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Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
THE sAzElE FL WORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER q

do these practices become common dur
ing hard times, You See they sell goods
and often take cotton in payment. Now,
in many cases they hold this cotton sew.
eral months. trying to make a speculo-
ton, while at the same time they are
begging the jobbcrs for more time This
is, in effect, speculating with other peo-
Pies money. They, Of course, say in
exclamation that they have to do this
to make any profit Well hardly think
this Is tenable. They sell thcir goods
so as to make Il good profit, and even
IL they took The cotton lt more than
its market price they could sell II at
the market price aud sill derive u fair
profit on the sale of their goods. Texas
merchants do not seem TO understand the
relations which subsist between the job
Der and manufacturer. The jObbpr gives
To the manufacturer In payment Of
goods a receipt which is equivalent TO
a note. The manufacturer In nearly
every case hypothecltes this paper,
Well, when Il natures it has to be paid,
else the giver declares himself BANK.
rupt. Now, Of course. no jobber viii
do this only as lass resort 50 ne
consequence IL that the jobber, If ms
customers do not pay promptly, has To
borrow money. paying, in nearly every
c.isr. an interest which destroys his
profit. No one can say this is fair, yet
II Is no unusual practice tht the whole
sale merchant is Specializing on the job
ber's money, while the jobber Is rust
ling around to borrow enough to keep
himself out Of bankruptcy. But the
jobbers are giving close attention these
days TO this kind of merchants, and
where they discover that one Is guilty
of This practice they close down OH him
nj ones -
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
DECEPTION NOT OUR PRACTICE
Advertise Only the Truth.-our
Motto.

The marked superiority Of the NJ. X.
l.. railway as q Worlds Fair Roufe,
admits OF no dispute. Tho nnimppacLable
superiority is based on merit Of equip.
misleading advertisements. The KATY
fryer is ! hours and 80 minutes quicker
10 Chicago than any other train rnnnin,,
out Of Fort Worth, and 1t IS Inc finest
train ever run In the state. BY the
KATY only 81 hours to Chicago Nv
the KATY only 20 hours and 10 minute.
to 81. Louis Better hour for departnre
Better hour for arrival. All other trains
OF me KATY equal or excel in tima
aud equipment the trains of any otbo,
lines 1t is not right for anyone to BRO.
nluisatc II hours saved:" because moi
true For correct. Information. slecp.
l9s ear reservations; call at city ticket
street, corner Fourth. or write TO ''''''''
w. II. WINFIELD,
City Ticket Agent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Hereafter a uniform price Of 10 cents
limo will DO charged for obituaries
and resolutions Of respect printed in Ths
Gazette. Serca words to the linc'
Tho cash mist accompany oris "a for
:" GAZETTE COMPANY,
March I. 49,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
FORT WoRTA'S
Greatest Retail Oruu Store.

Tho Fort Worth Pharmacy company.
corner Main aud Fifth streets Is tho
great retail drug emporium and fountain
surgical Instruments. mechanical cura-
live devices. aged eye glasses and spec
tnclcs, ncar-sight eye glasses and spectac-
les, colorcd and smoked glasses for veal;
eyes, perfumcry, hruGhcs, combs aud all
Kinds of toilet goods. Prescriptions a
speciality. We invite mail orders. Read.
or, your patronage Is solicited.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

sas city, Ks, dinner ut Newton, and
supper and breakfast ia the Santa Fc
famous dining cars. Remember this trnIil
reaches Chicago the second morning,
giving you ample time TO get located and
attend the great Exposition that after
noon. Gall and see Us before buying your
tickets.
For tickets. sleeping car accommodate
ton md detailed Information, apply to
any Santa Fc agents. or
WM DOUERTY,
Pass Agt., 403 Main St, let. Worth
W. S. KEENAN,,
Gen. Pass. Agt., Galveston.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Woe-berone and lnnguid, weary,
Nervous. tired Of life, you say?
Get at once that famous treasure
Then will be yours every day.

