St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1910-03-19

" us ialneTs WORK. butchering. That night John
Jacob walked out of laldorf nv ~. 80 ,;s. - 49,
1a;e eaoeo ~, Anfip. lie carried big red hand
AelcAiel' III "hicn MS prldly goods were knotted
He reached Antws in a week There he got a
1op On the oocKs as |iaborer The next day he was
piono.ed 10 cnecKer7 The captain of ship asked
him to to London figure I'm the manifesto IN tho
way. He went.
The captain OF tf1ship recommended him to the
company in London aithe boy was piling I'D wealth at
the rate of guinea aonth
In September, 178tame the news to London that
George Washington b surrendered In anv event
peace had been dechd-Cornwallis had forced the
issue, the America had stopped fighting
A little later it given out that England had
given up her Americfolonies and they were free
Intutively John Ja Astor felt that the new world"
the place for hinIe bought passage by sailing
ship bound for Baltim at cost of five pounds He
then fastened five pou in belt around his waist and
with the rest of his hey-after sending two pounds
home to his father. wa letter Of lovebought dozen
German flutes
He had learned toy this instrument with pro-
fciency and in Amer he thought there would be
opening for musicianad musical instruments.
John Jacob was thnearly 20 years of age.
On board ship he a German, 20 years older than
himself who was Trader and had been home on
visit John Jacob pa the flute and the German friend
tnld stories Of fur trsg among the Indians.
Young Astors Guilty excited The Waldorf
Astoria plan of 1uteying was forgotten. He fed
fur trading.
Arriving in Baltif he disappointed to learn
. that there were no traders there. He started for
New York
There he found I with certain Robert Bovine,
= auaker who bougdnd sold furs.
younp Aston set Ielf to learn the business-every
mart of IL He was Bs sitting the doorstep before
the owner carryingSig key to open the warehouse,
got around in the 1lng. lie was the last TO leaVe
at night
The qualities thahke youth good servant
enc basic ones for tership Astor's alertness, will
trgness LOYALTY andlity to obey delivered his
ployer over into MS ps.
p,hort BOVINE good old Quaker, insisted that
1aoh sboud call Robert and from boarding the
ang man with atby war widow who took cheap
soardars BOVINE tooung Astor to his house
80 roisod his nav 50 a week to S.
BOVINE had mad9nnual trip to Montreal Tor many
-. \ Montreal vhe metropolis for flrs Bovine
a,+ II Montreal elf because he did not know of
nvona he could ito carry the message to Garcia.
Young Aston haen with Bovine only year. He
1919 imnerfect Ed, but he did not drink gamble
s Ia knew furs WAS honest
7n1 p - started loft for Canada with belt full
Il. o,d, his only bon German flute that he
carried in bis haI
Coz I'm Jacob Astcended the Hudson river to AL
-, snd then wtk on his back struck north alone.
,-ot the foref Lake Champlain AS he ap-
abed an Indiatlement he played his flute. The
p-s~,nos showedhisposition to give him the hook.
lied Indians idle him up to the Canadian Dor
der He reached leai:
n. f,r tradeJre knew Bovine very sharp
-. ana 80 hadj quilts out his approach. But
3 w. stor was hgly Indifferent. His
49, -..ors and eafe got close to his and took
.,oL IF the Ut fair prices. He expended all Of
n.s on.v and eJught on credit for there
who always have L.
-,a Aston dIndan nature to be simply human
.a The savAs man and courtesy, gentleness
e;r,y good ilaying soothed his savage breast
anu "a heads Ilankets, flute and smile. The
49, 49, carried BIDS by relays and then passed him
Anu ..h o,tturaticates as to character to other
On 80 ond at he reached New York without the
Ieu - q mol, orampenng of his ardor.
i'o1I,ne was ded. To young Astor it Moth
IYa bad in bod the success corpuscle
ins, ,,1,,oht hahained with Bovine and become a
-, an tho jss but Bovine had business limi-