The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-25

the science of press work. / was at
this time only twelve years old, and it
seems to me now that it took some
nerve for boy, of that age to get up
before daylight those cold winter
mornings just for the sake of learning.
L was soon rewarded for my work,
however," continued Mr.. Bonner. "One
day one of the printers who put the
paper to press suddenly announced his
intention of leaving. He was told by
| until some one else could be taught
to do his work. why don't you take
Robert said the printer. He I'M
derstands how to manage a press as
well as 1 do" So they gave me the
job, and was paid 1215 cents an hour
for my early morning work and 1 got
! therefrom about So a week"
ONLY TIME HE. EVER WORRIED.
1t was later on in our conversation
that Mr.. Bonner again referred to this
period of his life. 1 had asked him
how he had managed to keep so young
and whether he allowed things to worry
him. He replied:
Il never worry about business mat
tiers as a rule. I do what is before me
and then let it go. There are only
two days of my life which 1 can remem-
Der as having been full of worry about
business matters, and these were when
L was a boy doing that extra work on
the Hartford Courant. One day the
proprietor told me that he thought
some of the other apprentices ought
to have chance to make some extra
money, and that l must let one of them
try the press work The result was
| that lost my job and my money for
two days. [ can remember now how
black life seemed to me thea The boy
who took my place, however. was care
nd ornf Il oly 10
boy during hds second days work in
setting up an article written by the
| editor made an item of 800, 900 read
$4,000, leaving out two ciphers. This
! disguised the editor and l was rein
stated. One trouble with the boy who
took my place was that his father own
| ed three or four houses in the town
worth few thousand dollars apiece.
| The boy thought his father was rich
and there was no necessity of his being
careful as the day would come when
he would not have to work."
THE FIRST SAVINGS.
When did you begin to save money,
| Mr.. Bonner?'
Just as soon as I could" was the
reply. You see, L got very little at
the start. 1t took all I made to nav
| my expenses, and I was almost of
age before 1 began depositing in the
| savings bank. My first deposit was
here in New York. I had come to New
York, you know, to practice my trade
as a printer Well, about fffty-two
years ago I found that I had $40 ahead.
and with that 1 opened a deposit in the
Chambers Street Savings bank. When
took the money to the bank there
was one bad bill in it which the tel
Ter threw back to me. I can remember
tonight how badly I felt when that
| dollar came back, and how concluded
to soon save another to put In its
place. [ did save it. and saved more
right along. 1 kept up my deposits in
that bank until they amounted to a
thousand dollars week One day I
noted that the cashier had put in red
ink an item of three dollars and some
cents below my last deposit This was
my first interest. Why said I, L did
not have to work for that and then
| first realized that money would make
money. 1t seemed wonderful to me-"
THE NEW YORK LEDGER.
How did you come to found the
Ledger, Mr.. Bonner?"
THE New York Ledger" said Mr.
Bonner was in 1850 little financial
sheet known as the Merchants Ledger
AT this time I was working in the
| printing office. We had an advertising
solicitor who liked the way in which I
| displayed his advertisements. He left