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 ight 1906 
 ight 1915 
 
28 PARAGON SHORTHAND. 
 
 1 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 8th to hand and (1) noted. We are 
 glad to be able to quote you (2) a lower price on fresh 
 ham. Please refer to our (3) last price list and make the 
 change; reduce the figures (4) 10 per cent. 
 
 We think you will be very well satisfied (5) with our 
 new soap which we will soon place on (6) the market. If 
 you desire us to ship you a (7) quantity of it, we will do 
 so. Please let us (8) hear from you by return mail, and 
 oblige. 
 
 Tours respectfully, (9) 90 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are in receipt of your favor of (1) the 7th inst., 
 and note same carefully. 
 
 Referring to your (2) inquiry concerning the last ship- 
 ment we made you, we will (3) state that, owing to our 
 having recently made severar changes (4) in our clerical 
 force, we did not get the goods (5) off as fast as is our 
 usual custom. 
 
 In the (6) future, however, all orders will be attended 
 to promptly. 
 
 We (7) beg to quote you prime butter at twenty cents 
 per (S) pound, in carload lots. 
 
 Awaiting tlie pleasure of your (9) further orders, we 
 are. 
 
 Yours truly, 96 words. 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 Your letter of the 6th to hand and contents (1) noted. 
 
 Replying to same we beg to state that we (2) are so 
 loaded up with orders that we cannot at (3) present under- 
 take to supply any further quantity of Olive Soap. (4). 
 
 However, as soon as we are in a position to (5) accept 
 further orders, we will inform you to that effect. (6). 
 
 Trusting this will not inconvenience you, we are, 
 
 Very truly (7) yours, 71 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Referring to your recent favor of the 7th, (1) con- 
 cerning an order we sent you, we beg to state (2) that if 
 you are unable to fill same at once, (3) we will be com- 
 pelled to cancel it, as we are (4) in need of the goods for 
 immediate use. 
 
 Please reply (5) to this letter at your earliest con- 
 venience, and oblige. 
 
 Yours (fi) truly, 61 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 If you will be In the city next (1) week, will you 
 please call at our oflfice, as we (2) are anxious to .see y(»u 
 concerning the last sliipment of (3) sugar you made us. 
 There is a deficiency in weight, (4) averaging twenty 
 pounds to the barrel. 
 
 Awaiting your reply, we (5) are. 
 
 Yours truly. 53 words. 
 
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 Dear Sirs: 
 
 I am in receipt of (1) your letter of the 2nd inst. *I 
 will be in (2) your city in a few days and will be pleased 
 to call on (3) you. There seems to be some mistake in 
 the matter (4) of a loss in weight of twenty pounds per 
 barrel. (5). I cannot account for the loss in any way. 
 However, (6) I trust the matter can be adjusted when I 
 am (7) in New Orleans. 
 
 Yours truly, 75 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 If you are in need of a further (1) quantity of corn, 
 we will be able to fill your (2) requirements at a reduced 
 figure. 
 
 We also can quote you (3) a lower price on oats. 
 
 We are able to obtain (4) a reduced freight rate to 
 your city. 
 
 Please let us (5) hear from you, and oblige. 
 
 Yours truly, 57 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 9th inst. to hand and (1) contents 
 noted. 
 
 We will shiD you the goods ordered therein (2) in the 
 course of a few days. 
 
 We will shortly (3) place on the market a new brand 
 of Yeast Powder, (4) and will be glad to make you a ship- 
 ment. 
 
 Tours (5) truly, 51 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your favor of the 7th to hand (1) and noted. We 
 will attend to the matters referred to therein, (2) and 
 write you in a day or two. 
 
 Yours truly, (3) 30 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are in receipt of your favor of (1) the 25th inst., 
 and note contents. Please return to us (2) the damaged 
 pickles, together with bill for amount of freight (3) paid 
 on sanie. We will replace with merchantable goods at 
 
 (4) once. Are sorry to have caused you so much trouble, 
 
 (5) but supposed they were in good condition when shipped, 
 as (6) this is the first complaint we have had of this (7) 
 shipment of pickles. 
 
 Thanking you for your past favors, we (8) are 
 
 Yours truly, 83 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are in receipt of B. L. for (1) 50 bales cotton 
 shipped by you a few days ago. (2). Upon their receipt, 
 we will endeavor to sell same at (3) the highest market 
 price. 
 
 Awaiting your further shipments, we are (4) 
 
 Yours truly, 42 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your valued favor of the 6th to hand. (1) We would 
 like very much to ship you goods, but (2) under the cir- 
 cumstances must decline to do so, as we (3) cannot afford 
 to advance money to purchase cash goods. 
 
 The (4) money market here is very tight, and we are 
 unable (5) to get the accommodation from our (6) banks 
 sufficient for our requirements. 
 
 In future, all cash goods must be paid for (7) as soon 
 as shipped, as we cannot give time on (S) tbem, the margin 
 being so small. Very truly yours, 89 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Enclosed please find invoice and B. L. for (1) seven 
 barrels molasses shipped you this day. 
 
 We have billed (2) this shipment at 30c. per gallon, 
 and trust this (3) price will be satisfactory. 
 
 Awaiting your further favors, we are (4) 
 
 Yours truly, 42 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 8th to hand and (1) noted. We take 
 pleasure in quoting you a lower price (2) on domestics, 
 which will go into effect after the first (3) of next month. 
 
 We trust you will favor us with (4) a large order. 
 
 Yours truly, 45 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 30th ult. has been (1) received and 
 now has our attention. We delayed replying to (2) same 
 as we were waiting on the railroad people (3) to give us 
 a rate to your town. 
 
 We will (4) be glad to fill your orders for Family Soap 
 at (5) four cents per pound F. O. B. cars in lots (6) of 
 50 to 100 boxes. 
 
 Awaiting your valued favors, we (7) are. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 73 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Replying to your esteemed favor of the 5th (1) inst., 
 we beg to state that Mr. Brown was in (2) our employ last 
 winter as shipping clerk, that he discharged (3) his duties 
 to our entire satisfaction, and that he would (4) still be 
 with us, were it not that the dull (5) season compelled us 
 to reduce our clerical force. We consider (6) him a reliable, 
 upright young man. Yours truly, 68 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have your letter of the 17th inst. (1) Your quota- 
 tions on Butter and Cheese seem to be somewhat (2) higher 
 than our market can afford. 
 
 We have a dull (3) market at present, but could place 
 several small orders if (4) you could shade your figures a 
 little. 
 
 Please let us (5) know by return mail whether or not 
 you can accommodate (6) us, and oblige. 
 
 Yours truly, 65 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your valued favor of the 5th to hand, (1) and we have 
 booked your order for fifty bales Sheetings (2) and ten 
 bales Shirtings. 
 
 At present we have a very (3) heavy demgind for 
 Sheetings, and the shipment of these goods (4) may be 
 delayed a little on this account. 
 
 We note (5) your request for a longer dating on 
 Shirtings. 
 
 We cannot (6) extend the time beyond sixty days. 
 We trust you will (7) see your way clear to placing quite 
 a round order (8) on the terms already quoted. 
 
 Awaiting your further favors, (9) we are. 
 
