The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-15

n FTER the trial came another
boost at Grounds. Thanks to
In the big Irishman. l had done
pretty well before. But now
there was some one at the top watch
ing me. I was given a chance to see
what could do to make markets in
the new southwest, which was develop
ing rapidly and in my opinion offered
q weak house like ours a better oppor-
tunity than the older fields.
And my little venture with the broth
ers Schunemann was booming all the
time. Ed and Sloco had looked out for
my interests during the trial'an had
kept my partners from robbing me.
Pretty soon was able to buy out their
interest in tho Aurora plant and get rid
Of them altogether, putting Ed in as
my manager. The Schunemanns took
to peddling our kosher meat in Chica-
go and worked up a good trade. In my
trips for Dround 4 Co. was able to
make a large business for the Duchess
brand Of sausage. which soon began to
attract attention. One day Carmichael
| said to me:
$50 you're q sausage maker. after all,
van?"
Eyes, and coming money. too" I re-
piled. "Perhaps Mr.. Dround would
think differently now about the cats
meat business
Carmichael grunted. suspected that
he might like to have me offer the firm
a chance to come into my business. but
I had no such idea. I saw a great fu-
tn nd fkof fhAv
things-down a long vista Of golden
| years.
About this time Lou Pierson disap.
peared from the house and never came
| back. Slocum went east and did his
best to find the girl. He may have been
too proud to marry her sister. but he
felt badly enough over Louis going
that way. Later. when l saw the girl
in New York. l concluded her return
could do no good to any one and said
nothing. After Lou disappeared the
old man began to drink pretty hard
and finally had to 60 to the hospital
The Van Buren, street house was u
drearier place than ever. and Slocum
and decided to move and start house
keeping together. Ma Pierson needed
us no longer. The Hostetters were
keeping house for the old lady. for Ed
married Hillary shortly after the trial
and together they tried running the
! Enterprise. But they could not make Il
go somehow, SO later made Ed my
| manager, as have said. Some time
after this. when the old lady Piersor
got sick. Slocun and l saw that she
had a little rest and comfort to the end
Of her days, for her son Dick could
never look after anybody but himself.
We had not been long in our com
Portable fat on the south side before
an unexpected chance came to me t.
make a lot of money. As I have said
the Duchess brand Of sausage packet
in dainty little boxes was making !:
name for itself and attracting the at
tention of the trade. I began to hav,
rivals. and my profits were cut some
what, but they could never drive on
the Duchess, which had q good start
One day Carmichael asked me II
would like to sell my sausage factory
as he called the Aurora plant toll,
him jokingly he hadn't the money +
buy it. But in reality was read.
to sell, for l saw that II the big pack
ers went into the business In earnes
I could not compete. And It was onl.
matter Of time before they woult
see, as l had seen, the immense prof
In such small things. So when few
days later Carmichael said that one o
Strauss men had asked him to brinl
me over to their place I went Quicl
enough.
Carmichael took nae into Strauss OF
Zee and introduced me to one Of tn
men, q shrewd little fellow. who man
aged some Of the old mans deals 70
him. Aftor q little while the man
Gooch. began to talk of my sausag
business, praised the idea and hinte'
that his boss might consider huyinI
me out s'for proper figure" So "
, began to deal. and pretty soon Coco