Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-05-01
A HiIIiber..,euator.

4" made a surprising discovery the
other day"
This was the remark made by busi.
ness man, "a new arrival in the commun-
ity, to "A reporter for the 7rtLune. Ripe
for anything calculated TO disturb the
sitting serenity OF local affairs. the intel
ligcnt news collector VIA moved TO ask,
How SOP"
Take seat and will tell YOU and
thereupon the merchant who. by the way,
Is New Yorker, proceeded as follows:
" | ran away from home when ! was
fifteen years old. Thought was restrain
ed at home and needed more gcope WAS
living near liorncllsyiile. n. Y. and on
my first launch for freedom reached
Adrian, Mich, "A then quite remote city.
This was in 1851, | believe. roamcd
around the town Tor two or three days
before found anything To do. Finally.
one afternoon, without the least idea that
anything would come Of it, / dropped
into little stOrc--a sort Of ladies' fur
nlshing store; that H., the stock consisted
Of collars and cuffs aud lace and nccktics
and thread and yarn and all such little
truck. The store was u small affair
hardly eight feet wide By perhaps fifteen
feet deep. | walked In and accOsted
small. thin, white-haired and fair-com-
pleNloncd young man, with an applica-
ton for employment. ] must admit that
the proprietor-for the young man was
the proprictOr-did not seem In care
much whether ] went To work for him
or not. But after little talk. mostly on
my part, was engaged al 50 per week.
with the privilege Of sleeping in the
store"
Something in the expression Of the re-
porter's face suggested to the narrator 10
a. Z
come. So tho yarn was continued:
My proprietor did not 90 "A very
heavy business. and did not seem 10 care
much either. lie belonged To some
secret society or other, and was con-
stantly called upon by brother members.
On these occasions the proceedings were
quite mysterious. and a little sort Of a
wash-room in the back part Of the store
was used for consultations. My boss
seemed 20 bc the head ring master of the
concern. and. though his store was a
small affair. ! noticed that the leading
men Of the city sought his guidance. He
paid little attention 10 the customers-I
had most of the waiting on 10 do. and
nearly all day when not engaged in those
to mc-Fingular conferences. my en-
ployer would stand in the middle Of the
store thinking, thinking, thinking. while
teeth with pencil. lie was troubled a
great deal with pain in his back. and
complained Of an afiliciion ofthe kidneys.
! had only been with the pale-faCcd
young man a few months when ! WAS
prevailed upon toTeturn home. and never
gave my casual employer at Adrian "A
thought till within the past few days.
The other evening at the hotel ] was
rlancing over the advertising columns of
the Tribune. when among the bank ad-
Vcrtisomonis ! noticed the name ui
Jerome ". Chaffce Ii iinglod familarly
in ms mind Where had ] seen or heard
that name bofprc2 ! could not help is
running through my head. All at once
IL came 10 me. jerome u. Chaifco was
the name of the Young fellow ! worked
for in Adrian. Mich, SO long ago.
could hardly believe that my old hichi-
gan employer and the noted bank prcsi-
dent and United States Senator were one
aud the same. But ~ all my time was
then my own Il had not got into buzine-.)
| happened into the First National bank
one morning and made few inquiries,
in about this stylc:
Anxious Inquirer-Ts Jerome 3. Chat
fee connected with this hank7
Bank Mantle j.. sir, slightly.
A. I.-Whcn did he come TO Colorado.
and where trOmf
II. Nile came here in 1857. ! think.
and lived previously At or near Adrian.
Mich.
A. .1.-I- lac of fair complcxiun-vory
fair--and il hc troubled with kidney
complaint
II. M.-ilc has an exceedingly fair
complexion and. / believe. is troubled
somewhat with chronic disorder Of the
kidneys.
This was all that I wanted. ! was
and am satisfied that my quondam en-
ployoT Of long ago was idcniically the
same person who is tho richest man and
the kecncst politician in Colorado Now,
is not that rather funny thing, any.
how P'
The reporter. somewhat weary. ad-
mitted that ii was. .-DcHUcr (Col.) Tn
buHC.
Tho Music Of the Nightingale.