, 1874-10-01
TIM TULL'EIs.
his DcptlrtNro Cor Europc-Aylly MIC
Es0nda


1t will i1ouhtloss intorost tho pooplo OF Chtca-
70 to know that tvo Ok ils prolniuopt ctizons,
non whouc natncn arc constantly appealing in
lho rapon III connection With mercantile trans
lctionH, Or legal nifaitn, iutonl loavlng Chicago
!ur protractoa European tonr, taking Now
3rltanB In tho why, wlloio they will atlyso with
aov. Kellogg, nnd givo him fow practical hints.
Chcso two citizens arc Timothy W. Tullor aud
Richard Nainfotth, whose joint speculation In
1a Insurance bl'sinnas Bon1o yearo ago enriched
aio lazy books with q moat interesting case. III
!aet. tho mont en- Aunl reader OF tho Chicngo
sapera must haVa noticed tho contributions
rh1ch tlcso Eonle Daro boon constantly
making to tho literature Of tin day. Whon IL
becomes tho melancholy tlntv OF tho obatuhrRt
10 write up their lives tl.oro will 10 no lack OF
material.
Tho reasons for their departure aro manifold.
In tho first pla1:o, nuinforth's parents fro In
Manchester, E,,glaud, and ho lias natural do"
.irn to Walt tht,u, tahiug along, OF courao, his
bosom friend, tho man for whom ho did 1oscond
nto tho to,nou Oh AlccEtis did for her huaband.
What reminisc otcca l,o will havo to rolato, aud
aow tho hosrt tyf his fathcr will expand when ho
carus how his eon Btnoto. tho Ynnkoes hip md
Mish.
THE rIAT.InoS rDsISEss.
In tho noxt place. 1lr. Fuller in out OF the fiat
kou buninesg,-tho patent sclf-lloating, rotary
lrticlo,-so far IN tho United States s concerned,
md Ia goirqy 10 England to tatto out 4 patent for
t. Fuller obtained from Samuel Drowning a
powcr-of-altorney authorizing Linn to acl State,
bounty, and town rights for tho aforesaid Aut-
ron. BroHr'lpg claimiug to havo purchased m
Mo right, ti;e. and interest Of tho original pat
sntoo, who lived Ia Texas. Armed with this
powof; Mr. Fuller hns been doing n livcly bust-
noBaln the wny Of sclIing thcso minor rights, I1o
hna COLLECT cd st26 from this man. and $40 from,
Aat, until be- Inns acguired much wealth, and
has-sont out into tho Northwest MI infinite army
Of npoatles. prcnchipg tho merits Of tho patent,
rotary. e'elf-hcatfng lat-iron, which gets warm
en- ono q lido ns fnst NJ it gotta cool on tho otlor,
md TINA keeps OH everlnBtingly ironing. It Is
tho nca rest thing to perpetual motion vet de-
Siscd, except 1t 10 frank Lawlor, Candidate for
Coroner, etc.
Afr, Fuller has dono nobio nnd benevolent
Motk for the Northwest, and has put money IN
hia pu.reo thorebv. Dnt Lo now fears that his
MoninE' will bo miBconBtrued, and that le will
bo exposed to good deal Of obloquy. Alr.
Fuller rogrots to inform tho gentlemen to whom
ho told ratent rights that he Is Of tho
authorized to. convey to him. and that
consequently their parchments for which
Mey pald S'26 or $40, arc legally valuecss. AIR.
Fuller also statoa that tho patenteo Is searching
loi pEpplO WILD Ara bEuluE WlkHguG IlB EOubtHl,
int,'intends making It warm for them, backed
IS he is by tho power Of tho Fclc1al Goyern-
ment.
Mr.. Fuller regrets this atato Of affeirs deeply.
mot on his Q ~ account, 1or llo Daa moro than
but because hc feels aad for tboac young men
who havo paid something FOR nothing, mud aro
III dangor Of legal proceedings to boot. lie also
toc1s sorry for. tho mothers of the West who
have peon ironing with improperly acquired flat
anal Will l11lVn to n heavy rNvnlkv
Dvery Hllirt thus done up. Unwilling to boa wucsg
70 tho sorrow oatAGd by his ACKNOWLEDGMENT
to do good Mr. Fuller will Leave town. l1o ad-
visoH tho purchaaors from him to fall back on
Browning. lie, Fuller, NOT having the t1no to set
Eio with tlioln himself. They haro Ills best
Rshes for their future prosperity.
