The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-12-25
.MrEEYN EE.NYEHE.

-H;t 81 EN tET.
II is this November sine
NcIcy gaze ny the eiItorship OF the
T~arT,towu Nr7ns. lie says it doesn't
pax said Squire I;sice II PITS drua
shop that night. "Why, he COX uI
that paper when lie le.. co!irec, AMI
he's Brought up for children an:
bougti: i huuse and lot or it. Doesn'
pay, indeed 20 81 tkirk Mac would
hav. liked ua 10 rul him into Con,
grcss,' said Fot's, spreading 4 intc::
piister. He'll take Il Leaning pat a
priitirS ii New York. youll see.
"W-;i. Mall mabe his mark, there.
lo Icu;t of that" said the Squire.
B,t Tarry:oau was out nf TEMPER witt;
McYev. Every body had Subscribed
for ti.a Vars aud toasted nf It cut a.,
thc:r " county. at was Lone Of
vua: Id0parny village sheets" as tine
Squire said Tonight. The serial
stories and poems On the first page
were o. 4 I orier; and as for the
leaders. Won might look over the New
YORK daiics IA long time before yon
found ,.,litical matters dealt with as
vigorously. Mac handles the other
party without gloves, in II way which
makes The a~lticies of ths Sc city fellows
conforndealy lame. Where else will you
find the apt quotations. from Horace or
tie sly illusions to the doings of the
ancient god and goddesses? Macs
classical education tells there, That
magnificent piece of mis-, now, on the
Credit Mobi!ier business, that ended
with 'Quis custodiet ipsos custOdes?'
That Was neat. sir, neat. I'm not sur
prised New York has got him. 1t swal-
lows w the brain of the country,
sir"
McTey, sitting in his dismantled
Office ihe Was to leave in the midnight
train, felt it was time that his brain
found It's true work in New York. He
was quite assured Of the vigOr OF his
logic, the delicacy of his taste, the
breadth of his culture. "Men," he
told his wife, "with half my ability
have coined fortunes liz New York and
Philadelphia. The kings of journalism
began without shoes to their feet.
Here am I, grown gray-headed with
doing ont ideas to these village folks,
and what has i. paid? The house cost
81. 800, aud that with the 5000 in
bank is the sum total of my life's work"
ave have lived very comfortably"
veuturei Mary. "T..e children have
always been we'll fed and clothed, and
now the boys are through college and
ready + so into business. Could yOu
have done better il New York ?" 4" You
shall see, you shall see = smiling. 81
settled the house and bank stock on
you to-day, Molly. "It's but a drop
in the bucket compared TO what We will
have two years from now" McNey
mean: to leave his wife ard children.
behind FOR the first year o; his venture.
BY that time the golden flood would
would have begun. New York would
have discovered the quality of man who
had cometOit at this late day. He looked
about his office nova large, airy
room, opening at the back into a gar,
den where ne had raised vegetables
Dicky, the local editor. and three
printers going ont to weed with him
when slack of work. In the closet still
lay some mammoth pumpkins, two o,
three sacks.o of flour ard barrels OF po
tatoes, which old Durborow had brought
in TO pay for his advertisement. "a
Mise rably petty wayof doing businessI'
he thought. He took up Il copy o.
:hc Atws; there were the iunera.