Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1876-09-23
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAN.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer who recently saw the ire
pressible G. F. T., in New York, gives
the following account of the retired die
tator:
Among the observe of all observers is
he of the ambrosial locks and bronzed
face, who every evening sits on a seat
remote from others, surrounded by IL
bOquet des .fours, in the shape of a hun
dred OR more children, mostly little
girls. AS we pass by we observe that
he is reading paper, and at the same
time handing out bon-bons to the chill
dren, and supplying them with Jump
ing ropes and balls.
As we gaze on this interesting spec
tacle we hear the children exclaim, "Mr.
Train, Lizzie's got my ball!" Mr..
Train, Kitty's stole all my candyw The
name of Train seems familiar to us, and
yet we cannot recall it; 80 We step up to
the gentleman who so benevolently deals
out candy to the children, and com.
mence our interview
Beg parden, is your name Train,
sir-any relation of George Francis
Train?"
"That, sir, was my name in the oiden
time before l evoluted,' he replied smil-
lingly, and looking us full in the face
with those large, expressive blue-grayish
eyes.
Before you what?" We asked, not
quite catching his meaning.
Before became passive. I, who
before was so active, who held over a
thousand conventions and ran for the
Presidency. But now sir, 1 am passive,
because the country has gone to the
devil. She is like a yatch with all her
sails set and at anchor. There, there,
Lizzie, don't pull my hair; it hurts.
You see the hundreds of men sittin.
around in the parks and begging at
doors. They are happy, because the
rich man has got to take care of them.
Eighty men out of the hundred are pau
pers- the other twenty, who are rich,
must take care of the rest. That's
what I call equalization"
i" Let's sit down and talk it over, >"
! suggested your correspondent.
"Excuse me, didn't allow anybody
to sit on this seat with me. I don't
wish to be tapped. You see, I have
been tapped by the people to such
an extent that l have shut down on it
entirely. My vitality is enormous, as
you see, but ] wish to preserve my vi
tality and magnetism; that's the reason
don't go to any meetings, or speak as
might at the Academy of Music at q
dollar head. If did 1 should come
into contact with a great mass of incon-
gruous forces and should depreciate my
magnetism; in short be tapped. You
have had candy enough, my child; too
much candy is dangerous at this time of
the year. Do you observe how many
people are sitting around here? How
they are attracted about here by this
great magnetic force that I possess?"
Your correspondent was about to in
telrogate Mr.. Train further when gen.
tleman came up and extended his hand
in the heartiest manner. Excuse me,
my dear sir, don't shake hands with
any one; have not for two years. It is
q singular evolution, but nevertheless
SO; and what's more, I have established
the two-minute rule, and I don't con
verse with any one over two minutes ex-
cept these children. I have become us
little child, and learn wisdom from
them. Grown-up people know little or
nothing, and will not learn anything.
told them years ago that they would
drive the country into bankruptcy, and
now they must come to me to get out of
it. The children would elect me Presi-
dent tomorrow if they could. Want
more candy, Kitty? But I have evolu-
ted, and intend to stay so. This park is
getting too much for me; people come
around and tap me-" Here Mr.. Train
suddenly began to read, and your cor
respondent concluded that the two
minute rule was in force, and that the
time was up for conversing.
If Mr.. Train can be compared to any
one, as he sits in the Madison park bare
headed and surrounded by children, he
is to be compared to Victor Hugo in his
festival with the children at D'Houtville
House, on the beautiful Isle Guernsey,
and his passive, bronzed features, ele.
giant ambrosial curls and fine gestures,
stamp him at once as distinguished
parsonage. Every evening he may be
seen on his accustomed seat surrounded
by crowd of children, and hardly a
moment passes that some gentleman
does not stop and gain some novel and
refreshing news on the situation. Kind
and agreeable to all, his face beaming
with smiles. and his pockets overfowing
with candy for the children and crumbs
for the birds, Mr.. Train is a picture of
benevolence. good breeding and good
nature.
THF Way TO BECOME R1cH.-Pay cash
for everything you buy at the time of
purchase. If this rule was adopted,
everybody would live well, live happy
and prosper. Everybody wishes to
buy cheap and sell high. Nothing can
please man more than getting good
round price for what he has to sell.
But supply and demand rule these
things. The credit system does more
in keeping prices high than any one
thing save supply. To start out, the