 Yours truly, 94 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have your esteemed favor of the 18th (1) Inst., and 
 regret to learn that the dullness of trade (2) will render 
 it impossible for you to make a remittance (3) sooner than 
 the latter part of next month. 
 
 It gives (4) us pleasure to be able to accommodate you, 
 and we (5) will extend the time of your payment until the 
 31st (6) proximo. 
 
 Trusting your business will soon pick up again, (7) 
 we are, Yours truly, 74 words. 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 Yours of the 7th inst. enclosing invoice and B. (1) L. 
 for the goods ordered of you in our previous (2) letter, is 
 now before us. 
 
 Upon receipt of the goods, (3) if they are found satis- 
 factory and in good condition, we (4) will make you prompt 
 remittance. Yours truly, 47 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are In receipt of your favor of (1) the 30th ult., 
 complaining of the delay in shipment of (2) your goods. 
 This was cau.^sed by a temporary suspension of (3) work 
 at the mills, due to labor troubles. However, (4) we are 
 informed that matters have been adjusted and that (5) 
 your goods went forward yesterday via the Cromwell Line 
 of (6) Steamers. 
 
 Regretting the inconvenience caused you, we are. 
 
 Very truly (7) yours, 71 words. 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 We have to-day mailed you one of our illustrated (1) 
 Catalogues, and beg leave to call your attention to the (2) 
 important 'improvements that have recently been added to 
 our presses. (3) We can now get a much better ex- 
 traction with less (4) power. We are satisfied that a fair 
 trial will bring (5) out the merits of our apparatus, and 
 are willing to (6) ship you one subject to approval after 
 one month's use. (7) 
 
 Awaiting your favorable reply, we are. 
 
 Very truly yours, 79 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 There being no doubt in our minds, after (1) a trial 
 of your motor, tliat it is far superior (2) to any other on 
 the market, we now take pleasure (3) in placing with you 
 an order for fifty more of (4) two horse-power each. 
 These are to be used in (5) working the small machinery 
 In our shops. Please ship by (6) cheapest freight, and 
 draw on us at thirty days. 
 
 Yours (7) truly, 71 words. 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 The neckwear which you shipped us does not (1) come 
 up to the samples shown us by your drummer. (2) Prob- 
 ably there has been some mistake in filling the order. (3) 
 At any rate we cannot accept the goods, and hold (4) them 
 subject to your disposal. 
 
 Please let us hear from (5) you at once and oblige. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 57 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are in receipt of your letter of (1) the 19th inst., 
 countermanding balance of order for Toltet Soaps, (2) on 
 the ground that the shipment already made you has (3) 
 proven unsatisfactory. We regret this very much, and 
 are quite (4) surprised, as we took considerable pains to 
 ship you none (5) but first-class goods. We trust that 
 you will send (6) us a sample of the goods received by 
 you, in (7) order that we may see whether same is in 
 like (8) condition as when it left here. Perhaps the soap 
 was (9) damaged on the way. 
 
 Hoping to be favored with your (100) continued patron- 
 age, we are 
 
 Yours truly, 106 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your complaint of the quality of the goods (1) shipped 
 you last week, quite surprises us, as we took (2) particular 
 pains to send you nothing but the best quality (3) of 
 brushes in stock. Perhaps they became damaged while 
 in (4) transit. If that be the case, you will have to (5) 
 make reclamation against the Railroad Co. We trust that 
 (6) the shipment of Brooms sent you yesterday will prove 
 O. (7) K. 
 
 Yours truly, 73 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 19th inst., enclosing order (1) for 
 Sundry Groceries, came duly to hand. As we did (2) not 
 have in stock the brand of Yeast Powder ordered (3) by 
 you, we toolc the liberty of sending you an (4) equally 
 good quality of this article, which we trust will (5) be 
 satisfactory to you. Our quotations on Canned Goods 
 remain (6) the same. There will be a material advance 
 in the (7) price of Lard very soon, and we dsem it ad- 
 visable (8) for you to lay in your stock now. Coffee and 
 (9) Sugar are firm in price. Molasses is at a standstill. 
 (100) How are you situated in regard to Soap? We can 
 (110) substitute for the XX brand, a better grade of goods. 
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 Yours truly, 122 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We beg to inform you tliat owing to (1) the dullness 
 In the Oil market, we will be compelled (2) to suspend 
 operations for the present. We trust, however, that (3) 
 it will only be for a short time. When we (4) again start 
 up. we expect to continue our business relations (5) 
 with you. 
 
 Yours truly, 54 words. 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 T am in receipt of your circular price list (1) quoting 
 inside figures at which I may sell all goods. (2) Our 
 competitors are trying to underbid us, but if they (3) go 
 under the figures which I now have from you (4) they will 
 certainly lose money. At best, the business will (5) be 
 unprofitable. Until to-day I was unacquainted with the 
 fact (6) that they had issued a special circular to their 
 customers, (7) and to many of ours, lowering their figures. 
 Whenever an (8) opportunity offers, I take great pains to 
 explain the superior (9) quality of our goods. 
 
 Yours truly, 96 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 It is quite unusual for us to give (1) further time than 
 that stipulated on our invoice: but as (2) your case is an 
 exceptional one we are glad to (3) be able to grant your 
 request. We trust, however, that (4) you will be able to 
 meet payment promptly when due. (5) 
 
 Yours truly, 52 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 It may not prove uninteresting to you to (1) learn that 
 your improved grinder is giving more than expected (2) 
 results. With a less horse-power we obtain a greater (3) 
 amount of work than by the old process. Besides, the 
 (4) goods are more uniform. Considering these facts', the 
 popularity of (5) this grinder ought to be an assured thing. 
 We enclose check, (6) for which please send receipt. 
 
 Yours truly, 68 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Referring to your letter of the 11th Inst., (1) we beg 
 to call your attention to the fact that (2) you are in error 
 in saying that we mentioned to (3) your agent, when he 
 called on us, that we would (4) be willing to have you 
 substitute the Eagle brand for (5) the Lion, if you were 
 out of the latter. That (6) was not our intention, and he 
 misunderstood us. We did (7) state, however, that as we 
 were not in any immediate (8) hurry for the goods, we 
 could wait on you a (9) week or two, if you did not have 
 the same (100) in stock. 
 
 Yours truly, 104 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We are to-day in receipt of a letter (1) from the factory 
 concerning the consignment of chairs which they (2) made 
 us, and from which consignment we filled your order. (3) 
 They have examined into your complaint about the quality 
 of (4) the work, and submit that they can find no cause 
 (5) for any fault-finding. They seem to be somewhat 
 Irritated, (6) and state that the price is so low that there 
 (7) is very little profit in it for them. We think (8) that 
 you had better correspond with them direct. 
 
 Very truly (9) yours, 91 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We beg to remind you that your note (1) made pay- 
 able to us matures on the 1st proximo. Please (2) pay 
 same when due, and -oblige, 
 
 Yours truly, 28 words. 
 
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 Yours of even date received. We note that you (1) 
 say that there Js an error in the Invoice we sent you (2) 
 yesterday. We will have our bookkeeper look into the 
 matter, (3) and report to you to-morrow. 
 