A sunGower plant twelve feet high,
the stalk measuring twelve inches in
circumference, bearing thirly-nine
branches and supporting 154 flowers.
was exhibited at IAthrop, Mo. last week.
Two OF the branches were over nine feet
long
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

During Il hailstorm at Pawtucket L.
l., woman picked mp large huilslonp
and allowed 1t to melt in her hand She
said u little live frog hoped into her
hand from the ley chunk.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
MAIL.srAGn LINr

Retweq Edmund and Frisco. in OLA.
homa Tcrrllody. Stage leaveq FlmnnJ
at a, M, Tuesday, THURSDAY and Sshnr'
DAY. Leaves Frisco, Monday, WpInss.
day ahd Friday, same hour. Fare. S1
eaeh way. Round trip, S15O.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

About the top notch of income for a
New York law firm is $25OOO0 year,
half of which may 20 to tie head man
but the most responsible iudgeships pay
only from $1,000 to 5000
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
"CHANGE IN SLEEPING Can srp
VICE"

Hereafter the Kansas City mud s,r
Antonio sleeping car, on the Sijssrs,ssin
Kansas aud Texas railway, viii rnn ~ ~,
Fort Worth on the flyer; going saut,
$40 ., M, arrive San Autonio, e 0u !, /.
SONG north, DO a. N, arrive Kansas
S ol'y' III Hioo IA, 4. M Tor berths and tieLets
ticket Office, 4l5 Honsfon a. city
Fourth street w. II. WINFiFPgfsn oil
CITY 'rielct
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

When Queen Elizabeth Of Austria ont.
cred Paris in 1851 she dragged ana.
ner 2 train seventy feet IN length. If
was borne by thirty-liye ingas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

n piece Of coal which strikinrlv r,.
semhles q human skull has hccn inken
9ut OF 2 mine near Macon. Mo. Nanv
believe it is pctrifaction. "'
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

In Brazil not 1 per cent Of the male or
tors house. They insist on leaving ut
the latest by o'Clocl; in the evening,
and viii not return before { or s in the
nlnrnInr
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Spratts dog soap Kills fees In dogs
Instantly; sold only at Andersons Gun.
house.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
CORRIDOR TALK.

~, ,,,-,,. .,,-l,;,,,,I !, ,,,-c-o I,sg
Fort Worm suslaineu He'''e us
when the spirit Of Col Malone took It's
fight" said a gentleman at the Pickwick
"'eA' ~, - ~ -, go ,.ho 1,
yeStornuy- A"oM ~ ~ .'''
the critical days Of TINS eltE' oiu n'"'p
thun he did. | know there was no one
who loved Fort Worth better than he;
l,,o,,. ~ ~, ,r.s moro nropd Of nor
anu" ~ o'i' vas my - III. -
past. more hopeful even enthusiastic {"
her future. than he was. He talked. toe,
IN 80 ,u1stenfatious a manner thar sup.
al =, ''iV' 'Sii'''''Ou9 = -,
eliiclhi opserNers cVulu nav no "ue
conception of the effect OF his labors'
He was so sincere. Every act, every
Thought of lis life. spranr from the core
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

m ,,., ,,., oa,t,,r, has gone cu-2y
'h'"n va" 81 ,,,.,i;,,,s -
on tho subject OF skirts huN a'"S""H''
observed a New Norl, travelling man Ut
p,I,,,tb yesfer1ny. AT least the
'le W. ,,t;sn AZ A. b,s II
extreme Eastern 9e'','"
ia not so very long since the people Oh
N,,. y,rl. and other Eastern cities had
-. ,,,,oti,, c,r snme good.
guou' str'"E 49,,
honest drama, IN Whlch lI'e '",uo"'
ALWAYS triumph over the wicked. IheyS
,,,.,,. ,,st.,d AZ sbokn.ncnre with relish
But hng llN aA "lh'lv"''
into craving for shlpely legs Wlhrh are
yl,ibltc,I ia tie ballet. and we nll-bypn-
49,, 49,, 90, T., bnbrlI the
cli''S '''' nj.
grace, ART ana refinement V'l' 50 cN'ieul
disl2nycd Ia the ballet, when every
,,,tl,r's san nr us En,,ys we 70 to see
!. -. e., To-, .,r.
me hIoVNlns y W. 'v'nnD ~ 49,
tesl among NV iorN slgut.'tI, ,r',,
gers 10 sec Wii'ch V"u u'llil"S tuu ~,
tAl nuhlp On lrss va i,'' r ,5i XIX,
lnNias'r NY "lh'unir si',, lri.,,,.
ol luu ",,1,s ,na"' ~, , 1" la
we Le3u N"ein ti''''"e,S s 'S, -.
stlnu na's D' ,I lU "h ,n,.. orc the '"osf
Ille er8Wu EYE WITT t"e,v nt' ng i' i,s,,
i came 70 DC 2 eaat'sI ,rHSll WIZ ,on dri
s shoT S" incb by inch md if reached
It's climax when certain wcll-l,nowu
actress was arrested W a Western town
ioF @pr noiinE nf fart thongb M ." xxi
no costume ~ an for she wore only skin
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
cunAr RATES no BIna1NqHA,I

