Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1910 — Page 6
Big Public Sale The-undersigned, having decided to quit farming, will sell at public auction at his residence at Parr, Ind'ana. commencing at 10 o’clock a. m,. on THURSDAY, DEC. 15, 1»1O, 5 Head of of, 1 Brown Mare, 5 years old, wt. 1 200; 1 Gray Mare, 12 years old, wt. 1,400; 1 Dun Mare, 2 years old, wt. 900; 1 Bay Mare, 3 years old, wt. 1,050; 1 Bay Horse, 2 years old, wt. 9QO. 5 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 2 Milch Cows, 1 2-year-old Heifer and 2 yearling heifers. 4 Head of Hogs— Consisting of Shoats weighing about 150 lbs. each. Farm Implements, Etc.—Consisting of 1 wagon; 2 top buggies; 1 plow; 2 riding cultivators; 1 corn planter with -SO rods of wire; 1 harrow: 1 U. S. cream separator No 7. good as new; and other articles too numerous to mention. A credit of twelve months will be given on sums over ten dollars, with the usual conditions. A, D. STEPHENSON. Fred Phillips, Auctioneer C. G. Spitler, Clerk.
Big Public Sale Having bought a farm near Indianapolis I will sell at public auction at the residence of Jt le Doughty, "2 miles north and 4 miles west of Rensselaer, commtucing at 10 o’clock a. in., on MONDAY. DEC. 19, 1910, 12 Horses and Mules— Consisting of 1 Bay Mare, 5 years old, wt. 1,300; 1 Black Mare, 5 years old, wt. 1,200; 1. Black Gelding 3 years old, wt. 1,300; 1 Roan Gelding, 3 years old wt. 1,275; 1 Black Mare, four years old, wt. 1,150; I Brown Mare, four years old, wt. 1,150, eligible to register, auto and lady broke, in foal to Stock Farm Horse; 1 Black Driving Mare, ten years old, wt. 1,000: 1 Black Mare twelve years old, wt. 1,400; 1 Brown Mare, twelve years c-ld. wt. 950. a safe driver, 1 Day Colt coming three years old; 1 Span .Jules three years oM, wt. 950 each, well broke. 27 Head of Cattle— Consisting of 9 Milch Cows, ranging in age from five ! to eight years, good ones, some now fresh, others fresh in March, April and May; 2 two-year-old heifers, one fresh soon, oth,er fresh in spring; 3 two-year-old Steers; 2 Yearling Steers; 3 coming Yearling Heifers; 1 Weanling Heifer; 1 coming Yearling Bull. ‘ i 24 Head of Hogs— Consisting of - 71 Brood Sows, four to farrow in j March; 16 young shoats; 10. I. C 1 Boar, eligible to register, wt. 200, extra good. Six Sheep— Consisting of Ewes two ■ and three years old, bred in November. Implements, Wagons, Etc.-—Con-] sisting of 1 Deering Binder,’B-ft cut, | with trucks, only run two years; .I'l Bradley X-Ray riding plow; 1 Sat-1 ley riding cultivator w ith gopher | attachments; 1 Ave-y cult’vator. good I as new; 1 combination Satley cultivator; 1 Tower Gopher; 1 Deere 3section Harrow*; 1 Disk Harrow; 1 corn plantet with 140 rods of wire; 1 carriage; 1 Klondike Top; 3 farm wagons, twp with triple box’ two Webers and one neaffy new; 2 narrow tired wagons; 1 top buggy; 2 hay ladders, one with solid bottom; 2 sets heavy work harness; 1 set driving harne-s: 1 iron kettle, and numerous- other articles.
