, 1876-08-21
JIM FISK.
Some "reminiscences Of Him by
"Capt. SAM"
4 Man Who Was Not All Bad" Tho
Greatest Of All Is Charity"


eool Ii Oft Inferred wllb their bones" md this
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Grand Central Hotel, New ynrk, III 1s7l. /
xas nn,sln,, lie sntt Al The ycry moment NJ the
travr,v ~, nv ,xav ~, nv l,c,no y, r,r,,c,,
th",h H., ~. ~" ,,x ~, .H,. ,1s v,.,n,. 's.rs
likely 10 oprUvc fatal I'll tile next day.
| flnvs no desire to stand forth as the
parcyYrtst of tho Inflated voting man
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,a,s 's .,.s.',. Ao"sss. 1n,., ""a NV ~,
t'oi's. think are greatly relicve'l by his inuny
acts Of true bcnevolercc, and real, unostenta-
vet unknown To the genera, pub1c, nul one Or
two of whrh sh,1, M attcmut m ', n, no,t4x.. ~ ' -
did not knuw Fisk personally, but an init
mate friend Of nIino was one Ut Ills fa,n,ljurs,
aud t1om him heard thc following Incident.
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DISTRESS TT oAsI1HhF.
one winter evening, this friend Of mine had
been attending lcyre at the roo,ns OF the
naughty I'M hcrt+cb,,c A,mon T., ,.,,,,,o,,.
with Tic Kay Lotharo aud a. ,nidnight ' Tie two
entered Flsk's coupc to 50 holtlc. Ally friend
shall tel the etury:
!, Df1''f'g up FOURTH afent1c, on corner near
Tie oPtrt'llHiRe, ulHier q light, We bche!d II
-fpAtS't HH A'S~t @I0Fs%coI AAAaH!Dk
a1!al writEttlE hcr lands, while the snuw was
around the corners, making little 'lrfta, like
tic warcs 81 a troubled khect of water.
Fisk, noticing tie fOtlUrn wretch, called to
h!s uriFer IT, uEaw-up to the Curhttonc: md,
!ninpane ,3 guy, Ac ~! asKeu the su'nan, VINO was
grief.
asbe tolt, lin ihat i,er m,shn,r, baa a,-d n
few IInys ht{nrr mud ria uriol pyncnsrs hsI u,.
sorbej tvrry "rt dr. 10 npsscssrJ "ayinH 4 hcr
VIZ; %ltn tW9 snnll ehlldrst'' entirely uestitute;
linn s31 hAu Ell ner llttle otes " Try ahu Eet
proyiaenee sie could find Good Samaritan
street, not ,nany Liocis away; uni uni
on,r fnx stcns r., IL bo,se o,, ;uJj' mi ,x;,,
,xaji, on,i !. XII; lila 1rivn,, a,,a,t 49,, H..
some 1noneyto purchase catahlcA, and directed
nun To 1seettaln the trQth u uef story.
confirmed the truth Of all thu, the pour woman
had told ut, while re ycrc sitting f,r ro,s!n.,
ire, enioyire glass ot rine md s,1,;ner.
,,r: sr dax a.< tsN a, h,'sgd . nsae iuTter m
luH'ss. 4nut Miiu'T5 tnas '1e "o4an ~; VIZ Enoa
rs ar sg n 1f ln
:-her father being pour mld honest farmer,
somewhere near E[mira-
perhaps no one wu8 cogElxnnt but tuysclf and
lie rccjpIents of his luuiIty.n
rIsv Istrrnp.su4u
1wns in Nnw YnrL Of ria tinir ri The prc,t
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!HE !'is 'A'et IEai oeAolE al c1Prtsh naAons &c,
livitinE contributions for the sufferers, aud
nctuallr tossing bundles pl clothing tutu the
wLich he hlu,su!f must have COLLECTED thousands
Of Jo!!urs, on ttic spur uf The 1nutl1ent
Some ,,,ehuritai'c ot,cs Continued Tint he WAS
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@ nns 1Gs"neI IT, , ~ oys ", u ~ oul ne
t!esJ s nHc'e ti nva's W. H. .ns sause u se1'o1ns
g'teay Teliel 70 tkis suffering pc9plc:
Al I'LL events Cll1eaTo elsl well ltoTu 10 LOOK
lcnIcntly on bis errors, III consideration Of
Ills energetic ctcyttulls In her behalf
I'VE nav not fulfy pnurcciatc whit MI
,,,t M IL. ,,.r,,nnj 1ohnrs rnro n thn ..r,in
us p a'ts -, susc ~, ~ rs ,hs,, re
toun.. :. ~ seei'ss sste'1' ~ AH't w ttt' wv
tribntions TO tho sacrcd cause ol suffering Au-
tnanty ---..--....-.. .-.-..
HEARrLEaS ATTACK.
One Of tile ,11ust heartIess incidents connect ed
witt, hts death and burial was thc preurliing OF u
sermon: hy sensational nar.on Of Hronklyn. IN
wile M r a' bittcr iii S't erIatun @ "H anl III buse.ss
chafEtst never IA" etlu;l!cl NC kcFHlnn WhS