 Yours truly, 37 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Will you please appoint an hour when I (1) may see 
 you at your office to-morrow? I desire to (2) consult you 
 concerning' a plan which I have in view, (2) whereby we 
 may be able to maintain the present favorable (4) figures 
 on cane, at least for some weeks longer. There (5) is a 
 prospect, owing to the large crop, of the (6) price being 
 reduced. Awaiting your reply by bearer, I am (7) 
 
 Yours truly, 72 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 In the course of a week or two, (1) we expect to ship 
 a large quantity of soap over (2) your road, to the towns 
 named in the enclosed list. (3) Will you please quote 
 us a special rate, if possible? (4) Also please quote us 
 a rate in car load lots, (5) on Fertilizer to the same points. 
 
 Awaiting your reply, we (6) are 
 
 Yours truly, • 63 words. 
 
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 Dear Sirs: 
 
 We enclose you herewith invoice and B. L. (1) for 47 
 bales of twine shipped you to-day via the (2) Morgan Rail- 
 road. We trust that this twine will give you (3) the same 
 satisfaction as that previously shipped to you. We (4) 
 have billed this, as you will see, at one cent (5) per lb. 
 less than the price quoted you last week. (6) The market 
 has fallen, and we have given you the (7) benefit of the 
 lower price. 
 
 Hoping to receive your further (8) valued favors, we 
 are 
 
 Yours truly, 86 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have your letter of the 31st ult, (1> requesting us 
 to forward to you 10 boxes of P. (2) M. Soap, which we 
 will do to-day, via the Morgan (3) Route. We have billed 
 this soap to you at $1.40 (4) per box F. O. B. cars here. 
 We trust this (5) soap will give you satisfaction, and will 
 be pleased to (6) receive your further orders. 
 
 Hoping to hear from you quite (7) soon again, we are 
 Very truly yours, 77 words. 
 
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 Dear Sirs: 
 
 We are in receipt of your letter of (1) the 30th ult., 
 in which you make complaint of the (2) delay in ship- 
 ment of 50 bales of B. X. Sheetings. We (3) beg to 
 apologize to you for this delay, due to (4> the fact that 
 the shaft broke. This breakage, however, has (5) been 
 repaired, and in the course of the next day or two we 
 will get your goods out. 
 
 Trusting this (7) explanation will be satisfactory, we 
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 Yours respectfully, 76 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Enclosed please find invoice and B. L. for (1) 250 
 boxes Olive Soap shipped you this day, via the (2) Morgan 
 Route. We trust you will receive this in good (3) con- 
 dition. We have billed this shipment to you at the (4) 
 same figures at which we sold you formerly. Do you (5) 
 think that you can place on your market our XL (6) brand, 
 samples of which we show^ed you when you were (7) here? 
 
 Please let us know at once, and oblige 
 
 Yours (8) very truly, 82 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have this day sent you by express, (1) a box of 
 samples of the several articles of which (2) we wrote you 
 yesterday. We trust that you will try (3) to push the 
 sales as rapidly as possible, as we (4) have quite a large 
 stock in our warehouse. We (5) would especially like to 
 have you dispose of the thousand (6) boxes of soap, even 
 if in order to do so (7) you would have to shade the figures 
 a little. 
 
 Hoping (8) that you will give this your prompt atten- 
 tion, we are, (9) 
 
 Yours truly, 92 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your letter of the 1st making inquiries about (1) the 
 Fertilizer just to hand. We mailed you to-day one (2) 
 of our new Catalogues, and invite your careful attention 
 to (3) the Grade of Cotton Fertilizers which we are now 
 putting (4) up. We would be glad to receive your orders 
 for round (5) lots of this Fertilizer, at $25.00 per ton, less 
 10 per cent. (6) for 10 days cash. 
 
 Hoping to hear from you (7) at an early date, we 
 remain. 
 
 Yours respectfully, 78 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 I am very sorry to be compelled to (1) complain that 
 the bill of goods received from you is (2) not equal to 
 sample. I have never before had an (3) occasion to com- 
 plain, and I am disposed to think that (4) there is some 
 mistake, which you will no doubt readily (5) correct. 
 The goods which you sent are really no use (6) to me. 
 However, I will endeavor to sell them at (7) any price. 
 Your immediate attention to this matter, will oblige (S) 
 Yours truly, 82 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 I duly received yours of the 10th inst., (1) and am 
 extremely sorry that the goods sent you were (2) Inferior 
 by a mistake on the part of my warehouseman. (3) The 
 parcels sent you were selected from a lot of (4) goods in- 
 tended to be sold at a considerable sacrifice in (5) price, 
 and which I know would not suit your sales. (6) 
 
 Yours truly, 62 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Will you please ship us by cheapest freight, (1) 5 bales 
 Al twine, same as previously sent us? To (2) the best 
 of our recollection we paid you much less (3) than the 
 figures quoted us in your letter just at (4) hand. 
 
 Please draw on us with B. L. attached. 
 
 Yours (5) truly, 51 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We beg to inform you that after due (1) consideration, 
 we have decided to abandon the project to open (2) a branch 
 office in your town. We, therefore, regret that (3) we will 
 be unable to avail ourselves of your services. (4) 
 
 Yours respectfully, 42 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have come to the conclusion that we (1) will be 
 no longer justified in paying you $2,000.00 (2) rent per 
 annum. We, therefore, notify you, that unless (3) you 
 lower the rent, we will be compelled to look (4) for new 
 quarters for the coming season. 
 
 Please give us (5) a prompt reply and state whether 
 or not you are (6) willing to take $1,500.00 per annum. 
 
 Yours truly, 69 words. 
 
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 We are in receipt of your favor of (1) the 6th inst., 
 enclosing invoice and B. L. for 10 (2) barrels oil shipped 
 us. We find a discrepancy in weight, (3) and herewith 
 return your account of weights for correction. (4) 
 
 Please attend to this matter at once, and oblige. 
 
 Yours (5) truly, 51 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 I to-day have your communication of the 5th (1) inst., 
 containing papers in the Hartman matter, all of which 
 
 (2) I have read with close attention. I would not advise 
 
 (3) you to enter .suit against Hartman, as I fear he (4) 
 has the best of- the case. However, I will call (5) on his 
 attorney to-day and see if I cannot (6) make some kind 
 of a compromise. Should I succeed to-day (7) will wire 
 you fully. 
 
 Yours truly, 76 words. 
 
 51 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Yours of the 14th inst. to hand, and (1) we note con- 
 tents. In reference to the list of towns (2) to which you 
 propose traveling, being already represented in almost (3) 
 all of them, we don't think it would be good (4) policy 
 on our part, nor would it pay you, to (5) solicit in the 
 other very small towns where we are (6) not represented; 
 in fact, we think you would come in (7) conflict with many 
 of our other brokers even in tliose (8) towns that are still 
 open, as we have no doubt (9) that they go to these places. 
 However, we will keep (100) your name on our list, and' 
 should we make changes, (110) will let you know. 
 
 Very respectfully, 116 words. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have not had the pleasure of handling (1) a single 
 bale of cotton from you this season, and, (2) as we are in 
 the cotton business, and are not (3) in the habit of extend- 
 ing open credits for bagging and (4) ties for an indefinite 
 period without receiving cotton against same. (5) we would 
 thank you to favor us with a cash (6) remittance in pay- 
 ment of the amount due, as per enclosed (7) statement. 
 It is unsatisfactory to us to extend further credit (8) on 
 the amount. 
 
