Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1903 — Poor Prophets. [ARTICLE]

Poor Prophets.

Never to prophesy unless one is sure of his facts is a good rule to follow. If the late Major D. 11. Vinton had followed this rule when ho was sent to the Pacific coast in 1849, the people of Ban Francisco would not now be laughing at him. He said tlven in a report to liis superiors that there were natural obstacles to the growth and permanency of San Francisco as a commorcial oenltr and declared that no ought to be erected ftw. B* thought Benicia, which MNr Am shout 3,000 population, would mak* a good port of entry, dcubiire* preferring it to San Francisco. It i« malj fair to the memory of M*j«* Vis ton ts as? that his colleagues in lL# tat tjraad with fc&m*—Youth's Caijiinm.