The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1889-02-22

In Boston who has for several years past been
in receip, of . clear gain annually of over
ave thousand dollars ~ the result Of his fore
dght and shrewdness In securing long leass
Of . block of buildings Close by the spot where
hs had received advance information that
there was to be now street extension. The
improvements were made and he has been
able to sub-let annually at very neat profit
a. reward.
Most newspaper men have outside ''snaps"
which yield them nice little additions to their
regular incomes, and which, indeed, are al
most as certain from week to week as their
salaries. Many arc connected with out-of-
town papers as regular or occasional corre-
spondents which they supply either by tele-
graph or by mail; others contribute stories
and special articles to magazines and syndi-
Gates, white many are engaged in making
books to supply the needs Of an army of
readers whose number varies In each case
Many OF these men will, during year.
quite often make more money than their
regular salary comes to. As poet and
lecturer probably John Boyle O'Reilly makes
as much money as he gets from The Pilot, Of
which he is editor and part owner. George
M. Towle and Clarence Pullen, both of whom
are connected with The Youths Companion
editorially, are well-known lecturers and
magazine writers. It may be asked why
such folks do not devote all their time to what
may appear to be the more lucrative en-
ployment. / suppose it is partly because
there is a certain amount of risk involved in
such course, a certain liability that the re-
turn may not be steady one, while the
steady employment though less remunerative
is better to depend upon for bread and butter,
obviating as it does the necessity for large
capital to make up for possible failure at any
time and consequent loss of earnings.
This is seen in many callings Hundreds
of musicians who play in orchestras or for pri-
vate parties during the evenings, particularly
in the winter, have regular employment
in the day. They are glad to add to their in
comes by few hours of extra labor,
especially when that for which they
receive pay is somewhat in the ma
ture of a pleasure, as it enables them
to crafty their natural musical gifts and to
see phases of life from which they might
otherwise be dsbarred. Many of these must
clans will earn more in this way during the
winter months alone than their whole years
earnings would come to at their regular
business, but each and every time they play
is SO isolated and there is such an impossible
ity of knowing with any degree of certainty
how much money will be earned in any one
month that they prefer to continue right
along at the old business rather than to take
the chances OF q reliance upon anything
whose rewards are so precarious and uncer-
tain.
Many of those holding positions in the ser
vice of the city, state and national govern
ment have other lines of work from which
they draw comfortable additions to their Off
cial salaries. Some of them may be found
busy with their newspaper labors at times
during or after Office hours, others may be
found in their law offices taking fees for
legal advice of great or little value, others
are in real estate business, many sing, do
fancy lettering or scroll work, others are
amateur actors, plenty are painters and
crayon artists of skill and reputation, while
still others turn in honest extra pennies to
their exchequers by outside work as stenog-
raphers, clerks. storekeepers and in various
other ways
Many Of the younger members of the bar
find it is to their interest to keep two offices
-one in the city proper, in which they usu-
ally have their hours during the day, and
another in one of the suburban districts or
towns where they live and have business
hours after tea. A good many of these young
Blackstones exc out a subsistence by doing
certain literary drudgery, such as translating
and searching the libraries for material de-
sired by those who are willing to pay them
for such assistance. Others again being
about the courts SO much, have found oppor-
tunities to make connections with newspapers
to supply the reports of court proceedings and
news. Many of them work harder as book
keepers, teachers, copyists, librarians. and
get more money from such employments than
they have ever had opportunity to at the law.
The principal of the Boston evening high
school is a young lawyer.
Another source of extra remuneration to
many popular men, or those who have influen-
,ial friends is that of secretaryships or treas
lrerships of societies or corporations Some of
'hese pay well, while many pay only small
sums of $500 OF $500 per annum-whollv in
adequate for living salaries, yet quite respect
able additions to ordinary incomes espe-
tally when paid to those who have to devote
no more extra time than other
members do in attending the meetings
Xxx
Hon. Edward ]. Donovan of Boston is the |
youngest man who ever sat in the Massachu-
'etts senate as member, being only "a years
Of age His election to membership in that
body deprives Hon. P. A. Collins of the dis
junction which was his of being the Youngest
man ever elected to that body Mr.. Collins
was rs or 70 when he served, but Mr. Dono-
van is one year or more his Junior He has
served two years in the house, but Young
men are more common in that body. Presi-
dent Capen Of Tufts college was chosen to it
at u; so were John R. Billiard of Dedham.
William .. Tyler of Boston and probably
Others. His success at so early an age is all
the more remarkable from the fact that he
has not had behind him any of those ADVENT
tlous aids to success, such as wealth. family
prestige or famous ancestors. He has always
been a working boy, with only such educa-
tional advantages as could be obtained in
the Boston common schools which, by the
way, he was obliged by the death of his
father, to leave when quite young His good
sense and political judgment have been recog-
nized by his appointment to important COM
mittee places in the house and senate. He
Is the chairman of the ward Eight Demo-
cratic committee, and president of the Han |