Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1901 — From Steuographer to Premier. [ARTICLE]

From Steuographer to Premier.

Like rnauy another successful man, Sir John Gordon Sprigg went to the Cape In his youth because he was too delicate to live comfortably in England. His occupation was at first that of a shorthandwriter, but he quickly found his talent in the direction of politics serviceable, and has been Premier no fewer than three times in the Cajw Parliament.