The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1884-01-31
L OCAL LITERATURE.
Dallas County ~ q separate Criminal
Judicial District.
sneaks IN tho Cemsteries-Thas Shoot
Ing Mysicry.
Other Matters, Local In Nature
A sISGULA. n nut TRUE STORY.

A SINGULAR hut TRUE STORY.
The HERALD reporter visited the manu-
featuring establishment OF Blankenship Il
Blake. which Is now the largest manufact.
uripg concern In the state OF Texas, and
learned that they are making daily nearly
two thousand garments and employ one
hundred aud twenty-five operate 9. After
examining the mac linsry which IL the
finest tho world affords. the reporters at
out machines which looked 90
though they might have Game out
OF Noshs ark. These are the
beginning of our manu- featuring interest In
Dallas" said Mr.. Blake, 'and We prize
them moro than anything In the factory /"
Upon being asked their history hs said: In
the early part OF the fall OF 1881 ! had just
gotten un from severe spell OF lever, and
rs could not get about much was resting
on IL Of goods In front OF our store. A
gentleman came In and requested to see
one of the prOprietors. He was shown over
TO where l was resting. noticed that he
looked hsgeard aud oareworn, that his eyes
were piercing and that he VS. q
man Of M more o5s,...a than an nv Ordinary sav1ns
~ am seeking employment. ANA first
class workman. can make pants, over:
ALA, or anything else in that line, aud
much better than you can buy them east.
have been working Tor larae prm in
Fort Worth and recently one In Dallas. l
can show you samples at my work" 1
told the gentleman We were overstocked w
that class OF goods; had more than we could
handle during the season, and could not
possibly give him employment. He
seemed com pletely broken down. Said he:
"Sir, have a large family aud they can
work to earn living, but the
firm am working for tell me they cannot
give me more work, that they have all the
goods Of me kind their trade will JUSTIFY
them In having made up. l have been TO
every place in the city where had snv
as though my family and myself must beg
or starvs. have not q penny. In the world.
What shall l dor Ny sewing machines
will be taken from me. as still owe on
Them" He turned to 60 out. asked him
to wait minute, and inquired about his
former life. He told me he was since the
War prominent merchant OF Galveston.
and did prosperous business; had
a good home surrounded by comfort and
luxury, and above all was happy in the
love OF his wife and chi dren. He says his
misfortunes in business was brought about
sy his ..inventing and patenting an im,
proved d-y dock use IL
-Ay .;ring vessels. The outlay oIs0s.
the me dels together, with the les,
from business brought on financial trt
before he was aware OF It. When he
zed his true position his fortune \
wreck. He then drifted 70 Fort
Worth, and from there to better hi,
condition came to Dallas, although he had
fonnd out 1t had only continued to grow
worse. My sympathies were aroused, tnd
told him to COME back the next day aud
would try to find something for him to do.
We sent out and found he was considered
q fine workman and that the sewing ma
chimes he owned we're old style and really
worth but little; in fact we could buy new
ones for much less, but as he had bought
them decided to pay them out and give
HIM work. When he returned we gave
him q few bolts Of goods and advanced him
money to support his family. He turned
out at fret four or i've dozsn
per week. found even at this small pro.
duc.ion, if we permitted him to 1un his
shop to full capacity, we would Dec 'me
overstockrd. Fortunately during my resi-:
dence in New York my profession carried
me daily into the large manufacturing
establish ments of that city. became inti-
mate friends with many of the large manu-.
facturers. / studied closely the manner In
which the different firms conducted their
business. So when | found the demand tor
living for the family. l went to work 10
as list him TO improve the goods and to sell
them I worked on all my friends and
customers to try them. The result was
triumph. Over one hundred thousand OF
our r xas people are wearing them and
they have attained q popularity beyond
description. My poor frieDd did NOT live
long enough to see IL success; be could 40
but little with his rnde machines ana niue
shop. We had made arrangements TO set
him up on much larger scale but no took
fever and died. Thus YOU see through
sympathy for this poor fellow our fortune
began.