Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1902-01-04
LAWS0N'S new FANCY.
Boston Copper Man Produces an
Epigrammatic Calendar.
ADVICE GIVEN TO THE LAMBS"

Gets Up Odd Ticker Affair In Four
Days as the Result of n Bet-Scnt 1t
az u Gift to Friends-HandsOme
Mounted In silver-Pitfalls of Spec
ulation Described.
1t Is no longer the Lawson yacht or
the Lawson carnation. but the Lawson
autograph calendar. Friends of the
Boston millionaire received copies Of
this literary production on Christmas
day, and they declare that Mr.. Lawson
as a maker Of calendars is decided
success.
Each calendar is handsomely mount
ed in silver and ornamented with de-
vices which present complete allie
cory of that whirlpool of speculation
which threatened not many days ago
to engulf the author. Emblazoned up
on the flfty-two tablets, one for each
week of the year 1902, is a potpourri
Of wit and wisdom, humor, sarcasm
and the philosophy Of experience un-
der the caption flicker Talk"
Recent happenings on the Stock Ex-
change are referred to, and Mr.. Law
son has introduced prophecy con-
corning the future of certain securities
which will be of interest to the finan-
cial world. Nothing more ornate than
the Lawson calendar has thus far ap-
peared. The tablets revolve upon sill
yer rings, which in turn are supported
by silver bar about ten inches in
length, beautifully decorated with mis-
tletoe and holly in dull silver Upon
one end of the bar bull is seen in a
crouching attitude facing bear at
the other extremity.
Above the bar and supporting it Is a
ribbon Of silver, representing the tape
of a stock ticker, and secured at the
apex by a ring, in which are interwo-
ven a wishbone, horseshoe and the
proverbial lamb of Wall street. Upon
the silver tape Mr.. Lawson inscribed
this device in close imitation of the
lettering with which stockholders and
others are familiar:
New York Stock Exchange, Dec. 81,
1902. A. C. p (Amalgamated Copper.
300 100. 900 y. 131. y, Il, Is. 1872, 300
y, 900 q; S. american Sugar.. 113; u.
s. presumably United States SteeD,
10, a, u, 49,"
In an authors note Mr.. Lawson ex-
plains that he completed his calendar,
which contains a maxim for each day
of the coming year, in four days on a
wager with friend. The introducto-
ry is as follows:
When you read these chickering's" and
are tempted to bless the author, restrain
yourself sufficiently to think how he came
to "tick" them out.
During the recent copper rumpus, when,
as every one knows, the ticker was doing
its best to drive Bostonians into that re-
gion controlled by the sulphur trust.
asked one of my brokers. philosophical
kind Of chap, what in his opinion. would
be the best way to coax the ticker away
from the "coppers." He answered. Be
tween now and New Years make the
ticker talk something for every day in
the year"
His thought struck me as being so good
that said. "Why not. and print it as a
calendar and have 1t ready for Christ
mas?" The result was a wager that this
cOuld not De accomplished during the
"ticker's' working hours in the four days
intervening.
Here 1t is on Christmas eve, with apollo
eies Of The ticker and the seasons best
wishes of yours very truly.
THOMAS W. LAWSON.
Mr.. Lawson, in introducing his max
inns for January, says there are three
fundamentals of stock speculation,
which he describes as follows:
"First.-Take what comes to you as
though you liked it. Never for an in
slant forget it's game Of chance, and.
while it's free. no one is compelled to
come into it.
'Second.-When you lose, the other
fellow wins, and he is as much entitled
to as you.
"Third.-Don't rail against Wall
street because it in time gets the en-
tire stake through it's commission.
Wall street is the gamekeeper and ref
cree. All interesting games must, will
and do have them. Wall street was
there before you were born and will be
a ftpr Won are dead"