 Respectfully, 84 woi-ds. 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 In your letter of the 16th inst. you (1) gave us an 
 order for I. G. Cone, Gary's Lane, (2) S. C. When the 
 barrel of molasses reached the freight (3) depot, we were 
 informed by the railroad people that there is (4) no such 
 place as Gary's Lane on the road, but (5) that Gary's is 
 the railroad station for that place; therefore, (6) we have 
 shipped the barrel to I. G. Cone, Gary's, (7) S. C, pre- 
 paying freight on same. Please notify Mr. Cone (8) of 
 the above, and oblige. 
 
 Yours truly, (87) 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 As the season is now far advanced, we (1) would like 
 to be definitely informed how much more cotton (2) you 
 have to ship, as your account has still a (3) large indebted- 
 ness, and we want to get an idea as (4) to its final out- 
 come. Our Mr. Hald recently called at (5) your planta- 
 tion, and regretted that you were absent. He will (6) be 
 in the neighborhood shortly and will take pleasure in (7) 
 again calling on you. In the meantime we would like (8) 
 to be placed in possession of the information requested 
 above. (9) 
 
 Respectfully, (91) 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 For your information, we beg to hand you (1) here- 
 with a memorandum of the present status of your account, 
 (2) from which you will note that there is a small (3) 
 balance due us, ■which we presume it will be convenient (4) 
 to you to cover by shipments of cotton. We shall (5) be 
 thankful for any cotton you ship, and we will (6) endeavor 
 to dispose of same to the best advantage. 
 
 Yours (7) very truly, (72) 
 
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 Returning yours of the 7th inst., in your (1) File A. 
 E. P. referring to the conversation over the (2) 'phone 
 betwee'n the writer and your Mr. Brook, relative to (3) 
 the diversion of a car-load of bananas by Supt of (4) 
 Transportation Dalton, to Joplin, Mo. 
 
 I wrote you fully on (5) this subject yesterday, and 
 no doubt the letter before me (6) crossed in the mails the 
 one I wrote. 
 
 Yours truly, (70) 
 
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 your account, as requested by you. We expected that (2) 
 on receipt, of same you would either ship us cotton (3) to 
 cover or make a prompt remittance in payment. How- 
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 you (5) now to put us in possession of the amount promptly, 
 (6) as it is unremunerative to us to give you further (7) 
 time without receiving shipments of cotton. 
 Respectfully, (77) 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Please send us certificate of mortgage on property (1) 
 standing in the name of W. C. White, giving, in (2) ad- 
 dition, an accurate description of the property and the 
 incumbrances (3) thereon; also the assessed value of the 
 property. Thanking you (4) in advance for the informa- 
 tion, we remain. 
 
 Yours very truly, (50) 
 
 69 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Yours of the 19th inst. to hand, and (1) we answer 
 by saying, we are aware that there is (2) some Sorghum 
 raised in your section of Georgia, but we (3) thought it 
 best to send you a line of samples, (4) as we have done 
 to all of our brokers, in (5) order that you may have the 
 same on hand when (6) your trade is ready to buy; so let 
 us hear (7) from you when the time comes. 
 Yours truly, (78) 
 
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 Dear Sir: 
 
 Your note maturing on Feb. 4th being unprovided (1) 
 for, as well as your open account, we are this (2) day 
 drawing on you for the latter through the Commercial (3) 
 Bank, and we also forward your note to them for (4) col- 
 lection. Kindly provide for payment of same, and oblige. 
 Yours (5) very truly, (52) 
 
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 Your valued favor of the 28th inst. to (1) hand, and 
 we note your comments upon recent sales made (2) for 
 your account by us. In reply we beg to (3) reiterate our 
 former statements, that in every instance your cotton (4) 
 in our hands has received the best attention and has (5) 
 never been disposed of except at its fullest value. You 
 (6) will note the large difference between the high and 
 low (7) grades of cotton, and you can rest assured that 
 any (8) possible merit that your cotton may have is fully 
 recognized, (9) and it is sold accordingly. While the 
 market has been (100) advancing and active, the spot de- 
 mand has not been in (110) proportion, and considerable 
 difficulty is being experienced in effecting sales (120) at 
 fully satisfactory prices. We are only availing ourselves 
 of (130) days on which the demand is active, and we feel 
 (140) confident that at the expiration of the season you 
 will (150) have no cause to complain of the manner in 
 which (160) we handle your business. If we can be of 
 service (170) at any time, do not hesitate to call on us. 
 (180) 
 
 Yours very truly, (183) 
 
 62 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 We wish to express to the trade our (1) appreciation 
 of the favors we have had from them during (2) the past 
 year, and to solicit their orders for the (3) year just begun. 
 
 We enclose herein our January 1st Price (4) List, and 
 would be pleased to send you our confidential (5) Discount 
 Sheet on application. 
 
 W^e propose at all times to (6) give to our customers 
 as good values at the prices (7) as they can obtain from 
 any manufacturers in our line. (8) 
 
 Hoping we may hear from you, we are 
 Yours truly, (90) 
 
 63 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 The fame which our '< Progress Brand" of pure malt 
 
 (1) food beers in kegs and bottles has acquired at home 
 
 (2) and abroad, and its absolute purity has necessitated 
 a large (3) increase in our capacity, and particularly in 
 the bottling line, (4) in order to meet the constantly grow- 
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 our products during the last (6) few years. 
 
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 proper party who desires to build up for (S) himself a 
 permanent, remunerative business, and as we do not (9) 
 wish to establish any agency, but wish to make direct (100) 
 sales, kindly advise us if you know of any one (110) who 
 has the necessary means and facilities for handling, and 
 (120) is in a position to purchase our keg beer by (130) 
 the carload. If so, we should be glad to hear (140) from 
 you at once with further particulars, and also as (150) to 
 what brands of beer he is now handling. 
 
 We (160) will thank you for an early reply, remaining. 
 Yours very (170) truly, (171) 
 
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 Dear Sirs: 
 
 Do you want a gilt-edge indorser on every (1) credit 
 you extend during the next twelve months? That is (2) 
 just exactly what we can furnish you under our Progressi"^ 
 (3) Policy of Credit Insurance. 
 
 The merchant who avails himself of (4) such security 
 does a safer and larger business and consequently (5) 
 makes more money than is possible otherwise. More than 
 ever (6) it is realized that those merchants who do not 
 carry (7) our Policies are at a decided disadvantage with 
 their competitors (8) who do. It is a significant fc»,ct that 
 during the (9) past year hundreds of the largest and 
 wealthiest merchants in (100) America have taken our Pro- 
 gressive Policy; indeed, the new business (110) of our Com- 
 pany for 1900 shows an increase of more (120) than 122 
 per cent, over the previous year. 
 
 It is greatly (130) to your interest to make a candid 
 Investigation of the (140) merits of Credit Insurance as 
 applied to your own business. (1,50) 
 
 We will cheerfully furnish full particulars upon receipt 
 of your (160) request. 
 
 Yours truly, (163) 
 
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 Dear Madam: 
 
 In compliance with your request we are sending (10) 
 you our catalogue by this mail. We trust it will (20) 
 reach you promptly and that you will examine it carefully, 
 (30) and, as you do so, please feel assured that the (40) 
 illustrations do not flatter our Cabinets; that you will be 
 (50) even more pleased when you see a Hoosier Cabinet 
 at (60) home in your kitchen. 
 
