The herald., 1896-04-12

to look out, but the Scotchmsn only
drew hie chair. q tuck nearer the ia
BILE and kept on reading, without
looking around. The boys had stop
ped at every; saloon on the way for
drinks, and they we're feeling pretty
good. Somehow the hog got away
from them after they started him in
| TO the door, and he made h blind rush
! to escape. Well, sir, his snout went
under the back of the professors
chair, and he just lifted the chair, pro-
| fessor, table, papers and all, like the
| cowcRtcher Of locomotive, and pitch
ed them all over the place. then the
hog ran3into the barrOom. He was 80
big he could not turn around, and /
! thought he would wreck the place be-
fore We could back him out.
"We kept him for months. That hog
was responsible for more drunkenness
in the city of New York during that
tina than all other agencies put to-
gether. 1t was before the time of brew
cries, and I had a lot of fine English
sle on tap that was just as strong as
brandy. Two men would come together
with string and measure the hog.
Then they would go down Broadway,
each holding one end of the string, and
would tell everyone they knew that they
had seen a hog as long as the string.
Then there would be bets of the drinks
that they had not. One or two glasses
Of that old ale would make a man tip
sy, and every man who got stuck for
the drinks would join the party on its
next trip down Broadway after new
victim"
Harry is rs years old now, but with a
touch of his old-time vanity he says ne
is only tribe more than 60. lie was a
great athlete in his day, and he always
took good care Of himself. If his mis-
fortunes did not sit so heavily on him
he would be very active old man,
and for that matter, he is still talking
of how he will revive his fortunes.
He ia an Englishman by birth, hav-
ing come to this country in sailing
vessel in 1850. 1t has always been
mystery to his friends how he man.
aged to lose all his money, put the
story is easily told. The police got
after him about ten years ago aud
ruined his concert hall. 1t is said that
he hsd to pay $500 a week protection
money to sell liquor after hours, while
other places just as large were only
paying $25 week. He tried to fight
the police, but he WAS bounded out of
the city after spending tons of money
in the fight.
He had about 100000 invested in
Long Island property at Flushing. He
mortgaged it to establish a ferry to
New York, building magnificent boats,
one of which, the Harry Hill, is now
doing service on the Indian river in
Florida. He built short railroad to
carry building sand to his boats, and
he Endorsed notes for his friends right
and left. He was out of his element in
business enterprises of this kind, be-
ing nothing OF financier. The inter
est in his mortgages ran behind, his
expensive ferry was complete failure,
and people began to foreclose on him.
Boats that had cost him $4,000 were
sold for $4,000; his railroad was gobbled
up: the notes he had. indorsed came
due, and in short time his real estate
was sold under the hammer. Before
he knew it he was bankrupt.
Many of his old-time friends have
stood Loyalty by him, and have estab-
lished him in business several times,
but his good fortune has deserted him.
and he has endured all sorts of want
for the past two years. The old man
still prides himself, though, of the fact
that he is "the squarest sport in the
country"