Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-22

guarantee can make some money for both Of %
and it will be the means Of starting me IN busl-
ness. As to getting the goods you can make
you see that 1t is not going you can close the
same down. Mr.. wanamaker IL you can give
me any encouragement will come TO zee you
with iron clad rscommeudatss And rsferenees.
/ am no fake but mean business and would like
to have an interview"
ONE FROM MARYLAND.
But perhaps the following. which dates from
Maryland, is as characteristic a. any. With the
exception Of a few liberties taken with the
spelling the letter appears a. written:
"Mr John Wanamaker, dear sir I take the
time and pleasure to write you . few lines
stating that am well at this present time and
hoping that when these few lines and you that
they may find you the same also.
Mr.. wanamaker I have met with bad luck
this year. l thought that I was going to be
lucky this time in paying for my land. I man
aged to sell piece OF 1t and pay on the mort
gage and got the promise of longer time il
could pay another sl0o in strawberry time At
that time thought could do that with pleas
ure to look at my chances OF berries but the
frost came and killed my berries and must
have the hundred and they say they must have
the money.
''Mr. wanamaker guess that Il ID useless to
approach you on any terms Of borrowing any
money fer this cause. have approached You
before on the same subject and never received
any reply at oil. And I have also written to
President Harrison for the same and Mr. Nor
ton and Mr.. James q. Blaine and no reply from
either one of them. would have
been glad to have received q reply
from Benjamin Harrison and also from
either one of you gentlemen but don't suppose
1 will for this cause yon can't risk It. II re-
minds me Of the old man Sohnny Rounds at
home, the people always called him Uncle
Johnny. He was a good old man think for
this cause: he told his folks when he was going
to die and also shrouded himself and died in
prayer at his chair
He was in Salisbury one day not long be-
fore he died and asked man to trust him for
pound OF coffee and the man said that he
could not do that and the old man said: How
Is 1t that you are afraid to trust me for . pound
OF coffee, while l am not afraid to trust God
for anything in this world
That Is the great trouble with people they
cannot risk, if they could they would be blest .
many time in the sight of the God. have no
doubt of that indeed.
Il am unlucky il seems to me in everything
undertake. l have studied history and poll
ticians for fourteen years and never have been
honored on the ticket yet but l am going to
approach our convention this time IL nothing
happens to me. / am q republican and moth
Ing else, but poor man is nothing In politics
In this country.
MIR. Wanamaker give my love to President
Harrison and to Uncle James g. Blaine a. we
republicans call him here, we always call him
Uncle Jim. This Is all that can cay ut this
without fail and also send me Q name for my
daughter that was born May 4 and weighed
twelve pounds before she was dressed. Please
answer this. Yours truly, -"
1t is such letters as these which are the COM
pensating Joys of q cabinet minister's life.