Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 December 1887 — He Talked Business. [ARTICLE]

He Talked Business.

San Francisco Argonaut. They tell a curious story of old Christopher Meyer. Many years ago he was a workman in a factory where rubbarshoes were made. He received the fabulous sum of $125 a day. At night ha worked out the details of an invention for economizing the number of men employed in the factory. One day he finished his machine, carried it to the shop and showed his boss how well it would do the work of a dozen or twenty men. The boss was thunderstruck, but before he'cou’d examine the invention Meyer seized a hammer and knocked its delicate machinery into chaos. “But I want that,” protested the boat “I known you do,” answered the workman, quietly. “Come and see me to-morrow noon,” continued the head oi the firm, pompously, “and w« will make some arrangemants—” “If you want to talk business with me,” remarked the workman, coolly, “you can come to my lodging at sevea o’clock to night. Better not be late.” The millionaire was there at seven. Meyer was taken into the firm, and in a short time was at the head of the business.