The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-05-14
FLAT BROKE AND DISCOURAGED.
HOTEL HUNT,

IlOfEL HUM,
Sr. Louis, Sunday, April %, 1884. /
To THE CURIOUS WoRLD-I am fiat
broke. | am in good health. l am able
and willing to work, but can get nothing
to do. Ny applications for employment,
even to old friends, meet with no encour-
agement / have tried several-R. j.
Howard, Thos. F. Farrelly, Charles p.
Warner, Dozier, Weyl & Co., Erastus
Wells and number of others. was
willing to accept of any employment what
ever, but can get none. / am out of money
to pay nv board. | owe the Hotel Hunt
for lodging, $3.50 owe M. A. Bokern,
5I2 Pine street, for my meals and little
borrowed money. / have been in bad luck
financially for several years. In 1857,
quit the oyster business, on Chestnut street,
above Third, with twenty thousand dollars,
and was succeeded by Hart & Scott. /
went to Tamaroa, Perry county, ILL.,, and
built up that town, and have had as r. G.
Dun & Co., term it "checkered life ever
since. Broke in Illinois, moved back to
St. Louis in 1867, thence to jackson, Miss
Got fair start there, but malicious at
taehment broke me up there. moved to
Memphis, Tenn, in 1874 and engaged in
the oyster and fruit business there until
1881. But the yellow fever scares and
injured credit prevented success in Men,
phis. Moved back to ST. Louis in 1882,
but could get no business foothold. |
began to deal a little in grain, pro-
visions and stock futures in the
various bueket4shops, but generally met
with bad luck in most all my deals. My
general failure of late years to make profit
able my trades and speculations has
caused disruption in my family, SO that
my wife resides with her married daughter,
Mrs. Theo. Goebel, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary +, Wright and Miss Minnie f.
Farrell, No Ii Jefferson street, Memphis,
Tenn, are my daughters. My son, Joe L.
Farrell, is clerking in Pine Bluff, Ark. /
have daughter, Luella Farrell, who, !
believe, is living with her sister, Mrs. Goe-
bel. regret the diseord in my family
affairs. | am discouraged because / can
get no employment, and feel sure that
will commit suicide unless / get employ
ment promised very soon. / have written
this intending it to fall into the hands of
the coroner, and this is to inform him that
my family is poor and he may give my
body to the dissecting doctors; but let no
man say am drunk or insane. 1t is real
ly financial troubles; grievances over
bucket-skop losses, being out OF money
and unable to get employment. Goodbye
to all. JoaEPH FARRELL.
Coroner will please notify VIM. D, Ty-
Ter, ll2 W. Walnut street, Louisville, Ky;
$. Fl. Watson, Mt. Vernon, ILL.,; +, b.
Needles, Nashville, III; j. E. Spears, Lex
ington, XVI Perry Sappinston, George
town, st, Louis county, Mo; Judge Bohan-
non, Frankfort, KY; Firman Farrell, New
c. Faler, Louisville, Ky, aud |
E. Thomasson, Lexington, KY, But |
none wants my body, so give it 10 the doc
tors, and if they save nay skeleton, they
may label it, THE result of bucket-shop |
future deals OF the big fat oysterman, who |
re his body to the doctors"
have only eaten one meal day for |
three years. J.F
Attached 10 the above was the subjoined, |
.he iast sentence of which is undoubtedly |
The real cause.