News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-06-18
A REFORMED OFFICE-sEEKER.
Not Being Able to Secure n Position he
takes to PeddlinR with Success

The National Capital Is beginning &c
be less crowded with the eager and
sangulne seekers for Government sup.
port. Many of them have been literally
been starved out. The most instructive
thing we have seen on the subject is the
story OF disappointed applicant as
told to the correspondent of the New
York San:
Being Democrat and not having
much luck at getting ahead at home,
l thought would get an office in Wash
lngton If I could. Letting no one but
my wife and friend know what I was
up to, l started. After landing here
saw Just as plain as day that the water
was too deep for me; besides. hundreds
OF others great deal smarter at the
business were ahead of me. 1 had not
much money, and so, instead of paying
much attention to the Office l began to
look around for work or something
to make living while I stayed. To
tell You the truth, had not been much
away from home, and never in SO large a
place before. Somehow 1 kinder felt ]
could make it go if I only got chance;
and after had looked around some and
clapped my eye over things I thought
saw chances, if only they were worked
right. 1 have fancy I have natural
gift for knowing a chance as soon as
see it. I got this idea all at once when
1 saw SO many ways and things; so
many persons selling everything and SO
many buying. I had about SIS, and
with it I concluded to start. I had
looked around the market, where more
money was spent in one day than in my
town in whole year. Why can't I
have some of it? thought I. Well, I
launched out 81 for Florida oranges
and 30 cents more for a basket. That
day sold half the oranges, and had my
money back. How did work though
went everywhere, into the houses and
stores, and somehow people bought
willingly. Maybe it was because was
80 earnest about it. The third day I
had all the oranges sold, with nearly SIS
profit In my pockets. Better'n office,
began to think. While I was looking
around for another chance the dealer
from whom I had bought offered me
two other boxes, the last of lot, for
S.. 80; nice oranges, too. I knew at once
what I could do with them. The next
morning I sold them for 81 box, So. so
profit, without breaking bulk. I had
never before made money 80 fast in all
my life. I kept on for two weeks, and
I couldn't be hired to take the office I
was after. I began to think how well
I could fix myself here in Washington,
with my little wife and baby and the boy,
who by rights ought to be going to
school. You don't want to hear it all.
It's but two months and two days since
I came, and I have got $50, and every
thing paid up. What's better, there are a
couple of dealers in the market who say
they will back me for anything in
reason want to do. I'm thinking I'll
keep on the line I've been going for the
present. I see so many chances that
sometimes don't know which to take.
I wonder anybody that can work wants
an Office here. Some of the Georgia
fellows hanging around here have come
to me for money, but tell 'em to go to
work, for there is a heap more money
in it than in any office I know Of"