The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-05-06
GETTING A START.
How an Ambitious Young Man sold Real
Estate and Poachea


II was in the spring of 1867 when
small office was started on the north
west corner of Madison and LuSalle
strects-capital, ten dollars and fifty
cents; annual receipts, two hundred
and fifty dollars. First year was a hard
pull. had sign out "Rcal Estate
and Law" The law department con-
sisted chiefly in drawing deeds, trust
deeds, bills of sale, etc. The real-estatc
department did most anything in the
way Of real estate, but MS at that period
9f Chicago's existence the total trans
fers for an entire year amounted to
about two dozens one can imagine my
share was exceedingly small.
II was midsummer, and receipts for
that month had been lower than the
average. A respectable-looking young
man came into my Office, hailing from
a western city. He said he had not been
eating three square meals per u day for
quite time, and asked the privilege
of sleeping in the Office. The thought
struck me | could utilize him, so went
down with him to South Water street
and purchased two nice baskets of
early Crawford peaches. ! borrowed n
pine door from carpenter friend OF
mine in the alley, and with tie aid of
two ash barrels set the newcomer up
in business opposite my Office entrance
on Madison street The peach depart
ment thrived. First day he took in
five dollars, and we Increased the stock
to such an extent that we had quite IA
thriving trade. This fellows name we
will call Jones. He had very per-
suasivc way of inticing the young
ladies as they passed by to purchase
peaches, in fact he caught everybody,
and many of Chicago's citizens will re.
member cry that lasted all that
summer on the corner, NOW then,
ladies and gentlemen, here is the place
to get your fine rlyCrawford peaches
superintendent of the building object.
ed, and came and asked if this man was
annoying me. said: NO, let the poor
fellow earn lving-hc is all right
In fact, had the peach department been
suspended the real-estatc firm would
have collapsed. Soon after this n South
Water street merchant noticing the
ability of the young man to sell his
Il.
of one hundred dollars per month, and
he left my firm. Business did not thrive
for quite awhile, but one day, as luck
would have it, an old gentleman with
long bushy whiskers strolled into the
office and asked me if ! was a lawyer
| confessed, and he gave me the de.
scription of piece of property on the
north side, the title to which he said
was very much mixed. lie had come
all the way from Honolulu, Pacific
| ocean, to have this Strengthened
up, and he would give me half
there was sin it," if could perfect
the title. The night before this mum
| Der of my old college chumS had called
to see how | was getting along. We
were all graduates of the Chicago Law
university, and was the only one who
| had the nerve and recklcssness to start
an office; the others had taken clerical
positions in established law offices; the
| boys used to come into my office occa.
sionally to see if my elbows were wear
ing out, and prophesied that | would
soon have To give up my office and go
| with them, but the man from Honolulu
settled il. ! went to work, and pcrsc
! verence won. | bought the interest of
the different owners in the North Side
lot, and eventually sold the lot and
made eight hundred dollars clear.
was afraid to trust any bank in Chi
cago with my money. used TO hide it
under my pillow, and kept Il big AK un-
der the bed to protect IT,
My fellow graduates called again-it
was Christmas eve. ! had "a firSt-class
new suit of clothes and u stove-pipe
hat, and they were greatly surprised.
| When | exhibited to them my roll OF
bills they turned pale with envy and
left the office. Three days after that
! six new real estate and law office signs
were hung up, and think that every
one of the gentlemen who started in
| business on that day has prospered,
either as lawyer or real estate dealer.
| No less than three occupy positions on
| the judicial bench, and perhaps my
| bold effort to establish business in
| dull times had its beneficial effect
| Robert &. Givins, in Banner of Gold.
| Take Long Look Ahead.