 The only thing we regret is (70) that you cannot spend 
 an hour or so in this offlce. (8) looking over the comments 
 and orders received from the farthest (90) corners of this 
 big. broad land. It is, indeed, (100) a pleasvire to be able 
 to furnish something to lessen kitchen (110) toil. 
 
 "We hope to have a reply from you within (120) a very 
 few days, authorizing us to ship your selection at (130) 
 once. 
 
 Yours truly, (133) 
 
 69 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 We enclose herewith a sample sheet of our Anchor (1) 
 Brand typewriter carbon. Please test it. You will find 
 it (2) superior to anything on the market. Can furnish 
 this in (3) any color desired at $2.00 per 100. 
 
 We know (4) you will be pleased with the carbon. 
 We also beg (5) to quote you on Anchor Brand typewriter 
 ribbons in all (6) colors for all machines at $5.00 per dozen 
 in (7) strictly dozen lots. 
 
 W^e thoroughly guarantee our goods and know (8) if 
 you once start using them you will continue to (9) do so. 
 Hoping you will be pleased with our goods (100) and de- 
 cide to favor us with a portion of your (110) business, we 
 remain. 
 
 Very truly yours, (116) 
 
 67 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 I beg to inform you of the non-arrival of (1) the two 
 packages ordered by me on the 10th Inst., (2) and which 
 by yours of the 15th T notice were (3) forwarded me by 
 the American Express on that day. I (4) must ask your 
 immediate attention to this matter, as the (5) parties for 
 whom they are required are anxiously awaiting their (6) 
 arrival . 
 
 It is indispensable that I should receive them in 
 (7) season for which they are intended. Otherwise, 
 the parties will (8) be annoyingly disappointed 
 
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 and the goods will be left on (9) my hands. Pray institute 
 inquiries about them, and oblige. 
 
 Yours (100) truly, (101) 
 
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 Gentlemen: 
 
 We are to-day in receipt of your telegram (1) asking 
 us to investigate the standing of a certain Jones (2) in our 
 city, with whom you intend to have some (3) business 
 transactions. We have wired you in reply that Jones (4) 
 is an irresponsible character, and bears a poor reputation 
 in (5) our community, and we will not advise you to enter 
 into any kind of business relation with him. Trusting 
 this (7) information is what you desire, we remain. 
 Yours very truly, (80) 
 
 69 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 I regret to be compelled to inform you (1) that it will 
 be impossible for me to attend the (2) meeting of the 
 Board of Directors to be held this (3) evening. There are 
 certain improvements to be made in the (4) machine I am 
 preparing, and they require my personal attention. (5) I 
 trust that my absence will in no way inconvenience (6) 
 you, and assure you that at all subsequent meetings it (7) 
 will afford me pleasure to be present. 
 
 If anything should (8) arise requiring my attention 
 I trust that you will telephone (9) me. In the matter of 
 the issuance of additional stock, (100) I would like to ex- 
 press the opinion that I deem (110) it will be impolitic 
 to bring this up at the (120) present time. I think that it 
 will be far preferable (130) to delay the consideraton of 
 this matter until after the (140) holiday season. You are 
 aware that in January or February (150) the Company will 
 be able to place its stock to (160) better advantage than 
 it possibly can do now. 
 
 With assurances (170) of my highest regard, I am 
 Very truly yours, (179) 
 
 70 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have yours of the 24th inst., stating (10) that 
 the net amount of your credit should be more (20) than 
 $299. When we advised you before, we failed to 
 (30) mention that the bonds had been drawn in July, and 
 (40) as our Mr. Dan Ball' was alone in the office (50) 
 and very busy during the summer, he neglected having 
 
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 these (60) bonds cashed in. When the four bonds were 
 drawn in (70) July they were worth only $43 a piece, mak- 
 ing a (80) total of $172; the 2 bonds drawn at the last (90) 
 drawing, $43.50, making- a total of $87, which, together 
 with (100) $40 in premiums, makes a grand total of $299. 
 We (110) enclose you herewith premium bond list of 
 the July drawing, (120) the last drawing, and also a list 
 of your premium (130) bonds. Hoping that this will be 
 entirely satisfactory, we remain, (140) 
 
 Yours very truly, (143) 
 
 71 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 We are pleased to report that we to-day (10) sold the 
 balance of the low grades we have had (20) displayed on 
 our tables for some time at S^^c. round. (30) This is 
 even better than we at one time thought (40) we could 
 obtain for this lot of cotton. Since you (50) were here 
 we sold 35 bales of the better grades (60) at 5%c., so that 
 the 97 bales were still lower (70) in grade, and we think 
 the sale is a very (80) good one on the present market. 
 
 The market closed easier (90) to-night. At one time 
 it was ten points over (100) last night's prices. bpots, 
 however, closed firm, at 5 ll-16c. for (110) Middling. 
 Yours truly, (113) 
 
 72 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 Replying to yours of the 24th and 25th insts., (10) we 
 beg to acknowledge the arrival of the samples of (20) 61 ■ 
 bales Lot "S, '" and we have also received the (30) 33 ad- 
 ditional samples of this lot, maklnpr 94 all told, (40) as 
 stated in your letter. We note your idea of (50) 5%c. on 
 this lot, which we will bear in mind. (60) 
 
 We are also in receipt of the 43 samples of (70) Lot 
 "R," and now have 100 bales of that lot (80) represented 
 on the tables. 
 
 We regret to state that we (90) did not suc- 
 ceed in obtaining any bids on either lot. (100) The 
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 (120) easier, on realizing sales, and Marches closed at .73. 
 You (130) can rest assured that we will report offers 
 as promptly (140) as we receive them. 
 
 Yours truly, (146) 
 
 73 
 
 Gentlemen: 
 
 In accordance with your valued favor of tlie 24th (10) 
 inst., we beg- to hand you herewith the classification of 
 (20) the 50 bales in our hands for your account. There 
 (30) are 10 bales in the lot that are Good Middling; (40) 
 15 bales Strict Middling; 18 bales Fully Middling, and 6 
 (50) bales Middling, making a total of 49 bales. Some of 
 (60) this cotton is more or less high colored. The ojie (70) 
 bale of 1^ inch cotton classes Strict Middling. 
 
 The market, (80) at one time to-day, was ten points 
 above yesterday's close, (90) but this evening, on realizing 
 sales, futures declined considerably, March (100) closing at 
 .73. Spots, however, are quite firm, at 5 ll-16c. (110) for 
 Middling. 
 
 Yours truly, (114) 
 
 74 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Yours of the 18th inst. to hand with (10) order for 
 10 barrels of molasses like No. 14, at 10c. , (20) delivered 
 at Lynchburg, for Chas. J. Bigbow & Bro., and (30) we 
 will brand the barrels "Cuba Molasses," as directed. We 
 (40) also have your order for White, Johnson & Co., for 
 (50) 2 barrels like sample No. 12. Owing to a slight (60' 
 decline in the market on the higher grades, we will (70) 
 charge White, Johnson & Co. only 30c. instead of 31c. 
 (80) per gallon, delivered at Lynchburg. The above will 
 be shipped (90) by next freight in No. 1 condition. We 
 forwarded you (100) a fresh line of samples yesterday, with 
 some cheaper grades (110) among them, and hope you will 
 be able to do (120) some business with same. 
 
