Charlevoix county herald., 1914-04-04
Sam, The White Nubbin

asked him for a few dollars 'or mis-
sions, and he swelled up his chest Xix
a pouter pigeon, and said: Not one
cent. My father fought and iied rath-
er than to pay tax on tea. and you
can't get my cash for any heather
! Chinee.'
'The next ear was not quite so per-
feet, but was big one, and the Sand
Farmer held it up, saying: This, gen
tlemen, was born in Ohio. His parents
bought the land from the government
| for dollar an acre. They cleared il
and were prosperous farmcrc They
were cultured, and appreciate tn, adj
vantages of rood education. They
sent this boy t. Yale univ -sity and
he graduated with high honors, and
! then came home to practice law. His
! parents died soon after, leaving him
all of the land, but he didn't cae to
{ farm it, and so let the Land go to
grass, while he practiced law
Zone day man came a'ong with
drilling outfit. and asked if lie could
put down a hole on the farm He
thought there might be oil there
"'The lawyer laughed up hi, sleeve
but thought he would run no chances,
so made a stiff contract, by which he
was to have a royalty on al the oil
that might be found.
"'The well was dug, and they got a
gusher. The price of land jumped
from a few dollars into the thousands
and more wells were dug, until the
royalties were so large that TIE law
yer had to give up his practice to
make investments. Remember, he
never dug well, he never sod a gal
Ion of oil, but he got the profits.
One day young girl came TO
him and asked him if he would loan
her enough money to go to college to
fit herself to be q medical nj esionaiy
to go to Africa and help those poor
black chaps live kind Of decent life.
the heather countries the medicine
men cut off young girls hands to
make stew of them to make their
mothers-in-law well when they have a
fever, and few other things that just
made our hair stand on end, and we
all wished that we could have given
that girl the money, and let her go
down there 70 help some of those poor
black girls, that never get chance.
but thiS lawyer turned that girl
down cold, said he could no. spare the
money because he had deal on to buy
railroad, and was hard up.
"'The next, gentlemen, said the
Sand Farmer, as he held up boosting
big ear, little crooked, SO it looked
like some of these politicians who
have held down job>a good many
years. This, gentlemen, was born in
Chicago. His parents bought farm
near the village, when Chicago was a
fairly good trading post. They raised
cabbage and potatoes, and made a
fairly good living, but didn't send their
boys to school, The city grew, and
part of the farm was sold for build
ing lots, and this boy took the money
after his parents died, and went to
California as one of the 'Forty-niners,
but kept the rest Of the farm in Chi
cago for an investment. He struck it
rich in California, and became a mil
lionaire.
"'One day a young man came to
him, and asked if he would give
enough money to build school for the
children of the poor miners working in
his mine. This man swelled out his
chest, and exclaimed: 81 never had
much schoolin', but I've managed to
get along, and they don't need learn
in no more than l did. The best
thing for them is work. Young man,
l want you to understand that I'm a
self made man, and all have got I've
made by hard work"
"'The young man went away, say,
ing to himself, Il don't believe God
had anything to do with making him,
and he must be self-made man.
(To be continued.)