The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-09-15

- some ten nniteseIurther along the pike
was another inn kept by a philosopher.
Over the door into the bar room was an
| enc 4mous horseshoe, and this was the
| history of it:
/ II wouldn't be without that horseshoe
my more than negro would give UP
( the foot of graveyard rabbit. / have
| life and | never, begged money from any
limit. I hadn't red cent to my name
| and didn't know where any was coming
! from. for the times were bad was
! sitting in the hotel office and a LOT OF
! young fellows We're talking, telling about
| the things they had done and what they
| expected to do
FINALLY heard one say that he expect
| ed to make fifty the next day. That he
| knew a certain old fellow who wanted to
| get his life insured, and that he had
| cinch on the job I didn't know much
| about life insurance, but it was a case
| of drowning man and a straw | went
| around and found this fellow rep1 esent-
ed one of the big companies and then
! I got the name Of another big company
that was a rival to it. I went to the
agent and asked him what it would be
worth if | would get the $4,000 life in
surance. He told me he would give me
IS thousand. as
"Wen the old fellow. was a rich farm
err He lived about six miles away. i
walked the whole blessed distance and
on my way picked up that hors noe
and hung it through the loop-hole o. my
waistcoat inside of my coat, saying:
Friend, if you've got any good luck In
you now's the time to show it. i put
Up at tavern whose keeper l knew,
made bluff at big money! and ordered
team: he had all my drinks charged
and bought ten cent cigars which We're
put in the bill. 4s7
I sailed forth to. meet the old man. l
got there before breakfast, took break
fast with him, brought in the insurance
business and told, him that he ought to
be insured. We'll, he was just del gnted
to see me and said that is just what he
wanted to do. Well, sir, before the sun
was very far up, | had a doctor there
for an. exa mination and the whole. thing
was fixed. Then | got fee from the OLD
| farmer which allowed me to pay my eX-
/ penses at the hotel.
t'On my way back to town l met the
smart young fellow who had talked too
much the night befoEe, and L guess ne
was about as disappointed as. you make
| them I got my. money all right, and
! whenever l run across anything that
! promises a little extra profit | always go
| to that cid horseshoe, for luck, here comes
| a crowd up the road now, and I'll bet the
| horseshoe will draw them in to spend
| their money! His prophecy cane true.
There was a pretty spot at another
! point along the same pike. On the hill
was a home nicely kept. In the field
| were the fine horses, and some distance
! away was a dull red building that locked
| like a factory. The place was not far
I from a mill town in which many horses
were used for hauling. The owner Of the
place came along the road. He looked
| like an ordinary .teamster. The toll-gats
| keaDer spoke to him.
You wouldn't think he said, looking
| at that old fellow that he could draw his
check for $50,0c0, and that he's got enough
! in land and houses to make up another
| fifty. It's straight, all right; and ne
used to work for so cents a day in the
t fields; but he got an idea and he's car
/ ried it out. If a dead horse is found any
where within ten miles he, goes for It
/ and down there in the factory he makes
| that animal profitable. Ahere is the hide,
which brings good price; then the fer
| tiliZer, which finds ready safe, and
then the sbones, thoroughlysfwell. cleaned,
have theiE market. 1t mayynot be a very
nice business, but it has paid him mighty
well, and the knows how to take care of
| his money and to invest it. The conse-
| quence is that he is we'll off and he has
the finest Sunday team in this nefgn-
! borhood."
Among the strange persons encounter
| ed alpng the turnpike was a serious man
LOT middle age, who had the manner sof
! a judge and the typical, smooth-cut of
a clergyman. He makes a living by at
tending funerals and following up wills
| and talking with the neighbors. He may
| show a deep interest In a5criminal case,
| especially ore in which large amounts of
/ money or jewelry have been stolen. Prac-
| tcally he is drummer for a lawyer
| who has made a fortune in breaking
wills and in restoring stolen goods. He
himself has a wonderfully good iGea of
| the criminal and testamentafy. laws
Among these toll roads many of the
| farmers and the old residents have mod
est fortunes laid aside and very often the
wills have loopholes and relatives who
! are left out aIe ger enough to threaten
action when their opportun ties are laid
before them. The drummer finds out the
cases and circumstances and helps to coll
lect the evidence. The lawyer does the
rest. Very often the lawyer keeps the
contestants supplied with money and in
the end his fee is as much as so and go
per cent. OF this the drummer gets a
snare: H1s work IS perfectly Well known
TO the people and he is received with as
much consideration as if he Were the
judge of the circuit.
sometimes one runs across a commu-
nifty that has its one industry arol1- III
which it's financial and social life. is gath
cred. An English weaver started a little
cloth mill. By economy and hard work
| he gradually extended 1t. He had good
| water power and living was cheap His
business was conducted on a cash basis.
He had no periods of distress or failure.
NOW after twenty years he has added an
other mill in which the cloth is made up
INTO clothing, and his product he sells di-
rect to the middlemau of the small e tias
taking both profits.e
The1e are several hundred men and
women IN his employ, and they have
comfortable homes on the hills around,
They have theirToWn church and very
Good country store, and no saloon is toll
Grated N the Immediate neighborhcod.
ihey. care very little. for the rest of the
world, and are content with their own
LIE. The hours are long the paw is
small. compared with that Of the big
centSrs of population, but almost without
exception they have tidy sums laid aside
lof RAINY days. and they enjoy thorough
~ tfeir few holidays, their Sunday d ives.
C4ufch goi9gs and social GATHERINGS
Gomlng TO one of these places is like
dustrial world. 80.
The crock peddler and member has his
sJCfy and his philosophy, and SO it is with
ne ne nundr9d and one other travellers of
me PIKE cut in the whole lot there IS
nor more interesting spinner of warns
thari the dealer in5horses One who ston-
peg TO get the dust out of his throat was
asked about the reputation Of horse deal
ers along the pike
They are all honest - he declared 90
+ II ne meant it. 1t is simply that Won
see Your man and take your choice. He
tries to tel You the truth but there are
S 41L1 men VINO can't believe the truth
Wfen they hear it, Just as there are ne0-
pie who can't recognize a good horse
when they see it.
I find that the best way in the world
70 deceive PEOPLE is to tell them the truth
and that is one Of the reasons aiD, "a ::
90 IT. Anyhow. I haven't got the brains
to be "a good liar I simply know thar
the horses have certain points. and 7 r11t
al these 11 e. points as well as | can and I
i get all the money can for the animals
! Fhe horse dealer. in my opinion is tbe
f most abused creature on earth
NOW, you take the case of Sam Blorr