Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-24
IGQFHE CURSE OF lluHK,,
The In, enter ola Neied-Iire -EAtinguishei
Pauper.

Tie Inv enter ola Melted lire -ExtinGuishei
al'auper.
Recently the qlmshousc has num-
bered among its inmates an Old gray
headed man, OF abont 6s years OF ago.
apparently in the last stages olchron'
Ic alcoholism, and presenting in every
respect the. appearance OF coinpio'e
pbysieaL ii not mental, Tdecrepitrpde.
Yeti ii the story told by tale aged pau
Der be true, he has in times past oc-
cupied afar differeht position. jas
name being familiar. Throughout the
, length and breath OF the United states
/. as that OF the inventor OF the BIB
cock ffre-extinguishcr. To an InteE1
d viewer who visited him at the aims
:. house he gave a sketch oil his lie MS
tory, beginning with his birth at Eoch:
. ester. y. Y, in 1917, from which.p,lace.
1T the age OF 5, he removed with nus
parents to Mount Vernon, Iowa., ana
later to Mansfield in the. same stats
At the age ot 81 he graduated rom
, the PENNSYLVANIA, University OF Med
icine, but did not practice, entering III
stead into the mercantile business, at
first n. partnership with his father at
. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. later on his
own account in Dayton, o. He
was very successful for eight
wears, but in 1S54.his good fortune
deserted him, and after suffering q
f, number of reverses he went into liquid
alton. Going to New York, he secured
a position as dry goods clerk ana
remained there two years, during when
. time,he married. Going back to In
r diana polls, he purchased with his saw
inps an interest in his fathers bust
i. ness, and for six years was quite sue
b cessful. AT the cnd.of this time revet'stS
again assailed him and heretiredTom
q, business with but 1000. ,r;ss
While in Indianapolis, however, IL
1850, he had patented the tire-extln'
cuisber, which grew cut OF his exper'
iments in chemistry, tor which he al
- ways had o taste, aud after hiS failure
| he endeavored to do'sOnfethns IN tht
way OF disposing OF it, while acting as
travelling agent for some Gmclnna q
tobacco, and liquor. firm, but met at
first with but poor success. However
= about n wear later, he leased he right
10 Il manufacture and sell the extlngulsli
err to Peabody & Co, OF Chicago, lol
,, five years at 5000 a year, and I'M
mediately thereafter came TO Sar
Francisco. HE rdnrthe old Buckeye
=, ~ hotel on Market street, tor . while
practicinc medicine -Qtso,, but, bein:
burned OUT. reinofed ttst 'toi Oak
land, and, aiterwafll;to Beta huns
where hekept store Tor while; hnaiil
failing. He retrieved himself by sue
cessfully speeulatinsin Monterey land
with his annuity, and about this tm
lost his wife, which bereavement I'M
mediately preceded the first step o
his downward career, since it led hin
to try and drown hissOrrows in drink
Having once entered upon the path q
vice, he pursued it to the end, sperG
ing the proceeds of his .annuities Il
b drink. Before entering upon the down
ward course, however, with the mon
ey derived from his land speculation
he purchased farms in Yamhill county
q Oregon, for his daughter and each c
his three sons, where, he believes, the
are all now living III prosperous Gil
cumstances, though shame has pre-
vented him from applying to them
late for assistance He was first sen
to the almshouse three years ago, n
naming, for six mouths, and bein
again sent out in July OF last yea
Between times he has wandered abou
the country, and the writer member
seeing him in 1888, wandering abou
the streets of Santa Rosa, Sonom
county, in the lowest stages OF drunl
en- pauperism, his arrest for vagranc!
ETC., being regular weekly occurenC
.;e tor s,memonths.-San Francisco Cal