Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — He Met Vanderbilt. [ARTICLE]

He Met Vanderbilt.

George W. Vanderbilt passed a greater part of the summers In Bar Harbor till recently. While walking from his home to the village one cold, rainy day In September he met a ragged little urchin near the camp of the last representatives of the Passamaquoddy tribe, whose wigwams are located not far from Mr. Vanderbilt’s home. The boy’s clothing was thin, and his little toes were blue and red from the cold. As Mr. Vanderbilt passed him he stopped and said: “My little lad, why don’t you put on your shoes this cold day?” The half-frozen urchin started as if he had suddenly stepped upon a sharp stone, and, flashing his eyes at the man of millions, who was a stranger to him, said, half angrily: “Say, mister, do you take me for a Vanderbilt?” and then broke Into a run to warm his freezing toes.—Bangor Commercial. Among the many expenses borne by railroad companies the ice bill figures quite prominently. For instance, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad it is expected it ywill take over 50,000 tons of ice this year to meet the requirements of the service, The greater portion is used in connection with shipment of perishable goods, the balance in the passenger train service. A great deal of this ice is put up by the company in its own ice houses, but as the past winter has been so warm, a very large proportion will have to be purchased.