Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-10-06
d. 2. HUTCHINSON.

DeRau crawl up
till they reached about $500, then they
made a sky rocket movement which did
not stop till it had reached point above
$4,000. They fell off somewhat after
that, but a membership ticket to the
Chicago board of trade has always since
been valuable piece Of pasteboard.
There have been a 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.
inson has been ever present operating
in his 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 timid.
But Mr. Hutchinson's available means
have been slowly accumulating for many
years. While men would spring up sud
denly on the board and shine brilliantly
for O while, only to retire ruined, Hutch
inson STAYED, working cautiously and
methodically, till what Hutch" was 60
ing to do on the wheat market in Chicago
began to be q matter Of as much interest
as what Cornelius Vanderbilt or Daniel
Drew would once do in the stock market
in New York.
Mr.. Hutchinson has O son and two
daughters grown. His son Charles Is said
to be as keen q business m as his
father. One of the daughters married
Mr.. Lancaster, Of the Chicago Carpet COM
papy, while another married Mr.. N. d.
Judah, one Of Chicago's most prominent
lawyers and a man of especial intellec-
tual tastes. Mr.. Hutchinsons children
do not sympathize with the old mans
rating of the fine arts. His son Charles
lis president of the Chicago Art institute
Some time ago he purchased q picture Of
isheep by Rosa Bonheur for 81 600. When
ltho old man heard Of 1t he affected to be
Indignant, averring that his son could
have gone out to the stock yards and pur-
chased the real article for two dollars q
head.
But there was doubtless a, certain grim
humor in the remark, as there was to
what he said one day to q new telegraph
boy who came on to the floor of the Ex.
change with dispatch, and standing by
the old man, called "B. p. Hutchinson
"Got dispatch for Old Hutchf" asked
the venerable wheat dealer.
"Yis, 'xpect So" replied the boy.
well, the old fool isn't here. He can't
read, anyway Take it over there to
Frank Magin." ~*x
MIR. HUTCHINSON mas an ASTONISHING
memory. He 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 doubt as to the old mans abil
ity to keep the record in his head correctly
Hutch" took out his settling books ant
bade tho doubter keep tally, while III
called III their contents from memory
He didn't make single mistake.
The first thing in the morning which
Mr.. Hutchinson attends to Is his morn
ing paper. He goes to The. Tribune of
flee and gets his paper fresh from tn,
press. A story Is told of him that ont
Sunday morning he took his paper to th
premises of the Chicago Carpet compan,
over which his son-in-law presides, anC
the show window being fitted up as
| bed chamber the old man threw himsel
on tho display bedstead. Here he wen
| over the market reports till sleep over
came him, and he sank into peaceful
slumber Church goers that morning
were surprised to see what ut first ap
peared to be a corpse stretched out on tn
| canopied bed as II it. were lying in state
But everybody in Chicago knows Mr.
| Hutchinson, and it was not long before hi
son was informed of the attention hi
father was attracting. He hastened {
the scene, awoke the sleeper and drew th
curtains.
The recent corner has doubtless bee,
one Of the most successful ever engi
neered on the Chicago board Of trade
Mr. Hutchinson has managed 1t yer
ehrewdly, and has forced his antagonist
to settle at Sc bushel. Tho majorit
will pay, and it Is probable that many Q
the dollars handed over to Mr.. Hutchin
son will be a return Of those which hav
been squeezed out Of tho squeezer o
former occasions.
Mr.. Hutchinson Is now about GO year
old. If he has the,luck TO finish his caree
without any severe back set, he will leav
an immense estate to his children.