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WILLIAM -LEWIS,
VOL. XI V.
Scatter the Germs of the Beautiful.
A TALE OF THE BENCH AND BAR
In one of the Western States I was once
prosecuting attorney. The settler's axe was
then familiar music, and the prairies away
from the woodland had not heard the scream
of the steam whistle. All the branches of
society, of trade, of business, and professions,
were in a transition state. Of course the
Judges were not men of vast learning or of
rare character ; and lest I appear vain, I may
add that the lawyers were by no means,
Chief Justice Taneys !
The Judge who travelled the circuit with
us in the counties, round about the city of
, had been in early life a horse jockey,
and picked up a large amount of tact, knowl
edge of men, and human nature, and of so
cial motives, that was of much use to him in
his legal walk. At the West he had been a
member of the first Constitutional Convention
of our State, and being a good talker and of
(pick natural intellect, had shone in the de
bates. Of course it was natural that as he
made the law, he should claim to be able to
expound. And at the election after the State
was admitted, he was chosen by the people
as a Judge.
I never liked him. With all his affability
and apparent deference of manner, there was
in his composition an under strata of cun
ning that I suspected and became wary of.—
When I was chosen people's solicitor, he
sought my confidence, but I repelled it, and
except in Court, we were little together.—
Many a time on the civil side has be given
a charge on facts, or acquiesced in my law,
when I felt that I was wrong, nor could I
fathom why he thus sought the winning side
of me.
S. S.
I suspected him of knavery. When pris
oners were convicted, his diseretion of pun
ishment and. sentences were oddly inconsis
tent. He fined where he should have impris
oned, and confined when a nominal punish
ment would have answered the justice of the
case. But I never could get any clue, and
with the populace he was regarded as a man
of rare integrity and firmness of mind.-
One night, at the inn, in the little vil
lage of Washington, where a week's court
was to be held; I went to my 'boarded off' bed
room for an afternoon nap, and was soon fast
asleep. I was awakened by a confused mur—
muring, that after I was thoroughly aroused,
Lpreeeived to come from an adjoining room ;
one appropriated to Judge C
'• Lie is committing his Grand Jury charge,"
said I to myself, when I heard a strange voice
say, "The boodle ,is most used of the old
stripe."
Now "boodle" is a flash term used by coun
terfeiters, and it immediateiy altered my
prosecuting attention. As I sat upon the_
bed-side, a ray of light came through a
chink, in the boarded partition. As a man,
honor would have forbidden a "peep," as an
officer of the law, prudence commanded it:
So drawing myself noiselessly and closely to
the wall, or boarded partition, I looked
through the crack, and saw Judge C
seated at a table with a sinister looking man
who wore a pair of remarkable whiskers ;
and the two were counting quite a, pile of
new bank bills. I listened, but not a word
was spoken fur some time. I saw the money
divided into three piles, and the Judge
placed one in his own pocket, and the whis
kered man took the other, and then drawing
off his boots, divided the third pile between
each hoot inside of it, and then he again
placed them on his feet. Next the Judge '
said; "Be careful and send it to the proper
place." His sinister companion gave a mean
ing smile, they shook hands . ; the stranger
left the room cautiously ; and the Judge sat
down to some paper. I continued to look for
several minutes, but he was absorbed in his
duties, when just as I was about quitting my
point (literally a point of observation,) he
arose, and taking out his bills, placed them
up the chimney, and then continued his read
ing.
I must say my blood run cold, for a grave
suspicion has often crossed my mind that he
was a rascal ; but I never suspected. him of
being connected with drovers, trappers, and
traders, who occasionally made spurious
money their commodity. Nor, as I sat col
lecting my thoughts, could I conceive it pos
sible, when I remembered how severe he had
always been upon the passage of counterfeit
money, and how earnestly and solemnly he
b. P. GVIN'S
Ittt se x fir.
Scatter the germs of the beautiful!
By the way-side let them fall,
That the rose may spring up by the cottage gate,
And the vine on the garden wall;
Cover the rough and the rude of earth
With a veil of leaves and Dowers,
And mark with the opening bud and cup,
The march of summer hours.
Scatter the germs of the beautiful,
In the holy shrine of home;
Let the pure, and the fair, and the graceful there
In the loveliest lustre come,
Leave not a trace of deformity
In the temple of the heart,
But gather about its earth the gems
Of Nature and of Art.
