The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1894-09-13

aire and ex-United States Senator from
Nevada had very hard time getting out
of the errand boy rut. at is pretty hard
work to rise, he is reported to have told ar
interviewer in a minute of confidence.
At l6-the age when so many million.
aires were adrft and looking for their
first penny-young Fair went to Chicago,
and for a time worked at anything that
would pay nickel.
He was errand boy for almost every
kind of a house, and served every kind
of a business, so far as doing its chores
was concerned. But oh how hard and
slow it was. At length, with the "old
forty.niners," young Fair shouldered his
bundle and started for the CALIFORNIA;.
Here he struck gold after many seasons
of i'll luck, and here he made his great
fortune, always being, like his name,
fair" to those employed with him and
under him.
Russell Sage! Can you look at the
gray-haired man now and picture him as
the "boy" for a grocery establishment
Yet such he was. 1t might have been
back in 1880, when Russell was boy of
about Ia. The grocery belonged to his
brother, and the boy was of great value,
because he could be depended upon to
carry the baskets safely, and to hurry
back for the next commission. That vas
in the City of Troy, and there are people
in that town now who can remember the
tall, lanky boy as he then looked.
sAGE's STRONG CHARACTERISTICS
Great industry, strict honesty, a say.
ing propensity and wife of the right
sort were the things that made Sage" is
what his friends say. Mrs. Sage was
graduate of the aristocratic Emma Will
lard Seminary, and-there is no doubt that
there were those to sigh dismally when
she linked her fortunes with those of the
ex-grocery clerk. Whatever may be the
criticisms upon Russell Sage, there must
always be the admission that he is demo-
cratic, and never forgets how hard he
had to work as a boy. His family was
of the best old New York stock, which
may in part account for his remarkable
career.
G. w. Bonynge, another California
millionaire, WAS working boy. And in
those daysshe did not dream of coast
prosperity, nor of stretches of land reach
ing across San Francisco. Mr.. Bonynge
was not, strictly speaking, an errand boy.
His first appearance in public was as
drummer boy in the Crimean war; At
ter he went to California he worked as a
gardeners boy, and was employed by w.
II. Bovee, a very rich real estate owner,
to take care of his plants and shoot GO
pliers and noxious things.
Here "Bill," as he was called by the
family, saved his money. His pay was
$40 a month. Soon he had $l400. This !
Mr.. Bovee invested for the boy, and it !
was invested so well that when young
Bonynge left the work of gardening he |
had $4,000 in stocks and money.
"Pm afraid | shall have to leave YOU
to look after my stocks and interests" he
said to his employer.
In these days such very sudden for !
tune would be harder to get.
Miss Virginia Bonynge recently be-
came the Viscouctess Deerhurst, making
one of the most brilliant foreign matches
ever arranged for an American girl. And |
at the wedding it will be recalled that
the bride wore real lace veil presented |
to her by the Princess Christian, with
whom she is great favorite.
While it can not be stated that A. II.
Hummel is one of the great milionaires
of America, there is no doubt that his
fortune is not far from the mark of mil
lionalredom. There are many paper"
milliOnaires whose fortunes seem great,
because they cause rumors to be circu.
lated regarding them. But it is doubt.
full if many New Workers who began as
Office boys can show greater luxury of
living, more philanthropy and generosity
ard bigger bank accountthan he. His
collection of jewelry, seldom or never
worn; his library, his pictures and bric-a-
brac, and his souvenirs and mementoes
of famous persons are worth fortune.
At the age of 12-about thirty years
ago-"Abie" Hummel went to work as
al errand boy for William H. Howe.
That he seized every avenue to advance
is apparent to all who know the history
of the courts of the city for the last two
reckoned among the millionaires.
George NJ. Pullman was a carpenters
boy. His father was a carpenter, and
little George worked for him and the
other neighboring carpenters. At his
leisure he learned cabinet making. At
this he worked and saved money. He
got his start at the time Chicago was
"raised."
1t will be remembered that the Windy
City was in the mud once. The water
flooded it, and the land could
never become very valuable. Young
Pullman. who lived in Chautauqua
county, heard from a lady visiting the
place that Chicago was 10 be Gifted"
and his ambition was fired. The elder
Pullman had patented plan for lifting
buildings without stopping traffic in the