Daily Republican., 1879-04-16
PLUCK AND PRUDENCE.
Or what Boy May Accomplish II
He Does Start Poor.

He Does Start Poor.
While in Chicago and wandering
around its spacious streets, beholding
its busy thousands, its architectural
wonders, and admiring its street after
street Of panoramic piles Of beauty in
everything from her most exqnisitely
fine ladies' to the towering fingers Of
progressiveness pointing heavenward
to their greatness a. q people, We be-
held a sign. It was q plain sign, but
mammoth lstteripg on the walls of
mammoth brick building covering an
entire block. The last name on the
sign was one we had not read for long
time; it was o name familiar to US away
back In the buoyant days Of our youth
land beauty. We wondered il the
owner could be the only one we ever
knew who bore such name. We enter
cd the establishment. Everything was
on the immense order.
A hundred feet away We saw young
gentleman moving around In an i'm
lnenss counting-room, barred from the
show room, through which We were
approaching him, by heavy counters.
The young gentleman resembled rats
tail in a quart cup, so extensive the
counting. room, while the man was Of
more than Of the ordinary build Of
mortals. We questioned him. He was
an intelligent young gentleman, and
promptly answered our interrogatories.
We were right, the first letter of the
name was "Harry." He had come from
Delaware. had been a poor boy, was SO
high, had light hair-a good looking
fellow bnt he was not in. We left our
card, and as we walked to the front to
leave, without seeing the friend Of our
youth, a gentleman drove up in a
handsome buggy with one Of the hand
soonest of the Alderney COW colored
horses it has been our privilege to be-
hold for years. The young gentleman
called lis back.
The proprietor of the name and the
co proprietor of the immense works,
standing before us, had come. We
were invited back to the counting room,
where We met man, and after few
words Of explanation, the boys Of many
years ago-ers the one had become gr ay
as a badger and the other as hairless al
billiard ball-were "stirring up eact
other pure minds by way of remem-
brance," faster than an auctioneer evel
painted the beauties of a snide chrome
We are delighted with the success o
our former townsnln and the comE al
ion of our earlier years. He had mas
tered an honorable calling, became 1
good mechanic, was industrious, honest
temperate and frugal began life poor
/ gained the friendship of those, VIII
like himself, had push and nerve; anC
to-day Harry Burgie is half owner O
one of the pridrd establishments of tn
great West, and particularly of enter
prising Chicago, in the Mammoth stov
foundry of Messrs Collins & Burgie
covering one entire block, betwee'
Clinton and Jefferson, near Harriso
street,
! They employ in the busy season
vast number of men, and have a pro
perty worth several hundred thou
sands of dCllars. Their trade extend
q in all directions, and the finest cast
= ings We have seen in many years, Y
!, found in their shops. Everything
: systematized, and the mark of care an
;, prompt business quality in the DO
) and young man is manifested by til
y perfect order reigning in their estaN
= lishmen,. Among the novelties
: saw while passing through the Ion
\ range Of shops and warehouses, was
:, stove they have been devoting son
J, attention to, and nsed in Kansas an
O her Western States and T.rritori'
:. for the purpose ef using hay az tue