Evening journal., 1888-10-12

till they reached about $500. then thoy
mado sky rocket movement which did
not stop till It had reached point above
| $1,000. They fell off somewhat after
that but membership ticket to the
/ chicago board of trade has always since
been a valuable piece Of pasteboard.
IhcIe have been number of corner
kings ON the board during the past
fifteen or twenty years, but the earlier
ones all went TO the wall at last. Hutch
lnson has been ever present operating
in lis own peculiar methods He has al.
ways been in the habit Of taking small
profits whenever they could be secured
and would usually pocket loss without
waiting for it to grow Indeed he has
been considered one Of the most tiinid.
But AIR. Hutchinson's available means
have been slowly accumuloting for many
years While men would spring up sud.
denly On the board and shine brilliantly
fer while, only to retire ruined, Hutch
inson stayed, working cautiously and
mothodieally, till what Hutch" was 90
ing TO do On the wheat market in CHICAGO
began TO be matter of as much interest
Is what Cornelius Vanderbilt or Daniel
Drew would once do in the stock market
ID New York.
Mr.. Hutchinson has a son and two
daughters grown. His son Charles IS eaid
TO be as keen a business man as his
father. One of the daughters married
Mr.. Lancaster, Of the Chicago Carpet com
pany, while another married Mr.. N. b.
Judah ono Of Chiago's most prominent
lawyers and man of especial intellec
tual tastes. Mr.. Hutchinson's children
do not sympathize with the old mans
rating of tho fine arts His son Charles
IS president of the Chicago Art institute.
Some time ago he purchased a picture Of
sheep by Rosa Bonheur for 81 coo When
the old man heard Of it he affected to be
Indignant, averring that his son could
have gone out TO the stock yards and pur
chased tho real article for two dollars a
head.
But there was doubtless a certain grim
humor in tho remark, as there was to
what he said one day to a new telerraph
boy who came on to the floor If the Ex
change with dispatch and standing bv
the old nan, called "B p Hutchinson"
Got dispatch for Old HutchY' asked
tho venerable wheat dealer
''Nis, / 'xpect SO, replied the boy.
Well, the cid fool isn't here. He can't
read, anyway. Take it over there TO
AAAilA AlAIit.
Mr hutchinson has an astonishing
memory. lie will run the most gigantic
corner and every evening he can call OF
correctly every trade he has made during
the day. On one occasion a friend ex-
pressing a doubt as 70 the old mans abiI.
ity TO keep the record in his head correctly
Hutch took out his settling books and !
bade The doubter keep tally. while be
called off their contents from memorv. |
Hc didn't make a single mistake.
Tho first thing In the morning which |
Mr. Hutchinson attends to is his morn. |
ing paper. He goes to The Tribune Of /
hce and gets his paper fresh from the |
press A story is told OF him that one |
Sunday morning he took his paper to the
premises Of the Chicago Carpet company 1
over which hts son-in-law preeides. and |
the show window being fitted up rs a /
bed chamber tho old mau threw hilnself /
on the display bedsteed Here he went
over the market reports till sleep over
came him, and he sank into peaceful /
slumber Church goers that morning
We're surprised TO sec what of first ap
peared 90 be q corpse stretched out on the /
canopied bed rs If it veg lying ID state.
But everybody ia Chicago knows Mr..
and it was not long before his
son was informed Of the attention his
father was attracting. lie hastened to
the scene, awOlSe the sleeper and drew the
The recent corner has doubtless been
ono of the most successful over ongi-
neered on the Chicago board Of trade
Mr.. Hutchinson has managed it very
and has forced his antagonists
10 settle az 81 a bushel The majority
will pay, and it is probable that many Of
Tho dollars handed over TO Mr.. Hutchin-
son viii be a return Of those which have
been squeezed out Of tho squeezer on
former occasions.
Mr. Hutchinson is now about co years
Did. il he has the luck TO finish his career
xithcgt any severe back set. he win leave
ia immense estate to his children.