The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
AGED RIsHMAN's GOOD LUCK.
4 Paterson, \. j., Character Fall;
Heir to 81 Fortune.

4 Paterson \. J., Character Falls
Heir to 81 Fortune.
NEW YORK, Nov 19--John Mitchell, Of
Paterson, known as 'Sawdust John" be-
cause for years he has sold sawdust to sa-
loon proprietors. has fallen heir 10 a for
tune, and is planning what TO do with it.
Old, haggsrd, gnarIed like a root by the
Enisfortunes he has met, he still has one
tender spot in MS hart In it he keeps
green the memory of the little farm in
Ireland where he vas born.
Twenty-one years ago John and James
Mitchell came TO America from Tower
Moor, County Derry. Out OF the bleak
moor, surrounded by the half wilderness
of 4 peat bog, was a little patch OF green
and cultivated land It was the farm Of
the MitcheIIs- II had been in the family
for more generations than any OF them
could remember. They all loved it. It was
burdened with debt sixty years ago, when
John Mitchell was born. 1t was sinking
with its load of debt when he and James,
his younger brother. came 10 America
They came with high hopes. They would
work hard and make money enough to go
back ana clear the farm. They would live
again in the little house with the matched
roof.
They went to Paterson and settled John
Ne7t to work in the foundry OF McNabb &
HarIems. James afterward went to Chi
cago, and was not heard of again Tor
long time Then he came East, and was
disguised to find that his brother lad tax
en- to drinking John had i'll luck He
did not get on well with his wife There
had been & fuss. and after a fght-between
them John had spent year in Trenton.
James saw that his brother John would
never earn money enough to redeem his
part Of the farm out on Tower Moor
He went back TO Chicago and never
wrote again to his brother When his
father died in ireland he sent his
mother the money with which to come
10 America and gave her home in
Chicago He prospeFed in business.
Everything that he undertook turned
to golG- He died the other day a mil
lionaire.
Meantime John had gone from bad to
worse. Years ago his wife threw him
out of the house and told him to shift
for himself He has done 1t ever since
He has lived more than anywhere else
in the saloon OF Henry LuhTs. who is
one of his two friends. His other friend
is his deg, fox terrier
In spite of the fact that he has been
too fond OF glass of beer he is re-
ported 10 be honest, and DuhrS always
trusts him to go to the bank with his
money. Luhrs tells a story about an
extra quarter that Mitchell found and
returned to him when the bank clerk
counted the money.
He has grown-up sons and daughters.
all of whom are respectable citizens OF
Paterson. His wife has done washing
for years.
THIS week he win go to Chicago to
claim the money, nearly million, it is
said. that his brother left to him when
he died.
".And what will I do with it?" he said
to a reporter yesterday. First. 1
viii go to Derry and buy the old farm
back I have an aunt over there who
viii live On it. Then I viii come back
to Paterson and buy the best house in
town, keep my servants, horses, and
dogs, and show the folks that | can he
gentleman if I have anything to be one
on. I shall give a reception to nv
friends when come back have only
| two Henry Luhrs and my fox terrier
Snub. They viii be at my reception.
No one else viii. can keep sober on a
million when couldn't on 50 cents