The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-29
AUBURN'S MINER IS E A
OLD SHINE JEFTsa0O,0OO ron MS
HEIRS TO FIG HI DYER.
ne scraped ToEethe n Fortune Out of
Trash-Onee n vior. OF y Gold Brick
Legend and Fat About Hts Spi-
ders-A Huntsmnu and n Bugaboo.

ne 5crnped ToHethe q Fortune Out OF
Trssh-oaee q VIo',. OF . Gold Brick
Legend and Fat About hts Spi- |
ders-A Hnntsmnu and n Bugaboo.
AUBURN. N. Y. Nov. 2,-Every child In this
city and every grown peson who has been a
child in this city In thelast fifty years has
known Old Shine. the riser. Most OF them
have feared him as we'll. His real name was
Anthony Shine, but he hs been known uni
versally as Old Shine, undc which appellation
be has served as a buRabo to thousands of
youngsters to Brighten themnto good behavior.
The familiar "Eoblins'll a. yer II yer don't
watch out" has n differcn Auburn version.
"Old Shine will como after you II you aren't
good is the way Auburn Mothers put IL. and
Old Shine has come after mny q child during
his scventy-seven years Of lie. which ended a
few weeks ago.
Moreover, he was as much a distinctive fca-
ture of tho place as the old Nrth street bury
ing ground or the Logan monument. II he was
of any other use In life save IS n picturesque
ruin and q bugaboo, nobody ere knows yet.
His death benefits n number OF 1eopie. wherein
1t is better than his life, because the fortune of
about 5000, 900 which no left will be divided
among his relatives. This isn't because he left
II TO them. He never made a Sill. 1t is be-
cause he couldn't take II with hin.
limo man was ever more thoroughly q miser
than Old Shine. In appearance 10 was typical
Of the species. The writer has been chased
many a time In past years by hin and rencm-
bers well the tall. bent figure. with a tattered
linen duster most amazingly sdled tapping
around It; tho thin face with itsdeep-set eyes
and scraggly beard, and the horse voice In
which no croakod out his threats like q super
animated crow. He was a figure b inspire fear
and anazement, and not infrequ,ntly amuse-
ment. 1t is characteristic of him tlat his name
was always coupled with the adjective old"
even before he had attained to tie age which
entities man to what should be IN honorable
and honured Characterization. That 1t was
never that in Old Shines case It is hardly
necessary to say.
He was born in Moravia, this county, on the
4th Of July. 1919. and moved to Auburn when
he was a young man. or rather at an age when
any other man would have been young. He
had one passion In life-money. Immediately
he set about collecting money. Nobody knows
how 1t was done. but he soon had n small for
tune. To be sure 1t was a very small one. but 1t
was a fortune nevertheless. as Shine proceeded
to prove. With 1t he began to buy old lumber
and odds and ends. or II he thought he could get
them without buying. to beg them. Nothing
,,as ,oa u..,.ss or srn.ra,ors ,or hiu
was ~" s"p''No '' nm
hat he dld BUY he got at amazingly
small prices. Then he would store 1t away
sn,now.oro and fr.oro,,Iv sor,ohody ,,,Id
u ""' isq'en"' e"oV.' "'u'o
turn up who wanted that trash. To that some
body Shine would sell the stuff at amazing
rotcs ~. n . veri,ob,e uenius IN that branch
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others to give their good money for his bad
,oods rbe erst thing Aphnrn knew Old
koou'' NV mst '""s H'o"I" A"" oN
Shine was building a block. Next it was an
opera house. Then came n skating rink.
-, ,,,-.oa ,ri,h ,umo, oa
Auourh was para's"eu WIZ ehaHenheh'. oNo
shine. the despised ana hooteo miser. u puollc
benefactor! 1t wasn't believable.
n.sH 30 sne a u p, on a
burned down. Then the opera house went.
when tho croze for ro,lsr skating died IN, tho
"heH II cF""e y o'e nA"uns u'e
Princess Rink became pFottie's, though nobody
was popular. TIC stranresl part OF it was that
tunes ,unSs increased ans ,ss anst ,a ens oss.sue'ron Oh ans
cannot be doubted. They were not insured. and
Old Shine almost went crazy when they burned
do"n. Gun nc cont'huea ID amass money
But for his i'll luck he might ana very
likely would have died a millionaire in a city
,,htah "a. muuior,ira ~, ,,r,,s
amor Its citizens a score Of them. Par, Of the
l rhicase Which "f ms he 'p pureEa.s sns for "1 $50 / 900 8 S'H in on ae
Year ana declined TO sell for 100000 five years
later, to the great surprise OF me agent WHO
Chicago man found Old Shine Waiting along
the street with his linen buster waving in the
wind. AT first the Chicagoan wouldn't believe
that the strange individual was the man he lad
come TO deal with:
why. that old guy never owned Il square
meal. let alone n block" said no 10 the men who
had pointed out Old shine to him.
That's very true about the square meal
eaId the AuOurnians; but. he owns the block
you're after and n lot more besides"
So the agent approached Old Shine, and q
conversation somewhat as follows ensued:
Tho AGENTS. this Mr.. simmer
Old Sllime-ies; I'm shine Lodging away
susp iciouslyl. What do you wantr
The Agent following uo)-l wanted to speak
to you
Old Shine (sidling on into tho ~gutter)-Keep
away. can't your Idon't know YOU.
The Agent want To talk to you about bust
ness. Takes two side steps
Old Shine Fnarlingj-G way. Can't you
talk from there?
The Agent Cwrathfully)-Why. you old scare
crow. do you think want to pick your pocketsy
Chorus OF Auburnians -Ah-ba-ha-ha! Haw-
haw- haw. liz -ho-ho-hol Whoop.
old Shlme-I appeal to you. gentlemen. I
don't know this man. He comes up TO me
An Auburnian-He's all right. Shine. He
wants to buy some OF your rubbish.
ThereupOn Slime hooked his arm into that of
the Chicago man, TO the extreme disgust of the