On account of the ex-Conferelate nm.
tional reunion at Birmingham, Ala, Oct
. aud 3, the Cotton Belt route" VIII soil
tickets Sept. 20 and 30 from all stations
at the lowest one-way fare for the round
until Oct. II. Elegant reclining chnir.
cars from Fort WORTH Waco and Other
points.
Soc that your tickets read via the "Cot-
ton Delt,' as MI lines will sell theln VA
that route, Write y.9ur friends coming to
the only through ear line between Texas
aud the Southeast.
A. \. Gibson. Il. p. A.
S. G. WARNER, G. p. A.. Tyler, Tex.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
S. @. wARNER, Q. P. I AZ. T MISrIHi ~ reH

The old-fashionci dictionaries dcrlvc
Luncheon from luncheon or "noan.
chun' the refreshments taken at noon
when laborers desist from work 10 shun
the sun.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
NEW TRAIN SERVICE TO GAL
WESTON. VIA THE NJ. X.
& r." KATY"

All trains of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas railway now run through TO Gal
fer. Free reclining chair cars, and Wag-
ner buffet sleeping cars. Leave Fort
Worth S:15 p IN. and $40 u. M, nrriv-
ing Mt Galveston at 1915 n. m. and
1880 a. III. Call at city ticket office.
4l5 Houston. corner of Fourth street,
for berths, tickets, and all desired infor.
nation.
w. ii. WINFIELD. City Ticket Agent.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Chicago, Rock Island and Texas
Railway.
Why lose business day when you can
take the new Vestibule train via Great
Rock Island Route" leaving Fort Worth
daily at $40 p. M, arriving at Engle-
wood Worlds fair station at o:3G a.
m. ard Chicago, Van Buren, street depot
at 10 o'clock n. IN. second morning in
time for a full day at the Worlds fair.
For tickets and Information call on
Q. ID. LUSK.
Ticket Agent. Union depot.
o. r. BYERS.
Gent Agent. sos Main st.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Sentiment Is rs old US anything else,
as is indicated by the discovery in Egyp-
tiun t0mbs dating bacl: TO Il. c. 20OO
OF wedding rings engraved with heart
and two clnspcI hands.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

In Hungary the father of the bride
takes of her shoe aud hands It to her
husband thus formally turning over ali
his authority to the groom.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

Owing to The death of John A. Berein
OF The irm of John A. Bergin & Son. It
Is necessary that tlia debts duo tbe 49,,
shall be collected and all persons i1ldehisJ
~ said trim will please settle al ontc
The business Of the firm will he continnaj
under the old name and the patrans,.a
OF The public is respectfully snitriica
i !phN a. RERNgN 4 SIN
feFt Worlh Mar''e and Gniiir Naks.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

iiTr mfn can easly holt dar,n /. uon
"a' Ai'e are required ~ Ao-l iiges.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
DOG MEDICINE.

=. Jut received, fresh supply Of
.Spratts celebrated Dog melicines Of all
lands at Anderson'sGun House.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27

FISHING TACKLE.
IN INA us,s' reels rods aud hook, OF,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
q. p. s L. A., U. r. system.
Omaha, Neb.
]. II. o'NEfL,
Travelling Passenger Agent.
Fort Worth, Tex.
d. i. kEELER,
G. p. A., Il. w. X ID. @. Ry.,
Fort Worth. Tex.

The bread fruit tree seen In the Dutch
East Indies. grows forty TO fifty feet
high. The fruit is round or slightly
oval In shape first green. then brown.
then turning yellow when fully ripe.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-27
WORLDS PICTORIAL LINE.

Fort Worth aud Denver City Rail-
way Company and Union Pacific
System.
Have you heard OF the wonderful loop
route 10 Chicago and return?
The Fort Worth and Denver City rail.
way In connection with the Union Pa.
,lic system, (The Worlds Pictorial Line)
gave iuluguTated series of excursions
10 the Worlds fair, giving purchaser
tickets via this route with stop-ovcrs OF
the various watering points in Colorado.
Iu other words, you 80 from Fort Worth
10 Trinidad. Colorado Springs, AIauitou,
Pueblo and Denver, remaining there until
The heated form In Chicago Is past, then
20 on TO the Worlds fair, returning via the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy railway
through Hannibal and Missouri, Kansas
and Texas railway, thus covering en-.
tiroly different TERRITORY golug and re-
turning. Round trip rate from Fort
Worth. $50, which includes all privileges
accorded y1n by other lines.
For full information, address
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-02-16

