The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-11
MY CORRESPONDENT EDWARDS.

| am Hour merchant. My once ana
warehouse are in South street, In this
city l buy and sell fourin tho Corn
Exchange; l also sell it through my
correspondents, both home and abroad.
Edwards was one of my country corre-
spondents. Springfield, Massachusetts,
was where Edwards resided.
Every man has his own peculiar bust.
ness history, and have mine. Not long
ago Edwards became sIngularly con-
neeted with my business career; and
since people keep asking how IL came
ABOUT. l VIII tell the plain truth about
it, because Edwards is silent.
From my earliest childhood desired
to be miller. There was a fascination
about The rumble OF the mll-stones, the
endless mounting up OF the elevator cups,
the perpelu Il sltLlng OF the long white
bolts, and the clatter OF the coopers aud
their barrels. Twas all this That finally
made me -four merchant.
Every one thus has his peculiar taste
in early life, which in general affects al.
that follow. Ny taste was for the mill
ana -four, and ] have retained it all
lhrOuga lie.
BuS this taste for four and the manu-
| facture oft leads sometimes to quite un-
expected results. was satisfied with
| the working OF the little OLD ashl0ned
country mill and water p0Ter, until l
made some money. Then l wanted IL
bigger, better mill, so tnat could make
money faster. some satu; "Go to Oni";"
Others said, ''MinneooLa IS the best Stats
| Ior wneat;' but ola Bruce, VINO had been
nearly everywhere, said: y III go to
| illinois and you'M like il better than
anywhere else" Aud old Bruce was
right.
went to Illinois, and liked it SO well
| that had Lo thought OF going else
where. made money on every barrel
ol -four turned out of the mil Tor four
wears. L. was good luck. But somehow
| ali lhe luck, good or bad, seems TO come
,oveIher, About this time L Invented
he Inyincible Brau Du-ter, and that
was the greatest luck of all.
People outside OF Il f uring mill don't
Iknow much about bran, and less about
the machine called the "brau-uust Dr."
Hut the miller knows all about il; and
he knows that 1t will save hundreds and
hundreds OF dollars every year Ill IL large
mill.
Our fathers thought If they separate ed
|tbe -four from from the bran by sitting
litthrough fiue silk-DDlting ctoth OF Dutch
manu!acture, they had done all that
could be done--huur-making was per
feet. IL was a mistake, and the bran
luster proved it.
NV bran-duster was called the inYin-
chile bIan.duster because 1t appeared tc
clean the bran wholly from hour. l.
} was a great saving, and millers knew it
7 sold those machines for five hundred
ner cent. profit, and was not who'll!
Satisfied then. But when little' cross.
ryed CHICAGO man, with his pants tucket
in IN his boots aud borrowing hne-cu
from every man he met, went up-stnirt
AMI down, ali over my mill, and ashet
questions ill | was tired out an
sworing, l offered to sell hln machine
at cost to get rid OF him.
But he didn't want machines; ht
wanted 10 buy the patent ANA have The
thing IN his own hands. L asked thai
orosg-ey ed man $4,000 for my paleAt
and laughed to thlnk nat a. last he mus
see now bored was.
eyes. MY friend, just pay me $50, COO
and OH shall have the patent and tht
t inLcpeuGent fortune it VAL bglhe you.'
,'Tnats what am going to do" reach
| ing for another mau'a hme.Cut and max
ing very free With il. ~ gu Tx the pa
- pers and the money 10 ready for YOU"
II | have had kind feeling for Cultag'
ayer since. But when mat little cross
t eyed man sat down and told me such
j. l6np story about his wile--"Ehe smart
d eat, prettiest, best little woman i'll th
Stu!c"--I felt guilty, and 1t SCENE
somehow like l was robbins that me-
II woman. But, then, she o0uidu't Oe $
= smart. or she would never marry sue
h il lQOi AS nc WAS.
l YRs all old bachelor then, ard W esi
IL ern bachelors always desplse then
!? selves il tney think they have cheated
| 7, all nj to al
. must look out. But 2ol
70 Iuueu TO have That guilty feeling abou
4 That cross-eyed mans wife, and hope
Il. to meet her some day. Then InIende
IN 10 act the part Of an honest man Dy be
| spni S30. 600 OF the money pald me
~ the cross.eyed man 10 Dewey BIO
], som. my New York correspondents, VIII
ar Ilnstruc ions 10 deposit 1t III some soe
puuk, there to remain TO my credit uni
wnnted. TAen | ielt less guilty towal
a. that injured Chicago lady.
g, A man III business neYof knows no
irI much money he Wante; nor does
:, kuow at all zines now muoh lie may u
u" IN mis- business. That was why | p
ry that money away III New AOrk l.
ns | tie cross eyed mans wife.
IL true a rumor came that the eros
ryed man formed II stock COMPANY
ly Icsn,taIlsts, aud sold them his patent
by tSl0J coo l didn't believe it-w
or woliiuY Ii be did 60 it he couldn't ha
'. Deau such tool as ne looked. A
VI hicaxo men are not SO very liable ~
It, iouls either.
~ had been doing business with Dew
-, a. Blossom VI New York for many yea
and had found them reliable. But
II. lue their uco0un. SALES were not gu
ne saLlslacLury, ana the money WAS neN
N, ready when duo. Something WAS Wrol
They owed me a good deal OF mont
"u aud wnile it might not be wise 10 pre-
Ell tue immediate payment,l II would be p
rk- dent not TO Increase The debt. stopJ
'or further shjpMuuts 10 Dewey b!osso
Two weeks laler that firm ianed.
ire Dewey telegraphed me:
eli 'Better come and ses Things for yo'
oil. sei.'
m went and saw that things looked
,,r enough for me. The liabilities OF Dew
y" h Blossom were $3QO,0O0. The priI
+, uaI creditor, myself. Zoe assets W
in very little beyond twoyoung wives, "
I'll The largest and besL assorted wardfo
,ro | ever saw. Nothing aVatlaple 10
bachelor creditor from ll'lnois. l
rol syO. OJO outfits, aud not one garment
,ed would fiji me or anybody belonging
NO. line. Il was rough.
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