The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-05-06
The o.meara Consolidated.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY EXPLAINS
TO A FRIEND IFS OBJECTS AND METHOD OF
OPERATION.
Tsrom The Virginia CITY tNcv.l Enterprisel
q They met BIZ chance, the usual way"
among tbe daughters OF the wife OF Adam.
Said the one ueighbor unto the other:
"Good.mornin' till We, Mrs. OMeara."
Said the other unto the one: "Tbank we
kindly, good.mornin', Mrs. McCracken, yer
lookin' well this moruin'."
Zach. but its kind ways ye have, Mrs.
O'Meara-ye'd be speakin' the cheerin'
word il We saw poor body wild fut IN the
grave: but Pm far from feeIin well; ips
the ould disthress In my chesht, dear. lts
airly we're abroad the day, Mrs. O'Meara,
but we're always so industrious an dri-
VIM"
aye Hat.er me, Mrs. McCracken, but IT'S
only in driyin' that there IS ony tbrivln
these times-wid Gods blessin', av coor,e."
s.Tb,ue for YOU, Mrs. O'Meara, an
tbrully It's snug We air at home now
maidin, but the honest words schpake an
no fa,thcry."
ovid the blessing OF God we're dom
fairly-fairIy, Mrs. McCracken."
81 wash | could get the saycret, Mrs.
O'Meara. My Michael works livery blessed
day in the mines. but nothing stays wild u.s."
sDo YOU collect assessments, Mrs. Nc
Crscken!"
.Assissments, Mrs. O'Meara? What
would be dom wild collecting assessments!
Bad cess to 1t, woman, it's the other way
wild us, for Michael he do be paying assiss-
ments on this and that livery blessed month,
almost"
"An' where does he pay thin, dear?"
"To the oker.saops-sure, where else
would he be payin' them, Mrs. O'Meara?"
"Why, to yourself, darin'."
"To me, Mrs. UMesro?"
"To yersilf, woman! Where else should
be be pawn thim?"
"What for does my Patbrick pay assiss-
minis 10 me but because | level 'em on him,
dear?"
"On him! An what is it for, darln'?"
"It's for the stock he has in the corpora
ton, dear-the interests he hes in the
OMeara Consolidated Do you under
stand that, now-the OM-ea-ra Con-shol'i-
DATED 2"
"What would that be, dear ?"
"Orieinally Vt was the Pathrick O'Meara
and the Nora McCue, but was incorporated
as the O'Meara CONSOLIDATED in 1865; first
issue of stock in 1866, wild new issue
every two years. IL is what they call
close corporation, behave, and am both
president and board OF directhors; hould
the controlling inthrust, and level assiss-
ments."
al don't understand it all, Mrs. O'Meara.
An what is it you level the assessments on,
deary"
"On the stock, to be sure, woman-on
the live stock. Do you see?-six shares
now"
s.Da Won Y,anp tho chiIder7V
"What else would | name? I'll tell ye.
dear, for see yer wits are w0Ol-ga gathering.
You see for long time Pathrick was buyin'
this wildcat aud that wildcat. and all the
cats wur leyellin' assessments and be payin'
'em and kapin' us all at the point OF schtar-
walton. | saw how things wor gcin', so
Just brought out on him the papers OF the
home Incorporation, and ! says to him:
Here, now, sir. is the O'Meara CONSOLE
dated, a square location secured by patent.
with but six shares in 1t. Says he: NO
rah, we're wus nor the wildcats; ye take
me whole months wages y 'Tbrue,' says
|. sand III honestly spind livery cent in
improvements for the benefit OF the CON-
pany.'"
"And did he sthand the ASSESSMENT, Mrs.
OMeara 7"
"He did. for he thought it good joke at
first; an for two or three months be paid
up like man."
"Then he quit rayin'?"
Gle did,"
San what then, Mrs. OMeara?"
81 sould him out"
"Soud him out! How could you sell
him out?'
sew ell, dear be bad due and legal notice.
| I first OF ali tould him that such a day 1t
would be delinquent in the board, thin that
! it was advertised delinquent, an that such
time would come the day o. sale. He
thought it good joke, but when be ken
home that evening he bad no supper.
didn't cook him warm male in month. L
sint lot Of furniture to the auction, an /
cut him of 10 livery way.
CAN what then, dear!"
"He never since refused to pay his regu-
| lar assissmints.'
"Achl 1t is wise woman We air, Mrs.
O'Mpara. Good-mornin' till We, and wild
the help O. God I'll incorporate the Nc.
Cracker Consolidated this blessed day, and
| livil my first assissmint before resht my
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