The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1869-10-29

lnVarlaDle rules OF my establishment.
may as well add in this connection that
never give certificates of character or re
Communications to persons leaving my en-
ployment."
"Alex," said l. "On the whole don
think I'll hire out"
For all my independence in talking wit
my old friend, however, felt little dow
in the mouth. 1t was not quite clear t
my mind that Grant had settled down il
Washington for the Winter, and I didn'
know but that I'd have more of his travel
ing expenses to pay.
Besides, there's Mrs. Paul She declare
she has nothing to wear-and really
should not like to see her wear it on grea
festive occasions. But she would, do be
lieve, If, like the adder, / turned a deaf ca
to her representations. And the baby Pau
bless its dear little heart-it wants hand
kerchiefs and lots of things. AS for me,
can get along without clothes, and go for ar
incalculable length of time without food
but must have cigars and my regular ON
nibus ride.
So went down into Wall street to see i
l could pick up any money. 1t seemed tt
me that where SO much money had beer
lost, there must be little lying round pro
miscuously.
All, the scene that Wall street presented
that Saturday morning! The dead and
wounded lay thick as leaves in Vallambro
sa. Lame ducks are bad enough, but dead
ones, naturally enough, soon come to be in
very bad odor. Metaphorically speaking
there was striking similitude to the AY.
ondale mine. Those unhurt were terribly
frightened, and CHASTITY faces glared at me
as stepped blithely from my carriage
They kneao soho did it.!
Well, SO far have no regrets. Fends in
human shape, who conspire to put up gold
so that you can't touch it with ten foot
pole, deserve no better fate Bloated bond
holders, wealthy aristocrats, who buy rail
roads, run steamboats, and have napkins on
their tables three times a day-trample on
them But / sympathize with their fami-
lies, and suggest in this connection, that a
subscription be started for them.
And while you're about it, just set one GO
ing for me, too, if you please. assure you
that I'm both poor and deserving.
Virtue is its own reward-nothing truer
was ever written. 1t has no reward from
outsiders, and unfortunately, the conscious
ness OF well doing won't buy tight-legged
trowsers, WEIGH rabbits, or any other of
the necessaries of life. Instance in point
called on Smith, Gould, Martin & Co.,
VIM. Belden g. Co., Livermore 6 Co., VIM.
Heath d Co., James Fisk, Jr., & Co., and a
number Of other companies, and put the
case fairly-told them what service I'd
done the country, how instrumental I'd
been in breaking gold, and represented my
consequent state Of restitution, intimating
that some return was due me, and that I'd
be grateful to them if they'd put me in the
way of turning an honest penny. Oddly
enough not one of them considered himself
under any very striking obligations to me.
j. Gould remarked that he didn't see the
thing in any such lamps. ]. Fisk, Jr., said
that as for the honest penny, etc., he had
never turned one in his life, and couldn't
put me in tho way of it if evor SO much in
clined to-which he didn't insinuate he
was.
I interviewed other parties-Le Grand
Lockwood, Jameson, Smith s. Getting,
(Smith I've known for long while in va
rious parts of the worldly Dean McGinnis
s. Co., Closson & Hays, j. Cooke s. Co.,
John Bonner, all old friends of mine, men
whom was brought up with and have
lent money to before they dreamed of 60
ing into business for themselves, besides
giving them my countenance since-I in
terviewed these parties with an average
result about as follows:
What do you want of us2" would be
asked as entered the office.
"To buy some stocks for me-"
"Have you any money!" HI
II
person Of that character III had, do you
think I'd come here with it2"
"Then we can't do anything for YOU"
Cant, eh2 What's to hinder you buy
ing me any stock that looks likely to go up
twenty or thirty per cent, at the lowest, let
ting it go up, selling it at the highest, tax
ing out what it cost, and your commission,
and giving me the BALANCED l don't ask
you to give me any money beforehand, and
you make your commissions aud have the
fun of doing business in any event..
None of them saw the profit that must
result to them from this thing, which sim
ply shows that they are not business men.
There's not woman who reads this article
but can see with half an eye unless she
has wall, or Wall street eye-that they're
sure to make commission if the stock goes
up, and have it on hand for collateral if it
goes down!
Yet one of these persons-when l wish
to be particularly severe on man always
speak of him as person--called to me as
/ was going out of the door and said, care
you James Fisk, Jr.a" '....... o..
NO." I replied; "why do you ask ~
"Oh," exclaimed he, II thought that no
one else in the city could have that amount
of cheek" ,....,r......
have since thought he must have meant
chic which is the French for style.
However, notwithstanding their combi-
nation to crush me they cannot prevent me
from operating. This is the way do it;
When see stock which think is going
up, l enter the price down in book and
the number of shares would probably buy.
If it goes up, can calculate the profit !
should have to nicely. If it goes down,
/ can calculate the saving have effected by
not buying, so you see have sure thing
either way. Putting both sides together,
find that make and save about 81 ,000, 900
week. ~ '"'
This is much better than doing business
on margin" Imagine me as "a rivulet
of text meandering through meadow OF
Margin" s,1- B sH5 .s
BY the way, it is stated that Lucille
Western and Pauline Markham were down
in the street on Friday, driving in close
carriage and people are wondering what