The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-08-02

piled that her husband was busy and
had asked her to do Ii.
\ half hour later. after the paper was
ready to- go to press, Newman said to-
pracEer: 80
You may think mo ncodlcssly full
of curiosity. hu; I'm going Ia call zip
that woman again and ask her what
her husband was doing. She said he
was busy. believe | would sleep bot
Ter if ! could satisfy my curiosity as 10
what he was busy at
He called her again and Apologies
cally asked his question. She hesitated
and replied that her husband had been
much occupied throughout the evening
heading The mob that lyuchcd the
negro.
Tho rnsmastcr at q circus showing
IN a Vermont village one afternoon
offered ST 10 any hoy in the audience
who would rid" "a certain backing pony
that had just been tossing clowns from
It's back with great success. \ small,
shaggy haired boy came instantly from
one of the front SEATS and sand p" would
Ike To- try hiS luck with the pony.
The boy was Carroll :. Page, now
United States Senator from Vermont.
horse that the lad had learned to ride
bareback, and he had 4 notion that he
could negotiate round of the track on
the circus pony. To holshtcn the effect
IA" r.ngmaster placed a god sized
/ monkey on young Pages shoulders
for ballast as he explained
There were moments when II looked
as if the pony would get the decision,
/ but young Page stuck ON, holding to
the ponyS name, and tn" monkey held
} To the boys hair When the ringmaster-
4 handed the boy his dollar ana pattcd
him on the back ms the hero of the oc-
I casion the crowd chccrcd madlv. and
the future United States senator was
/ thrilled rs no honor has ever thrilled
/ him since.
Il was a wonder, after that incident,
/ that pdg" didn't become more and more
/ of circusgocr But his father took a
hand about that time
The mex time - circus came Ia town
, his father. who ran ~ general store, told
1 AIM that b" could have his ctSi"c Of tn,
money to 20 10 the show or the use Of
the horse and buggy to 80 out and huy
, hides ON a commission basis. The chance
To- earn money appealed to the young
stor, ana that day became a precedent;
/ that is, whenever a circus came along
and other boys took q holiday Page
took the horse ana rig and bought
hides for his father.
That was the way he got started
toward his present place as the largest
dealer in raw cal'sk.ns in the world.
Representative Robert T.. Offender
fer of Pennsylvania has never allowed
himself to get into rut on the subject
Of vacations IL has done frs; one
thing and then another. There may bs
men in Congress who have done moro
different THINGS than Difcnderfcr has,
hat it is doubtful if for the same num-
her Of shifts of occupation any can
show a wider variety.
At first Difcndcrfcr was "A farm boy.
Then ne became a house painter. From
there he drftod naturally enough into
dentistry ana he practscd for fourteen
years. Then all of sudden he set Gus
for china, where he operated what is
said to have been the first woollen mill
in the chinese Empire
lie passed through the Boxer rchel-
lion ana came home with lot Of money.
: knowing what he did 9bout dentistry
and the woollcn business he felt tina,
! the logical thing TO do was 10 enter the
Il wholesale lumber trade. He stuck at
that for about ton years ana then, NJ he
4 age Of 60, ne rntr"-d G, ngress, 70
y Representative Percy +. Quin Of
Mississippi was c1urtinc Southern girl
az the time Of his race for Congress
N two years ago T.o girls father had
arstocratr lcanings and did not care
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