The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-08-29
CYRUS FIELDS PENNIES
FROM CASH BOY TO MILLIONAIRE.
New York Money Magnate Who IL
Credited with the Possession of
Thirty millions 80 How lie
Made his Ducats.
Now York Morning Journall

New York Morning Journall
The procession in celebration of the lay
Ing OF the first Atlantic cable has long
since been eclipsed by grander pageants.
and Atlantic cables have become AS much
matters of course as ordinary telegraph
wires; but at that time New York had
never before been so splendid show in
the streets The city was so crowded with
sight-scers that people slept in arm chairs
at the hotels or camped out in the parks.
The military paraded; the civil societies
swelled the large line; the t-ades-unions
peut tahleauN on wheels repre- seuting va
rious artisans at their work. Then, stand
ing in an open harouchc aud bowing to
the right and left in response to the cheers
of the crowd, came the hero of the coca
sion, Cyrus W. Field, a tall, nervous.look-
ing gentleman, with light-hr hair and
beard, Roman nose, bluish..ray eyes
and the sangune face OF born Yankee.
As he was then, so MIR. Field is now "a tri.
he stouter, perhaps, aud with "A tingc Of sill
yer among his auburn hair. The years since
his great triumph have touched him lightly
A born Yankee Mr. Field certainly Is
He first saw the light AZ Stoc&brlige,
Mass, on October %, 1919 He was the
youngest son OF q New England clergy
man who subsequently removed to Had
dam, Conn. His brother, David Ddiley.
was given collegiate education. CYRUS
received twenty five dollars IN cash and
his fathers blessing. With these treas
urcs and fair knowledge of reading,
writing and arithmetic, bo was sent -
New York and obtained situation a.
cash.boy in \. I. Stewards store At tho iiber-
al salary Of two dollars week. For three
years young Cyrus worked ami arve in
the employ # the dry.soods millionaire,
and then better and brighter life was
opened 70 him IS travelling salesman
for a paper. maker al Lee, Conn. Even IN
Stewards establishment. Cyrus made hi
mark by his energy and ability, for when
he went away the clerks dubbed tosrther
and presented him with diamond. pin and
IA farewell supper. A. 7, Stewart gave him
nothing. Strangely enough, Mr Field has
lived 20 see the name of \. T. stewart as
thoroughly painted cut AS II that million.
sire had never lived.
Comtortei hv one good supper ami
adorned with his presentation pin, Cyrus
threw himself in,o the work II selling pa.
per with such g-al that in two wears h.
had mastered the business. H. then
formed : r,r,r,,ar,hiu IN mn. citv. His
x.nt,r. ,,ss unsu,,ss.l,l. and IL, few
months ba ,,as hx,trun; TIE nlo, WA. A
heavy one. h. mad been recently married.
sud hsd lost every dollar, eu. Mr Field
t.,r,. his misfortune with his accustomed
,oursre. he started in again. and on the
6rs, anv ths, h, t.5s possession u h,, new
otscs be made the snu.uine remark. "
shall make fortune here in twenty
vesrs - BETTER ,ban -, uord. he male
bis t,-,uD. iu twelve wear. ana retired.
s,ill in the urine Of life. z, enjoy tha. les.
which h. hSi never before s.u~n,iuue as
t.,vho,i
la sleisure p,--uer, he formed an =,
ousintAnce Wi.L one G.-t5ra-. who had
conceived tie =. lvc: q au Atlantic cable
aad uaA procurei ea4 ;s- .er ,ae lsy3us
Il the cable from .hs LEGISLATURE q New.
f5uuIlaad Tre-e C,.,torae', ,ss-S hsl
.ndei: tu: be ,alk-i d, over VITO ".