Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1883-11-01
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So Gays Charles 3. ,Bsos1way) Bouss, e
uaaya Of this county, now the great Broad
way n. Y. Auction Merchant, il lis Gc-
toaer Circular through which he hurls bis
autumn TLvnasrsol.s' Ike lightning
flashes from "a clear Ky. The Honey Down
saves men from bankruptcy and financial
ruin. Eear hir:
Aai Ny Voice is Sdll fos War" These
woTds had burned themselves into The ua-
turc Of the great Napoleon, OF WHOM history
records ;sat he was never oI tie deten-
sive" Ia our oRn terrific litle struggles
We have followed the hard, straight aud IN
bending ru.e Of aggression aud progression,
lhai hss always commanded prestige pop
uiaTiy Sad prosperity. Every merchant
painting for the earliest and greatest measure
0f slccess Ia the shortest space OF time, vii!
g7ayiiaic % that spot called BEAD QUA2-
TTRs avoiding second, third and middle
men, striking direct 1t rock bottom, in
order that iisy may The more readily and
eaeclaliy cripple AID crush whatever o.:
O1gc.itior " opposition that stands before
them, appealing 20 lAat sensitive nerve ii
the people. tie pocSe. Book giving thea,
the very le-. lalues tor tae moscy ao1H.'
neaI him in his tributes 20 Peaie and
Ice:
From the store of busy cares hes jus:
passed q man wa0 once stood a.onEiide Of
I.af.a. and ranking with icit and nates,
and Dculam and jairay, towering above
every coaccTa which could not reach tlc-tte
,iWi9as sgis-worth at one time nearly a
round million. aud on the day Of his last
drive down Broadway % .hat lovely, loueiy
and silent dead ci,y called GREENWOOD,
wheye old New YORK Is sleeping, was poorer
Shan poverty bv halt million, and yet on
tbal Big Office book he ic,t beaind, there are
over one million do.ian-trsrse tiIR cofth-
hse-and the thought of tiIs ingra,itaae
from men be had belrienced, torc from his
rrea. big koucst heart his hopes his peace.
his aatit,ou. and drove him into despair
deeper than dcsth itself. Ah!bad WILLIAM
Z. I'EsKE followed the diamond rule thai
drove N,crlri mp 30 the highest pinnacle Of
famo-"He cia'gkty dodGr' shat dead
mi..i0n that lsy in tie ledger lhoye, that had
shattered his .picadid energies, and broken
h:s warm Kind heart. and driven bim with
irresistible might from the very foremost
ranks OF merchant princes with incredible
upidiiy down into n premature grave
aoad this day have been ti-o millions ~
live, eloquent kucck down arguments,
doubling up year after year, and urging 20
s-,l greater effort his vast and splendid
abiliii,s lie was vet comparatively q
youpg man, ard in the hi-ercst houfi oi the
terrible aGycysitics OF thIs writer, he spoke
words that SiH ring and thuii and aeifed
iim 10 meet AID master and crush the huge,
eantic bouldcrs that then lay In the path
rant ahead. The costly lesson came 700
/ late in life. and be sbrank from the coHlem-
/ pla.:o1 of another effort in struggle tlai
cesi sim o million IN money ana q whole
I lifetime of unremitting toll and incessSni
care.
PEATE was as square, and rs trne, clear
39Wn-ie the marrow 0i has boIes, as deGt-
4 itself
The heavy Land of the great Lawgive'
has bern laid upon one Of ihc cleycFat
most genial and higa-miudcd Of cur mcs-
camille household. Young ia years, Old ia
hard experience. tcndcr-hcaricd os o child.
criied and GTivcn at viii by as bitter a1-
y,r.itie- ~ ever fried the spirit 81 man, he
has malc biz ia.; march Que 90 that beasil-
ui ciy of solitude, Greenwood. side hy side
wiih those whose precious lie was more
valued by him than lis own. Into The
.lee,io- ambition Of the leader he bsd inter
woven bis chiyalrou5 courtesy and his rn-
sui.iei integrity, ard tic grass o. that vast
add silent ci.y does not cover the heart ~ q
maH kn,er, pufef Or more perfect. He had
followed TIE fortunes Gi or iraii cfa.i
through the bleak ard black and bitter days
whore not one man ont oi Thousand would
ua,e dared and when triumph, solid and
-,Iea3id. had crowned efforts born Of des-
peW11, he wsi I'D one day from thc siosa
For -c,t. and ST. iast .ound 10 ont there with
LITTLE SAyDY and NARY. with PRECIOUS
G1oaeE-s.ecp.ng ai0neside TIE peerless
'foriua. tie nightly NfBt0, tLe giitcd
. IuIrY aai she broken hearted PEAEr. and
'rcef man than -. ~. LIE, God almighty
1eec. created.