four children two preceded their father
to the tomb, and when the Widow Cusfis
married George Washing ton in 1859 she
had but g son and daughter. History
gives lis a few exquisite glimpses Of the
home life Of Washington for the next
few years. He and his wife were very
nearly Of the same age; both born in
1889; both were wealthy, refined and Of
the highest standing among their Vir-
ginia contemporaries. Washington loved
the two children as his own. There was
nothing to mar their domestic life.
But in 1773 Martha Parke GUSTS died,
and Washington was long affected with
a strange restlessness. Indeed his do
nestle life never again seemed so calm
till after the Revolution. Martha was
sometimes called the ''dark lady" or
clark beauty because Of her brunette
complexion; but she was both beautiful
and amiable. The son. John Parke
Gusts, at the age Of nineteen married
one Of the famous Calvert family at Bal
timore, but he, too, died young-died Of
camp fever at Yorktown soon after the
surrender, leaving four children. Of
these General and Mrs. Washington
adopted two, and these constituted the
Washington family seen in the familiar
! pictures:
Eleanor Parke GUSTS, the daughter,
/ was so young at her fathers death that
! she knew no home but Mount Vernon.
In 1890 she became the wife Of Major
Lewis, Washington's sisters son. The
son was the we'll known George Wash
ington Parke Gusts. an author of some
note. who acquired the famous Arlington
estate, where he died in 1867. His only
child. daughter, married Robert E.
Lee, who thus became the owner OF
Arlington. j. H. B.
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HE REFUSED A CROWN
AN EXAMPLE OF WASH!NGTON'S NO
BE AND uNSELFiSH NATURE.

How This Action Impressed Gladstone
and Carlyie-It Seemed Inco1npreI,ensi-
bio to Observation-Disclosures Hela-
tions with G'ru,nbull and Arnold.
copyright, 1895, by American Press Associn-
lIr. Gladstone. in one Of his chats with
Chauncey II. Dcpew, said that he was
inclined to the belief that all in all per-
haps the greatest man since Martin
Luther was George Washington, and
the great English statesman went on to
explain what he meant by this charac-
terization. He did not regard Washing
ton IS intellectually possessed Of such
genius as any one OK half a. dozen men
whom lie could name. His military
genius is undisputed. although Of course
it is hardly fair to compare it with that
displayed by John Churchill or Napoleon
Or Wellington. Judged simply by re-
suits, it was as great as the victories Of
any of these men, since it led to the es-
Enlistment of {, nation destined to be
pre-eininent in the nations Of the world.
Every one who has studied the mill
tary movements of the Revolution On
both sides is aware that Washington
was very greatly helped by the distrac-
tons which existed in Great Britain and
which made it impossible to concentrate
it's efforts in the American colonies.
What the result would have been had
Great Britain sent q Wellington COM
handing q great British army in case he
and Washington joined in battle no man
can say.
Yet Mr.. Gladstone thought that in
some respects Washington stood the
greatest tests. His so called Fabian
policy, which consisted in extraordi-
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.THE.NxASHlNGToN