..A credit of twelve months will be given on sums orer ten dollars, with the usual conditions. JCLE DOUGHTY. J. BORNTRAGER, Fred Phillips. Auctioneer E. P. ftonan, Clerk. Hot lunch on the grounds. PUBLIC SALE. The undersigned sell at public auction at his residence, 4 miles north and %-mile west of Rensselaer, Imiles east of Surrey, on what is known at the E. T. Harris Farm, beginning at 10 o’clock, on THURSDAY, DEC. 22, 1»1O Twe Head of Horses— One coming 4-year-old gelding. weight 1,500 pounds: one Sorrel Mare, coming 5 years old. bred, weight about 1,400. 22 Head of jCattle — Consisting of 1 Shorthorn yow, coming 5.. years old, fresh last August; 1 Cow. 8 years old. a feeder; 1 Shorthorn Hetfer. coming 3 years old; with calf, fresh last of April; 3 Heifers, coming 2-year-olds, one with calf; 1 August Shorthorn Calf, a good one, suitable for Bull; 15 Spring Calves .—comprising 13 steers, 2 Heifers —all good ones. Nine tons of fine Timothy hay. Farm Machinery, Etc., —One McCormick Binder, 1 Champion Mower, 1 Hayrake, 1 Black Hawk Cornplanter with 80 rods wire and fertilizer attachment, 1 three-section flexible Harrow,, 1 J. I. Case Sulky Plow, new last spring, 2 Tower Gophers, good condition, 1 seeder Cart and Box, 1 cutaway Disc, 1 good Sled, 1 Grindstone, 1 Crosscut saw. Twe sets work harness, one almost new, 1 set double driving harness, 1 set single driving harness, 1 Studebaker wagon with triple box. almost new, and . lots of small articles not mentioned. A credit of twelve months will be given on sums over ten dollars, with the usual conditions.' j HARRY COOK.. . Fred Phillips, Aurtioneer.. C. G. Spitler, Clerk ~ —Hot lunch on the grounds served by Phil Heuson.
MY UNKNOWN FRIEND.
A Flow of Wealth Came From a Hidden Source.
By THOMAS R. DEAN.
[Copyright, 1910, by American Press Association.] I was thirty years old and had not saved a penny when 1 fell in love with Emma Earle. 1 told ber of my love, but also told her that We could not be anything more to each other than friends, owing to my ill success She was a practical girl and admitted that a man who had reached my age and had not forged ahead at all was very unlikely ever to be able to support a family comfortably. “You are too good hearted,” she said, “to achieve financial success. Most of the wealth attained js by saving. To save one must shut one’s eyes to other people’s needs, their sufferings.” * , 1 was obliged to admit that there was a lot of good sense in this, though it was not in accordance with the teachings of Christianity, which Emma and 1 both professed. It seemed best for us to give up all idea of mar-
HE TURN ED AND STARTED TO RUN.
riagp, tboiigh we concluded to remain friends. This was a very unsatisfactory arrangement and was very wearing on both of us. One day I received a letter which read as follows: > Office of the Acme Mining Company, Antelope, Colo.. Oct. —, —. Dear Sir-.I intend to open, an office in New York for the transaction of the business of dur company, principally the transfer of shares. You have been recommended to me as a suitable person to take charge of this office. The salary attached will be $l5O a month. The position is open to you. If you accept please notify me. Yours truly. SAMUEL LANGFORD, - President. Who Samuel was or who had recommended me to him I had not the remotest idea. Nevertheless I made inquiries about the Acme Mining company apd learned that it was a paying institution,*the shiires standing considerably above par. Langford owned a majority, of the stock. He lived at Antelope, giving all his attention to the mine. I endeavored in every way to get a clew as to why he, a stranger to me. had taken me up and enabled ine to earn nearly twice the income I bad ever earned before, but I failed.
1 wrote accepting the position, at the same time requesting Mr. Langford to tell me why 1 had been selected to fill it. Neither in the . return letter nor in any that followed did he make any reference to my request. In due time I found myself in charge of his eastern business, which was principally transferring stock, though I often made purchases for him and shipped the goods to him at Antelope. After awhile I wrote him to know if he was satisfied with me and if the position was likely to be permanent. He replied to both questions in the affirmative. Emma and I concluded to get married. though she insisted that we live on two-thirds of our income and save the other third. I assented to this, but owing to wedding’ expenses it was two months before we were able to begin our saving, and on the third month an o|d friend called on me with a pitiful story of sickness at home and nothing with which to buy either provisions or medicines and ohr savings for that month went.to him. A '■ I had scarcely given him the money when I received a letter from my employer advising tne (confidentially) to put what money 1 had info the stock of the company. My wife insisted on replying to his letter, telling him that I hadn’t a cent to invest and why. He replied to her that he had bought 1,000 shares of the stock of the-company for me and would hold it till:he thought it time to sell. We were somewhat surprised. but Emma, who is a level headed woman and had no confidence in mining stocks—and justly so—said that we wouldn’t presume on any profit we' 1 might make. It was only a week after the receipt of Mt. Langford's letter that on going to my office one morning I found a crowd of investors there waiting for me to transfer shares. They told me {hat they had bought under private advices and intimated that there was a movement of some kind on foot. The shares had raised a few points on tbe market and the next day made a sudden jump. Then reports yame that a very rich vein had been struck tn > ' 1
