The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-20
W.ILL STREET SKETCHES.



now employed IA dealer in Ransom's gam
bling house. The fact Of his physically
resembling such questionable person
docs not. however. prevent wocrishofrcr or
Wocry as he is abbrcvativcly called from being
very pleasant looking individual. lie is II
moderate height slightly built and looks much
younger than he is. He must b. over thirty
fvc but II he had the cap OF Heidelberg or Got
tingcn student ON his head. he could bc easily
taken for gutter Bursch. somewhat hclatcd at
his sdnct,m stiiorun. An incpient moustnche
OF nondcscript German shade and deep scar
on the right check. suggestive Of braVry
fought ducls. complete the picture Of the stu
dent of das GesdmDte raieiand.
BY BIRTH Wocry is lcsse- Casscl man.
believe. II not. he must be a Prussian. He
looks like one. ut all events
How he Jared at home I am unable to tell hut
he certainly has had Ghtck in this country:
and he deserves it, for moro rlucky aud
intelligent German has seldom been imported.
He landed hero some thirteen years ago ~
a bank clerk. most happy to work day and
night at other peoples lcdgers and balance
sheets at n hundred dollars n month. Now he
is making 50 much money. and is making
II 20 fast and So surely. that the oldest and big
gcst spectators Of Wall street have 10 take
serious notice Of his attud" i'm the market
His first employers in this country woro
Rnttcn Bonn. think. But the man that fair
" launched him into prosperity was Won Hon.
manu. Worrishot1cr gained his confidence by
extraordinary discretion. His left hand did
not know what his right hand WIS doing Won
Hoffman, made pile Of money through him
and naturally had to pay him n fair commission
on his profits. The Louisiana levcc bonds and
the new five per cent Government bonds were.
il seems the stnplo orticlos thnv onern,od In
On one occasion. when Won Uonrar wo,,od T.,
p.t tho best of Inv Cookn Wn.rv c,,,,, hol,l,.
forward and hon, tbo croot ,,,,,,rn,,,,,,
nnnnni.r ont nf bishoo,s s,,h.,,.,,,',,,i,. u,,h.
child Stern Brutbers snovcr nro,hor. panha,l
Brothors philin snnvnr L 10 .crt ht,, ,h,f,
orders from Eurone and IA runh.r Of hi, No,,
York operotors incudin,, mo zion c,,ohro,,I
Thrne-nnr,rcd Iack hc,n,n,. his .us,or,crs
nnI contributed IN tho growth -, Iis ,,r.,,r,,,.
Trni,nd In tho sch,,,,I - ,,,hn, a. ,...'
o, ,,.,.,,,. - 49,, mum,
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Woorishor,r had ,h,
s,or,in,, in ,l,is ~" , ''t.,
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II "a i'm. 4 1 IN
pntora ha nrr,,.,I ~, ,,,a.'. r",,,,'''. .,..
bo,,o,nr h. had, hard s,r,,,,,,,, ,,'.',,
Tn 1sc, ~ ,.''r,t,ii,,I -, 10
md wncrv ho uo,' w., ii,,n ,,,v,,
n,,,d ,,., on1 had ., ,.,,I ,I'
I'll, ,.st w. No, 49,, ,.,.,. 49,, n,,, ~ b.,
harrow NAM . .5n hil -, his ,ria,,,s - boy,
him nnoot There il - Frn,DI, ,oilor H., ,his .i,'.
with whom bn n.a orc, nm onco,,n, -, nth.
long standip, and from, uh,n, ~. ,.o,,,,, ,|,,,'.
mora cr.dt Tho ,.u,r r,,,sod I, IL. 49,,
Inns s,rec ynow.d nil hi. nn,,or. ,,y ,,,, -, H.,
spair that no did 50
Tho nature Of Woorishorar is no, sv,,ro.
th,iic u, il whimsical ,.r,ons a,1 - 80.
even Jisnnsi,iop Cool no,nrn,, and r,I,,o
to-day he turns hi,t,r md rudo ,n-n,,rr',.
Possibly M li,,,.s,i,,, I'm. ina ., ,,t
il thourh from TN. hearty ,ynv Le ants onJ
drink. no su.h conclusion il warranted VII
II, v,on,o t.. h. know, well how 10 render him
self amiablc: and his conversation whom NJ.
feels like INDUCING in il. is never silly: very
frequently it is full Of genuine wit.
The best feature Of his character i the So
lidity OF his friendship. He will work for the
prosperity of friend almost n. eagerly ms
for his own When h.. established his busi.
ness he took into partnership a fellow clork of
his and an intimate friend Of Younger DAYS
On this partner becoming in last year. Wocris-
hoffrr sent him To- Europe with something ike
quarter Of n million II soundly invested dnl
lars. He IL credited with never having forgot
ten a favor. Friends and companions Of former
days. who have ever obliged him in any way.
need fear no refusal when they want money
now Many an old friend is operating nt
hi- Office without "A cent Of margin. All lac
wants l. To control their operations, and NOT be
bothered with questions: "What do Won think