Scatter the germs of the beautiful
In the temples of our God—
The God who starred the uplifted sky,
And flowered the trampled sod.
IWhen be built a temple for himself,
And a home for his priestly race,
He reared each arch in symmetry,
And carved each line in grace.
Scatter the germs of. the beautiful
In the d epth of the human soul ;
They shall bud and blossom, and bear their fruit
While the endless ages roll.
Plant with the flowers of charity
The portals of the tomb,
And the fair and pure about thy path
In paradise shalt bloom.
2‘, tlett
THE CULPRIT JUDGE.
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had. always in his charges of such cases de
clared against the enormity of offenders who
substituted spurious currency for good. I
therefore concluded that the word "boodle,"
and the suspicious "boot stuffing," must re
late to some other kind of offense, with which
he was connected.
Stealthily going out, I carefully descended
the stairs and entered the bar-room. The
sinister looking man was sitting at a table
reading the last Cincinnati paper,-as calm
and placid as if he were the Methodist min
ister of the riding. I sat down and pulled
out a law paper, pretending to read, it, but I
was glancing over its top the stranger.—
His eye did not wander from a particular
point of the paper. Nor did the sheet, after
several minutes turn ; I therefore concluded
he was not reading, but reflecting. I endeav
ored to catch his eye, but could not. I next
thought of trying the demeanor of the Judge;
so making in my mind an excuse relating to
my official duties ; I again went rip stairs
and knocked at the door. His pleasant voice,
in an unembarrassed tone, cried, "Walk in,"
and I entered. After getting through with
my excuses, and business, I said in a careless
tone
" What have you been doing all the after
noon, Judge ?" _
He answered just as carelessly, " Going
through my charge, and a decision or two, I
have to make to-morrow. As yet, I have not
seen any one since I arrived."
The last lie was an unnecessary one, as I
knew its falsity, for he needed not to have
asserted the fact—an immaterial one. This,
therefore, the more confirmed my suspicions;
because I had found these immaterial asser
tions to be always made by witnesses when
they are committing perjury, just as cowards
whistle to keep up their courage.
We continued chatting until the bell rung
fur supper, but not a tone or an act betrayed
that the Judge was troubled or uneasy. We
went down stairs together and began our
meals. The whiskered stranger sat opposite,
but he and the Judge were to each other, as
if they had never met. One or two civilities
passed between them, but they were accom
panied with a freezing politeness, somewhat
unusual in our western way of life. All this
satisfied me that there was something out of
the way, and I resolved while at the table to
furnish myself with some evidence. I finish
ed the meal first; and went up stairs to the
Judge's room, and groping to the chimney in
the dark, felt for a loose brick, found it, and
discovered a roll of paper, took one or two
pieces, and replaced the balance very hastily
and left the room.
Nothing more occurred that night, worth
narrating, but the next day in Court, I found
on the calander the case of a man who had
been indicted some months before for coun
terfeiting, and had been out on bail.
''What does this mean ?" I asked of the
clerk, "I did not authorize the trial, nor am
I prepared with witnesses.
" Judge C , ordered it on last term
for this day," answered the clerk, "produc
ing your request."
" My request !" stammered I.
" Yes, and here it is," as he handed me a
piece of paper, bearing in my writing, the
words, "Give Judge C his request !"
I remembered, now I say it, that I had writ
ten the paper, but could not recall the appa
rently trivial circumstance which had promp
ted it.
Just then Judge C entered, and
Court business began. The case in question
being called, I arose to postpone it on the
•
ground of not being prepared.
A stranger arose from among the lawyers,
and said he was counsel for the prisoner, and
come from Cincinnati to try the case at much
trouble, and as ho had understood, because
it had been ordered on for that day. The
counsel was the black :whiskered companion I
had seen with the Judge.
The latter, with a bland smile, and dip
ping his pen in the ink, ready for the memo
randum, asked with the utmost coolness,
" What is your name, sir ?"
I was so astonished. at this cool impudence
that I did not bear the answer, but proceeded
to deny any understanding, and to charge
that there was some trick.
My opponent warily rejoined, and moved
if the case were not tried, that his client be
discharged on bail. This was giving him
liberty-to run if pleased, and I opposed this
motion. My adversary again rejoined, and
to my utter astonishment, Judge C
granted the request, and then ordered the
clerk to cancel the trial bond.
