Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-03-16
SENATOR PHILxTUx sAwrER.
How Hs Repaid His brother the one Dollar
IIa Liant Him.

How He Repaid His Brother the One Doisr
Hs Ieut Him.
Washington Letter to the Cleveland Leader
A friend OF Senator Sawyer tells AN incl.
dent of his generosity TO his brother a year
OF two ago, and the neat way In which he
gave him a present making II appear debt
Senator Sawyer hardly knows what he Is
worth, save that his pile runs pretty high up
la the millions His father WAS a hard work.
Ing man, kept blacksmith's shop, and at
tho same time did number of other things,
making a comfortable little income. PHI
letus Sawyer was born in Vermont but
when he was still a baby his father moved
TO Essex county, N. Y. When be was u
years old Philetus bought his time OF his
father until he was 81, paying him 800
for It. His elder brother loaned him
the money for this and he struck out for
himself lie engaged In various kinds
of work, among which was numbering, and
when he was 81 years old he paid back his
hundred dollars, and had amAssed a little
over g., 600 more. He then concluded to 90
West In the meantime he bad been mar
ried and had child or two. On his way 10
apon his asking him how much money he
had, he answered that he had g, 600 In a belt
around his waist and under his shirt, and he
had been paying out good deal, but he
thought he had still about 600 In his pockets.
"Count II" said his brother. Sawyer counted
1t, and figured up. just $lsa Hereupon his
brother handed him a dollar, telling him
that that would make up his q, 200, and that
he would know just how much he started
away with. Sawyer took II, and the next
day wen, on to Wisconsin. He bought
farm there and In time got into the lumber
business, became wealthy, and now has
been for years i'm the United States Senate.
In the meantime his elder brother staid In
New York aud attended to his farm. He
still lives there, and has a farm worth about
$4,000 He IL one OF the respected citizens of
his county, and his note IL R good rs gold
any day. Sawyer comes out to visit him
every year or two and thinks a great deal
of him. Two years ago he asked him how
he was situated financially, and, after much
pressing, found that, though there was no
mortgage on the farm, he owed two notes
amounting, with interest," TO about 81, 100, and
that he was troubled by the fact that he
WAS troubled by tho fact that he could not
get enough ahead every year to pay more
than the interest on them. Senator Sawyer
said nothing but the next morning, on the
pretext of wanting to see some old friends,
he slipped away from his brothers house
and bought his notes. That night he
asked his brother, In the course OF
their evening chat, whether he had
any other debts whatever. His brother
replied that he was owing about 300 in debts
here and there. Senator Sawyer hereupon
took out the two notes, amounting to 81, loo,
and placing 500 on the top Of them, he band-
ed the pile 10 his brothers, telling him that
he then continued "Iou need not feel
backward about taking this, because 1t is
merely tho payment OF debt When
went West you gave me dollar, never ex-
pecting to get II back. considered that dol
lar IA loan, as an Investment as part of
my capital. AS far rs / can estimate now,
each one of the &, 200 which / carried away
with me has swelled into 200, and in givir &
you this q, 30 am only giving you your
share of the profits" AZ asked Senator
Sawyer" said this gentleman, "what his
brother said when he did this, and he re-
Piled .'He did not know what to make of
It at first, but he finally took the money and
the notes, saying he wished he bad invested
Sl,OOO instead OF Sl ~