Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-01-19

Il was speaking last month 10 u ulOuu-
taineer OF North Carolina regarding the
prosperity Of that region. and especially
respecting the growth Of the brick and
tile business The man was clay col
ored man. with clothes TO match. He
was a sad looking man. with the air Of
one who had hoped with others that with
the election OF Mr.. Cleveland buckle
berries would 20 up to eleven cents. and
thar the air would be full of welcome TO
the south and cheap English clothing
made extra long in the limbs TO tit the
trade.
Yes" he said. hit seems like there IS
more call for hands in the brick works.
bar they pear Ike mostly niggers, for no
white man wants 10 fuss around III the
mud al day when be ought 10 be out
huntin And as for cookin clay. my
folks haven't saw well day since Van
derbilt put his ola bakeshOp IN amongst
our victuals."
Iowa and Illinois at this season of the
year seem 70 DO Just bullying out with
corn and other grain went into Chi
cago the other day and visited the big
building where they sell so much corn
and wheat. asked a man if he could
show mo soms corn. Yes. he said
he could sell me half o million OF Feb
ruary corn He had little basin Of it
near by. and everybody was talking so
much at the same time that it worried me.
and asked him 10 step over TO the hotel.
where wo could be by ourselves. We
went there. and up 10 my room, which
overlooked Cook county "a "A new presi-
dent might overlook a man who came on
TO see him about getting his son-in-law
a place "a clerk at the court of st.
James
ate some Of the corn and was pleased
with It. SO bought my seed OF him FOR
next year Re told the board OF trade
about It. and when went there the next
DAY 1 received IN ovation. have. how
ever. box Of these self fastening pants
buttons N my trunk. so that IN little
while you wouldn't have noticed II at al.
The board Of trade. OF whatever it Is. IN
Chicago. "a no way % live Gray haired
men there cut ap ike parcel Of comics.
Then they make their wives believe that
they earn a livelihood that way.
dent mind having a little quiet fun
even at my time Of life. but when grown
Up men with whiskers pour two bushels
of winter wheat down my back Just be
cause my clothes were made ia Asheville
! murmur and repine.
Men wh0 have arrived az the age of
forty years and f1d themselves az Christ
uasuds buying pianos and shaving out
ITS for their children ought 20 sort of tone
down. seems 20 RE. and have some dig
nifty Healrh ought also 20 be considered
] hose who have never tried IL cannot
rnlerstand how cold a couple of bushels
Of winter wheat Is 70 she person Of one
who has been tenderiy reared. one man
saaa IN q nufied tone aside TO another
that he understood / was one Of the
ranr0o richs TINS i not so. for my
humble ho,ra Is far away from Nauvoo
theola Hates hole Of Polyxamy. lam not
rich ara nsye never led a double life
partly because DO not regard il IS right
and partly because / SIN so prominent
that am s0ou discovered That Is one
Of the horrors Of Greatness.
Ths board Of trade convsrsed freely
with each ether simultaneously. and it
seemed almost hke the Australian bird
show supported BY the house Of repre-
sentatives Bur what a blessing L Is TO
the poor farmers. who have nothing but