Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1880-12-10

live or care to stay. I even drew up
plan of my city, and framed few br,f
laws for its government. | namcdt Tito
pla.
On returning to Wall street | chose
three different brokcrs-onc 'bull
house, one ''bcar' house, and one
CONSERVATIVE" house. by this ! hoped
to get all SORTS Of opinions got them.
With my ''bcarS' | sold St Paul short.
There was talk of rust, Gras,hoppcrs,
rains, Hoods. St Paul would tumble to
the centre. 1t had ALREADY advanced from
1869. sold at 90, ~ and ~
With the s.huls" bought Pacific mail
No danger of Srassh"ppcrs on Pacific
mail. NJ drauth. no floods or rust.
Pacific mail haI fallen from -, and would
surely g. back MP to 80. bought PACT
lie mail and sat down Ia wait for it t" 90
up and St Paul to 90 down.
Tninr. began Ia move my way. he
gan Ia work vigorously on the plans for
nav city / haI arranged to bring my
dear old parents away from the harvest
wil,ls Of Oregon. where they had dwelt
for quarter Of century. They had
never seen the great city. Now they
should SEE it, hear the mighty preachers,
and sail un the Atlantic.
| How liz, widoncd ont : hal an inter
est now in every ship that sailed. The
| How Of money tn or from the land WAS to
me Of vital concern. All commerce was
az rich with interest To me now Ms the
poetry of Homer At ~ o'clock sharp |
found myself holding ON TO the tape,
waiting to see ii I had grown richer or
poorer through the night. All day, till
the hammer fell, stood with my finger
on the pulse of commerce..
| How ,Id come ont ? OH Well |
was short of ST. Paul and long Of Pacific
mail. | expected Pacific mail to 60 up
and st. Paul to % down. They did, and
had sd ,OG0 Eut that WIS not enough
to build city with. held uu.
One day il WAS rrmofed that the rust
was not So bad i'll st. Paul after all. 1t
began To- start M pucilic mail began
to shoot down. II was sail the Chinese
had started an opposition line. ] tell You
it takes big man 10 sit ON two benches
at time Ten in ON" he will spill HIM
sell between the two Just as sure as he
attempted 1t.
sold some st. Paul, and bought more
Pacific mil {; hui all To- no purpose. They
kept llt'itl on. I Non t'ti t'Ai 'tl
mail ut the lowest figure it touched, am
bought Wabash hogan to llounlcr
and got frightened | sold and hnught
and bought and sold | frequently saw
in the papers that was getting rich il
Wall street. AMI kept on working like
beaver. The end was only question OF
time.
One day my broker took me by tn,
sleeve and led me like lamb. MS | was
aside My fun was over. And Utopia il
indeed Utopia.
No one with "a little money ever enter
ell Wall street under better advantages.
All men We're kind and good think ne
man there ever attempted to mislead me
But it IL simply impossible t" make mon
ey there. and kccpiL let me mentiol
here that duringny six months there
paid my brokers in commissions 81 ,i2j
These commissions alone will d"vour any
possible profits.
OF course, 1t IL moi il pleasant thing t.
admit ones self beaten. nut ii tins brle
history of my venture i'll this dangerous
land will diminish at all that tired an,
anxious army of tape holders who vast
their shckels. their days and thci
strength in vain Whiting, why. willmGl,
bear the rrpruach.
And, after all, | lost but little, havin!
but little to lose. And learned 81 much
having ST. much to learn.