The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1872-02-08

ihE Financial ArhLCSeMeht-"HJ
EngIishinen Hated Eaim go How
Near lac Came To Capturing s6O,-
100000 British Gold.
Vermont claims this noted parsonage
as her fayorite son. He made his ilrst
appearance on the stage OF life III the
obscure hamlet Of Pownal, and not III
the world-known Hamlet OF Shake
speare. His original character was
that Of Green Mountain baby, and he
took to his milk with such alacrlty, and
played his part SO unctuously, that 10
Immediately became the pct OF the es-
tablishmont, and secured u life engage
ment on favorable terms, with prom
ises Of advancement and increase OF ra-
tions Us his histrionic and ga8tronomic
genius should develop in strength and
ripcn in perfection.
Fisk was happy babo--n chubby,
roly-poly little sucker, Tho pbenomc-
na OF his existence didu't trouble htl
a bit, but simply titilated hinas g con-
tinual joke. How he had come about
or what was his significance in the uni
verse, or what his future destiny was
to be, or whether Jay Gould would be
born successfully, or Commodore Van
derbilt be saved by faith or compro-
mise, OF who was to run the Erie 4talI-
road or populate Long Branch, were
questions which had no power TO FuLla
his infnntilo serenity Of spirit, With
that sagacity ~ TO Observation-Disclosures
always distinguished him, and which
seems to be mscparable from true mil
itary genius, the Colonel in embryo
stuck TO the tactical fount as his imm9-
diate objective, and laid in copiou5
Bustentation for that robust physique
which SO ably reinforced his mental
powers.
cJh. E15K'5 BoTAooD
was undistingushed, with the single
exception Of his religious instruction.
His mother dying while he was yet 0u
infant, his father remarked, and his
stepmother being q G2d-fearing wo-
man, and faithful to all her duties,
brought the motherless boy up in the
nurture and admonition Of the LoIG,
She did this wisely and lovingly; and
the waywnrd man, though he strayed
far from that straight aud narrow
path in which she taught him az q boy
to walk, was ever ready to aolmowI-
edge, and with moistouGd eyes not I'M
frequently did acknowledge, tho faith
fulness Of her teaching and the purity
of her example.
But our space is limited and our
theme is large, ana we must plunge at
once into that portion Of Col. Fisk S
career which impingos on public az
fairs. First, however, lot us indicate
his character, by foreshadowing it in
an illustration which vii. be readily
understood by travellers on Western
steamboats, and members OF Wostom
Legislatures, as well as by tho Chris
tian public at large.
Col Fisk's right bower was shrowJ
ness his left bower was pluck, ahl
his ace of trumps was good nature
and with the right and lett bowers ano
the ace in his hand, or even in his boot
or up his sleeve, o man cannot be easi.
| ly euchred.
His shrewdncss enables him to com
prehend what will most readily appeal
to human nature as it is fundamentally
constituted on this continent, and no,
only to penetrate the probable combi.
nation Of operators in commerce and
finance, but also to foresoe what com
binations the sweep Of events woUlC
force upon those operators.
HIS PLUCE
enabled him to meet the e,igcncics o
any situation and to carry out plan
once determined upon with a uvry,
that never quailed.
His good nature enabled him, with
ont hurting any ones feelings cH Incl
ting my ones aaimosity, to 10 thing
which, in o morose or cold-hCHrteC
man, would be intocrable.
, Thus, with shrowdness to pcrcei7
an advantage, with pluck to execute
plan, and with good nature to concil
ate opposing elements, he was able t.
a carry ont schemes so audRCiOus THAI t.
!, more timid and narrow-miHdcd me
! they looked like downright reckless
!, ness, and their golden fruits the re3ul
of sheer luck rather than OF consun
mate ability.
In addition TO these characteristics
! another element OF SUCCESS should b
mentioned which distinguished Go
: Fisk throughout his entire cNrcc4
| That clement was liberality in cxpcni
y ture. There was not IN iota OF miscl
) illness or mennness in him.
i "If man wants to succeed in AmcI
L icn, he once said to the writer OF thI
0 sketch, "Iet him first get his base 4
!, right-that is, let MIN DO snrc he
: going to do something which the puI
: lie want to have done, end which wi
n add to the general comfort aud COZ
9 venience-and then let him put al til
/ men on it and all the money in it h
!. can, and tho public will pay him bac
C handsomely; but let him scrimp, an
n play shabby, and try to make the puI
Y lie cat cold victunls, and they'll lcay
i him alone just as sure rs a hard-shc
c Baptist win shun temperance hotel.
,r THE READER NOW Has 4 KEY
r to Col Fisll's character and to his snt
l. cess. And when one cOntemplates h
t. success, it must be remembered thu
le James Fisk, Jr., was born in SepteN
lt ber, 1895, and was therefore only thi
ID ty-six years old when he was murderc
a less than half the age OF his strenl
40 ous rival, Commodore Vanderbilt
~ Col. Fisk counted his wealth by mi
"a lions. and was worth ten times mon
~ than Commodore Vanderbilt was attl
:" are of thirty-si1, and had ten times {
10 many friends ms his rival ever had.
~ II" Before he came to New York, NJ
u Fisk was junior partner in the fir
~ of Jordan, Marsh & Co., of Bostol
OF Previous to becoming member of TIN
lie, firm. he was customer OF it, an
a. as bought largely Of the house to supp
r. small country merchants i'll northel
as Massachusetts,, New Hampshire an
al Vermont, to whom he used to loD, OF
TO his goods. His shrewdnass, pluc
'r- good nature and hberaIity dlst
ch guished him in that vocation. rs TIM
lid have in all others. His four-hor
&c. turnout was the most gorgeous II!
al ever was seen in the New England Vi
as leys, or that ever climbed the roa
me over New England hills. lie spar
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