Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-12-08
MEN WITH NERVE.
Two Cases Illustrative of What Can Bz
Achieved by Enterprise.

Two Cases Illustrative of What Can BE
Achieved by Enterprise.
Its the smart fellow who gets along
these days. said one of trio of gentle
men sitting in the lobby of a Tacoma
hotel 1.-THE smartest fellow that can
remember made his mark down in Min
nesota- He was out of work and was
going about the country leisurely seek
ing employment, and taking every pre-
caution to guard against finding a job
Yes, he was q tramp. He had been
knocking through the country in an
aimless manner. He hadn't a penny
and had missed a drink for twenty-four
hours.
't0ne very warm day, early in the
fall, he was passing through wheat
belt in the state referred to. There
were acres aud acres of land covered
with fine wheat. which grew as thick
as the land would permit The tramp
had not lost all appreciation of a good
thing when he saw it, and SO he leaned
against the old, dilapidated wooden
fence, gazing with unconcealed admira-
ton on the big wheat crop He also
had something else in mind besides ad-
miration, as subsequent events proved.
tsHe rested awhile and then resumed
his journey. He made it point to in
stitute inquiries about the owner of the
field of wheat, and succeeded in ascer-
tanning that the wheat covered about
six square miles of land, and that the
owner lived at the northeast corner of
his property and had gone to town on
business. which would detain him about
ten days. The town was about four
teen miles north of the farmers resi-
dence, and the tramp was at the other
extreme end of the property. A mile
down the road was small railroad sta
ton, which was only in use during the
shipping season.
Eight miles farther south was tele-
graph Office, which was also located at
the junction of the main line of the
Northern Pacific railroad. Thither
| went the tramp, and soon he has mes
sage going over the telegraph wires.
Next day there was small army of
men at work in the wheat field, and
car load after car load was taken away.
| The little branch railroad was all activ-
| ity. The tramp superintended the work
and-well, before the farmer had re-
turned home, the tramp had sold all the
wheat and cleared out with the fortune. -
81 heard of fellow just like that
| tramp" said another one of the trio.
There was fellow who kept a large
| gents furnishing store on Broadway,
IN New York City, who resided in
Brooklyn. One night after all the
clerks had departed the proprietor
| closed his place and went to his home.
| About half an hour after he had de.
| parted neatly dressed man opened the
store and turned on all the electric
| lights and uncovered all the goods
Then he rang for messenger boy, and
when the kid was gone he placed al
| auction flag over the door.
1.-The messenger boy returned with q
man who took position behind the
| counter with the first man. Both laid
| aside their hats and coats and stuci
| pens behind their ears and then they
were ready for business. A big bras
bell was turned over to the messenger
boy and he was sent outside to ring the
bell and draw trade to the store. 1
was great scheme and it worked, too
Before midnight everything in tn
store was sold. This is a fact NJ
joke. This actually occurred"
His two auditors merely nodded the i
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