At this juncture I sat down amid the tit
ters of my brethren, who were ready enough
to laugh at W— being caught napping,
as they phrased it. While I was meditating
my wrath, and my revenge, the clerk an
nounced that the pannel of Grand Jurors
was now complete, and they were ready for
business. Judge C arose to address
and charge them. Ile was as cool and placid
as the morning itself.
"Oh, you hypocrite I" I muttered through
my teeth, as the black whiskered counsel—
and confederate as I fully knew him to be—
slily sneered at me and drew his chair close
to the bench in an attitude of deferential lis
ten ing.
The charge was an elaborate one. It was
an essay on crime and its enormities, and
seemed dramatically worked up. Its adju
rations to the Grand Jury to fearlessly inves
gate were very pathetic. Its enconiums on
virtue were touchingly true.
Scarcely had the jury retired, than, in my
capacity as a prosecuting officer, I followed
the members to their chamber. To the for
mer question, " What was the first business?"
I answered, "To investigate the charge of
malfeasance in office against the Judge."
The foreman and his fellows looked at each
other in astonishment. Finally one of them
said with a smile, "Take care, brother W—,
that your professional rivalry does not get
you into danger."
I replied by telling my story and relating
all the suspicious circumstances of the past
twenty-four hours, and concluded by request
ing that the black whiskered counsel be cal
led and examined. Amid the astonished si
lence of the Grand Jury, the constable in
HUNTINGDON, PA., NOVEMBER 10, 1858.
-PERSEVERE.--.
attendance went after and returned with the
stranger.
He entered easily and unabashed, saying,
as he took a chair, "I am told you desire me
to be a witness?"
"Perhaps culprit!" I exclaimed in a pas
sion, entirely losing my control. And then
not heeding the hand of the foreman on my
shoulder in restraint, I said to the constable
who lingered by the door, "'Take off his
boots !"
The stranger made two bounds, and was
at the window which led into the jail. But
the grip of the constable was on him secure.
In an instant, one of the jurors took his arm,
another his leg, and before any one had time
to speak, the boots were off, and two rolls of
bills fell on the floor.
The firmness and presence of mind of the
stranger forsook him ; he trembled in every
muscle, and as I whispered to him, "Villain,
not even your friend, Judge C. can save you,"
he turned ghastly pale.
lie was seated on a chair,
"Is this good money or bad ?" said the
foreman, breaking the dull silence that suc
ceeded the struggle.
"Am I a witness, or am I accused ?" he
asked, looking towards me.
" Witness," said I, "if you tell all you
know about Judge C—, who is far better
game than you."
"I—know—nothing—about Judge C—,"
he stammered, " I never saw him before this
day."
"Liar!" I shouted, forgetting my official
dignity in my rage at his falsehood. "Last
night, you and he were together, exchanging
money, and in his presence, you concealed
your 'boodle' in your boots."
Immediately he stood up in an attitude of
defiance—then sat down—half rose again—
turned red, and then pale ; while huge drops
of sweat stood on his face.
lie saw he was by some means, cornered ;
and in a moment, recovering himself, an
swered, "I will be witness—the king is
guiltier than I."
I have not space for his story; but its
amount was, that long before the Judge re
moved to the West, they had been confeder
ates at the East, circulating counterfeit
money while horse-jockeying. They were
connected with a well-organized and secret
baud. The leaders were the manufacturers
of the "boodle." Middle men bought it and
dispensed it to the underlings, who purchased
it at a discount of fifty cents, to pass it off at
par. As fast as the last counterfeit was dis
covered, a new one was made. Judge C—,
while upon the bench, was able to be as se
vere as he pleased, witk_the underling. class
es, who never - linen-th haunts, and - ways;
and companionships of those above them.—
But the man whose trial was for the day ; for
whom Judge C— had interceded, was one
of the upper class, and hence the necessity
of the action.
"It is now time to see the Judge," said I,
turning to the Grand Jurymen, who were
petrified at the tale they had just heard.
No one answered.
" I will go and prepare him for your ac
tion," I next said ; "for to indict him in his
own Court, while he is upon the bench, will
be a scandal upon justice."
As 1 entered the Court room, he was an
nouncing the noon recess. There was a little
room off, containing a few law books and a
desk, into which he usually retired, and
thither I followed him.
" Judge," said I—and my voice trembled
like the voice of a man under severe ague,
so terribly was I wrought up by the excite
ment of the morning's accusation and con
fession—" Judge, I have very, very bad news
for you."
