The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . edby his employer, and secured for him on his secondjob the position of foreman. Finding that by closeand unremitting application to his trade he waslikely to lose somewhat the faculty for transactinggeneral business, being averse to routine work anddesirous of a broader field than this promised, heconcluded to change his occupation, and investedwhat he had saved from his wages in a flouring millat Lowell, Wisconsin, which was run successfully fortwo years, when it was burned to the
The United States biographical dictionary and portrait gallery of eminent and self-made men; Wisconsin volume . edby his employer, and secured for him on his secondjob the position of foreman. Finding that by closeand unremitting application to his trade he waslikely to lose somewhat the faculty for transactinggeneral business, being averse to routine work anddesirous of a broader field than this promised, heconcluded to change his occupation, and investedwhat he had saved from his wages in a flouring millat Lowell, Wisconsin, which was run successfully fortwo years, when it was burned to the ground. Bythis calamity he lost nearly all the hard-earned sav-ings of years .of toil and sacrifice. He, however, hadbeen schooled to meet adversity, and hence wouldnot allow a single misfortune, great as it was, tocrush him. Without means, what could he do? Hecould not make up his mind to return to his originaltrade as millwright, so going to Milwaukee again hesoon contracted with H. C. Bull and J. McVicker tosell lumber for them at Janesville. He remained intheir employ about nine months, when, seeing an. , /^aWp^U/6 THE UX/TED STAJES lUOCRAFIIICAI. niCTIONART. 177 opening by wliich he believed lie could greatly im-prove his fortunes, and being quick to seize oppor-tunities, he resigned his position, refusing flatteringinducements to continue, and proceeded to Madisonto engage in the produce business. With a capitalnot exceeding two thousand dollars he commencedbuying and shipping wheat, and as he had foreseen,met with immediate success. In two years he soldout, left Madison, went to Beaver Dam, to whichpoint the old Milwaukee and St. Paul railway wasthen running, where he rented first the warehousebuilt in that town; he then built warehouses at dif-ferent points as the road was extended, eight in all,and occupied them as shipper of wheat for the spaceof two years. His receipts becoming extensive, hethen concluded to remove to Milwaukee and sell hisown wheat, where in i860 he
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