the Acme mine. The price of the shares continued to rise for a week or two. then, after slight fluctuations, settled down to about 200 per cent above what it bad been when 1 was-advised to buy it. One morning I received a check from my employer for about §2,000, payable to my wife’s order. There was no letter accompanying it. but pinned to it was a bit of paper on which was written, “Profit on 1,000 shares of Acme mining stock.” Emma and I had Watched the rise In the price of the stock and knew that if our mysterious friend had really bought the shares for ' us we would have the profit sent us, but my wife, insisted that there would be some reason why we wouldn't get It. When it came we were almost as surprised as if we had known nothing about the matter. We were certainly delighted. And now we began to be consumed by a gnawing curiosity as to who was our unknown friend. We spent all our leisure time trying to think of some one who for some reason had thus favored us, going over every relative and every friend both of hers find mine. I recalled a number of persons to whom I had loaned or given small sums of money, but not one of them had ever prospered, and certainly none of them was named Langford, . I received my $2,000 at a time when, owing to a financial panic, there were many bargains to be picked up in dividend paying stocks. I invested the amount and within ten months had doubled my capital-that is, I owned $4,000 of securities paying me a good interest. About a year after my first acquisition Mr. Langford telegraphed me one morning to buy some shares of the Sarah Ann company, located in the vicinity of the Acme mine. I put iny $4,000 into the venture. In a time news came that an extension of the valuable vein in the Acme mine had been struck in the Sarah Ann. I bought the shares of the latter at 7 cents and sold them for $2. I had now an income sufficient to
t / support my family very comfortably jrithout- earning a cent by my own labor. I determined to go to Colorado and find out who this man was who had placed a fortune in my hand. I wrote him that I proposed to put some one In the office to attend to the business during my absence and would be with him in a couple of weeks. I received a reply to this letter not! fying me that he would be in New York before long and if I wished to see him I could then have ah opportunity,' but that it would avail me nothing, since 1 would not see one who was at all familiar to me. As for the thanks I had sent him, he had much more reason to thank me than I had to thank him. After the receipt of this information Emma and I again racked our brains to remember some one who was thus indebted to me, but met with no better success than before; Langford continued to post me as to what mining shares to buy or to sell, but never did so except on accurate information of the mines. A time came when my investments gave me all the income I required, and I resolved to investigate my benefactor. Without notifying him of tny intention. I went to Colorado, and one morning appeared in his office, which meanwhile had been removed to Colorado Springs. A man over fifty years of age was pointed <>ut to me by the clerks as Langford. I advanced to make myself known. He rose, pressed my hand and said to me: “Dine with me this evening at my house. Meanwhile say nothing to any one here about our connection.” He bowed me out. and to kill time I went about indirectly pumping people about my benefactor. No one knew anything of his antecedents before he came, to Colorado in a very forlorn condition and went about with a pick like' any other prospector? In time he found a hole which promised well and sold it for hniigh to set him up comfortably as a mine seeker. Other mines fell into his hands, the Acme from his having grubstaked its finder. Since he acquired the controlling interest in that mine he bad made money rapidly. When I met Mr. Langford Ast his house 1 saw not only by his, manner and mode of living, but by his family, that he was a man sprung from the lowly walks of life. After dinner he took me into a private room. We lit cigars, and he said: “Do you remember one morning, when you were about eighteen years old, walking on a road with a shotgun on your shoulder and meeting an escaped jailbird?" “Yes. Tell me something more.”
“On seeing you he turned and start- , ed tourum You pointed your gun at him and called on him to halt. Being defenseless, he gave himself up.” “I remember very well. But go on.” “He to!d you how he had been born in poverty in the city: how without parents to guide him, after he was some six years old. he had fallen into such a life as such boys must inevitably fall into and had at last been sent to state prison. Z There, under the influence of a lovely woman who ministered to the prisoners, he had attained to a desire to lead a different life. He had escaped. His" story touched your heart. You went to your home and brought him some clothes. He concealed his stripes in a wood. Yon gave him all the money you had with you, $18.63, and sent him on his way into a new world. I am that man, and I vowed then that if I ever became prosperous I would hunt you up and return your loan with interest.” - “I have gone over every person I have ever helped?’ I replied, “and remembered you, but I never dreamed that I was Indebted for nty good fortune to a former jailbird.” . v
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