Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-05-21
The O'Meara Consolidated.

"Thev met by chance the usual
way among the daughters OF the
wife Of Adam" Said one neiEhbor
unto the other:
Good mo,nin' till We, Mrs. o.
Meara.
Said the other unto t." one;
"Thank We kindly, good 's.Tn'n !,
Mr.. McCracken, yer lookln Wei!
this mornln.
"Ach. but its the kind ways VI
have, Mrs. OMeara-yed be soak-
in the cheerin' word if We saw a
poor body wild fut in the grave
but I'm far from feelin' we'll; it's the
ould distress in my chesht, dear.
It's airly we're always so industhr-
Gus an diivin.' -.
"Ye father me, Mrs. Me- acken,
but It's only IN drivin' that rere Is
only thriYin' these times-wi'' fod s
bessin', nvcoourse.
"Thrue for you, Mrs. . II lara,
an thrulv lis snug We air ut home
nov iudljliI Uut tllS hOhSoe "S'>''
l shpake an 10 tlatthery."
ovid the blessin' of God we're
dom iairly-fairly, Mrs. McCrack-
en-"
q wish / could get the saycret,
Mrs. OAIeara. My Michael works
livery blessed day i'll the mines, but
nothing shtays wild us.
Do YOU collect assissmints, Mrs.
McCracken?'
Assessments, Mrs. O'Meaia
What would | be dom via collect
in assissmints? Bad cess to it, wo-
man, it's the other way with us, tfol
Michael lie do be payin' assissnlepls
on this and tha' livery blessed month
almost.
And %here does he pay thin
DEAR
TO the broker shops, sure
where Use would he be payin' thin
Mrs. OMeara 2
Why, to yefself, darlin. ;"
sTo me, Mrs O'Meara:'
"To yerself, woman; where ilse
should he be payin' thim?' -
What for would he be payin' as
s,,smints to me but because level
an on him dear?'
'On him! An what is it for
Garlipg?"
cts for the stock he holds in
the cooperation, dear-the interests
be has in the O'Meara Consolidated
do We understand that now--tht
O'M-e-ara Con-shol-idated"
What would that be, dear?'
Originally it was the PATRICK
,UMeara and the Norah McCue, but
was incorporated as the O'Meara
Consolidated in 1866, wild q new is
sue every two years since. 1t is
what they call close corporation,
I behave, and l am both President
and Board of Directhors, hould the
controlling thrust and level the
assissmints.
81 don't understand it tall, Mrs.
OMeara. An what is that ye level
the assessments on, dear?"
con the stock, to be sure, wo-
man-on the live stock, do you see !?
six shares now"
"Do We name the childer?,'
"What else would l name? I'll
tell We dear, for l see yer wits are
wool-gathering. Ye see for long
time Pathrick was buying this wild
cat an that wildcat, an all the cats
were leveling assessments an he a
payin' 'em an kapin' us all at the
point of starvation. I saw how
things was goin', so l just brought
out ON him the papers of the home
incorporation, an 1 says to him {:
Here now, sir, is the O'Meara Con-
solidated, square location secured
by patent, with but six shares in
it an shown well as far as devil
sped; now I level on it my first as
ssssment of twinty dollars o share.
Says he: 'Norah, ye're wus nor
the wildcats; We take whole months
wages! 'Thrue, says I, an I'll
spind. livery cent in improvements for
the benefit of the company"
can did he sLtand the assiss-
ment, Mrs. O'Meara?"
+" He did; for he thoughtit good
joke at first, an for two or tire Q
months he paid up like a man."
L" Then he quit payin'?'
"He did,"
AN what then, Mrs. O'Meara p
81 sold him out"
"Sold him out! How could you
sell him out?
Well dear, he had due and lie.
gal notish. Il first of all told him
that such day it would be delin
4uent in the Board, thin that it was
b. advertised delinquent an that such
day would come the day O. sale
He thought it good joke, but with
he KEN home that evenin' he had nc
supper. l didn't cook him warn
male M q mouth, I STINT a lot of fur.
niture, ia the auction. an cut hin