The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-18
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Story Of Mr.. vanderbilt's Befornatory
|. Joke Played on a "Poor WhIte's Who
Lived In Little Cabin Near BlItrnore-
A Zip Van Wrinkle Incident That Res
formed an Inveterate Fisherman.


formed an Inveterate Fisherman.
!, When Mr.. Vanderbilt put up his palatial
residence called Biltmore, near Ashyille.
N. G., few years since he was much
annoyed and a great deal Of his time was
taken up by the people in the neighbor-
hood who came to him with their troubles
and who seemed think that he was a
Kind Of King Solomon who could settle all
their difficulties Sometimes he did take
hand when the thought he saw an open
ing to do good.
One day poor woman with Several
children called on Mr.. Vanderbilt ana COM
planned bitterly that her husband Wa3 an
idle vagabond who often spent DAYS 1t a.
time hunting and fishing and whokwp
not provide for her and the children sShe
wanted Mr.. Vanderbilt to try to reform
him, The millionaire listened to her story
patiently and asked her where she lived.
She explained that her little cabin was
in neighboring field.
II remember It," replied the millionaire
kindly. "Now you let me know the minute
your husband goes off on his next fishing
trip or before, if possible, and I'll show
you how it can be DONE"
The woman left Biltmore profuse in her
thanks. In q few days she reappeared
and said:
s''Jim's going fshin' tomorrow. He has
been digging bait and has bought the two
quart jug full or WHISKY.
"All right, ma'am,' said the millionaire
rubbing his hands gleefully, you leave it
to me-
The next day after Jim had gone, some
workmen appeared with four yoke Of oxen,
fput the cabin on heavy wheels and trans
ported it out Of sight Of it's former loca-
ton into neighboring field. Then the
Btltmore gardeners appeared, 1eveled off
the grounds, sodded them and planted a
good sized tree on the place where the
cabin Stood Bushes, shrubs and scrub
pine We're planted in various parts Of the
yard. until the place had been completely
restored to a state Of nature.
| Jim did not return from his fishing trip
until the afternoon Of the second day. Mr.
vanderbilt heard that he. was on his way
home and was soon on the spot strolling
thru the fields. AS Jim reached the place
and his eyes hung out over his cheeks.
'.How de do said the millionaire.
| How do!'
| "Been fishing?'
Say, stranger, what moight have be-
come :, of this-hyar cabin that was here
night afore last"
.'.Cabiny,' :, Mr.. vanderbilt's voice ex-
pressed the utmost surprise. There
hasn't been a cabin here for twenty
years. = =. : -
Jim simply stared at the site of his
former home.
cabin of poor old woman who lived
! l1ere.'' go s--,-e r,.- -.,.4--- --... --.. -
BE damr" $3.50.
Eyes. she's now living over in that field,
but she's getting pretty old and inf1rm.
Her, husband was a worthless scoundrel
and deserted her and she's been supporting
herself by doing work at Biltmore.''
tH.tWhar did you say her cabin .mought
bee,s Ia - ;
Mr.. Vanderbilt pointed out the location
and Jim, certain that he had been made
the~~victim Of witchcraft and frightened
Sober by the shock, made his way over
the hill. . ia 49,: -, 81
11a After he had fully digested the joke he
Invent around and asked after Mr., Wander
btlt and acknowledged that it was all right.
i They had good talk and Jim was given
a position as forester on the estate and
d made a proficient hand. az.
!, We've just heard that new song of child
hood that is causing such furore in the
II east: ..,-. s-.:tci .,5;.g - st.aef,I-TS<7
- In fathers wooden Leg. ,,-...y
J President Smith, whose Utah harem
| has excited a civilized senate, has an an
nual income Of $4,000. A pretty foxy
, old papa! -.-.--..
And SO the cowslips are with us once
again! Isn't it glorious! You will find
them in the flower stores.
One apostle, it seems from the Wash
ington investigation, admitted that he had
=, discovered that he had been sealed for
eternity to his housekeeper No use for
. a man to struggle much under conditions
like: that! @.-'-..-.
Thomas Langley, innkeeper, the heav-
: lest man in England, died the other day
1T. MOLE rTyoC cfy foaf toll
$50 pounds. &c. ~. >. -. s-,..$z :izI%
Mrs. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
made a strong plea against vivisection
: before a committee Of the Massachusetts
Legislature the other day. She said in
;. part: ~, l-.-~ .......l..s.. ..
. r. This is not question of science-except in a
secondary sense. 1t is primarily q question of
= morals. When William Watson said that in Lon
don the other day, sigh Of gratitude from a
thousand aching hearts echoed his bold and simple
t definition. ~ ...E. Is
t A man who boils, or bakes, or scalds,II or
freezes or crushes, or tears. or starves,- or
blinds, or, dissects living. conscious dog IS a
= far lower individual in the scale of existence
y than the animal he torments. 49,. ..-.csE@.
y The dog who kisses his yiyisectors hand Is a
}nobler being than the vivisector
g One who has suffered more for this great pro-
= test OF humanity than any Of now consecrat-
ing 1 our Ives to it has n96ly said al ,,
n lology than without pity -. 20 II
v II would rather die a hundred times said
q the bishop Of Manchester, than save my life
. lby such Internal experiments =1saigoR
Gentlemen, you have not to deal with q po-
htical bill, or a corporation bill. or railroad
s bill. You have to do with a moral bill: - You
s. have to deal with plain question OF right and
q wrong. &. L., s.e.ns
:" A school girl wrote to st. Louis paper
h the other day that she was compelled to
Y stay in the room and watch while the
d professor in the high school placed three
: Edefenseless rats under a glass and ex
= hausted the air by means Of a vacuum
: pump. She saw the little animals terri
d BILE struggles for air and their painful
: death. Since then, she declared, she had
n hated the instructor fercely, and could
: not seem to get over the feeling. ~
oI And such useless bit Of cruelty, too!
r. Representative Terrell Of Massachu-
! sets has introduced a bill in the national
J., congress providing for the determination
Of dogfish along the Atlantic coast, "A
ID bounty Is to be paid by the government
q on the delivery of the tail section Of each
dogfish deposited at such places as may
be designated by the government. There
are two reasons why the dogf1sh are tc
be exterminated, Their barking ats.niehi
- tkeeps the other fish awake, aud the ri
20 suit is that they pine away Had become
- thin from lack Of sleep. Then again
they are likely to go mad sand bitessthe
other fish and so, poison tliS Yoods hSh Il
10 the Atlantic ocean. sSSsga
IT It hardly seems the thing to kill the
i Edoof3sh hut the bill MIGHT he amendef