The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-01-23

the same end, and Genet likewise,
snd be is hunting the others with
equal pertinscity.
Mr.. Allen Is msn OF perhaps forty,
With an honest, pleasant lace, that
reminds one OF q good nstured bull
dog. He is s universal fsvorite in
all social circles He Is possessed of
keen wit, wonderful powers of anal
ysis, and what be does not know Of
law ia not worth knowing He IS
almost blind. His eyes are so de-
ieetlve that to read the eoarsest print
ne Is compelled to hold the page with
10 an inch OF his eyes. Imagine the
logged perseverance thst hiss made a
great lawyer Of man with such eyes.
BUSINESS.
is improving rapidly. All the bank
ing houses that were not rotten have
resumed /; money is sccUmulating and
The wheels are revolving with some
thing like their old rspidity. It
trsnspires that the great fuanciers
who went down in the late financial
storm, are not down as much as was
thought. 1t has been published far
and wide that Vanderbilt had lost
$40, ,OO0, 900, and was crippled. Il is
true be would have lost large sum,
probably not as much as that, but
enough to have hurt him, had he not
absolutely olcRed all the stocks he
held. Owning them, their going up
or down made no difference to him.
But the old fox did very brilliant
thing. He not only held on to all that
be had, but when prices struck bottom
land he knew when the bottom was
struck, he commenced buying all
that was offered. The rise on the
stocks be bought when they were at
the lowest, will make good all his
losses, and eventually leave him 3
large balance. Drew is damaged
somewhat, but he managed, as the
old fellow always does, to shove the
loss off upon others.
Whenever he is loaded down with
a stock that is certain to go down, he
immediately goes to his nearest
friends, and eonfdentially advises
them to buy that particular stock,
assuring them that rise in 1t is Ger.
tain. Then Daniel strsightway sells
all that he has of it and goes his way
rejoicing. He is sbout as unscrupu-
lous as the shrewd Keutuckian who
had very bad horse.
"Jim," said he to his brother, 81
hev sold that hoss.''
"Wbat dye git for him p
"Hundred dollars"
"Hundred dollars for that blind,
spawned, glandered scare-crow I! Who
did ye take in with it"
"Ye'd never guess in week. 'TaOGs
mother.n
1t is not on record that Daniel ever
unloaded bad stock on his mother,
but he has done quite as queer
things. 1t is an expensive thing to
be Drew's friend.
jay Gould is, however, gone case.
1t is usual for such men to have some
thing lain away, and Gould had it
but in making his fight this time, he
threw all his reserve in, and it was
eaten up. Gould is to-day q poor
man, hut he will come up. There
are too many opportunities for such
men in New York.
THE CHIEF-JUsTCEsHIP.
The appointment of Caleb Gushing
to the Chief -Justiceship exeites great
surprise in the metropolis, for the
Republicans Of New York wanted
Evarts. They are particularly dis
pleased with Gushing because of his
political record. It is a fact that
cannot be overlooked that Gushing
was, before the war, virulent pro-
slavery man; during the war staunch
supporter of the South, and a bitter
opponent of the Government and
after the war an opponent OF all the
reconstruction measures, every one
of which he has pronounced uncOn
stitutional q thousand times. Con.
sequently the Republicans Of New
York are disappointed. They can
not understand why such staunch
as Evsrts, Hoar, Pierre
pont, Waite, and score of others,
were passed over, and the most objec-
tionable man, politically, in the eoun.
try selected. They lack confidence
in him. He Is as unstable as water,
as tricky as horse-iOekey, and as
unscrupulous as q Tsmmsny leader.
The Republican and independent
press Of the city denounce the sp-
pointment d; it pleases only the Demo
cratic papers. The Tribune, the !
ablest of the great dailies, Is especi
ally severe upon it, while the Times
is ss bitter as wormwood.
Particularly do they object TO Cush-
ing, because he will doubtless be
called upon to pass upon the recon-
struction measures, the unconstitu-
tionality OF which he has so positively
declared. The only comfort | can
extract from the situation is Cush-
ing's age. He is over seventy, and
his funeral can not be far distant.
Death has its uses. What horrible
thing it would be If such men were
immortal.
THE wORKINGMEN.
are making demonstrations. They
have held several mass meetings,
their demand being that the city shall
give them labor or bread. Much |
ineendiary talk IS heard, and fiery
appeals to the worst passions are
.nInlo.nI Rrrk tho