Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1885 — Daniel Webster’s Personal Finances. [ARTICLE]

Daniel Webster’s Personal Finances.

On one occasion Webster had invited some friends to dinner. As he left home in the morning he requested his wife -to send John down to the office about ten o’clock to go to market with him. John came down accordingly. Mr. Webster was busy writing. He asked John if he had any money. John replied in the negative. “Then,” said Mr. Webster, “go down to Mi-. Burritt and ask him to lend me $5.” (Burritt was a stationer in the lower story.) John came back and stated that Mr. Burritt had not $5, but sent him $lO, which Webster took and put in his waistcoat pocket. Pretty soon a poor woman came in on an aim-asking errand. Said Webster, still writing: “I know all about it; you’ve lost your husband and have five small children and nothing to eat. Take this!” and he gave her the ten-dollar note which J ohn had borrowed from Mr. Burritt. By and by he finished his work and remarked to his servant: “Now, John, we’ll go to market.” Down they went through Court and Washington streets and Dock Square to Quincy Market, below Faneuil Hall. Mr. Webster bought of the butchers at the southend of the market what suited him, but made no payments, as he had accounts with them. At last they reached a vegetable dealer of whom Webster also made a purchase and was about to pass on as before when the faithful John arrested him with the remark: “Mr. Webster, this man is a straDger to us; we never had dealings with him.” “True,” said the great lawyer, “very true;” and put his hand in his pocket for the money to pay the amount. Finding none, he said to his servant: “John, I thought you gave me some money just now ?” “So I did, sir, but you gave it to that poor woman who came into the office.” “Ah,” said Webster, “so I did, but I had forgotten all about it. Well, John, you must borrow some more money and come down and pay these people; and now we will go home.”— Ben: Per ley Poore, in the Boston Budget. * * * Stricture or the urethra in it* worst forms, speedily cured by our now and improved methods. Pamphlet, references and terms, two three-cent stamps. World's Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main street, Buffalo. N. Y.