Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-09-03

grew wild in the woodlands an
lots, for which he found a mai
villages of Maiden and Chatham
When only twelve years of al
played his ingenuity and end
building a smoke house and Vi
for his father. and both Were d
on plans that won for him ered
praise for their neatness and coI
Before he was fourteen he did nd
to shoulder his rake and follow !
grain Graders or reaping machin|
harvest fields. On one occas.d
given one of four corners In a lad
wheat and told that he must keeI !
clear of sheaves down the sides |
the ends with three crack rakels
ers stationed in the same way.
was terribly warm and the work !
along with Il rush, but Maurice
ground clear and never hinchel.
"lm bound to keep my end j
his fellow werkmen, mo matt
costs me.
This indomitable spirit chara,
he undertook and still marks i
No work that his hands found
considered beneath his dignity
In 1864 he entered the ChriSa
school in Troy, and with the ID
saved from industry about hi
home paid for one years tuition!
when Is years of age, he wei
York, determined to make a nj
fortune for himself. He obtaind
ment in a grocery store in vii
but soon became dissatisfied vi
he saw no future ahead of him
at length secured o situation in d
iron works, and remained there o.
when he left to become a book-k
Guy G. Hotchkiss g. Son at sd
per week. In q short time his
raised 10 $50 III consideration Of
tiveness to business.
In August, 1856, the junior
the firm died and the sole mana
the business fell on Maurice. I'd
but a boy, yet with characteristic
able pluck and fidelity, he undt
successfully bore all the responsi
suddenly thrust upon him, and
the whole business alone until
yesrs afterward, when Mr.. c
Field, for twenty years a book
]. Il. q w. w. Cornell, bought
in the firm. About this time n
kiss, in recognition Of the unta
dustry and business sagaeity OF
gave him IL small interest in the
His talents as business man
valuable that on May 1, 1870,
Mited to the firm as an equal par
llthis time Mr.. Flynn liyedia
and during his leisure hours hea
knowledge of the French. Gen
Spanish languages and also toos
mechanical drawing and elocutlo
gan to dabble a little in politics.
His political experience exteL
over two terms in the Leslsial
was sufficient to have inculcatel
taste for politics which has
heener with years. Before Nlr'
any political prominence the 1lrn
G.. Hotchkiss, Field & COMPANY
contracts in New York and bEo9
gregating 27,5Gl.53. Since
1880, the records show the con
the Department of Public WorA'
gregated $32S,O21.21. =,
In New York he joined the u
mocracy and was bosom irlthJ
late Hubert O. Thompson. hls
his pocket-book were sought IN
portion, and he is said TO have
both very readily. He was know ,;,
rich contractor as well as the POM
ager and alter ego of II. 0. |: !
Mr.. Flynn is very domestic IL! d,
and by no means convivlal II
sition. He moves i'll the Ces'
society, and, with his WE .;,
charming lady, is a great so ,;,oi
A year ago last spring ne v's'S
with Mrs. Flynn, calr!ylps
introduction from Presldsh'
to President Grevy, and Na In
lion during his stay in PARIS. ~ a
life Mr.. FLYNN is reticent anu" s,r
ener. He has but little 10 ~
Lit lie is right to the point a ~
the same holds true CT MN