Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1895 — A Mean Speculator. [ARTICLE]

A Mean Speculator.

The “boom” in copper mining shares has brought to the front at least one candidate for the position of the meanest man in Boston. A State street broker tells the Observant Citizen that W’hen the excitement in Montana was at its height a couple of weeks ago, a business man, w’ho had not previously traded in stocks, came into his office and gave an order to buy 1,000 Mintana. The stock was not delivered until next day, and so he did not put up a cent of margin. The next morning “Monty” opened some four points up. Mr. Business Man came in with a rush and said: “Sell my Montana.” H’s order w’as executed at the market. “Give me a check for the full amount,” was his next utterance. The cashier wrote a check for $4,000, w’hereupon the man said: “That’s good. lam going to make this bouse a present.” Sure enough the next day the hoiise received a valuable gift in the form of a box of 50 hardly fair domestic cigars. In other, words, this thrifty merchant succeeded In making $4,000 within twen-ty-four hours without a cent invested capital at an outlay of not more than s2.—Boston Post