TIR rANTNENaH1r MATTER.
Whlfo not engaged in Hollfng tIcao patent
rights Mr.. Fuller las bislcd hin,eolf in what is
known as tho partnership game. which was fully
Inosday was epecialy lucky day. There camo
h1 swift suceession thrco ncn, ono Of them from
Central Illinois, WHO had,
Dy t1int Of hook or crook
Or what tho uosolia.s call ovorreaching,
eont:ived to 20. $500 out OF resident OF his
native town, and who lial thoreby won tho nd-
nlirntion Of bis townsmeu. When ho loft which
luTlatcd citizens wnnted tho Grnud Jury to
meet, lio told somo of lls hcqraintanccs TINT llo
mas intending TO como up to Chicago md snttlo
down They expressed their adsnirstioa for his
lilcrc, and adyisoa him not to 60 to Chicago lest
ho should bo picked up. Ho INSURED THEM That
ho was able to talto caro- OF himself in Chicago
or any other city. aud camo up, bore. Ho saw
Mr. Fuller'a M adyortsaement, and went, around to
sco him Iacaday morning, and waB duly picked
up 10 tho amount OF about $500. When
ho learned OF 1t lle was very much dlsgustcd, and
begged Alr: Fuller to Bay nothing about it, since
1t might injuro his reputation for b,1sineaB
%rt.n 1,nn
Fuller, of course, bad no desire to expose tho
Fratica Of fcllow-,nan, and did not mako
Lny public announcement Of tho picking up in
question. That afternoon there turned tip
hia bus,ncEs shrewdnesH, Which he had ahomn by
picking Up Granger to tho tlluo Of about 81, ,7Ql
Hc was very much ssrucl with Mr.. Tullcr's style
of doing busi,'ess, aud nnloadod to tho extent
70 beeamo the victim Of rcn,orso and disgust.
hlr. Fuilor also tonls in during tho day d
simple-minded individual To whom ho
restored el0o i, il order that ho might
leave town i3 hn felt lie doing
tho man floln Central Illinois compared notes.
mud found that they Ind bought tl,e samo stock
of goods md the same husinoss. They woro 80
much impressed with TINT particular fashion OF
mailing money that they concluded to go into 1t
hoKnaolycs, and to bold on to tho goods.
Atr. Fuller has had for Bon1o timo In liH en1-
ploy an individual by tho namo OF Osborao, who
camo hero ZONE months ago from California;
whero ho Ind Il difficulty with Il man about tho
settlement of M account, tho result Of which
wns TINT this man suddenly diod from bullot
and Mr.. Osborne got into n convenient buggy
md won't awny, and tho further ho got
from tbat spot tho bcster 1io folt.. Ho
looks very much like simplo, llou-
est farmer, md lla hcen employed for
the purpuse OF working up tue agricultural ele-
ment and roping them in far tic purchase Of
"ratent rotary Bolf-heating lat-i, ons" aud
other ingenious deviccs Of which Mr.. Fui1or'a
b.aipu aud banda aro full. The two mon got
acquainted with Osborne and proposed to take
him into partne1ahip also. 1Io las had recently
ono or two squa6Dles with Mr.. Fuller, and
Threatened to settle accounts with him as ho did
wlsh the California man. This tllreat. Of course,
has a had nothing to do With influencing MIR: Eul-
ior to leave Chicago. Tho fourth paltner in tho
busineeais Tho landlord Of Il Randolph street
at9re. During one OF Mr. Fullors stnya on Ran
dolpa strect The nun from whom lie rent
icl his room wAu very much impressed
with Ills capacity, and wantod him to
pay Percentage on all tho money
ns nt took s. n The partuerahip buslueaH. This MIR.
fullcr did not think was fair, md tlecucd to