Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-11-12

and myself. His opportunities wished
to avoid. The rumor of my legacy made.
him hasten to, find me. Such was the
penalty paid for the foolish pleasantly,
of my friends. Sc rh faeAlciesI
'eGood day, Mr. Snip, ,i'-said' ~Fs-witll-
some embarrassment suppose You
have come for those fifty dollars that u
'sisy no n,esns. my deer Mr.. Mac Afone
l neverthought OF il. u You do IiDtimagine
1 would think of dunning You for such a
paltry trifle? No, sirS l came 70 solicit
you hrthe inanutacture of yonr mourn-
ing suit"
"For your uncle. No, doubt yyourwill
desire two suits for a. change--siIk hat,
craped, white shirt, black studs, etc"
"Just now, Mr.. Snip, such an order
from me would be impossible'@ESk4N
"I hope you don't think, Mr.. Mac
Arone, of Withdrawing your patronage
You know my materials are prime, my
workmens first class, and my prices as
moderatea as you can find tlic1n-eyen In
st. Louis"
"I tell you again., I have not yet re
81 beg of you, my dear Mr.. Mac Arone,
not 10 speak Of moneyr-I am not pressed
lit will come soon enough Mr..
Snip, who had already taken out his scis-
sors, passed his measure round my waist.
| was certainly in want of clothes, and
therefore permitted thim.to take his meas
urements.
No sooner was he gone than another in
diyidual entered. He began: ~
"Mr. Mac Arone, you must do me a
great, service. Buy my house and lot.
You are rich-very rich; you wantisome
real estate in Kansas City, Forty thousand
dollars are nothing TO you, and at present
am in urgent want of money. i expected
Mr.. Hardcash to buy 1t, but he does not
decide, and have some pressing engage
ments to settle.y 81 GE OHHHH8l
at buy your house-what nonsense p
at is no nonsense It,is a safe invest
me1it n In two years it will be worth
double the amount. | have your word,"
and'he left without giving me time 70 res
ply.
So we'll did, he circulate the report Of my
purchase, that very soon Mr.. Hardcash,
apparently in bad humor, honored me
with hurried visit. Heat once remarked:
-s-'' Mr.. Mac Arone, cannot do without
that house. thought it was already
mine. l offered thirty-seven thousand
five hundred dollars for it, believing that
the owner would soon and surely come to
terms. But there is no hope of starving
you into an agreement; so without fur
ther preliminaries, l want to offer you an
advance of fifteen thousand dollars on
your bargain"
Fifteen thousand dollars coming to me !
l scarcely knew what to make of it. L,
who had so much trouble to procure work;
1, who had to toll so necessarily for seven
| ty-five dollars month"; VTE ~
Although but little acquainted with
business, saw in twinkling the advan-
| tage to be derived from my position, and
replied:
} "Itsis impossible Ssir, for me to give you
an answer Gust now. Return by five
o'clock. Meantime 1 will consider the
matter"
At quarter before the appointed hour
Mr., Hardcash was before me.F ~
| ~ had no wish for that house, said
I, -" and did not even think about it
when the owner came and begged me to
buy it. AS it suits you, and as any other
will do as well for me, I accept your
| offer" nsWFWhEF
"You shall be paid N two weeks, in
paper on st. Louis" said the purchaser,
delighted with my promptitude in busi'
ness.
Paper on st. Louis was so little ae-
customed to financial nomenclature and
proceedings that imagined l should send
it thither for payment -w-v~ A. -.
! l accordingly wrote tosa banking house
| not far from the post-oftice, stating that /
had certain funds to invest, and asked adj
vice on the safest mode. 1t appears the
phrase "certain funds" has different ac-
ceptations con Change" according to
the name and the position of him who
employs it.
The news of my inheritance must have
reached st. louis. No doubt t-found its
way into the Missouri State Items ~ol
the papers. Perhaps the mercantile agen-
cies became posted. Certain funds,
situated as was supposed to be, was a
modest manner of specifying considera
BILE aPos1nt, AT least SUPPOSED so, on
receiving an answer from the House ia
which wrote.
They said my letter had Just arrived in
time to take one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars worth of Iron Mountain
Railroad stock JUST offered on eChange
A u i thought kks1t too nauchb a large prom
4 might be Immediately realized, as it ha6
rapidly gone up. A Postscript in the
writing of the President, who was an oily
hypocritlcal fnancier, congratulated mt
on my accession to fortune gfFfyRT :
A hundred and fifty thousand dollars
? The letter fell from my hands. The
amount frightened me. telegraphed in
stantly to my correspondents that so largt
a sum was beyond my means; that hae
no remittances as yet from Helena, Mon
tana, and that | was not then able to salts
fy their claims
A reply came in a couple of days,say
ing that in accordance with my implieC
wish, they had disposed OF the Stock at
| ,G 49, H..
which was placed to my credit. They
4 were awafe That IA y Consequence of tn,
troubles on the overland route (the Union
} Pacific Railroad was not yet in Operatiop)
remittances were slow from the. Wes,
The prospectus OF new German bahl
was inclOsed, in which one hundred share
| were secured for me.
} Seventy-fiVe theu@nd dollars Did th
clerk put ma feF 'cyphers op1nanY I n.
, situatio9 hecAnse embarrasbinkA j Ra
Overwhelmed with Congratulations, par
ticularly when donned the suit of biacl
the black silk hat, with broad Grape
black kids, black tie and studs, .daint
1 boots, et ceterd. The editor of one of tn
2 newspapers thought himself obliged +
\ glye 2 hographicat shetph Ofpy sVHcl'
! was besieged with annoying questions G
{ every kind. In what way would l fur
{ nish my house9 Samples of cloth, grocer
s les, etc, ETC., were submitted 10 me 70
inspection, never knew Of so man,
t ehpfches n cd,lfse pf iert tct d1a that Rer
a tShort ofsfunds soN many public fhstitu
4 -h0ns.Eith .AaRlstaA saasasaliest .ss,-1aan,
a orphans who wanted fathers, and widow
who wanted husbands. at the .impofel
8 1 tsAsa asfl4f IS, wIo |as6 - bdun
tyr Missionaries told me narrowing tale
7 of the pooR chikirauin Timbuctoo dyin
q of cold in the dog-days, Pews were ten
u Aaed 20 ahe in twentys saw En- )chilfches /
SS tSFis spa KansAs si.Y. hEpuld be-
d child ot tlle,West, th6 AADr of the Mibsii
: FiRpi Valley, tAe, yaAdeFPilt Il Iissour
~ -hueas and shaw were nowhere, CON
= pared MILlI what NY pos Of corrospoAt