The Osceola times., 1882-01-07
rith Iarge fmilY dcnendent nnor

stewart, shook him like terrier slak.
IN TJt and then knocked him d Wn
stewart fought gdmolY, but was over,
poNerc and lost some of his teeth IN
the encounter.
No, perhaps most people who don't
think, Guild blame Stewart; but people
who know how impO, tant thing disc.-
pline is IN hotel, theater, store, steam
boat, railroad and an army-everv thin,
IN fact, that EN- plOys people-wil say
he did just right in discbarein, the man
and eniorcu the discharge. Though /
think If | had been Mr.. Stewart, would
have taken him back if he hadn't
knocked his front teeth out. Maxim a
man swallow his teeth amt always the
best way of maxim man swall " his
words.
The ight between Stewart and his
clerk didn't last over two mimi cs, but
the light Tor trade rivalry that almost
amounted to a fight between : ,wIrtand
C'Sfn, lasted some fifteen years. Stew
art never liked to hear Claflin's name
men ioned, and you couldn't make him
madder than to praise Cahin, though
he never committed himself bv sayin'
any thin against him. Five different
times Stewart tried TO break Chh.n &
Co, down, and once if it habit been
for C.afiin's outside friends he would
have succeeded.
Stewart was very hard man on cred.
its. He bad to find out every thin about
a man before he would trust tim dol
lar. Then if the mau was all right he
would trust him 100000.
4. n
ed on Stewart to open credit sccount
with him, and he was shown, accordin'
to custom, list of questions that tad to
be answered. How old was he3 Was
ne married or single? How many chill
dren had he? What were the ages, hab.
its and characters of his children Did
he drink Did he gamble? Did he be e.
long to any church? and so on. The
western man looked at the long list OF
questions a minute, Then he turned
on his heel, put down the paper, and
said: "Well, that beats the census man.
aih't gettin my life insured" ," and walk
ed off 10 Claflln's, where, without many
questions, he got all the credit he want
ed.
Clahin was as popular with his mcn
as Stewart was unpopular, vet Clafiin
believed as much IN rules as Stewart
did, only he didn't practice his belief SO
much
CIatlin WAS always a very unassumin'
man. and good story is told OF him on
this point.
A man wanted to see Clahln on some
personal matters one mornin'. So he
called at the store and asked to see
MIR. Clafiin. He was referred from one
man to another, and was kept busy
huntin' Clatlin here and there for some
time. While hunun' Clahin, the man
came across, several times, upstairs and
down, a some what upder sized lndiyid-
ual, bald headed, slightly gray, plainly
dressed, TO whom nobody paid any atten.
tion. Haviu' passed him about seven
or eight times, and not yet havin' been
able TO find Clafin, the Clal1in hunter
went up, at last, to the some what under
ihe stairs said: You seem TO have
no him to do but to go up and down
stairs, perhaps YOU can tell me where
can find the heai of the house If there's
any head to it-I mean Mr.. Claflin." ~
am Mr.. Claflin," said the little under sized
individual, and the other man wilted.
There was one first class thing about
Clahin. He never showed any differ
ence between him- elf and clerks as far
as rules were concerned. He obeys
bis own rules, Just as il be was under
'em.
II was against the rules, for instance,
for any of the clerks to enter by the
Worth street side of the store. So one
day in the rain, without an umbrella,
Clafln was seen 10 walk along the whole
length Of his own store, 10 Church street,
and get soskin' wet rather than 90 in on
Worth street, and thus violate one Of his
own regulations.
SeNar's fight with Cllhin was as bit.
ter as Nandgrbilt's iilht with Drew, with
Ihis difference, that Vanderbilt and
Drew were friends once, ana that the
ld commodore kept fifth with Uncle
Diun ill the later old man went bock
on him.
Vanderbilt made one mistake, though,
a bout Drew. lie thought he wasn't III
lai steap boatiu', aud told him 81. "Nou
don't understand boats" said Wander
bilt "and you'll sink 'om or they'll sink
YOU" He had to eat his words, though,
years after, wuen the Peoples line
started. and virtually controlled the
Hudson river. Bpormau. the first pres.
idCnt Of the Hudson River railroad,
opposed the Peoples line tooth and toe
nail Drew was carryin' people then on
his boats for III u Albany, while the
cars charged So. "IloW can we get you
10 ralse the far,?' asked Drew of B)Or-
nan. Buy out the Peoples line said
Uncle Dan', "if you've got money
enough"
Uncle Dan'l was always afraid Of
lightnin'. lie would shut his ewes when
ever he saw flash and shake all over,
TINS was on account of an accident that
happened when he was dealln' in cattle.
A storm came on when he was driyin
some cattle, and he and II companion
auother cattle herder, took refuge IN a
carriage that was stsudin' under q tree.
TIE tree was struck by hghtnin' and
prewf companion was killed outright
a, his side. Drew never forgot the incl
Gent to bis dyin' day.
Drew showed good deal of nerve in
the Erie fight. and was as stubborn as a
first class Irish pig, He hid in an old
loft Oh Nassau street for two days and
nights durin' the injunction, where only
a step ladder could get at him,
aud where he could get at the roof in a
ily. Two Of his set guarded the lad
der, and bis food was passed him upon
a =, ate, which he took on his lap in
stead of on table.
Drew resembed Vanderbilt in one
thing very closely. Both men were
very liberal about some things and very
close about others. Vanderbilt was al
ways mean about his pleasures. He
liked horses, but didn't pay much Ion
'em, at least, not much for him. lie
liked Postboy better ,han any horse be
owned. hut he used him oilener and
drove him harder than any other horse
tie never spent any money without
speakin' about "on the road" Now and
then be would take a drink At Duppl,
bali mile track, or Harry Burtholi 2,
4 1 III D. .,.rl