 In regard to sugar and rice (130) samples, will say that 
 we deal in molasses and syrups (140) only; but we will hand 
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 the samples asked for. 
 
 It will be (170) fully a week before we can send you 
 samples of (180) molasses ranging around 15c. per Gal. 
 delivered at your place. (190) Nevertheless, we will con- 
 tinue to supply you with samples as (200) the different 
 grades come in from plantations. 
 
 Respectfully (208) 
 
 75 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 Returning letter of Commercial Agent Lynn, of the 
 (10) Queen & Crescent Route, mentioning a shipment of 
 sugar and (20) molasses, supposed to have been delivered 
 to our line on (30) Saturday last by Messrs. Simms Bros. 
 & Co., for forwarding (40) to' Little Rock, Ark., routed 
 via Vicksburg, V. S. & P., (50) Shreveport and the Cotton- 
 Belt, as per your memorandum endorsed thereon: — (60) 
 
 I beg to advise that this shipment was forwarded on 
 (7) New Orleans to Shreveport way-bill B. 13a, May 2Sth, 
 (80) in I. C. Car 2526, and was routed in the (90) manner 
 as given in Mr. Lynn's letter. 
 
 Yours very truly, (100) 
 
 76 
 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 We have yours of the 25th inst., in (10) regard to your 
 insurance policy. This, however, is the first (20) letter 
 we have received from you telling us to cancel (30) your 
 policies. "We have cancelled the one policy which is (40) 
 in our possession, and which we notified you we had (50) 
 just renewed. You have the other three policies in your 
 (60) hands, and, as you know. It is necessary to surrender 
 (70) a policy in order to have it cancelled. We would, 
 (80) therefore, thank you to send us these policies, so that 
 (90) we can give the matter prompt attention. 
 Yours truly, (99) 
 
 77 
 Dear Sir: 
 
 I wish you would, without further delay, remove (10) 
 the burnt cotton from our tracks at Nunn Street. This 
 (20) cotton is delaying our work, and, notwithstanding the 
 repeated requests (30) of our bill clerk to have the cotton 
 removed, it (40) still remains on the tracks. Your prompt 
 attention to this (50) request will be very much appreciated. 
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 United States of America, 
 State of Louisiana, 
 City of New Orleans. 
 
 By this Instrument of Procuration, 
 
 Be It Known, That on this 22d day of May, in the 
 year of our Lord one thousand nine liundred and four, and 
 of the Independence of the United States of America, 
 the 
 
 Before Me, Ben Burns, a Notary Public in and for the 
 
 City and Parish of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, afore- 
 said, duly commissioned and sworn, personally came and 
 appeared: Sam Budd, who declared that he had made and 
 appointed, and does by these presents make, nominate, or- 
 dain, authorize, constitute and appoint, and in his place 
 and stead, depute and puts Adam Bell, to be his true and 
 lawful Attorney in fact, general and special, giving, and 
 by these presents granting unto the said Attorney full 
 power and authority for him and in his name and behalf, 
 and to use, to conduct, manage and transact all and singu- 
 lar his affairs, business and concerns, of whatever nature 
 and kind, without any exception or reservation whatsoever; 
 to open all letters of correspondence addressed to him and 
 to answer the same; to make and endorse promissory notes 
 In the name of said Budd, and draw, endorse and accept 
 bills of exchange; to make checks and draw money out of 
 any Bank or Banks wherein the same may have been de- 
 posited in the name or for account of himself; to deposit 
 drafts, bills of exchange, acceptances and promissory notes 
 or otlier oblig-ations, for collection in any Bank or Banks, 
 and withdraw the same or the amount thereof, at pleasure, 
 bv check or otherwise; to sell and transfer all or any 
 shares of the capital stock of any Bank or Banks, or other 
 corporate body or bodies, owned by him, and receive and 
 receipt for the dividends due or to become due thereon; 
 to pledge and pawn all or any shares of the capital stock 
 of any Bank or Banks, or other corporate body or bodies 
 owned by the said Sam Budd, and to make and give any 
 note or notes, which may be necessary from time to time 
 for the renewal of the same; to attend all or any meetings 
 of creditors wherein the said Sam Budd may be interested, 
 and vote in his name on all questions and cases that may 
 be submitted to such meetings, to attend all or any meet- 
 ings of the stockholders of any Bank or Banks, or other 
 corporate body or bodies wherein the said Sam Budd may 
 be interested and vote in the name of said Sam Budd on all 
 questions and cases that shall or may be submitted at such 
 meeting; to borrow money from any Bank or Banks, or 
 other monied institution or institutions, on the notes or 
 other obligations of the said Sam Budd drawn by him or by 
 the said attorney or those of others which shall or may come 
 into the hands of the said attorney for the use of the said 
 
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 to time, for the renewal of all such or any part or parts 
 thereof; to sell, transfer and convey, or to mortgage and 
 effect all or any part or parts of the real, personal or 
 mixed estate of the said Sam Budd, and to receive the price 
 thereof, also to purchase real, personal or mixed estate in 
 the name of said Budd on such terms and conditions as the 
 said attorney shall think fit, and to lease, let or hire all 
 or any part of the real estate belonging to the said Budd, 
 and receive and receipt for the rent and wages thereof 
 as the same shall fall due, and for the full execution of 
 the purposes aforesaid, to make, sign and execute in the 
 name of the said Budd all acts, whether of sale, mort- 
 gage, lease, release, contract, compromise, covenant, deed, 
 agreement or otherwise, that shall or may be requisite, or 
 necessary, and bind the said Budd thereby as firmly as if 
 the same were or had been his own proper acts and deeds; 
 to sign all bonds or other acts required by the Revenue 
 Department at the Custom-House of this District, or else- 
 where, and do all Custom-House business whatsoever; to 
 receive and attend to all shipments or consignments of Pro- 
 duce, Goods, Wares or Merchandise, that shall or may be 
 made to said Budd either for his own account and risk, or 
 that of others, and to pursue the instructions of the owners, 
 shippers or others interested therein, relative thereto; to 
 receive and acknowledge notices of Protest of all or any 
 Bills, Drafts, or Promissory Notes, to which the said Budd 
 may be a party, and to act for the said Budd and be his 
 substitute in all cases wherein he may be appointed the 
 Agent or attorney of others; and to ask, demand, have, take, 
 and by all lawful w^ays and means to recover and receive 
 of and from all and every person and persons, whomsoever, 
 body or bodies corporate, all and every such sum or sums 
 of money, goods, debts, property and effects whatsoever, 
 as now is, or are. or may hereafter be in his, her or their 
 custody or possession, due. owing, coming or belonging 
 to him, the said Sam Budd. whether by bond, bill, note, 
 book-debt, account, consignment, bequest, or for and by 
 what other reason or means soever; and to that end with 
 whom it may concern, to adjust and settle all accounts, 
 and upon recovery and receipt in the premises, to make 
 and give good and sufRcient discharges and acquittance; 
 to appear before all Courts of law and equity, there 
 to do, prosecute and defend as occasion shall require, or 
 
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 to compromise, compound and a^ree In the premises, by 
 arbitration or otherwise, as the said Attorney shall In his 
 discretion think fit: Also to apply for and obtain all and 
 any attachments, sequestrations, injunctions and appeals, 
 give the requisite security and sign the necessary Bonds. 
 