" For me ?" said he, with the utmost non
chalance, notwithstanding the mystery and
peculiarity of manner.
"Yes, for you," I said ; "the Cincinnati
lawyer has confessed I shook out, rather
than spoke.
lie still smiled ; it was awful to see his
hypocrisy and calmness of demeanor, and
for a moment, I knew not what to say.—
Then, taking from my vest-pocket, two of
the bills unrolled front his chimney deposit,
I held them before him and said : "lie has
told about these ; and I, myself, last night,
saw you place the counterfeit money in the
fire-place, at the same time he placed his in
his hoots.
His composure was instantly gone. He
- wilted like a scorched weed on the prairie,
and his manhood gave way as if he had
been attacked . ..with sudden paralysis. The
room rather swam before my eyes, for the
sight of a culprit Judge, was not an every
day one, when I found him on his knees,
gr ovelling on the floor like a dog.
" Oh, good W—! dear W—! don't
betray me I Consider how dreadful ! And
I, a Judge ! Oh, the disgrace! My wife
and children ! what will they say ? Don't
—don't betray me ! I was to be the next
"Governor—you know that I Oh—oh—oh—
how dreadful !" and he rocked himself on
his knees to and fro, almost bursting with
agony.
These were some of the heart-harrowing
incoherencies which I can now remember
over all the dreadful scenes that followed.
I raised him from the floor and placed him
on a chair, and then said :
" Alas, Judge C—, appeals to me are too
late. Your confederate has told all, and the
Grand Jury has taken in his testimony l"
His eyeballs glared at me like those of a
maniac. Then, as if wrung by some won
derful impulse, be became calm. Indeed,
that calmness was more dreadful to behold,
than had been his excitement, imprecations
and agonizing entreaty.
" Well, if it must he so, it must. But let
me see the foreman only for a moment ;
bring him up—go for him—leave this room
—go—do go—go I"
His excitement was returning; and with
out reflecting, as I should have done, I turned
and left the room, amid the curious looks of
the crowd which had now gathered—for, in
those Western settlements, was no moment
about Grand Jury matters, and half the vil
lage already knew the story—l bad just
crossed the Court room, I repeat, when I
heard a dreadful groan and a simultaneous
pistol report.
It was succeded by an instant of the moat
terrible silence, and then the crowd burst
into the room.
Judge C— lay upon the - floor, with his
blood and brains shockingly scattered about
the little chamber. When I returned, I
found that he had drawn his pistol, and to
his other crimes had added -- that of self-mur
der. He was a ghastly sight to see, nor
shall I ever forget the memories of that
dreadful day, when I was compelled to be
hold the living agony and dying woes of a
culprit Judge, in sight of that bench and
bar, whereat he had so often presided in con
victing and sentencing villains loss guilty
than he had been all the while.
)jitt.trtsiing .
"It was a sad funeral to me," said the
Speaker, " the saddest I have attended for
many years."
" That of Edmonson ?"
"Yes."
"How did he die?"
"Poor—poor as poverty—his life was one
long struggle with the world, and at every
disadvantage. Fortune mocked him all the
while with golden promises that were destin
ed never to know fulfilment."
"Yet he was patient and enduring," re
marked one of the company.
" Patient as a Christain—enduring as a
martyr," was answered. " Poor man 1 lie
was worthy of a better fate. He ought to
have succeeded, for he deserved success."
" Did he not succeed ?" questioned the one
who had spoken of his perseverance and en
durance.
" No, sir. He died poor, as I have just
said. Nothing he ever put his hand to ever
succeeded. A strange fatality seemed to at
tend every enterprise."
" I was with him in his last moments,"
said the other, " and I thought he died
rich."
"No, he has left nothing behind," was re
plied. " The heirs will have no concern as
to the administration of his estate."
" He left his good name," said one, " and
that is something."
" And a legacy of noble deeds that were
done in the name of humanity," remarked an
other.
" And precious examples," remarked an
other.
" Lessons of patience in suffering ; of hope
in adversity ; of heavenly confidence when
no sunbeams fell upon the bewildering path,"
was the testimony of another.
" And high trust, manly courage, heroic
fortitude."
" Then he died rich !" was the emphatic
declaration. "Richer than the millionaire
who went to his long home the same day, a
miserable - pauper in all but gold. A sad
funeral, did you say ? No, my friend, it
was rather a triumphant procession ! Not
the burial of a human clod, but the cermoni
als attendant on the translation of an angel.
