Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1871-08-04

janitor initiated her into the three
degrees of Masonry. The exposure
of this wrctched piece Of business
has created quite an excitement
among the Masons and Odd Fellows
of indianapolis. 1t is feared that
Mrs. Pillbcan will establish clandcs-
tine lodges, and initiate all the wo-
men Of the town, ii she is not speed
lily Morganized. AS for the janitor,
he was promptly expelled as soon as
his perfidy was discovered.
Youthful Precocity.
With all its temptations and vices,
Wall street sharpens ones wits, as
no other school can. If a person
has anything in him it is bound to
show itself there. A youngster,
about fourteen years Of age, has
been employed until within few
days by the firm of -- & Co., in
the capacity Of brokers' boy. Not
long since, while purchasing some
peanuts, at stand nearly in front
of the Stock Exchange, he overheard
three of the leading ring manipula-
tors talking in a low voice. Con-
cluding that something was up, he
Immediately called one Of the hun
dred boot-blacks, who are hanging
thereabouts at all hours, and seated
himself on the curb-stone, close by
the spectators. He then pretend
ed to be conversing with the boot
black, while the latter worked, and
to be eating peanuts. All this time,
however, he kept his ears open and
learned that the - stock was to
be manipulated for rise. Having
obtained this information he crossed
over the street to -, firm for
which he worked last spring, and
called for the senior member. The
latter appeared, when the following
colloquy ensucd:
Boy-"Mr. - have got first
rate point, and | will sell it to
you"
Broher-(Turning away with
look Of derisiom-"Go way, boy, l
can't stop to talk with you.''
Boy-"But you will miss it if YOU
don't buy this point. ! know it is a
big thing"
Broher-"Well, what is it?"
The boy then proceeded to tell
how he had overheard the CONVEX
sation Of the three manipulators.
He would not repeat the conversa-
ton, however, until the broker had
promised to pay him. The latter
agreed that if he made use Of the
information he would give the ur-
chin . per cent. of the money made,
upon the following day. The bro
kcr acted on the information, clear
ing eight thousand dollars. lie i'm
mcdiately sent for the lad and gave
him q check for two hundred and
fifty dollars. When the latter re-
turned to his employers and related
the story to the cashier, he did not
credit it, and refused to cash the
check as requested. He subse-
qucntly, however, made inquiries
across the way, and learned that the
facts were as | have related them
Wall and Broad streets are alive
with just such keen, wide-awakc
lads. TIE trouble is, however, that
too many of them grow up into
sharpcrs.-Cor. Chicogo JounuL
Bachelors Wives and Old Maids.
Children.
From the London Society.
The old bachelor looks critically on
mems wives. lie takes an invcsti-
eating interest in them. But he
does 50 in 4 critical and an analyti-
cal sort of way, which the husbands
did not practice in the first instance,
and which they would hardly like
to have fully explained to them
now. But the bachelor is nothing
if he is not critical. lie detects the
tinge of red or gray, the inequalities
of curve or line, and sees clearly
through all the mysteries and arti-
fees Of the toilet. He has got an
exhaustive sneer: 'The poor fellow
has married for money! or, "Thc
poor fellow has married for love"
''Bv Jovc, sir, look at that woman's
waspish waist! Where can she
have crammed her viscera?"
such like personal observations.
Whatever jewel man may think
he has found, the connoisscur bach
elor will hold that he can find
flaw in it. Sometimes he will do
this quite cynically. Other men
will do it Just as often, though not
cynically. The object of such crit
icisms is very often some mere self
gloritication. If he-thc bachelor
had married, no one would have
been able to criticisc CTSars wife.
He would not have missed fortune,
as one friend has done; or beauty,
as second, or family, rs third.
His wife would have far transcend
ed the commonplace wives of aver
age men. She would be everything
that woman ought to be. In short,
the bachelors wife is always per-
fcction in the abstract.
Naturally enough, the thoughts
of the old bachelor mainly run upon
his loves; but that of the old maid
upon children. That mighty IN
stinct of maternity is cvermore
busy in her heart. Cats and par
rots are only an excuse for babies.
Had it pleased God to bless her
with them, how she would have
cared for the little loves! No chill
drcn would be better or better cared
for than hers. When she goes into
other houses, she does not, indeed,
think unkindly of children, for in
deed, she loves them all. But she
cannot help drawing some dispar-
aging comments between the chill
drcn that she meets, and those non
existent, possible children that
would hnya haap par1uOnS and nhn-