 And generally to do and perform all and every other 
 act, matter and thing whatsoever, as shall or may be 
 requisite and necessary, touching or concerning the affairs, 
 business and concerns of the said Sam Budd as fully, amply 
 and effectually, and to all Intents and purposes with the 
 same validity, as if all and every such act, matter or thing, 
 were or had been particularly stated, expressed, and 
 especially provided for, or as he, the said Sam Budd, could 
 or might do If personally present: also with full power of 
 substitution and revocation; and the said Sam Budd hereby 
 agrees to ratify and confirm all and whatsoever the said 
 attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue 
 of this act of procuration. 
 
 Thus done and passed, at the City of New Orleans 
 aforesaid, the day and year aforesaid, in the presence of 
 Dave Butz and Hiram Biff, witnesses, of lawful age, who 
 hereunto sign their names as such, with the said con- 
 stituent Budd, and me, the said Notary. 
 
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 FROM REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS OF COXVEXTIOX OF 
 RAILWAY TELEGRAPH St PERINTE.XDEXTS, NEW 
 ORLEANS, 9IAY, 1003, By B. BonquoU (Paragon 
 Writer), Official Stenographer. 
 
 President Jacoby: Ladies and Gentlemen, Members of 
 the Railway Telegraph Superintendents Association and 
 friends: — We are about to open our convention, and in doing 
 so I am pleased to introduce to you the representative of 
 the Mayor of this City (Mayor Paul Capdevielle), Mr. 
 Arthur McGuirk, whom we will be pleased to hear: 
 
 Mr. McGuirk: Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen — • 
 I esteem it a privilege that I have been deputed this morn- 
 ing to extend to you the freedom of the City of New 
 Orleans. In the absence of the Mayor, that distinction has 
 been conferred upon me, and in his name, in the name of 
 the government, and in the name of all our people, I give 
 you the right hand of fellowship. 
 
 Friendship, my friends, is a word the very utterance 
 of which warms the heart. With men of experience and 
 observation, friendship is beneficial, and when I address 
 you as friends, ladies and gentlemen, I hope you will un- 
 derstand that I mean it is our purpose always to make new 
 friends, and we are glad to move not only among our ac- 
 quaintances, but among our new friends here in New Or- 
 leans to-day. It is said by Emerson, "If a man does not 
 make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he 
 "Will soon find himself alone." "A nian, sir," says Dr. 
 Johnson, "should keep his friendship in constant repair." 
 And it is by our invitations to these conventions, which 
 have been so heartily accepted In the past year or two. 
 that we are endeavoring to make not only new friendships^ 
 but to keep those already made in constant repair. 
 
 It is invigorating to me to meet men of action, those 
 who make the ideal real and whose life has a meaning in 
 it. To live is not merely to breathe; "It is to act," says 
 Rousseau, the great French philosopher, and I believe that 
 we all, as men of action and women of action, agree with 
 him. It is said that you will find solitude nowhere in 
 nature. W^e know that that is so. What seems to be 
 inert, inorganic, is, as a matter of fact, full of life. Nature 
 breathes life. Nature is the scene of constant activity; 
 her forces are constantly at work and furnish us with 
 models of activity on every side. If we desire anything, 
 we must work for it. 
 
 You are here to-day as Superintendents of Telegraph. 
 It is a high and honorable position, and a position of great 
 importance in this country. And a man does not arrive 
 at that eminence in life — because it is an eminence — in a 
 day. We say that in this country we have Captains of 
 Industry, men who direct the material affairs of this great 
 nation; and among their lieutenants — and it is necessary 
 that the Captains should have lieutenants — none rank 
 higher, none are more necessary to our material life than 
 Superintendents of Telegraph. I can think of no machine 
 requiring more constant attention — and we like to look 
 upon it as a machine — than the great wedded systems of 
 telegraphy and railroads in this country. It demands un- 
 ceasing conversion of the nervous energy of you men into 
 motion. You remind us of those created beings of 
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 force Into electricity. Tou gentlemen convert energy Into 
 motion for the benefit of mankind, and particularly 
 the mankind that is encompassed within the confines of 
 this great, magnificent country of ours. Speaking of work 
 Logfellow well expresses it, as he so well expresses almost 
 every thought that the human mind is capable of conceiv- 
 ing: "Work is my recreation; the play of faculty a delight 
 like that which the bird feels by flying, or the fish darting 
 through the water. " Great business men are popularly 
 supposed to be unimaginative and unemotional. When 
 they are spoken of as keen, and they are keen, practical 
 men of affairs, we are invited or expected to conjure up 
 square-headed, unimaginative, and unemotional men, if such 
 beings exist on this earth; an automaton as it were, pos- 
 sessing neither emotion'nor imagination. Yet I believe that 
 conception is wrong. A man cannot rise to eminence In 
 any avocation without imagination and emotional fancy, 
 without mental speculation, without ideas, in fact. Take 
 the agency controlled by you: It is the same lightning 
 that Franklin drew with his kite from the skies, and which 
 girdles the earth with the rapidity of thought. Could a 
 man without imagination draw it from the storehouse of 
 Nature? Or could a man without imagination control or 
 use it? To the ordinary observer the surroundings of the 
 ordinary telegraph oflSce are prosaic. To him the 
 mechanism of the ordinary telegraph key Is so much metal 
 connected with metal wires, and the whole office seems an 
 abomination of desolation; but there are forms hidden in 
 that unlovely shell far more wonderful than those evoked 
 by Alladin when he stroked the lamp — and which of us has 
 not traveled with Alladin in the realms of fancy? They 
 are more powerful than those liberated by him spoken of 
 In the Arabian Nights, who liberated the great genii to 
 do his bidding. We call these fairy tales and visions. But 
 the control that science holds over the mighty forces of 
 the universe, is far more wonderful. Let the hand but 
 touch that rubber button, or open that lever in that un- 
 lovely ofl!ice: in instant obedience to the call of the brain, 
 the genii of electricity springs into action, just as obedient 
 as the genii of the lamp was to the command of Alladin. 
 The living letter girdles the world; the letter becomes a 
 thing of life and is sent pulsating to the ends of the earth. 
 In response, ladies and gentlemen, to our Invitation, 
 you have come from every part of this country, and we are 
 most happy indeed to have jou with us. I presume that 
 in this room there are gentlemen who come from the Far 
 West, where the pine tops the lofty hills, where rules the 
 Oregon; and there are gentlemen here from Texas' sandy 
 beach, and from the firs of Maine to the cactus of the 
 Southwestern desert; and we are very glad Indeed to meet 
 you all. We esteem the compliment, ladies and gentlemen, 
 that you come here to be our guests. Emerson says, 
 "The ornament of a house is the friends who frequent 
 it. " There is no greater event in life than the appear- 
 ance of a new face at our hearth. It has been 
 finely said that he Is the greatest man — and It ap- 
 plies to a city, which is nothing but an arti- 
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together the most select company when it pleases him. 
 Tested by this principle. New Orleans is indeed fortunate. 
 This and other most eminent bodies have accepted her hos- 
 pitality and become her quests; and I say to you that you 
 are heartily welcome, and I hope that you will feel that 
 as often as you come back to our doors, that our love will 
 meet you on the threshold and afford to you peace and 
 comfort. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you very much 
 for your attention. (Applause). 
 
