Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1878-11-21
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FORTUNE FOLLOWED FICTION.


ny MAC AEONE.
After battling for many years with mis-
fortune, misery, reycrsaS and disappoint-
ments, have SQuattrd in st. Louis.
i am now Il rich man--a nabob. The
assessor has assessed me at $2I5,OOO. |
have Mac Aronc Castle" nearly complct-
ed, and crowd Of upholstcrcrs and supply
merchants solicit my patronage. Piles of
swcct-sccntrl notes daily beg the favor of
my society to dinners, suppcrs and even
ing parties,
And yet it was not always so. can rec
ollect when ! was as pooras rnyerty-whcn
| yainIy solicited employment whereby |
might live honestly and deccntly. Nobody
would listen to me; nobody cared for me.
Bankers looked suSpicionsy at my appear
ancc. Clcrgymcn gave mca mess Of"cOld
shoulder They could Mair nothing out
Cfmc. Ciroccr> and saloon-krcpeH eyed
me with mistrst when asked for five or
ten cents worth of their wares My tailor
wOuH have the money in advance for Il
suit Ofclothcs badly needed.
Unable to do anything in st. Louis. l.,
with two triends-compuminns in misery
resolved that we would try our luck in
Kansas City. Their names were John
Smith, vendcr Of patent rights, compiler
Of directories and protector Of advertising
lodges; and Albert Robinson, a bohemian,
who was for some time local reporter ON
one of the st. Louis dmlirs, but at the
time speak of, out Of situation, money,
friends and hopes. Robinson had mann
script of five hundred and forty pages OF
f0olscap. entitled "Nlillrrism Exposed; or
the PrrpcIuity of the EarIh. II was IL
wcIl-writtrn, logical treatise, and would
have made him il reputation to br proud Of.
But NJ publisher would undertake to print
ii for the poor fellow.
We three packed up our little valiScs and
took passage for Kansas City. There we
were more fortunate. Smith obtained il
clcrkShip in a dry goods house, Robinson
secured Il position on one Of the morning
papers, became salesman and boOk-krcp-
rr in Il grocery house. We had about
scvcnty-Iiyr dollars Il month"; 1t was not
much; but it enabled us to have II little
Reunion once in il while. talk of the past
and devise projects for the future over Il
quiet glass of beer. in retired room just
off from Main street.
After il long chat one evening ON our
hopes and fears, smith SAID: 'All non
sense, my dear fellows! we have neither
of us the means of making a fortune.
liut an ldea strikes me-could we not get
the credit OF being rich?
And to what purpose! suggested;
i. J., gI'ta ON, Il POSITION III tnt "orln' m
id,"to, % ",'',,l,[' ; m aSna''iS m L,li 1'' Tan T'm
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"1.h@%&' @% Il. W." II bring yonr uncle
to lite-or rather, we IL Kill hun. IngotS,
gold-dnst. shares IN mines and crushing
mills, shares in railroads, banks and gov
ernnent securities, Will have Il grand effect.
No doubt there are many returned gold
seekers of that time. fortunate and other
wise from St. Louis to St. Joseph along
the rvcr towns, that remember your uncle
OF nave met nm IN tit goll h'l4S'
Let us XII nm: continued the two
'cahll"' aIu IeaV' tue ie puIE o. ms fortune
Ulllree ~ illll'lohS anu ii haIi oI uoll''rS-'o
Mac NTohe; .,,. A. -,
we liugheu h'atslIy aV iht loNG' ana
had another round ol peer. ! thought no
more OF the chcnmN'ahce' ana you may
guess oi my aSt0niShm'nt Wheh ! TOOK up
tine paper on whlGh koOlISoh was local.
ana read among the city items;
"I Lucky FcliOw.-Wc learned yester-
day, from party Of gentlemen Just re-
turned from Montana, OF the death Of Mac
Arone, Sr., one of the most fortunate Of
miners, who was attracted to the gold re-
gions several years ago. He was mortally
wounded by party of Indians. and after
being carried to Helena, had just time to
make his will, and leave the bulk of his
savings-Somc 81, 800, 0O0-to his nephew,
Mac Aronc. who now occupies the humble
position of book-kecpcr at --- n Co.,
on Main street. We wish Mac Aronc, Jr.,
Joy of his good fortune; and as he was al
WAYS II hearty, iovial kind of fellow, he
has now three and a half million additional
claims on our regard
Tho nven,ny manor and tbe otbor uo,r-
inc M noper % rrboI IGed he'd ihe % item o and % thn % two
fellows retailrd the story with aiI tho seri.
onsness IMAGINABLE vs.
The newt inv nronlo come in grouns IN
commitment % me Nv emnlovarS wamtcI
me- fo ~o in nnrtnerhin WITH thcm % onJ
extend ibe hrr;ness / disovo,yed tho "r,S rn.
mort rs n matter Of conrsc Inf nnbodv
would Lnl;ovc me MANY in kansas City
knew NV nncle wcll"tbcv had % mnf INN MY IN
difTercnf mining districts of Montana ~ nnd
Cnlitornia Some had bcnn feIlow.t,avnI. I
ers Of his from one Mace IN another All
mt him down rs n mckv sbrewd intelI;.
gent miner '''>
Among thc number Of these visitors was
one not tbe most agreeable With the
wbim of n vomg man. Ind some timc
nrevionslv ordered n fashionable suit If
Clothes to 90 ont in, It was nearly worn
ont, and was yet t. owing I about % half the