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tFrom Inc New Yosk Sun. July III
'Is the AdmirAl in a funny mass.t this
HiorMingT' asked a San reporter on Thurs
day, July Z, Of the Hon. Charles Belts, the
Gen Dent II the Temptation oiiite,
mutNisr Ae fgEs mad. The ladies arc
botheriag him to DEATH" replied Geh Teiit.
"La.!ies! Whit ladies?' pursued the re-
potter. :,
''Why, fIpIa all Over the city, aiisatred
Gen. ueRt ''Ote wants Rass fit her sick
husband, another hundred dollars for a
benefit, and that one over there, all lace and
diamoirtls-I don't know what she does
want"
FIsK's LITTLE PETER.
Re,prter-ls the Colonel always busy?
l4en Dent-No; sSsiietihes he's diiiet, ahl
lRen Is the time soli &att 10 see him. iou
Jan get ANYTHING Thea Why, the gentle
niei in the olfce ma.ie Up i piinss for the
Colonels boy, little Peter, on Sat,irdaS, aid
the Colonel. t,iok Il while liz was shaving,
aid calliRg III Peter before ~hole room full
Of Directors, he made presentation speech
and gave him the S34.
Reporter-W What did he say to Peter?
Gen Dcnt-Why h. commeIiced by scar
ihs him. ssid hr, ''Peter. what did YOU
| mean hv aleenting yourself ffom the Erie
establishment the Uther day, wheh Mt,
Gould was away, leaving the whole mass Of
business Upon INV shou,ders?' While Peter
trembleii from head To foot the Colonel
added: ''Btt, nv boy, will not blame you
there may I've sxteni,ating circumstances.
Fourth Of July, love of country, Woodstock
the President may have tempted volt
Henceiorth, Peter, let your life be one o
reCtitude.-qniet rsctitudc Behold me-
tions are not the hest policy but that hon
cSty is worth two in the bush Peter forge
not the lines Of Shakespeare:
| 4 love II, ! love H. the old arm chair
which hung In the well,'
The Directors all laughed, and Peter came
out with S3i, the rickest man IN the Eri'
Office.
DANIEL DEW A"AIS ~ CLOVER.
A ing from the inlidc, and the Colone
said he "would see thu representative Of th'
great American illumnatOr The Colone
was coatle;s and hatlcs:. Over beyond hin
sat little dried-up old gentleman, with keen
gray eyes surmointea by an overrowerin.
Panama hat The Erie Railway Office i
now the old gentlemsn's almost daily ren
devious. Here he sits and peers om from
under his broad brim at the wonderful move
ments of Col. Fisk Cautious because h
can move hat slowly, this venerable gentle
man, who has made Wall street trenblc
hitche,l up I" the gold indicator, kesPin,
one eve on Central quotations and the "the
on the Colonel. AZ feeler he vcntured &
ask:
.How is Lake Shore this morning, Col
onel?"
"Peter, conduct the Great AmericaI
Speculator to the wire, and show him h"v
they are dealing ON the street."
The old man ch,cklei, Gould hid a ,mil
while smoothing his Jelly whi,kers, an'
little Peter took hold Of the running striI
Of paper with Daniel Drew. II was the I've
ginning and the ending-youth and cx
perieme simplicity and shrewdnes'-Petc
and Daniel!
TALK WITH COL. FISK.
"Aud the !S.n man wants to 'ee mcy' ..ai
the Colonel, turning round.
i Sun Man-Yes, Colonel; l want To ask
few questions.
Il Col. Fisk-Well, go ahead. Dr. Dye,
the wicke,le.t man in New York was
Il Sun Man (intcrroeating)-No, M
Colonel: the author of the wickcdest man.
Col. Fisk-Well, Chaplin told me ne W.
the veritsble wicked man himself. II
looked 81. and imagined it was meetin
L Al q
: highly moral Erie official! At any rate,
2 was here, and ID if he can't talk bette
/ | than l can. When he comes again, II
: going to say, ''Peter, wind up the wickt
reporter, and let him talk"
i Sim Man (astonished )-C"lonel, VI
.sem busy to-day.
GOULD's INCOME TAX.
Il Col. Fisk-Yes, trying to find out fro
I all Of these papers where Gould gets mon,
5 enough to Iay his income tax. He new
1 has any money-fact, sir; he even wanted
borrow Of me to pay his income tax Il
summer, and l lent him, and that's gon
too! This income tax business will be Il
. ruination Of Gould.
: Here the venerable Daniel Drew conceale
laugh, and Gould turned clssr around I
! that Fisk could only see the hack Of his hea'
I II looked serious, Gould was not crying.
THE row WITH vANpERBILr.
SrE Man-What will be the end Of putin
down railroad fare, Colonel?
y Col. Fik-Eni, Why we've not iesu
b vet. We intend to carry passengers To Ch
e cago before We getthrongh, two for cent IN
: feed them on the way. And when old Va
4 do.s the same thing, the public hate him
~ l ~ Al hs a tn
7 him WCourse the Erie j., the hest roa'
t hut ,eople will submit to the Central
smtc old Vanderbilt. Our road runs fast
and smoother. When Jud Sc Porter wei
!, mn With me in the Directors car last winte
y we assed two hundred canal boats about
+ mile apart on the Delaware and Hud;c
il C,n,l. The train went 81 fast that Il
judge came back and reported thst he "a
one continuous canal boat ten mlle' ion
Fact is, sir, We went :" fast th.t the Ju'l;
!, Ccnlln't %. th" gap.
al SrN M.n-Are other railroads E"ing
hell, yos, in thi. hight?
Col Ffk-Why, ves; Just ~ fast ~ ths
are convinced that we N. going To make
mr., class fight, they come up and sa
"We will heIp yon." Vanderbilt once fa;
every railrad in the country outside
Staten Island will try To- help keep hi
.low1. Old Van has scared them ml,
p that: thev want to see him tied fast befo
@ they 20 against him. That's what's q
e matter.
;, Here the Colonel gcrat, he'd his head, ~
threw himself forward in his chair, with b
( elbows cn his knees.
% ONE OF col. FISK ILLUSTRATIONS.
"Why, do YOU know what the whole TIN
put. me in mind off, he continued. "
put me in mind of an old Texas farm
whose neighbors had caught noted catt
thief After catching him they tied him
n trec, hands and feet, and each one ga
v him a terrible cowhiding. When tired
walloping him they left the toor thief ti
: to the tree head and feet. He remained III
n up there good while in great agony till b
n and-hv he saw a man coming along ~
+ lcosing at him. "Who are ycu?" said Il
:. kin.!lv looking stranger. 'Im Bill Va
:. 1erIils, and I've been whipped almost
DEATH the fellow said. '!I"w could TIL
!, | whip you?' SAYS the nice stranger. 'Wh
: don't yM see I'm tiel?' SAYS the thi'
j. | What, tied GghP says the man. 'i'
hand and foot, he says. And can't move
2 | the other fellow says. NO, not a m,ascl'
Il | say. the thief. We'll William, ] don't ca
= IL J. give YOU a few licks myself for tf
= heller yo,i stole from me- And then
u,rp n In hin, Ike sixry and made hi