, 1873-09-19
,htmaolf Oho truoat clarity In tho world) towards
relieving droadful distress aud prolohging d
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Fail or tho oc,o,,ratc,, ] cnnscon hs.ur-
s'"eo society
ny THE rl'Es'DESr r'sEnEoF.
THE RISE OF THE oANTEEN AssocfAT1oS.
nounasa13t.n, ns; Il Ill.,, Aug %, 1879.
rnino, nor my aocond noitor. L hov lnborod in
my day, butt VIVA onIy whom al ether inua',s Of
hod failed; and tlloso periods havo been to mo
| tho bitterest rocollocshuns Of m ovcntful ifo
| And with tho nlonory OF thom dirk daya atttl
| rankin within me-. how terrible wos my feollns
hory at Dourbonville, nosinod mo, In the moat
| reromptory ulannor, TINT hencoforth and furovcr
I could hoy noithor crackers nor whisky ut hiH
nonlothing TINT he could, iii time, turn into
monoY..
Dut, thank Heaven, Dnstard can't chain light
min, nor can ho fcttor lntoloot-mlnd IL, aud a.
way not ouly to boat Buatnrtl. but to evon-
ohooally room him, which ahsll romorae!osaly
do. ItH q big thing in this world to do az tho
business; It's bigger thing TO room and blast
| your opponents.
| / rot my idea by chance. Whom DuBtard do
/ clincd to giyo mo my regular nip, Hot ponHivcly
on tho table II, front Of Ills bur, md, to calm my
lii thine IT, In picked up iifo inahooranco pamphlet,
aud mechanically dropped my boamin eyes onto
its pagoa. It was a1 advortisoment Of skeom
called tho Tontne Plan. ] read 1t. aud shrieked
nEarese" "No",' sed to myaolf' "tren'olo'
It nppoared, from this, that number Of men
clubhed together, and put in pool 30 much
monoy Zach, oyory year, and neyer took nothing
out, coptin ut stated periods, say every ten
yoars. Thoso who died insido Of that timo, and
those who, for any rcRBon got tired Of phyin,
did not hov auy claim whatever on wllnt wos in
tho pool tho whole of 1t being divided up among
I said to mysolf, what can DO dono in Now
York. In marble palace, can DO dono In Bour-
bonylle, In sab allanty, and dono on tho samo
equitable aystom. And who knows but what,
grow iuto marble palace. This soil is a. good
for mushrooms as that further east. totor-
mined to start.a Tontno grosery.
that its objects might DO understood by evory
| body, callod 1t tho Canteen groaery.
I.called on three Of Bustard'a customers. who
wos in the sau1e fix wos in, and developed tho
skeom to thent, to which they assonted, remnrk-
ing, philoaophically, TINT thoyd 60 into 1t, my
how, aB they had oYerythin to mako, and nothin
to loso.
We organized by clocting tho following ofll-
presidont-samuel sharkoy.
sscretary-AiooE billson.
Goazu!ting 4, Actuary-o oon.u,t,n. >,
asks Dillson.
IA ConBultng Actooary, my child" said !,
; boamin onto him, pityinly, ia q gentleman EN-
nloyod by insurance companies, who has gono
into flggers as fur as the rule Of three, aud
wllose principal dooty iB to make up tables show
! lug that tho company ho works for Ia solvent,
aud to certify that any now plan submitted to
!. him ia good thing, and to wonder that 1t uaa
: mover dinkvorcd before. Wo must hoy Con-
q sultng Actooary-eyery wolt-regulatod insurance
: company has ono. We can't keep house without
y a Consulting Actooary.'
= y 1t bothered ns Rou,ewhnt to ind the man, bu1
Q finally Sam Billson, Alexis brother, WaB chosen
20 knowed ne maGGston table our or
O wa atatn] that cnntccn qrostrv Won a nurets
= benevolent prof. TO give its m1moera ID oppol
:. koomty 70 proWuo ~ tAGll youIH ioE . oofe sup
:. ply of hkkor II shor old age. Momooss "eie
REQUIRED 20 consllonto t"ensSnvo cGnss "oeh, ,
q WaSh Wouia pe oahcnaoa |ounehouslt' ~ ~,
. hEhly, n now corn-%hsR5; ~ tue 4o"ass casl
), price. Thia whiaky should DO put Into the Can 2;
teen oarfo ana thero stay ior non1h ,.,5 A. 5ae
: o1ptratioh OF month, tne h1Kes u olFaoes
a among tho aurvlyln members.
ING lgGorans populas nea some aa tson1e ~ 10 ~. "
derstaud how they "os 70 DO bonollted 1, y th '
tlsst place, hall et our o1igina! mesabera Wtl IT,
;. eltheT d1o got tiroa anu resgn po1ore ths ~,
h month u up, anu the snafch OF sucn oegono ~
~ property OF tnem VIII, Wno s,'oa. y :;
- other te-nauraoces tho oea1h 81 hompof !, !,
. ag'n .he company ~ tho caaateon R.a1 R!an ~
n 1he uompanya iasor IL zealGui e m oanseo1 o1
Fresiuont ought really TO go out ana Kll ooougI
1no'npefs each month 20 maze og atSYy o. ~.
, end or Canteen pefaod. seoono' new wnlsk.
= improves ana siiehgtIons WIN aso. pHrIea
. . now whisky Will stand four puckots OF wate
- every month, tins largely increasing its volume
= Ihen tue lskker rs bought o. 69 eenta eaIo1n
wiieh is cheaper tnan ~ y Inc a,ng.e, aI,aS
There y u arnks 1 n gaos,a a d6r 10 Wh1cm,
= 5starda price, eehts, yon pay So.oo nggo;los
1t tins Why ousht 70 nave oeon consulting
!, Actooary.1 FOR convenience "o put 'ne Ps9e'
= at u gallon.
J Ono hundred members, paying Is ccnta per
week. VII give money enough III mouth TO Inn .,,,.
s n,a Shu M 9, s,a a,t r. a,:h or
4An n4 G ~ ",,,o,s m "'0' ''4' ~ N onl,H
n n Tota! lkker OH hand as found st end Of
It caue'n pesaoa ilo ea1'S
n Ihcro IL aboht VI average arlnKs "a ~ ea!iun
tGa 1lu gallons Makes 1neselofS; seara aoao ot'nAs