 President Jacoby: I am sure, Mr. McGuirk, we are 
 very happy this morning and consider it a great honor to 
 have extended to us such a hearty welcome, by you the 
 representative of his Honor the Mayor of this great Metro- 
 politan City of the South; and on behalf of the Association 
 of Railway Telegraph Superintendents and those \s ho are 
 gathered to meet with us, I desire to thank you very 
 cordially. It is a great pleasure, indeed, for us to be here 
 at this time, and we consider it an occasion of more than 
 ordinary interest, principally because of the fact that for 
 a long time we had planned to make this our meeting place, 
 and at one time had all arrangements completed to meet 
 here; but unfortunately, circumstances over which we had 
 no control, prevented. 
 
 TRUE GREATNESS. 
 
 Grandeur of character lies wholly in force of soul, that 
 Is in force of thought, moral principle, and love; and this 
 may be found in the humblest condition of life. A man 
 brought up to an obscure trade, and hemmed in by the 
 wants of a growing family, may in his narrow sphere per- 
 ceive more clearly, discriminate more clearly, weigh evi- 
 dence more wisely, seize on the right means more de- 
 cisively, and have more presence of mind in difficulty, than 
 another' who has accumulated vast stores of knowledge by 
 laborious study; and he has more of intellectual greatness. 
 It is force of thought which measures Intellectual, and so 
 it Is force of principle which measures moral greatness — 
 that highest of human endowments, that brightest mani- 
 festation of the Divinity. The greatest man is he who 
 chooses the riglit with invincible resolution, who resists 
 the sorest temptations from within and without, who bears 
 the heaviest burdens cheerfully, who is calmest in storms, 
 and most fearless under menace and frowns, whose reliance 
 on truth, on virtue, on God, is most unfaltering. — Channing. 
 
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 State of Louisiana, 
 Parish of Orleans. 
 
 Thomas EskridRe, 
 
 vs. 
 
 East Louisiana R. R. Co. 
 
 In the Circuit Court, 
 
 ss. 
 
 February Term, A. D. 1897. 
 
 No. 22.170, C. L. 
 Before his Honor, Fred. D. King 
 Judge, and a Jury. 
 
 Appearances: 
 
 Col. F. J. Collins, for the Plaintiff. 
 Robert Simrall, for the defendant. 
 
 Friday, February 5, 1897. 
 
 Be It Remembered, That on the trial of this cause, in 
 this term, the plaintiff offered in evidence as follows, that 
 is to say: 
 
 Abe Keys, called on behalf of the plaintiff, being duly 
 sworn, testified as follows: 
 
 Direct Examination by Col. Collins: 
 
 Q. How old are you? A. I don't know exactly how old 
 I am. 
 
 Q. About how old? 
 
 Mr. Simrall: 
 
 We will admit that he is of lawful age. 
 
 Q. Mr. Keys, were you near at the time Mr. Eskridge 
 received his injury? A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Where were you? A. I was right over in the corn- 
 field, right in front of the crossing. 
 
 Q. How far were you from the fence? A. Well, that 
 is about as far as from here to that fence out there to the 
 courthouse. 
 
 Q. And right opposite the crossing? A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you see Mr. Eskridge as he was coming from 
 Covington that morning? A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. How many horses did he have with him? A. He 
 had four. 
 
 Q. How did he have them together? A. He was on 
 his saddle horse driving the other two before, one by his 
 saddle horse. 
 
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 Q. A horse on the rigrht of the saddle horse? A. 
 Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Was Mr. Perkins there? A. Yes, sir; he was In 
 the same field I was, shocking corn. 
 
 Q. Do you know whether Mr. Eskridge stopped and 
 talked with Mr. Perkins any there that morning? A. Yes, 
 sir; I seen him talking to him. 
 
 Q. State whether he had stopped when he was talk- 
 ing to him. A. Yes, sir; he was stopped. 
 
 Q. Where was he, this or the other side of the cross- 
 ing? A. No, sir; he was right there, side of the cornfield 
 fence, in the pike. 
 
 Q. Was he just in the pike opposite? 
 
 Objected to as leading. 
 
 The Court: 
 
 Just state where Mr. Eskridge was — in what part of 
 the road he was. A. In the pike. 
 
 The Court: 
 
 What part of the pike? A. Well, he was on the right 
 from here, next to the cornfield. 
 
 Col. Collins: 
 
 State whether or not, now, he was beyond where Mr. 
 Eskridge was or this side of where he was. 
 
 The Court: 
 
 We were talking about Mr. Eskridge. 
 
 Col. Collins: 
 
 Mr. Perkins. A. He was right agin the fence, right 
 in the cornfield, right side of the fence, talking to him. 
 
 Q. Did you notice when he started to go across the 
 crossing? A. I never noticed when he started; I had my 
 head down, and directly I looked up — it wasn't but a few 
 minutes — I looked up and saw him trying to draw his 
 horses oft the track. 
 
 Q. Where was the railroad train then? A. Well, 
 about the time he got his horses off I seen the train coming 
 right along and it just went right past, and nobody couldn 't 
 have time to see anything when it went past; it was going 
 in a hurry. 
 
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 Q. Did they stop and come back? A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. What have you to say as to whether that train 
 whistled or rang its bell before It reached that crossing? 
 A. I never heard it whistle, and never heard the bell ring. 
 
 Q. Could you see the railroad track from where you 
 were? A. Oh, yes, sir; I could see the crossing from where 
 I was. 
 
 Q. But the railroad track north of the crossing? A. 
 No, sir; I couldn't see that at all. 
 
 Q. How did you discover that the train was coming? 
 A. I seen the smoke from it right through there at the 
 cow-gap. 
 
 Q. But you say you heard no whistle? A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Or any ringing of the bell? A. No, sir. 
 
 Q. Now you got there after he was hurt, did you? 
 A. Yes, sir. 
 
 Q. Did you see him fall? A. Well, I seen the horse 
 rear up and he fell and he was down. 
 
 Q. Which horse rear up? A. The one he was on. 
 
 Q. Where were the horses when you got there? A. 
 Right 'side of the track, all tangled up together in the 
 gear. 
 
 Q. Where was he? A. Laying right on the side of 
 the track. 
 
 Q. What was the matter with him? A. Well, he said 
 his leg was mashed, but I never looked at his leg; he wa» 
 laying on it, and I raised him up and held Tilm there until 
 Miss Huldah came. 
 
 • Q. How long were you there until she came? A. She 
 came mighty quick, Mr. Perkins went to the house. 
 
 Q. Who else came after that? A. I left her with 
 him. Mr. Bishop came along in a wagon drawing some 
 tobacco, and I motioned to him to come over there, but 
 Miss Huldah was there by that time, and when he got there 
 then I commenced ungearing the horses. 
 
 Q. Then you took charge of the horses? A. Yes, sir; 
 took them to the stable. 
 
 Q. Where did they take him from there? A. Up to 
 Mr. Conrad's. 
 
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