Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-10-24

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Well, let me see. Here are man
uscript letters and poems from Burns,
Moore, Swift, Longfellow, Bryant,
Holmes, Tennyson, Pepys, Pope,
Thompson, Coleridge and Schiller"
see you are rather fond Of
clocks"
Yes, indeed, and, by the way, |
have secured a great treasure to-day
in famous clock made by Ritten-
house, the celebrated scientist of
Franklin's time. This clock is de-
scribed in Rittenhouie's memoirs,
page 2O9, with its pedigree from date
to date, and as you see all about my
place here there are all kinds of
clocks-forty in all-some of them
four hundred years old, and all very
valuable one of which cost $4,000"
You are noted hereabouts for
your unostentatious charity; do you
find it a good thing, a wise policy in
the long run?"
A MAN OF FRIENDS.
81 do indeed. Everybody comes to
me for help and no one goes away un-
aided. Ny friend Forney will say
when friend wants money, | haven't
got $500 myself but I'll 20 down and
borrow it of Childs for you Yes, |
get deal of satisfaction from charity.
| One OF my printers came to me the
other day and said, My daughter is to
be married next week, and | want to
see if | can buy Bible and have it
charged to you, the amount to be de-
| Quoted from my pay per week, He
wanted to give her Bible worth $40,
so | gave him check for $50 for the
girl and an order on dry goods store
for $50 worth of clothes for her and
the Bible, and thanked him for letting
me know his daughter was to be mar
ried Now, that didn't cost me much,
but it pleased them, and | have just
received beautiful letter from the
girl herself. Then an old acquaint-
ance came in to see if he could borrow
800 to get out a book with. | didn't
want the book, but | told him he could
have the money and to send the books
to twenty college Libraries. Here 3
the list just come in. Now, here is a
circular We got out and have sent to a
few prominent men asking subscrip-
tions to a monument for my old friend
Morton McMichael. They all know
! that when | take hold of thing it is
! ! certain to 60 through, and if there
isn't money enough subscribed III
make it up and that will be the end Of
it. | wanted to pay for the whole Of
Leigh Hunts monument, but Mr.
Hall would take but a subscription.
am the largest subscriber to the memo
rial window, in Bronham, of the poet
Tom Moore. | give an annual dinner
! to the newsboys of Philadelphia and
sent thousands of boys and girls t
/ visit the Centennial Exhibition. Ny
business is very prosperous and | like
my men to share my prosperity.
am very quick to detect merit, and NJ
7 man who does his duty need fear t
! trust me implicitly with his conf
= dence. | give every one a vacation 0
3 two weeks, paying his salary in ad
j vance, accompanied by a present, ant
= on Christmas day | always give thou
sands of dollars in money to IN,
q employees"
How about worn out men ?"
WORKOUT EMPLOYEES.
" / take good care Of them. Tn
foreman Of my composing room ha,
been with me less than a year whel
, he broke down, and his doctor toll,
h him he must stop work or die. II
/ hasn't been near the office in years
i but he draws his weekly salary Will
regularity and comfort. la 1868
gave TO the Philadelphia Typographi
J.. cal Society a printers cemetery
lot with an area of about two thou
- sand feet, surrounded by beautiful
+ and substantial marble wall with al
? imposing gateway of handsome mar
q bic, | also presented the society
: liberal sum, the interest Of which i
to be devoted to the care of th,
I grounds. | buried an old, destitute
) printer there first of all. He wai
! dying in the Almshouse, and sent m,
word. OF course ! attended to him
= and he rests there now"
y " You have had occasional offers o
position and trpstP
! " | have declined more than anyone
n knows. Princeton College conferred
the degree of Master of Arts upor
q me, and appreciative notices of my
life and character have appeared in
+ LippipcQtt's Biographical Diction.
I ary, Johnsons Encyclopedias, the
q Geographic des Contemporaries, il
+ Men of the time, in yariou,
i brochures in different languages, and
in newspapers all over the world.
HIS BIRTHPLACE.
r "Where were you born n
I'm Baltimore, in 1929. Ny name il
- not George Washington Childs, but
G the same aS my fathers, George Viii
0 liam Childs.
= do you find that your employees
{ benefit by your thoughtfulness?' 70
"0h, yes. | pay q number of then
r $4,000 or $4,000 year. Nearly every
one owns his house, and they all know
c that their positions are assured fol
= life. | take them as boys in the office
r then clerks, then reporters, and lnallj
Y editors. One Of my chief editoria
;. writer's is the son of carrier
t In the brief limits of letter it i.
n impossible to more than outline the
}. CHEEKY jolliness of this peculiar man
0 Ho sits supreme In a superb estab
t ishment, enjoying an annual imperial
n income, distributing benefits to thou
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