The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1873-02-06
A story ofThree Young Men.

A Story ofThroe Young men.
The following il taken from the
Brooklyn Tmes
An, my the literary circles in the
good city OF Albany, III The year AZ.
10 name was more familiar than was
tia, loi. Jones, the news vender,
whose stand at the foot OF State
stree, wa. ti,s grand centre OF gossip
hiring the duh season, when the law
makers had CONS to their homes and
Alban, had sunk into its then nor
nal condition oi s!u ] her, after the
ANIMAL recnrreiice OF the Legislative
season Ws have eslIed the news
4rnaer Jones. because. whether he
ial any hereditary t.tie 10 the name
or not, il is a goo,., ordinary, Hnrre
tending name casii, pronounced and
IS easily rer,em psred. For some.
sha, similar reasons We thail dasIg-
nate A. Smilh yuun. friend and as
-oeiate OF this same Jones VINO, II
10, like the later, Lord ci himself, :
held the honorable position OF bank
clerk in the vicinity OF the news
stand. Smith and Jones were c!oas
companions, and lntercbanged their
criticisms on The current literature
81 the day; TOR II must not he sup
nosed that the news venier was one
n those who know nothing OF their
wares beyond the name on the title.
page, or that the clerks only dreams
wore Of dollars and dimes On the
contrary, Jones WIS ono Of those old
'a.hioned booksellers who dealt in
literature because he Delighted IN il,
and whose ipdgmen, III literary mat.
tiers could always be relied upon; and
Smith was a young man who dream
ell bright dreams of leaving b-hin'
hun name worthy OF the worship
Of his countrvmen.
In the month Of September. Of the
Year W. have indicated. Smith launch
Ell his first literary tbanderholt, and
the two friends waited anxiously for
the shock. Most Americans, we are
certain know exactly Just now anxi.
ously they wauesl, tor few have not
at some period of their lives encea
vored to benefit society b, the pub
LEGATION OF their wisdom. The friends
hal no, long to wait TOR tho rever
hrrating eel o Of the thuuderbolt.
which, first launched in the pages OF
the New York Kaickubocker, then
edited by the brother Cia.k, wa.
speedily reproduced in variou. pub
LEGATIONS The thunderbo,t va. only
a iimole story. but 80 original in It's
.'yle. 80 brinful Of humor and orr
that it's merit was universal.
" recognized. and the celebrated
Margaret Fuller. at that time wri
Ter for the Tribune in a Ion. AMI
notice OF thu story
winch she published in'that journal,
pronounced it the most remarkable
article which had appeared in any
periodical for a long time This no
iice attracted the attention .! the
kind hearted editor oil tho Tribune
eyer ready to encourage aspirin. Gen
ius. ard he determined it ha csnli
fin | ont the author. that the latter
should not have canso TO complain
Of scaa' appreciation or pscuniary
encouragement.
Jones was fortunate enough to
number Horace Greeley among his
acquaintance and most intimate
friends. and seized the opportunity
ct hi. first visit To thu city oil New
York 10 visit tho great editor &na
bring betorc hi. notice the young Al
bany clerk. Mr.. Greeley, cager to
befriend tho young writes anil sen.-
be AS ever of til importance OF At
tacf,ng as large proportion Of
American intellect 10 the Tribune
Office rs possible. at once proposed TO
give Young Smith the position Of
travelling foreign correspondence al
the grca, journal. Jones lost no
time in layin. before Smith the liber-
al Offer which the 2riJnn. editor had
made. but for some reason it was lie
clino,l, and The position was soon
after sought, and g ined by another
rising litera'enr, at that time IN
known to fame and fortune This is
the whole story, a very eimp's orr
too, but it brings INTO association
names which are familiar IN our
mouths as household words. We
will explain what We moan--,he
va'ing man who applied for the po
si,ion AM obtained it was Bavarl
Taylor, tho poet traveller, tie news
vsnder is now George Jones, Of the
New York Inns; and the bank clerk
is none other than the Rev J Hyatt
Smith, the genial and gifted pastor
Of the Lea Avenue Baptist Church