National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-05-30
SIMON CkMERoN's PARENTS.
Incidents in the BOyhoOd or the Noted
Statesman

Simon CamerOn'S father was tailor at
Naytown. In those early days in small settlements
there were no tailoring establishments of great
windows, gilded signs. and fourth hand coaches
The village tailor very much like the village
sChool-master ana circuit riding preacher, lived
around Perhaps twice year as a regular thing,
md often on special occasions, he took his kit of
-gDls along and went from house to house, cutting
out and with the assistance of the women of the
family making up seasons garments. He was
an industrious man, bat the family was numer-
Gus, the pay small Irregular and often
taken out i'll farm products most convenient TO
the customer. Simon Camer0ns mother was a
woman of great industry and almost phenomenal
resource but neither the efforts of the father nor
the industry and close economy of his mother
gyailed to hold the Cameron family together in
Maytown on anything like a comfortable basis.
II was not that they were poor below many
of their neighborS, but it was hard work
in those days to shelter, feed, and clothe
a family. Favorable reports came down
the Susquehanna from Sudbury, and Cam
er0n. ST.. determined to make the journey thither
and cndeaVor there to establish himself in business
and his family in a comfortable home II was
A long pull from MaytoYn to Sunbury in those
days. The trip was made by boat through an
almost unbroken wilderness, stopping by the
way 10 prepare what provisions mad been
taken along, anH to add in the way of
fresh supplies whatever primitive a region
might afford. At the end of fourteen days and
after many privatiOns but full of hope, the family
landed at Sunbury. Here Mr.. Cameron sought
employment at his trade and spent year at such
work as he could find, but with no satisfying re-
suit In despair of holding his family together
unIcr one roof, Mr.. Cameron set out for Union
County and the family were scattered, Simon
Ending comfortable home and good friend in
pf
those early days. hilIdeLlbia Press.
The First Mint ia California.
The San Francisco Examiner, in sketch
ing some Of the early days of that city says Hon.
David Broderick and Fred Kohlcr, the first chief
engineer of the fire department, arrived here in
~, around the Horn. At the time of their ar
rival coin was very scarce. There was
plenty Of gold-duSt but as that had to
be weighed every time it was received in
payment for anything it was very announcement.
To the minds of BrOdeTick and Kohler, the latter
being an aSsayer, this lack of coin opened a field
for q new enterprise, and they entered into a CO.
partnership to make coin out of gold
dust After melting the dust and pound
ing it into bars they cut the bars i'll various
sizes, ranging in value from s. TO $50, and
stamped the pieces Of gold i'll the firm name of
Broderick & Kohler They carried on their bust
a
the plaza on Clay street. above KearIley. This
was the first mint" of San Francisco. The coin
turned out of this establishment was always found
t. be worth just as much was represented, and
III many instances when the bars were weighed,
II was discovered that they contained more gold
than the acknowledged value of the coin. Shortly
after BrOderick IG KOhleT began coming another
mint was started for the purpose of coming five
doarpieces. The coin turned out of this establish
IL l.
pieces and bore the stamp of Moffat & Co This
money was largely circulated all over the State for
a short time, but it was soon discovered that the
new coins were from twenty-iv to fifty cents
short Of the proper value, and this fact created
prejudice which stopped the issue of the money.
Storm Signals Of Married Life.
4 marriage has other uses than those of
perpetuatng the race. In this great city there are
thousands OF refined highstrung, intelligent, ap-
prcciative, but lone. desOlate souls, for whom it
would be an earthly paradise to rest ever so little
in the shade Of u really peaceful household. But
such peace must he genuine 1t must not be any
Iatchcd-up atiair-any show ofrespect or affection
between husband and wife before the guests face
and a snarl behind his back. It's Just this lack of
harmony between husband and wife that makes
50 many households dreary SIS a tomb to visit.
It's bad sign when the wifes friends are hustled
cut OF thc husband ; presence into another room.
It. bad sign when the husbands visitors are not
the wife'S visitors, and rice UeTsG LIS bad sign
if matters which interest the wife DO not interest
the husband and rice yerSG. It's bad sign when
the lord Of the manor looks down from his lofty
elevation and speaks with a sneer, more or less
SUbdued, of the triyialiteS of fashion,, and deems
il beneath him TO assist the wife in choosing
dress pattern. Married partnership must mean
partnership in everything or there's social desert
for one party or the other 10 travel over pretty
often. Emma is talking Of married life as she has
seen in the houses of great and little men in the
houses of judges and generals, Of lawyers and
politicians, among whom also both great and little
men are to be found.-EHllHd IN Mar York Graphic