Did not succeed ! Why his whole life
was a series• of successes. In every conflict
he came off the victor, and now the victor's
crown is on his brow. Any grasping, soul
less, selfish man with a share of brains may
gather in money, and learn to keep it, but not
one in a hundred can bravely conquer in the
battle of life as Edmonson has conquered,
and step forth from the ranks of men, a
Chirstain hero. No, no ;he did not die poor,
but rich—rich in neighborly love, and rich
in celestial affections. And his heirs have
an interest in the administration of his es
tate. A large property has been left, and lot
them see to it that they do not lose precious
things through false estimates and ignorant
depreciations."
" You have a new way of estimating the
wealth of a man," said one who had at first
expressed sympathy for the deceased."
" Is it not the right way?" we answered.
" There are higher things to gain in this
world than wealth that perishes. Riches of
priceless value, over-reward the true mer
chant 'who trades for wisdom, buying it with
the silver of truth and the gold of love. He
dies rich, who can take his treasure with him
to the new land where he is to abide forever,
and be who has to leave all behind on which
he has placed affection, dies poor indeed.-- 1 -
Our friend Edmonsan died richer than a Gi
rard or an Astor; his monument is built of
good deeds and noble examples. It will
abide forever.—T. S. Arthur.
The Rev. Dr. Bellows, of New York, in an
excellent address on "Mirth,'
. remarked:
"For my part, I say it in all solemnity,
I have become sincerely suspicious of the pi
ety of those who do not love pleasures in any
form. I cannot trust the man who never
laughs; who is always sedate; who has no
apparent outlets for natural springs of sport
iveness and gayety that are perennial to the
human soul. I know that nature takes re
venge on such violence. I expect to find secret
vices, malignant sins, or horrid crimes spring
ing up in this hot bed of confined air and im
prisoned space; and therefore it gives a sin
cere moral gratification, anywhere and in
any community, to see innocent pleasures and
popular amusements resisting the religious
bigotry that frowns so unwisely upon them.
Anything is better than that dark, dead, un
happy social life ; a prey to ennui and mor
bid. excitement, which result from unmitiga
ted puritanism, whose second crop is unusu
ally unbridled license or infamous folly."
REMEDY.-A boy was bitten by
a rattle-snake in the Glades, on the B. 8:; O.
last week, and as a remedy a poultice
of mashed onions was applied to the wound.
It proved effectual in extracting the poison,
and the boy was at work again in a few
hours.
We have heretofore spoke of the merits of
onion juice in extracting the poison from
the stings of insects, & - c., but did not suppose
it wouid prove efficacious in so serious a
matter as a rattle-snake bite.—Zanevillc Cour
ier.
Editor and Proprietor.
Died Poor.
Innocent Pleasures
Willis, the New York gambler, charged with
murder, has published a card in the Herald,
in which, after complaining of unfair treat
ment by the press, he says:
"I am told that the great reason (?) Which
some people give for believing this. absurd
charge against me to be well founded; is that
I am a gambler.. It seems that even in this
advanced age there are still a few persons
whose capacity and taste incline them rather
to listen to bugaboo stories than to investigate
the truth and then think for themselves.—
Why, Mr. Editor ; if you reflect but for a min
ute, you will see that a gambler is about the
last man in the world to kill a man for money,
or for any other reason. Gamblers, like stock
brokers and Wall-street speculators generally ;
whose pursuits are identical in principle,
from the very nature of those pursuits, hold
their passions and temper in greater check
than any other class of men. They are qui
eter, and habitually - put up 'with more insults
than any other men, not because they have
less pluck, but because they see no use in
having a row, and they know excitement
from any cause invariably gives their oppo.
nent an advantage over them in play. To
show temper at the loss of money would make
a. gambler's friends lose confidence in him,
and be less willing to "stake" him when
I "broke." I simply wish to show that gate.-
biers are necessarily the coolest men in the
community. There are men here in New
York whose wives cannot tell by their hus
band's appearance, conversation, or temper
at the breakfast table, whether they won or
lost $20,000 the night before, and it is the aim
of every sporting man to attain that mastery
over himself. Yes, indeed, gamblers are the
least likely men in the world even to lose
their temper about money, much less commit
a murder for it. Every man of the world
knows that there is no difficulty in getting
every cent of money a gambler has in the
world if you can only win it of him. But
there's the rub. Cards are very uncertain
things.
