The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-06-10
THE FOOLS ERRAND.
How ii Game 70 be Written, " nat = was so'd
For. and somesing About n 1.sNf' Autnof. aea
I Gath ! u Cincim.ati ha4..i, er.

Gath u Cincinnati Haqui, sr. sss
To-day had i few words with Tt IN ~
OCH, Of North Carolina, late Secretary ! IN
Republican National COMMITTEES, ana
said:
We're you not townsman and fellow
defender with Judge Tourgee 2"
Z Yes" salt he. = know him we'll. He
lived four miles from Greensboro on farm
he borgbt and p.ac.iced law In our towo.
The manuscript OF he Fools Errand, his
celebrated book, was given to me to sell sor
him and his family. His wife thought 4 was
good book aud sept to Tom PIatt, ex-
Senator rom New York State, to see if he
could not sell It to the New Yosk Tribune.
II was returned to Tom Platt with tue state
ment that they could not publish long
Continued story Ike that in the Tribune. He
afterwards sold IT, understand, for $4,000,
receiving that money on account OF The sue
cess and prominence OF some OF The books
he had published. But his next book, cali
ed ssBiicks Without Straw" which .hiok
to be bis best, be owns bimse'f, ard It has
male him great deal OF nouey."
Z How much money p ! asked. Z
aAboat $4,000. / understand that he got
that amount Of money fom the book and Is
Il buying bimself farm on Lake C.iaiaqno
He Is also investing some money In mioiog
enterprises In Colo ado and is now attend
Ing 10 money making Chiefly"
s.How did The Fools Errand affect you
personally, NJ. Keogh?" s .ns tf Io
aWetl, was amused at 1t, because II read
to ME like a hls.ory | know se-ybody be
had sketched In II, but l never thought the
book would have ,he success It has. Toae-
gee, howeve., was one Of he most rems.ka-
bio men ever knew. Heis always in not
water-never happy unless aggressive, and,
perhaps, It was bis boidness that saved bis
life. He Is Of French extraction; / think,
and tliat accounts for some of his teinpera-
ment. He was born In Ohio, or came from
there, and brought money with him to Moth
Carolina, and lie was always In advance Of
everybody with ideas. In 1865 he began q
wofk the RECONSTRUCTION, talking loud when
nooe Of as da ed 20 do IT, IN favor of imme.
diate NEGRO suffrage. 1t was poison 10 the
people there. be. he kept II up ard y turned
out % be he result. Then he wentnto the
cons, tu.ionat conyeasion OF Nof.h Ca, olins
and has impressed himself forever on The
laws and constitution OF that Stase. PrevL
ously the common law had been,he guide o.
al he lawyers add the law p as.'cesl there
Tousgee inssaed .hat the guide OF the S.ate
of New Yoek should become the guide fol
our p-ac.'ee In No..h Ga, ci.aa. Other law
| yers, old Iii The S.a 4, bounced the pioposl
tior, but he stood up aosit aud carried i
| .beou q. For some lime the old fellow!
fous bit despe saieiy against II. but as the new
gepe,as 'on came 10 The bar u was found tina
be new code Sc we'd d be.,er pu. pose thar
the common law, and the rebels have neve
| altered Il. There II remains and It is Tour
gees monument. For fifty years there ha
| been no man In North Carolina with any
| thing like his constructive spirit. He wa
then put on the Superior Bench and serves
there six or eight years. II was while n
ding over the State holding Circuit Conr
| thai be saw so much which he has put In hil
books Of the scenery, botany, life and char
acter.r
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