred The other night,
in which eas Of oar noted billisrdists took
an important part. o. course no names
shall b called. neither will ws ssy thst hs
's the ehsmpion Of the State, because be
isn't. however near be came to being such.
Sooesius during the night be ~as suddenly
aroused By violent shaking At the door
Of his room. on Brady street. He listened
and distinctly heard them "pushing I"
against the door. The push game was
HE best hold-in fact he had even been
known to give 200 odds rather than have
1t barred. but fearing . foul" on their
part, whereby be might be forced to give
ap the atakss without any referee. he con-
cluded to make one Of his noted runs. So
se,zing bis ants in one hand (being the
tight kind he didn's stop to put them en)
and his watch in the other, be ''shot' out
at side door. on to the street. and up Bra.
dy, yelling thieves robbers and Gre! at
the top Of his voice. Il was the Longest
and quickest run on record, and one that
the b,.liardists Of the city should rene mber
With . medal-leather, for instance. It
became uoised shout that some one Was
making . run. and several spectators sp.
psared on the scene. Yes, scene; because
it was rich one. Wh.thsr-to use the
language Of the billiard yocm-the balls
''frozs" or ..ja~ed," it isn't known, but the
run stopped near the rooms Of the Christian
Association, snd the spectators gathered
around, with tho policemen and night
watchmen. aud congratulated him on his
successfui ''run." Rscsllecting that be had
left oil his money on the table. party was
made up Of tho brnvess, and charge was
made upon the room for the purpose Of
capturing the supposed burgiars. Cau-
tiously they approached and looked in.
There eat the burglar coolly smoking by
the stove. The successful runner"
flushed with victory. boldly walked in,
followed by policemen With ''billies" drawn.
Well. got back, have you-takc = chair.
There was mutusl congratulations, and
"smile" or two. Oi course Billy Coe had
no thoughts Of frightening his friend.