Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1872-01-10

cart with his spirited horses ana strohg
harnesses. His dry goods which maze up
most of his stock in trade we're purchased ol
the well known Boston house oil Jordan'
Marsh < Co. His remarkable business TAI
emf was readily appreciated nv them, ana IL
was not Iaper before he entered thor employ
as = salesman Bat IN Eis ncw roe ne
failed. and IN SIX months the hrm adFt55u
him ~ return tu his pcddiiDE business hS
asked far another chance. they cT3nted n .
/ and the war soon breaking cut, ms admlFaole
mana-cncut secured for his employers large
ami gr,,iitaui- contracts ut WOODEN ana cotton +
( fabric from tine government Their prohlS !
/ in =. single sale OF army blankets were S5oo.- /
/ 600 SON after securing these contracts he
/ boldI, asked IN hca member II the hrm, ana
/ bsvIn, secured the contracts IN ms own
name. Jordan, Marsh & Co. dare not refuse
4 bins hi, request 4 new name, James tisN
! .Ir was tbencel3rth included in the power !
( fuI house of Jordan, Marsh & Co.
/ Succulttious Inndmeraole Wei" nov en- I
/ tered into bv Fisk. He bought up q Wnoie
y-aIeu factory. et Gavsyille, m this State, !
/ and BIZ firm made S-'lt ov' 'h 10 ~ W
wear. md then re->old IL a. the former .
owner Through ismal- agents, he o9dsht
|c,t-.l inside the rehe. Zines, md made great
pccuuiarv profit.
Flss remained a. partner in the ira Oh
/ ,Terttsn. MARSH & 90. l.r tour years lie thch
went into business lyF hlms-lls but lJ was
aot D success Hi= fortune soon melted away
HIS next venture 1>.- IN ~ al Street, IN -e-'t-
llpr7 lac found his ratra. and approprute
isrhsra. IIe E-m-.ed extensively "a Ftoc4s'
/ and wac l2eky for slime. But has margins
were rar!div swept away. and his bans ac-
raurt cancelled With claristarsstlc pluch
Land =hre,y1uess ne bought ur, -lr @ trld'ng
/ sum uatent ON su improvement IN
machinery u~e5 .u e-Cron and wooden mile,
I and since that time was zEaln ~ hi7 Ieoi
/ permanently. lie uex5 ac4 llre1 the ae-
+ euslut8ncc = THAT =-a.d old Methodist.
I Daniel Drew u- became his broker, ana
largely a.lel u.m IN ms great F. bear oPet-
Z all1u= l1 e Lrl-. n tle spring pl l9ps
f Fl-& -5.n haI 81 tsuk account al ever half
aiusln Ial- tsl owed h.s connection
VII. .a1 E1-z Railway, Is Director HeEe
. be. .s-- Il t-ht 5u.1 contact svl-a jay q auld
T whose - brains have since done so much
with Fisa'- energy. q keep the krls out Ell
the hands 81 IT, usbttaL owners Tue h.7-
E. J.rv " tl1 D-cH and au1-rellt war IS ~
rrrgn5 rtaL.t .- familiar q most u our
i readers IL-ra was great eNlltcmeut. H.
51uti.ls from JG3Za Barnard ami otacT yenat
Judges Nu-l issued },. taaut number. aad the
.tI-~t .....t.s-5- ST. t..e country were employed.
Pick g4mi-tLtI himself aJ Taylor Hotel,
in Jcr-.g baths t.a-ns Drew was -aadowed
and cuear.i. HIS Haa-.- w.- transferred T.
the N-w .gs gad Ncw Jcr=ey legislatures
aud LEGISLATION secured lg-alE.ns the l-sGe
oil Erls -tuel. Vanderbilt, made almost su-
rerlau.4u efforts {. defeat the Erie legislation
aut Is n1 purpose Executive. legislative,
all sae.gm1ei t. Fisk and Gould. The
ENGLISH stockholders. even with such an emil
ueft ft...l adviser Is VIM - fvlrrs, failed
ta influence tae courts Iu their appeals TOT
. redress lar tue judges Wcr. 10 the ring
Controlling i majority ut the votes, they