The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1891-09-22

or, for he admits that on hia farm IL costs
him something like ono dollar and a hnlt n
pound tn produce butter that won't sell for
80 cents a pound. But "a no Ia still doing
business at the old stand without any help
from tho Farmars' alliance. he can scarcely
be ignored.
Ex-Mayor Grace was once a butcher in
Callao, Peru. He pretty nearly owns Peru
now, not to speak of apart OF Chill and q
slice Of New York and Long island. W.
hall, was once u school teacher and after
wards a porter in 4. II. Stawart's store. The
late Horace Il. Claflin was u Vermont school
teacher. Chnunoey Nj. Depew did not al
ways yet Il big salary, When in his youth
he held down u seat in u lawyers Office his
bank after that, which was successful, and
incidentally he went into politics, and con-
nected himself with tho New York Central
railroad. This latter move was good for
both MIR. Depsw and the railroad.
Vice-president Morton was once a clerk
III a country grocery store, and thought his
salary Of 81 per week a good one under the
circumstances Russell Sage was n clerk
in his brothers grocery store in Troy, and
Henry Clews started on his way to fame
and fortune as clerk in an importing house
at So per week. Henry B.. Hyde, president
of the Equitable Life Insurance COMPANY,
WAS originally a clerk. Judge Fitzgerald,
of the court Of general sessions, was a clerk
in Claims; Judge Rufus b. Cowing WAS
also a clerk, and still later was private SEQ
rotary to Jay Gould, but he shows no more
favor to the sapient fnancier than to any
other man, when it comes to a matter of
dealing with him for delinquency in the
matter of jury duty. Jay Gould has paid
a good many dollars into the county treas
ury rather than jury duty. and Judge Cow
| ing seems to fine him with as much cheer
fulness as even Recorder Smyth, who is
famous for coming down hard on delin-
luent Jurors.
David Dudley Field started as a clerk in
a law office. So did Judge Barrett and Will
lam G. Whitney. Senator Calvin s. Brice
upon q time. Erastus Wiman was first a
newsboy and afterward q clerk. Ex-Judge
Arnoux was an office boy in q cloth house.
Daniel D%ougherty, he of the silver tongue,
once drove a bus on a route owned by his
father in Philadelphia, But there was
money in the route, and Dougherty, pere,
was able after a while to dismiss Daniel
from the bus and fit him for the bar in
stead. Coils T. Huntington was originally
Il very small merchant, aged Is years. in a
very small way before he dreamed of be-
coming a Pacific railway magnate.
Eugene Kelly was horn in the county Ty-
rome, Ireland, a farmers son. whose faith
CT was 30 poor that he could not pay his
sons passage to America when young
Kelly caught the emigration fever. 80 the
future banker got a job driving a %iaunting
car and saved his passage money. He land
ed in New York with S3 in his pocket. He
got q position in a Bowery dry goods house
at IS per week, To-day he is worth $5,OO0,-
GOO If he is worth e cent. n is respected
of all men.
Uncle Rufus Hatch once raised garden
sass for the general market. Sidney
Dillon was an errand boy in the offices of
the New York Central railroad. James r.
keene landed in this city with "a
in English money in his pockets. He has
since made a great fortune, lost 1t and made
it again. He is of the kind that do not fail
permanently. Edward S. Stokes, evon
when in sing Sing for shooting James Fisk,
was nursing large financial schemes which
have since made him a very rich man.
The lis5 might be extended to greater
AS it stands it is an instructive OBJ
iect lesson. All of these men started in the
for that goal which is called success
little to help them. Through MANY
and various courses thoy won. How did
they do it? Go and ask any one of them
and he will be puzzled to give you any sat
answer.