, 1873-09-26
THREE LETTERS,
Filll Of tho Celebrated Cantccn As-
sllrlncc Society.
THE FALL or THE QANTEEN AHHoOIATtoN.


THE FALL or THE oANTEEN AssoorATtoN.
no. 8.
GoruEn, III. $50 miles from Do,srhonvil1e),l
Bolt 20, 1879. +
after short but Brilliant life, oil day yesterday,
aged QUO month eggeactiy. It hasl something
over 200 m0urnorB, not ono of whom 'soulu DO
d pleasant object for nc to moot Of tho present
writing.
Tho troublos with tho Canteen wos humorous.
Precisely at n. n.. yesterday, tho Canteon Pc
riod arrived, and promptly, to the minute, tho
nlembers wos OF hand to got their divvys. Twas
alarmed at tho amount Of arithmetic | saw dis-
that excited crowd to have rnade fifty Consultng
Tley Ind paid in IN s1.90 each, which
would ontitle 'om eggaactly to gallon.
Sf shor hod , sen no aI y d sea But nar
w coulRo, aH it bod crowd stronger, and they
ca1kiated tint oach QUO shood be entitled to ut
lcast gnllon and pint. And they wanted it!
They wos impatient ny delay, for the Canteen
ported ,thoy he'd looked forword to an1ioualy bod
arrived.
1 aojosted to cm that they wood do better to
lot it lay md accumulate, but they didn't iston
toit.
muttitood, +" none w that: wo want our shares
now"
Then it become my dooty to explain to GIN tho
condition uv tho Company.
sot out by Stain iii general torms. tnat there
wazut drop III tho barl. The toomuls wos
friteful, "-Wl,crc IL o,lr lkkur3" ''What hez
become NY our money!" "Show up, yoo thioves.h
wos few Wv the ordinations that emanated
from this oggscitod crowd. ..,,
I kept calm. man who hez money kin keep
calm easior thau ho WHO heznt. I romarkt that
it woz troo zach ono he'd paid in 81, money, and
that the Secretary wood show In detail in lis re-
port where the money lud gone to, and that that
report wood be published probably in about
-.
bring hiB arithmetic to bear aud yorlfy the fig
gers. But l would say TINT, In rough fggerB,
mot being Cotlsultin Actooaly y this woz tho
condshun Nv tho Company
taa Ill Ds T. osSt wci there xos
SALARY nv President. .....................f 1900
Salary w Bcckreary ary.................. 40D
Salary Nv Treasurer. er.."....."..."..... lG.0g
Excuses to Cincinnati. tt...........+....... 1000
Commission OH purchases. l0.o0 1000
Ba,nnce on hand. $1,000
Wich balance wos iu lkkur, a goin on and i'm
provin in strength and tluvor aud richness cvery
day. That likker. my frlo,ldH," ]! porceoded,
"opens up to ue fucher such eZ-"
''Divido that lihlur amongst us," yolled the
crowd unmoyed by my oratory. ..-
my friends, that is impossible. a reserve
fund is essenshai i'll aug Cantcen Association.
There must be something rot aside for extrnor-
dinary emergencies, aud We hey determined that
ingiy put TINT aHdo cz a reserve.
"Wllere is It'll Show 1t to he! We want to see
it," yelled thoy ayin. Ths stoopld1ty uy our
Treasurer at tliis piut rooinod III. lie lost hts
nerve nnd showed chi where The resorve leE wos
located. That won futal. That keg MOB not spiked
oown.-it Good be rolled. nolltnf gave 1t a voice,
Men show thoir emptiness by ther sound, and 40
do kegs. They rolled it,-a holler eko, as If in
mockery, wos their ansor, It woa empty!
do not care to dwell on tho sceona TINT fol-
lowed. Tint crowd vent for uB uncomfortable.
Them infoOriaed mon woodent liBtcn 10 reaAon.
III win told en that our Cnntoen was modelled
after good doal bigger inHtootlen,-in vain
told em that our Consulting Actooary wood con-
vinco em cvr5 thing wos right Ut it ellood bo,-in
vain aHkt eul vat woB to become nv things OF
they didn't poYscHs more faith i'll tho integrity
uy their otlicors but It was Of no yooso:
"Tho Akker! tho likker!" they yelled, and
went for mo with yohempnco that may be
wrecked condiHfen Nv MY loft arm. It WAS
miraculous that escaped with my life.
I hey still faith in tho Cantoen idea, and Bhel
try it agfn somewhere else. Tic trouble with
uy, this time, wos in maxim the Canteen period
too short, We shonld hcv made it q year at
least, go that no enquiry Good how made until wo
WOE prepared to how enquiries mado. The Ton
tines {tron whom got my uoBhen). put OF
their period ten years, which ID sensible aud
aafe time, Thou / shel ml1 1t some other way
with some other system, 80 that in ti1neB uv dif-
tlculty ono hin play into the othor's lands.
But in my next yencher shall not be Preai-
don't. NY amblshen iB to be ConHultiu Actooary,
position that will eggaackly Boot my talonts and
character. I hey not deBidod whore to locate,
but shcl not bo out long. sAML. suAnKEx.