Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-10-16
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boy wants one of that kind ne can nave
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Then the facetiOus customer put the pa
per in his pocket and took one of the
coats home to his boy.
.ue was more acute in his comprehen-
sion of secular affairs than was an educa-
tional friend of mine" said the parson,
when the laugh had subsidized.
The professor had been inveigled into
becoming a political candidate, for it was
known that he had written several able
works on 1.-THE Science of Government.
..The Ethics of Politics. - The Beatitudes
of the Ballot and other subjects, and
the faction taking him up felt the need of
some good man to go before the conven-
ton with. The professor was innocent or
any crime. had never seen any Doodle.
was of clean private record and there was
nothing in his whole life that the news
papers could find to fling mud at. So the
professor was inveigled into the scheme.
and on the day of the convention re-
porter approached him.
II believe insinuated the willy report
er, that your ward has instructed for
you, professor
sor. SO indignant that even the reporter
was at a loss to account for it.
Il beg your pardon he said, Il meant
no offence. / merely desired to know If
your ward had instructed for you. sir.
But the professor fired up this time
more fiercely than before.
My ward knows nothing whatever
about it. sir" he protested vigorously.
"She is a Young lady who has absolutely
nothing to do with politics and has never
said anything to me on the subject of my
candidacy. sir, except to dissuade me from
entering the political field. and sincerely
hope you will not get her name in the pa
pers in any manner whatever sir
BY this time it dawned upon the bril-
liant and versatile reporter. and suffice it
to say that he did not fail to embrace the
golden, glorious opportunity so tempting
ly placed before him.
Then the talk drifted on to the produce
tive power of a dollar under favorable cir
cumstances, and the school-master illus
trated the point with the following anec
dote which he vouched for as true:
Senator Sawyer of Wisconsin,. accumu
lated an immense fortune in the lumber
York state comparatively a poor boy
with 5000 in his pocket. which he earned
by working on a farm. His brother was
then a well-to-do-farmer in his native
state. AS young Sawyer was bidding
farewell his brother asked him how much
money he had to begin life with in the
West.
i've got $l99 in my pocket" said the
senator of the future. His brother gave
him dollar to make it an even two hun
dred.
A few, years ago Senator Sawyer, re,
turning from visit to Europe. stopped
at his brothers house in New York state
to spend week amid the scenes of his
youth. He noticed a cloud on his broth
ers face. One evening at supper the sem
ator casually inquired into his fortunes
and. before the conversation closed de-
veloped the fact that he was troubled
over some outstanding notes. They We're
not exactly pressing. but thrifty far
mer and Il conscientious man generally
they troubled him. BY adroit questioning
the. senator ascertained the amount of
each note and the name of the holder.
The next morning at breakfast he said
to his brother:
Il want to use your horse and buggy
today to take drive over the country
and call on some of my friends. But / go
alone
The horse and buggy We're got ready.
and away went the eccentric old senator.
They were sitting together that evening
after supper. when out of his inside coat
pocket the senator drew a small package
of papers and handed them to his BROTH
er.
They We're the notes. representing an
aggregate of $500. He had paid and TAX
en- them up.
=, His brother was at first dumbfounded.
Still he was not averse to the senator's
course. The notes had been scattered
among three or four men. In the send
tors hands they We're all together, and
then the senator was his brother and it
was only natural that he should prefer
him as his creditor.
Now you make out a note for the
whole amount, and l will secure it," he
said.
when l went West" said the senator,
looking up at the border of the wall pa
per. you gave me a dollar to make up
the two hundred with which | began life
for myself. Probably you have forgotten
it. but | never forget a financial transac-
ton. Every dollar l took West earned
$3.50. The notes l took up today were for
only $1,000, and so, instead of being in my
debt, | still owe you $50. Here it is
And he handed him the amount in crisp
bank notes already counted.
Memory Is a very treacherous thing re-
marked Col Slimjim the meeting was
breaking up.
Would you believe that I couldn't tell
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