, 1879-06-17

atfcs III tic county in which he resides. Meade
xas st s,mpsa 10 pa % S'sy IT, t1 s On Ma5 is
would have Ills fnoney In thirty days, and pcr'
haps less time. llo went homo happy in thc
thought TINT he had negotiated loan by which
ne tnigl't cancel th" indebtedness I'll hls farm.
dropped 1lvinsst,n d CO. 4 note reminding
he Yam, rssoysd san1irs,o, ,ti" ti foowInx sepy;
reported to stormy 70 nsssaste {sf'i ho i.ttei ter
VIII bc here this week. when We hops 10 be Ablc to
puna Tho matter through Without much delay.
IT; I''ia y! looked encouraging and bustncss.iike,
not arfise. anl sq IN. April be forwarded
inlntiiiG them III tile urgency Of hts financial
On April s no received the following reply:
W. hare urged on tho General Manaqer The No.
eesssty for Immediate action on youT application,
nnn @ ioof tor report any day. On receipt Of same
Meade again felt content for while, but BE-
Ginning to get restless about the money and
wondering what was the matter with "the
genera, manager" he wrote again on April II
asRifE FOR The money. Tn tho suceec dElig 1Ay
hc received tile following answer:
Tile application has bcou reported fayorsbty by
t,,e a.atutHsy. aud T. now awatt1n1 tbs action Of
INC Fnance Committee, and ID therefore out Of our
nmeiats n1n ila eonttol; W. e1ptestnR dsily re-
received. ~ "1's'
MHADH WAs VERT MUCH DISAPPOINTED
10 icarn tat his Affairs had got beyoud tic co1-
eDt tTo Dto ot ny Y. ffsn .n LTKston Co. and ad
Finance Committee. However, he WAS a flttlo
cheered by thu encouraging words uf hja corro-
sponleHte. ThIs courage lasted hlu, until MAY
y, wl,on he wrote again. Like ali bis former
tho following day:
We hre dulnR ut We can 10 have tho Association
once act on your application. but. unfortunate.
of }G arsg n.s r. many saea Of a0p
talstco ,nc.t week. and viii report u soon
and Tut ,HI'ot br informing them tha: the
Money will be fotthcoming during The month.
sDsnd t, On ~ doing a.! VIC ean in the premises to
Mr. Alcadc wns considerably grattf1cd ID
pondcrl,lE upon the fact that his application had
s'uasct the scrutiny OF the Attorney, tho Gcu-
eral Manager, an1' tho Finance Comrnittcc,
s VI I hsa sea eps a.op p'"iS a to sa es
OF the Executive Committee, whose existence
he ind mt cvcn heard Of before. ls war, also,
much encouraged by the uufaaterlng enthusiasm
nd II, sscadfaasnrss Of Messrs. L'stsston !; CO.
and agatn wrote un MAY 12, Tn the tlay follow.
Ing lie teeelrcu souiesllat dtaeourn9ing an
swsr: 49,.
granted tT the Association. hut. unfortunately.
there are so many ahead Of. ,yop We cannot Lave
; nSIaon a. quickly - yont crcumstaness require
doposit, which tho Association will grant, unless
you could walt until tho 18th OF roth 81 june.
;, Enclosed was tho following iorn,, prepared
for him to sign anti return ID the s,rirtest
bu8ltIcss manner:
most respectfully request that certain deposit
That ,nnde with yonF Association on the bth ui
piled for be rcsnfned 10 mo and my application
After much pcnstvc thought over tE,ta matter
hfeadc snJs he concluded to watt fur the rnotiey
nnd not withdraw his deposit, but, feeling i
little anxlnus about tho matter, on u.o
!.. Msy y, u tvF!1;,.tt, he sat :, down nnd wrote
could stats positively tint hc should have
tue ,pn,ey nt thu time Indicated, IN tllelr last.
lle also informed them TINT promises didn't
asal anything, and TINT ha was tired and walt
ruply en,ie tn this note. On JUNG 10 nu ur5tr
ugan asking Livingston s; Gu. II hc could d.
Ernd on having this 'oan on the 18th OF thu
month.
TIL. brnaght reply, bilt {. WIS ty nd means
ran M tut1oTs:
Th!lo we would hke to gtvo ,yoa a detnite
answer, :, we cannot; Our attorney, In wht,se
Is s.t | atu'sa I'd Ha oes iot " % asiSy y
soefs den,c On s a " en- aa r re
lint day l.o COMES 10 cpso the smi.h loan. and
yol car ase him about Yours.
This cn,1ed the correspondence. Meade never
heard of or saw the somewhat mythical attot-
uey. LIE canl6 to town Yesterday aud demand
ed his money, Livingstone, Or a gentlemen
answering to that appcltaton, informed him lint
herunlln't my h!n, now; TINT ho would lluye To
Wait wecE, for "ytu must kuow,n said he,
ttl,t We keeb 10 money here; It Is ali sott to
WashnEton.h The last seen Ut Mr.. Meade, he
WIS III atatch Of legal taler!t with atapactY for
extracting the reluctant tfckel from those who
evlttCe 10 disposition to settle.
The oEly misfortune ihat Mcsars. Livingston
= 20. arc labnrlng under is, that t'ey aro doing
too much business. mud tho " Hume O;llcc'" is
too fat away. The great delay in obtaining looms
subjects them 10 Suspicion. =
1t nlsghtsbe added, pareHtlctlcRlly Of course,
tliat aoms two Or three months avo, lick
Sltn,ns, an ex-dfYorce lawyer, and ex.buuko
operator, who was o1Jce M iumate OF
tlm '1ioial DO Hoffman,, wna lnlusttiously
canVassfl.E for tho .tI1ume auu Dower
Association" lo claimed to be- u,s only orIrt.
nil uEcnt for tho concern, nnll denounced ali
others Is tnpostors. Livngston &: ca. expressed
! he sa1no cptnlon concerning nfm. Nonu but
tllos0 who lnve lost faith lii everything viii
question tho Integrity of tho Association Or iii
nlannEers; ard It ia gratifying to: know tE,at
they who boltaeG In nothing, to matter how
described. ara III the great minority.
Iu4 - =.