lb* v,h i .<• ..f nature’s m»l.lcm< n a rugged,
lionest. Id* r.il man, with many virtues ami
f.w vi I bis was rem.irkable, considering
t ,e mmi iiic life ho led for more than fifty
yours.
An « ■ad !'• of his generosity came under
the v i i'.cr’-. notice about ten years ago. There
Vi, a w »rlhv woman, the wile of a mechanic,
v. ho Io t her husband and her only chrhl
v ilhin um* week. She- was desolate ami in
the mo.i u.ligent cin umstanros. She made
an app i. to -ome ol the oilicor.s of the rail
v iy <ompany for aid. Several of them wt re
Btamlmg in the freight depot, ( batting with
John J • > ii-rnn, when the woman made her
applh a: i'n for alms. Th* officials heard her
tale and. <-m- after the other, said “’J hat is
toohsd. nd lam really sorry for you.” Rut
theyga.r her nothin”. - I low much are you
B .iry '” s'-ked the great showman, pulling a
valiet of money out of h.s pocket; “I am
B»ny just twenty dollars worth,” saying
vhirli tic avo the poor woman a bill of that
detmmm . . n. This was a rebuke to the
(dheis. wh » at once put their hands in their
p-.MikHs > I ,uive various sums to the worthy
oblot t ot charily.
