The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1891-12-03
A MAN OF IDEAS.
And Each One Was Worth Small For
tune In Itself.

And Each One Was Worth small For
tune In Itself.
He had raveled out at the edges. He
had ripped at the seams. He had shrunk
in the suds and faded in the boiling, but
he had lots of talk left. Said he to the
other man on the bench with him:
This is simply temporary en-
MISUNDERSTANDING which l shall
speedily recover from, and pay all
creditors in full While I'm Temporal
rily unable to meet the demands of my
creditors, I'm chuck full of ideas worth
thousands. All want is for some CAPT
talist to come forward and back me-"
what You got?' bluntly queried the
other, who had also suspended payment.
''Sh! It's on the dead quiet. you
know! Suppose, for instance, that a
barber car was run on all elevated trains!
A broker with two days growth gets
on at Rector street. By the time he has
reached Thirty-third he's clean shaved,
hair combed and his shoes BACKED. No
waiting-no dust-no flies. Enjoys the
scenery while the barber fathers and
scrapes. I'm going to offer Jay Gould
the idea for $10,0 900 in cash."
"Purty good" said the other.
"That's only one of my ideas. What
would you say to dining room car on
the bridge trains-quick lunch-quail on
toast, oysters on the half shell, bread
and butter and coffee, as you are whirled
over one of the grandest structures in
the world? Make the price twenty-five
cents-colored waiters-no paper nap
kins-real old Java coffee, ell: Why,
man, there's cool $50, 900 waiting right
there to be picked up. All want is the
encouragement of some live capitalist"
II think she'd work" observed the
other after due reflection.
"And what's the matter of having a
| cyclorama car on the elevated? contin-
ued the other. "A car can be fitted up
with the Battle of Gettysburg. An
tietam, Atlanta or Missionary Ridge
just as well as not. and the price of ad-
mission shouldn't be over dime. Pas
senger gets on in Harlem, sees historical
painting as he is whirled along and gets
off down town, pleased and refreshed.
No going three or four miles from home
and climbing dark stairways. Every
stranger sure to take to it and the car is
full all day long. want $25, 900 for the
idea alone, but if backed by some CAPT
talist I'll make a hundred thousand out
of it in year."
"You've got some purity good thinks
in your head" said the other man in an
encouraging way.
Thinks, my boy! I'm all thinks. ]
can think out a think quicker than
lightning. I'm the Napoleon of think
ers. Sh! Keep quiet! Trump card is
now coming. Inclose the framework OF
all the elevated roads and divide off into
stalls for rent to butchers, bakers, con.
fectioners, laundrymen. shoemakers, CT
gar dealers, etc, cheap rents-con
venient to the public-permits 10000
small capitalists to 60 into business fol
themselves. Wouldn't close with al
offer for less than $4,000 for the idea
Have already taken steps to see what
can lease all lines for by the year. VIVA,
do you think"
"It's bewtiful.'
"Cert. Got any sugar.
"Ten cents"
"That's plent. Well go n have oul
beer. Temporarily embarrassed, but
creditors can wait. Got the ideas, and
now all we want is capital and public
confidence. Sh! Not lisp! Let you
in on the ground floor. Come on."-M
Quad in New York Evening World.