I will not attempt in this connection to de
fend gambling, but I will hazard the asser
tion that outside of their profession, amore hon
est and honorable set of men cannot be found
than gamblers. Nor do I refer solely to their
transactions with each other, but with land
lords, tailors, shoe-makers, hotel-keepers--
in short, with all classes of the community
with -whom they have pecuniary , transactions.
Professionally, they manage of course, like
other business men, to have a slight advantage
over outsiders, but while, when dealing with
brokers, speculators, politicians, and all
classes of traders, you never know how much
you are cheated, the gambler allows every
man to see and reckon for himself the precise
per tentage against him in a game of chance.
In games of skill, the only advantage which
a gambler has over an occasional player is
that arising from a superiorknowledge of the
game.
" No man of the world would ever think a
gambler more likely to commit such a crime
as that with which I am charged, than any
other man. Like lawyers and doctors, gam
blers are necessary evils—quite as necessary
but not quite as evil. Like nine-tenths of
the tradesmen, rich idlers and other non-pro
ducers, we are, certainly, in a
. philosophical
point of view, drones upon society. I have
not a doubt that . the services of nineteen
twentieths of the lawyers, gamblers, mer
chants, and shopkeepers, of the world, could
be profitably dispensed with in their present
capacities, and that they would advance the
interests of humanity much more by tilling
the soil.
To conclude: this serious charge against
me has neither occasion nor circumstance to
justify and sustain it. It is based solely on
the word of a servant 'whom I charged with
and caused to be arrested for larceny, and
who, therefore, not only had cause and mo
tive for malice towards me, but who had, in
the presence of Judge 'Welsh, threatened rne
with vengeance for having her arrested.—
Not a thing or a circumstance has been dis
covered to corroborate her statement.
NO. 20.
It is claimed by many that this curious
production belongs to the vegetable kingdom.
Whether this is true or not, we hardly know
where to place it. Like the mushroom, it
belongs to the lowest order of organization,
and may, we think, be regarded as a kind of
fungus. It possesses the power of reproduc
tion to a limited extent, governed in some de
gree by the temperature, but always requir
ing a degree of heat above 65.
The vinegar plant is somewhat soft and
flexible, with a firm springy consistence re
sembling the substance known to accumulate
in a vessel containing good vinegar, as
" mother," but of a more compact and regu
larly defined formation. When separated
from its parent, this plant is about six inches
in diameter, and half an inch thick. This
is usually placed in an open earthen jar of
two or three gallons' capacity, with about a
gallon and a half of water sweetened with
about one pint of pure molasses. It is im
ported that the molasses be good and un
changed by age. After standing four or five
weeks in warm weather this liquid will be
come vinegar of an excellent quality—not
only possessing all the body, but all the acid
pungency belonging to the best quality of
cider vinegar. The plant, in this position,
gradually expands horizontally to the full
dimensions of the jar which contains it, while
it increases in thickness by a succession of
layers of similar dimensions. These layers
are about half an inch in thickness, and are
united to the parent plant by tender fila
ments, which admit of easy separation, by
simply passing the hand between them.
To what extent this plant would expand
if placed in a larger vessel, we have never
seen determined ; but by a multiplication of
the plants placed in more capacious vessels,
vinegar of the best quality can, no doubt, be
made in large quantities. The old plants,
after being used a few months, should be
thrown out, and new ones substituted.
We are now daily partaking of vinegar
made as above described, and we have never
tasted better. To suit some tastes, it requires
to be weakened by adding water when used,
and it is, no doubt, more healthy than when
used in full strength.— Valley Farmer.
Our readers have all heard the saying
that "nine tailors make a man." Possibly
however, some of them would like to know
the origin of the saying. Here it is :—ln
1482, an orphan beggar boy applied for alms
at a tailor's shop in London, in which nino
journeymen were employed. His forlorn but
intellectual appearance touched the hearts of
the benevolent tailors, who gave him a shil
ling each. With this capital the young hero
purchased fruit, which he retailed at a
profit. From this beginning, by industry
and perseverance, he rose to distinction and
usefulness. When his carriage was built, he
caused to be painted on the pannel:—" Nine
tailors made me a man."
Gamblers, Brokers, and. Murderers.
ROBERT L. WILLIS
The Vinegar Plant