The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-09-02

J. d. West & Co, manufacturers OF
lightning rods, weather vanes, aud pumps,
have their office at ~ Cortlandt street. In
the Star the other day appeared the fol
lowing:
DIG BOY with mechanical bent and 10 o.
- head waited. j. h. WEST \ CO..
- Cortl indt ~
Mr.. West sat in his Office in the after
noon. He laughed outright when report
er asked him if he had got boy of the al.
vertsed requirements, and whether the
boy could bs seen.
IL wish you cotnd have seen those boys
and men," said Mr. West. ~ live in East
Orange, and generally get here about nlne
o'clock in the morning. When / got to
Church street found the street hlockaded
with boys Of all ages and sizes. was in
company with some friends, and when we
caught sight of the crowd we imagined
there had been either fire, murder, OF
robbery, There were several pol cemen
around, and one of my friends stepped W
N one and asked him what the trouble
was.
"'West 4 Co. want big boy with 3
bent head the policeman replied, and all
these ere boys think they've got whats
wanted
81 got to the front door, pulled out the
key of the Office. and opened the door.
Well, never saw anything like it. was
overwhelmed with boys, Some ran ahead
OF me, others iammed me against the wall,
some climbed on my back, ovhers caught
an by my clothes. There must have been
more than three hundred of them. | lin.
ally reached NV office, and was able by
main force TO push out those who had en-
tered. They had perchsd on the safe, the
desks, tables, chairs and lounge. threat
ened to send for the police ii they did not
get ont. The Young vaGabonds gave n
veil and charged those who were pressin :
forward. | selected the biggest buys, aud
told them to 81 ar the place of the smaller
boys. This was done in "A short time, and
then the big boys locked the front doors
and ook possession. Several men were
in toe altitude. told them / could not
employ them. After | had thnued the
crowd was confronted by nearly hun.
drsd big boys. | took down their names,
addresses and past occupation. Here i the
list. 1t comprises machlnists, telegraph
operators, pho ographers, gastitters, sew
Jag machine makers, and almost every.
thing else As | dismissed them told
them that | would notify the one want.
cd. / sclec ted four, Thomas sherlock was
the one had made upmy MN Ia employ,
rs he seemed to bs a bright, INTEL gent boy,
and gave good references.
'i was just about making up m III nj
to write to him, when who should On ~
fbe office but Thomas Sherlock. Wihou
waiting for me to speak Sht rlock laid ut
my desk q dozen gas burners with tx
lures. 81 got these" he said, "frOm som,
buys who stole them They've robbed yo
all over.' He gave the names Of som
boys who, he said, had stolen tools, pipes
fixtures and other property.
After Sherlock lett me-" continued Mr.
West, az became alarmed at what he ha,
told me began to look around tn. place
1 ound that | had been robbed, thougl
not very extensively. / discovered tina
the boys had broken my model pump, dis
located every enc of the vanes and he
stroyed ali my patent vcntilators From
tle appearance of some OF the selds %
the lightning rods, guess the boys mus
have had tournament in the hull We'll
scratched or Sherlock's name, aud
have written to James Parker, ui Pacii
street, BTooAyh, 10 cpulu hlLi WORK To
me. He is modest, and seemed IN earn
est"
"What kim of boy dil you hav" l.
mind when you described him as with
mechanical tent and level headT"
Mr. West explained that the sort q
youth he meant was one with n kind ,
Patent Office brain, n close iuuu IA, ana $
level head that he could climb to tn
spire of Trinity ami fix II lightning 70
there without getting dizzy.