The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-04-11
THE OLD SNOWMAN.

eat everything and anything, but
have no strength. am eighty years
old, you know, and nature is giving
way. There have been many nights
when / have gone to bed never ex-
pecting to see morning light, and SO
weak that I have not cared whether
did or not. But now-now I am
better and I feel that must live, at
any rate until after the 26th. want
to ride around with the procession
once more. l am like Mr.. Wander
bilt, who, when his physicians told
him he was going to die, said j:
"Why, can't die-I can't die-un-
til | get that tunnel built And I
can't die until after I've gone around
New York once more with my pro-
cession," and something glistens in
his clear, bright eyes, the fire of
which is undiminished by his i'll
ness.
READS THE NEWSPAPERS.
"What resources have you?"
"I read a good deal-newspapers
and magazines. do not care much
for fiction, though Mrs. Barnum got
me greatly interested in the story
of some American girls who went
to Japan. do not trouble myself
much about business. Mr.. Bailey
attends to all that, though of course
he occasionally consults with me.
l am very much interested in the
plans for the scientific and histor-
ical museums which | am going to
build here Bridgeport, Conn. !, the
one for the county, the other for the
town. Then I have bought a church,
and Mr.. Barnum chuckles over the
announcement. Eyes, I have
bought a church-the Baptist church
which | am going to turn into
stores. All these affairs occupy my
mind and attention, so that time
does not weigh heavily on my mind
"WHAT IS THE SECRET OF sUCCEss?"
Observation-Disclosures
ing else. That is the sum and sub
stance of the whole thing. l put
advertising ahead of pluck, perse-
verance and economy. Get yourself
talked of and written about, even if
you are abused and traduced, if you
hope for success in the world. l
remember when l got Tom Thumb
and Lavinia Warren married in
Grace Church--ah what splendid
piece of advertising that was There
was, of course, considerable oppo-
sition on the part Of many church
people, and a few days after a wo-
man came to me with an account
she had written of the affair. She
was a blackmailer, and told me /
had better buy the manuscript out
right, as it was a terrible attack on
me. My dear madam I said, I
don't care what you have said about
me. If you have stated that | stole
the communion service from Grace
Church, so much the better Say
anything you like; only for heav-
ems sake, say something She de-
cided that trying to blackmail me
was not success. No man need
to expect to succeed without ad-
vertising.
A DELICATE QUESTION.
"Say something about the woman
question? Oh, dear, I'm afraid
you're asking my views on a ques-
ton Of which / know very little. |
never believe in woman suffrage
only when I'm listening to some
woman who does believe in it, and
then l wonder whether the ladies
would get through talking at one
town meeting before it was time for
the next. But l do believe that
woman should follow any trade, pro-
fession or occupation that she may
select. l am, indeed, more radical
in my views than my wife, who is
an English woman and very modest
and conservative. She is a very
graceful writer, and I am exceed
ingly anxious she should write for
the public, but she shrinks from it.
STORY ABOUT GENERAL SHERMAN.
eyes," in answer to another ques-
ton, General Sherman was dear
friend of mine, and l must tell you
an anecdote of him which | am
quite sure has never been published.
DR.. Robert Hubbard, one of my
was in Sherman's army
which followed hard on Longstreet's
retreat, and he, by Sherman's or
ders, selected Confederate Gener-
al's country home for Sherman's
The Generals wife
was, of course, as fiery as most
Southern women were, still she re-
ceived General Sherman as hospit-
ably as she could under the circum-
stances, and after making apologies
for the food she sat before him,
said: General, you have seen our
terrible privations and sufferings.
Do you imagine for a moment that
you can subjugate such peopleY
sSubjugate, madam returned the
General; 'subjugate | never had
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