over. agreed to go to " ASKING on. ask
him to accept the crown Of empire and
to promise him the support Of the army
in establishing thus personal throne.
When they approached him Washington
believed that these officers and friends Of
his had come upon some such errand as
led them often to seek him fol- counsel.
He was iii 81 happy franloof mind that
morning. Tie war was ended victori-
ously. ard he had already been in con
sUltat;on with Hamilton and some Others
respecting the form Of civil government
which TIE now free colonies should I'M
derta,le.
They offered him the crown in but a
single sentence. a few years before.
across the river. Washington, being seat
Cd at breakfast. had been approached by
an officer, who said to him that Benedict
Arnold Esd fed after sn attempt to be-
tray West Point into the hands Of the
British. The news was appalling and to
Washington must have teen e2traocdi-
naIily painful, since for Arnold he had a
personal affection which he bestowed
upo.l only two O. three Of his other Off
GERS. Yet so great was hisself command,
SO superb his capacity for SURPRISING
emotion, SO thoroughly had he schooled
himself to face adversely with Guinness,
that those about him only saw q look OF
sad sternness como to his countenance as
he uttered the now historic words.
sWhc,n can we now trust?''
But when these officers proposed to
him the empire and tried to put the
scepter in his hand Washington broke
down. There was sorrow and there was
anger in his coun tenance and in his man
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that this prominence lay. His patience,
thing exceeding that Of any other man
who achieved greatness, for it was pa
tience under extraordinary irritations,
and patience exercised for no personal
ambition, but simply for the cause.
His conception of what the govern
ment which he was seeking to establish
should be was quite as distinct and CON-
prehensive as that Of Hamilton, JAY,
Madison or Jefferson, although he prob
ably could not have set forth i'll legal ar
gu!nent as they Gid the reasons for that
conception. They We're admirably set
forth in his messages, and especially in
his farewell address, although there are
indications that some Of tho messages
were written by Hamilton, while tho
written by Livingston, although some
writers believe that Madison wrote it.
But if the pllraseology was That of the
secretary the IDEAS We're those OF Wash
ington, and he undoubtedly set them
forth to his secretaries, asking them, who
were more familiar will, the literary use
of the pen than he, to pat them in fitting
language
Mr.. Gladstone regards the finest
triumph CT noble, unselish, patriotic
and majestic impulse to be illustrated
by one brief incident in Was!lington's
career. When Washington refused the
crown. then the world had the finest OK
enpiifcation Of q noble, majestic nature.
The incident is net as familiar as it
should be. American youth know that
Washington captured CORVALLIS. made
q brilliant retreat after the battle Of Long
Island and worried and fretted the Brit
ish armies into exhaustion during seven
years war. They also know that he was
president twice and declined to become
president third time. There are not
many who know that the only time tears
were seen in his eyes and the manifesto
ton Of great personal sorrow was made
to those about him was upon that &C.
casion at the close Of the war when his
army, encamped upon the banks Of the
Hudson, was about to be disbanded. There
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sorrowful, half angry and contemptuonsI
repulse to those who were bringing to
him q crown was something greater than
the command Of the American armies
through seven years to ultimate victory.
1t was an act that Europeans could not
understand.
Ronaparte wes always inclined to be-
lieve the story purely apocrypha1, al?
though he was q great admirer Of
Washington and paid a higher tribute to
his military genius than some other
great captains have done. But it was
incomprehensible to Bonaparte that a
man should have conducted prolonged
warfare to success without any idea Of
personal ACKNOWLEDGEMENT and, moreover,
Bonaparte himself had no conception
whatever Of any other form Of republic
an government than that hideous night
marc which followed the French revolu-
ton.
Washington's greatness was impressed
upon some Of the great men Of the times
in which he lived even before the world
understood his victories, and there are
| some anecdotes Evolutionary respecting
his relations with two Of the ablest men
Of the Revolutionary period which have
| not become threadbare by constant repe:
tition, and which illustrate this impress
sion Of greatness which he gave to his
contemporaries.
Two Of the ablest men produced by
the Revolutionary era were Jonathan
! Tru1nb11ll and Benedict Arnold. They
were both natives OF eastern Connecti
cut Arnold was born only few miles
from Trumbulls home Trurnbull wax
a man Of great piety, splendid executive
capacity and possessed in the highest de
gree the qualities of craftsmanship. Ar
mold was intellectually brilliant, ,bu
even III childhood had revealed deicien
moral quality. He would have made :
great business man, and was in fact EN-
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ner. Tears came to his eyes. and when
lie dismissed them with asad gesture and
only brief word these men realized
that Washington had been shocked and
griaved that it could have entered into
their hearts that he for one moment could
have regarded an empire as possible or
could have fought through those seven
years chat he might himself attain the
throne.
Il Tat :ction Washington not only re-
..vealed his moral greatness. but, accord
ing to the opinion Of MIR. Gladstone and
other great English thinkers who have
studied his life, made it impossible that
q monarchy could eyer ba established IN
the United States.
Carlyle, who he'd no great opinion Of
the American Revolution. believing. i
his private talks with Americans whom
ke net have been correctly reported. that
Il was little more than a guerrilla war
fare, nevertheless has said that this half
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'The authorities now accepted the
statue, and ordered it to be placed i'll 8
storage room in the park with q lot Of
rubbish, and there it remained something
like twenty years. When / became
president Of the park department. this
statue came rnder my notice as was
inspecting the city s property Of which l
was to have charge. It was covered
with dust and was hardly recognizable.
Its history had been forgotten. No one
knew what it was or how. il came there.
The Tweed regime was past. and new
people were in. Finally found an old
clerk who knew, and he told me of it.
I'VE were then laying out Riverside
park and decided that the statue should
haplaced in the little crescent where it