Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-23
Eurnnu 5arsalfnt 5nnda arrh 1909

brought up the lad in the strictes
Methodism.
The child's keen observation 500
noted the various Inconsistencies In tn
life of the people around him. an illus
tration of which is this anecdote o
his grandparents:
MY grandmother smoked what wa
known as niggerhead' tobacco. in ;
little clay pipe. l used TO cut up thi
tobacco for her. AS she smoked, sh'
lost no opportunity of impressing upor
me the drcadfulness of the tobacco
( habit. l made bold one day to ask he
why 1T was that she smoked and ye
/ told HE not to smoke. She touched
herself in the right side and said, TIL
| doctor tells me to smoke for some trou-
bic here Her father was ther
living. He was very aged, being ther
we'll along in the eighties. Every night
would go up to his room and make hin
| a toddy. He had the rare consistency
never to say anything to me about the
immortality of drinking, nor did l ever
| speak to him about it. But one da.
| asked grandmother about this toddy
She touched her left side and said, I,
is for something here
The lad. early in life, began to devel-
op the executive and business capa-
city which later on led to his many
audacious schemes as promoter and
money maker. When only 10 years old
he was charged with the responsibility
of marketing the products of his aunts
farm, and for this purpose, habitually
drove alone to Boston, distance of
IA miles. This brought him into con-
tact with the noted literary men of Bos-
ton, and aroused the desire which later
procured him an education For a time
he was the pupil of the Brooks Farm
leader. George Ripley, and youthful
worshiper at the shrine of Ralph Waldo
Emerson, who. he saya, had greater in
fiuence on his character than any otf. n
man in the world.
He organized the school boys at WAL
than into Il lecture committee, and
wrote Emerson. asking the fee for a
lecture. The Concord Sage sent reply
that he would come and lecture for So,
but he wanted four quarts of oats for
his horse. This lecture was the fa-
nous essay on Nature" which in later
years brought him $500 night.
meet in later years as strangers. On
which occasion he relates the following
incident:
"One day-it was the 5th of October,
IA gentleman looking like farmer
came to the office and asked to see Mr.
Train. replied that my name was
Train. I mean the old gentleman, he
said. l told him Col. Train was out
of the office. but as l had charge of the
ships. might be able to attend 10 his
business. But added was extremely
busy, as the Washington Irving was
to sail in an hour"
THAT is just what I am here for
said he, L want to sail on that ship,
want passage for England
l told him there was but one state
room left, and he could have both
berths for the price of one, SIS, but he
must get aboard in great haste as ev-
erything was ready, and the ship was
waiting for final orders. He said he
was ready and 1 started to fill out
passenger slip.
What is your name" asked.
"'Ralph Waldo Emerson he re-
Piled"
Then he took out his pocket book an
old wallet with Irvine wrapped around
1t four or five times. opened it carefully
and counted out SIS. l did not wait
to see whether 1T was correct but
threw it in the drawer and took him
on board. Mr.. Emerson was then
starting on his famous visit to England
and to see Carlyle
Trains great achievement before
he was 20-was the organization of the
famous Clipper Line between New York
and San Francisco, via Cape Horn.
With the most audacious self-conti-
dence, one day when a mere boy, he
walked into the big Boston shipping
firm of Train and Co. Ga cousin of hisl
and asked for job. saying If a position
were given him, he would bring fame
and fortune to the house. And, re-
a place he proceeded to make
good his word.
His brilliant business qualities We're
quickly recognized by the firm. and
projects and innovations. The Califor-
MIA gold craze, then at its height, was
demanding vessel transportation. The
youthful Train went to Mackay, the
Boston shipbuilder and ordered made
A sailing craft of 1000 tons, a tonnage
then unheard of before. Train called !
his vessel the Flying Cloud" and by
the time it was ready to launch. the
whole world was talking about it.
This vessel-which was the beginning |
If the American Clipper llne-made the
soyage -Newport to San Francisco
n sc days, paying for itself with the
irst trip; and so great was the demand
,or it, that it was sold to an English
irm for 100000. In less than two
,ears, Train had put on the line. 40 of
.hese trading vessels-a feat that en-
lbled American shipping to lead the
world.
At this time he was partner in the
irr,. and assumed the management
If a branch house at Liverpool. whose
income was 100000 a year. He him.
self was receiving $4,000 year, and
before he was 25, had a yearly income
If $4,000.
Nor was this Clipper line his sole,
O his own account. the organization
If the Credit Mobilier and the U. p.
abroad, were due mainly to his exc
.utive force and genius.
(To be continued.)
The Realm of Nonsucccas.
One day the sage met. limping from the
games,
A distanced runner, very much cast down,
To whom he told this tale. which salyed
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