The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-12-09

was the only boy in the family, so I
had TO attend 10 the cows IN the morn
ing and assist my sisters In milking
them. used to take them out IN tne
morning and 20 for them at night. did
not like farming In that way, 50 went 70
nv father and told him wanted y go TO
school He said was too young, but
finally gave me permission, and
[ started of and showed my
self ut school. had learned 10 write and,
as | wrote a pretty good hand, store
keeper Ia the village gave me the 700 70
wrto DIP his bsoks at night, and in that
way supported myself through school"
nI4 EARLY STRUGGLES AND H1RDsniPs.
"What was your age at that timer
"Abaut IA when | left home, and spent
about year at this sehe0l; then got into
a country stare and made myself useful
sweeping II out il the morning
and learning tho business dur
ing the day. bly, duties employed
me from o la the morning until l9o'elock at
night IN the meantime | had acquired o
taste for mathematics and especially for
surveying and engineering ! took them
up after / left school used 10 get up Mt .
o'clock and stuIy from until g. whon
had 10 open the store. ahd bnally got q
pretty good idea Il that brancI and cor
cludcd to start out as surveyor. l do
not know that this IL al all Interesting"
with bow 10 Senator Blair).
'ThaL Is Just what want" replied the
senator land wO are much obliged TO
you"
II heard Of a mah In Ulster county"
continued MrAGould, ''ihat was looking
for an assistant He was making map
Of that county aAd wrote 10
him flo engaged me at $50 a
mouth When left my father
offered nc money, but concluded IL burn
my ships behind me and took only
enough for my fare This man started
me out 10 make tue surveys, 10 see where
the roads wore and to locate the resi-
dencos Tho map was 10 be useful
record aud When started he said TO mo:
"'Now, while you 20 along you get
trusted for your bills, what you eat, etc,
and will come diierWard aud pay them
II think Two or three days out had to
stay over night at a place where they
charged shilling for supper, q shilling for
lodging and sixpence for breakfast. OK
planned the arrangement for payment and
took my book out TO enter tho amount OF
tho bill, but the man who kept the house
declared with an oath that he would not
have anything Of the kind
"YOu don't know this man., said he.
lie has failed three times You have got
the money, know you have, and want
my bill.
III had not a cent and pulled my pock-
OTIS out TO show him that had not, aud l
said
"You must trust me. He answered:
"Wcll, will trust you, but ! won't
trust him
"This had such an effect upon me-" con-
tnued Mr. Could, that IL seemed 10 me
as II tho world had come 10 an end that
day. / did not know whore ! was
10 get dinner and did not
try till long after o'clock after this
rebuff was naturally timid boy and
II had great effect upon me. | then de-
bated about throwing up the whole
engagement, but | won't out and had
good cry where nobody could sec
mo. Then | got down and prayed
and felt better afterwurd. So made up
my mind 10 go ahead made up my mind
TO die IN the last ditch. | was hungry
and | decided TO go into the first house
came TO and get something TO cat,
and | did so The woman treated me
kindly, gave me some bread and milk,
and when went away told her TO
enter it down. In the meantime her hus-
rods away from tho house when | heard
him halloolng after me With the morn
ing's scare In my mind / thought
that no was going to finish me
--TlAughtorl but he said; Il want you
to come back and mako me- u noon mark
don't know whether you know what
that isl"
ayes, | know" said Senator Blair,
shut explain to these gentlemen what 1t
is.u
ut is line north and south, said Mr..
Gould, 'by which the farmers can regu-
lato their clocks, tho sun being due south
ut noon. went back with my compass
and made him a noon mark, and when got
through no asked me what was to pay.
said nothing
"'Oh, yes, :" said he, 4 want 10 pay you;
our surveyor always charges ST."
1.-THE fOAd had eaten was one shilling
and no paid me seven shillings, the balance
of Che dollar. This gave me an idea, and
from this time went OH and paid my ex-
penses making noon marks for the
farmers. When had finished my
survey tho man who employed
me failed and could not pay me, but
! there wore two other journeymen he had
employed to make the surveys ind pro-
posed TO them to go on ana finish the map.
They decided To do so, but they wanted
their names to II alone. | SAID: Very
we'll, will sell out TO YOU and sold Out
my interest In the map for $500.
HIS FIRST MoNRY.
''This was tho first money lever earned
| went on and helped them finish the map,
so that sold out my interest In tho per.
fected map. Then | went forward with
this little capital and made similar sur.
Veys Of Albany aid Delaware counties
and made up my mind TO so alone They
yielded mo very well and soon acou-
INFLATED $500 AT that time
while was carrying on these surveys,
mot gentleman who seemed TO take {
fancy for mo--one ZadOc Pratt OF Pratt
vilEe, and who owned Que OF tho largest
tanneries In tho country. had done some
surveying for him. H6 had q beautiful
place 1T Prattvillo and he proposed TO m,
TO go into tho tannory bust
ness with him | consented, aud on tn
neXt day started for Pennsylvania.
found that the Delaware LackawAnnA ant
Western railroad had Iust been completed
and had some large tracts OF homlock tim
Der for sale told Mr. Pratt what had
found, and he sent me bacl
TO purchase the truct. | made al
the contracts myself and returning go
from fifty to sixty men and with then
started the works, 1t was right out in th,
woods and cut down tho frat tree. w
got up u sawmlu md put up a blacksmith
shop. and slept In that on bed made o
hemlock bark. SO we went on and It bC
came the largest tannery In the country
l finally bought Pratt out and afterWar
sold it In New York for good price
MS FIRST RAILROAD.
about that time tho panic OF 1871 cam
on and everything was very much di:
turbed. Money was almost impossible
obtain aud thought onco or twice tina
we woNld fail but we did moi
Rsilroad values after this time went dow