Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-04-14
CHAPTER TWO
The Founding Of the phyliis4Ines.

ne rounding OF tne FnylIlstIneS.
One little word largely accounted
for the success of J. Patterson Bing.
1t was the word mo-" 1t saved him
in moments which would have been
full of peril for other men. He had
never made bad investment because
he knew how and when to say mo-"
1t fell from his lips so sharply and
decisively that he lost little time in
the consideration of doubtful enter
prises. Sometimes it fell heavily and
left a wound, for which Mr.. Bing
thought himself in no way RESPONSE
BILE. There was really a lot of good
will in him. He didn't mean to hurt
any one.
"Time is thing of great value and
what's the use of wasting it In idle
palaver?" he used to say.
One day, Hiram Blenkinsop, who
was just recovering from a spree, met
Mr.. Bing at the corner of Main and
School streets and asked him for the
loan of a dollar.
mo sirI' said Mr.. J. Patterson
Bing, and the words sounded like two
whacks of a hammer on a nail. mo
sir" he repeated, the second whack
being now the more emphatic. 81 don't
lend money to people who make bad
use of it."
"Cnn you give me work?" asked the
unfortunate drunkard.
mol But if you were a hired girl,
I'd consider the matter"
Some people who overheard the
words laughed loudly. Poor Blenkin-
sop made no reply, but he considered
the words an insult to his manhood in
spite of the fact that he hadn't any
manhood 10 speak Of. At least, there
was not enough of it to stand up and
be insulted-that is sure. After that
he was always raciing his brain for
something mean to say about J. Pat
terson Bing. Bing was a cold-blooded
fish. Bing was a scrimper and
grinder. If the truth were known
about Bing he wouldn't be holding his
head so high. Judas Iscariot and ].
Patterson Bing were off the same
bush. These were some of the things
that Blenkinsop scattered abroad and
they were, to say the least of them,
extremely unjust. Mr.. Bing's inno-
cent remark touching Mr.. Blenkin-
sop's misfortune in not being a hired
girl, arose naturally out of social con-
ditions in the village.
Furthermore, it is quite likely that
every one in Bingville, including those
lmpersonal creatures known as Law
and Order, would have been much
happier if some magician could have
turned Mr.. Blenklnsop into a hired
girl and have made him a life men,
ber of ~the Dish Water Aristocracy,"
as Judge Crooker was wont to call it.
The community of Bingville was
noted for it's simplicity and good
sense. Servants were unknown in this
village of three thousand people 1t
had lawyers and doctors and profess
ors and merchants-some of whom
were deservedly well known-and j.
Patterson Bing, the owner of the pulp
mill, celebrated for his riches; but
one could almost say that its most
sought for and popular folk we're its
hired girls. They were few and sniffy.
They exercised care and discretion in
the choice Of their employers. They
regulated the diet of the said employ
ers and the frequency and quality of
their entertainments. If it could be
said that there was an aristocracy in
the place they were 1t. First, among
the Who's Who in Rinrvillp were thp
Gilligan sisters who worked In the big