Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-03-07

largest ana Dttt pflFhlc law UDihIltH u
tho United States.
Bntler'a famous law Office, ~, however
doomed 10 destruction. The row .
buildings In which II ~ IL 70 be tori
down 10 make room for The now court
house, Butler has purchased o nov
house In Ashbnrion place. few rod
from the state capitol, and II about Y
remove thereto.
Rail as much aa one likes at the politl
cal methods VI benjamin franklin Butler
there II no denying the fact that no Is .
man Of large parts, and Of atrklngorlgln
allty. Ills home IL In Lowell, Mass
where no owns large interests In wooden
and cotton mills, For seventy years nftci
tho stare and stripes were first uniurled
over free people from the star 10 front
oflndopend0nco hall In Philadelphia, the
bunting from which they were made was
manufactured IN England Rather a
hnmlllnting fact, ch2 ono day hen hut.
lcr CHANGED 10 be- In the war department
In Washington and ho inquired whore
tho bunting used IN making our llngs was
procured. learning the facts, he wrote
to twU young frlenda OF his In
Massachusetts, who were making wooden
goods In small way asking
then II they couldn't make bunting mud
suggesting partnership, II their reply
should be In the affirmative. Tho young
men, naturally ambitious, thought they
could make anything out Of wool that
anybody else could, 40 they tried making
bunting, aud carried their first product TO
the mau who purchased the material for
tho government flags That individual
took The sample, cfammed 10 Into his
hand In a wnd, and when he opened u
there ley the cloth All orumpl0d and
creased II was not bunting at all but
only flannel
Tho young mons ambition received
rude shock About year aftcfward
Ben Butler was surprised by
reading In his paper ono morn.
Ing that the government had accepted
Its ilrst invoice OF bunting OF American
manufacture, Tho nnmG given was that
of his Lowell friends, OF whom he bad
not heard alnco the failure OF their hunt.
Ing experiment Searching thOm out no
learned that the eldest OF tho two had
gone to Nottingham, England, some
months before, had hired out Az n com
mon labprcr Ia n bunting mill and had
by HIS ability and Bhfowdnuas rapidly
rlson until he had mastered the business,
but above all had learned tho secret of
making bunting out OF wool instead OF
llannel, ono day he asked HIS employer
Tor letter OF recommendation aud an
n0unGed HIS Intention OF roaigning his
position, Th0n he went 10 the hotel
put on HIS best suit ana sent
m Invitation 10 tho head Of the manu-
factory 10 dine with him, explaining that
he was an American and bore excellent
credentials. When the manufacturer
arrived no recognized his former ON.
cmployc. OF course he did not dine
With the American. Instead h1 twlttod
him Of having como over to England for
The aolo purpose Of learning the trade,
20 he could return TO America aud make
''Yca, and have uccecded,n said the
Yankee, ''and here IL Your letter 20
prove Il. Good day.
This same American niterward in
vented the method by which our iiags are
now woven, stars, stripes and all, In one
piece. lilo went into business with Hen
lIutlor ana to-day In rich aud tho lnrgoet
OF bunting goods In the
Union
Encountering mn agent of the Cunarl
steamship company yesterday, I asked
iim about the amount OF rcmittanooa
now being sont Co ireland. In all the
Eastern oltlca Parncll iurda arc going
lbrond Ia large sums, That is generally
tnown. Hut II IL not 40 generally known
hat tho Irish working girls OF America
lend 20 ireland often an high M $50, 900 |
n II single dry, and keep the figure up 10 |
hat amount at some seasons Of the year
or weeks together
"Tho Irish girl In America beats the |
world" HRid the Cunurd man "Thero N |
10 other girl that oNoeOda them In dntifn |
owe aud remembrance to thor old fathers |
md mothers that arc loft behind Ia their |
native Ireland. Our rrmttnncoa are |
constant and very regular. Often
he amount OF our drafts reach $1,000 |
lnlly, With an equal amount In addition |
by our agencies, Then we are
,nly ono OF the many houses sending
money abroad. A largo amount In send |
through tho banks, Tho drafts we send
ongo from 80 to 500 each In amount
rhey are drawn on the Bank OF Ireland,
'ut arc payable at any OF the country |
'anka In tho United Kingdom. Prepaid |
iertlGeatcsP Yea, we ara issuing large
lumber OF them, aud II the present low |
ates OF passage remain In force the
lnmhcr OF immigrants will DO oxccp.
ionally large the coming spring"
Announcer prominent agent doing bual, |
less In Eighth avenue showed me from
liH books the amounts sent through him |
lurlng the last eleven days In February, |
Chos were FOR each tay respectively |
sll0p, Sl80l, S2ibh, S1las, SisaT, egGA0, |
stlal, eiBbG, a88s7, S00ss, S6llb. |
These sums, he assured me, came almost
wholly from servant girls In tho city and
u auhnrhp. "l'hia N by lar the largest
year | have eyer had, II "a wonderful |
what affection our people hold for their
Slndfod. God bless thoml | draw on
The Bank Of ireland, tho ono Cstahllshed |
BY O'Conuclt which has branches In all
parts OF ireland"
-.
Recent reports from abroad Indicate
that the project for An International OK
position Go DO held ON the Champ Dc
Mars IA Paris In 1859 has woll.nlgh Ial.
len through, Tho sohemo never did, |
have much backing, and nn.
loss tho French people Rot Into bottor
financial condition than they arc az pres
int, there is little hope for this French
PROJECT, Tho American exposition an.
lounced TO be held IN London this year IL
purely monoy-maklng affair, backed by
= few spectators who are using tho