The St. Louis Republic., 1900-12-30

shanghai" to break the broncho. He broke
81 thought if wasn't worth any more
than a niger slave. then I'd better git out.
and l got" said said shanghai"
did not quit plain life. He got job as
cowboy. and soon evinced such a natural
aptitude for the business that a cattle mer-
chant employed him buyer. shanghai
became noted as perhaps the best Judge.
and the luckiest handler. of cattle in the
Southwest.
Then the Civil War came on Shanghai
did not enter the ranks: he was Northern
man by birth and a Southern man by idop-
ton, ana could not fight against either side
But had extensive military service. He
took contracts for furnishing beef TO tho
Southern army in Texas, and for the four
years OF the war WAS always in the rear
with his beeves when the army advanced
and always in the van when il retreated
After the surrender, and after Shelby and
his men had failed in Mexico Pierce en-
tered tered the service OF the cattle firm Of AL
until 1859. when the firm dissolved, P!erce's
profits amounting 20 si00.0oo
For two years Pierce dealt in cattle on
1871. he decided that fortune was to be
had almost for the asking In Kansas
Three years of attempting 10 collect this
fortune convinced him Of his mistake and
he returned to Texas His home and most
of his business interests have been here
ever since
Wharton County. almost in the miist Of
the 'W oodpecker and Jaybird'' section
where there was sort of warfare between
cattlemen, with no quarter. Now and then
he got mixed up slightly in the brushes"
between the factions, but he always CAME
out safely and with what he went after
that a calf belonged TO the first man who
could brand 1t 1t was custom estah-
lished by the famous Mir. Maverick. and
Shanghai followed IL. He got his brand
a w aft rfl. he
came valuable quantity of beef.
shanghai had way of putting his
of getting them TO market at just the right
time. His neighbors called this Shanghai
luck, Perhaps others will call II business
go5 rich through it. His cattle We're al
ways the hest. and they always brought
the best price.
land and cattle to his ranch until at his
death he owned an expanse of territory that
was as large as a good-sized Texas couE-
ty. and considerably larger than the whole
Of Little Rhody." the State of his nG-
tivity.
Mr.. Pierce was married twice. His first
wife, whom he married soon after the close
of the Civil War, was Miss Lacv. daugh-
ter of William Lacy, a member Of President
Houston's Cabinet in the days of the Texas
Republic. From this union his only child
who is now Mrs Henry NJ Withe-s. the
wife of Kansas City lawyer. was born.
His second wife was a Miss James of Aus
tin. who survives him.
A few years ago he adopted a boy. Allen
Butler. who lives with his foster parents
at Pierce Station. end of whom Mr. Pierce
was remarkably fond. The bov is a relative
of Mr.. Pierce, and is about Il years old.
Mr. Pierce was careful business man.
for all his seeming carelessness Of detail.
He left his property in coed shape, and
his beneficiaries are well cared for.
About ten years ago Nebraska cattlemen
claimed that "Shanghai'' cattle had been
driven into Nebraska in violation of law
and had spread Texas fever among Ne