Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-19

FROM BARBER's CHAIR TO BORDEAUX 10 GET
S,s00,000 OF HIS CNCLEs MONET.

FROM A BARBER's CHAIR TO BoRDEAux TO GET
S,4D,0oo OF HIS UNCLEs MONET.
John De Chaneau has been barber In Wash.
fDgton and In New Brunswick He is a small.
dark man, with dyed moustache. and he
wears scratch" wig He talks only littlo
English, although he was born "A New Orleans,
but he gives a vivacious account OF his life and
the singular fortune that he says has been his;
for he protests that he has inherited g. 600 600
from rich uncle In France
81 was born" he said, I'm singular pdfois OF
French and English, 'in New Orleans forty
four years ago next July. Nv father, who WAS
an oncer high IN rank In the United states
navy, had large property and fine plantation
at Baton Rouge, but he was very unfortunate
man. and he squandered the whole OF his estate
ia notous living, and finally he put pistol TO
MS head and blew his brains out. was very
Young at the time. Ny mother with her four
chiidfen-Joselh, William, Louise, and my
I'LL VAS leu very poor. j was taken By
ana learned that trade In New Orleans L
neNer Went to school, never had a chance to
earn anything, and was always a poor fellow
! went 10 Washington, and there worked In a
barber shop at PENNSYLVANIA avenue and l2th
street. that was much freQuented by Southern
ers. was there when President Pierce came
TO washington. Ihever shaved him, but I aid
shave Fillmore once. and often shaved Henry
Clay. The last time | shaved him was as he,
lay dead In the National Hotel at Washington.
I also shaved many other noted southerners
I was also Ia business In the Astor house. For
several years i have been IN business In The
barber shop in The Jarrad hotel, In Burnett
II had an uncle In France, John De Chaneau
a snip merchant I'm Bordeaux" DE Chaneau
continued, 81 have been TO see him many times,
and he wanted me TO stay Ia France. IL is q
blce country, but was lost there, and did not
desire TO stay. In May last received news
that my uncle. who was very old, 90 years, had
died, and had left TO each OF my brothers and to
my sister sl,000.000, and TO myself 81 10000
gave up my business aud went to Bordeaux,
where learned that II was true. MY uncle had
Gied very, very rich, with no heir except our
selves, and after giving much to the poor had
left US the rest. He gave me $4,000 more
| than the others because ! was always poor
| Fellow. One cannot make money In the barber
business. Then sought for my broth Tiers and
sister. Louise had married a rich man named
Freeman, who lives In Arkansas. Joseph Is a
| wealthy physical In Indianapolis, and William
is DEAD notary In Bordeaux attends 70 the
| business, and on the ist OF May I shall get my
| money. now live In Morristown, Nj j gave
| up the barber business when heard of NV for
! tune. friend In Trenton loaned me $500 for
| had nothing. When get my money shall buy
| some property In Morilstown and live there and
| II Ind good woman OF IS or 10 years OF age 4
/ Will marry her. | have never married any
woman yet. oh, yes, shall take care OF nv
money. DO not drink, except perhaps a glass
OF beer now and then. L am steady man
| IA, Y. Sun. 18th