. The journal of a grandfather . ollars,—all of my worldly possessions,—werecarried in the buggy. With my own seventeen thou-sand dollars in United States greenback notes, I car-ried in a little grip in the buggy twenty-five thousanddollars more belonging equally to two of my friends,—a private banker already established in the city Iv;as removing to, agreed to put in twelve thousand,five hundred dollars with us, and with this we organ-ized and incorporated a City Bank with fifty thou-sand dollars capital, each taking one-fourth of thestock. After paying for my fourth of the bank stock,I had f
. The journal of a grandfather . ollars,—all of my worldly possessions,—werecarried in the buggy. With my own seventeen thou-sand dollars in United States greenback notes, I car-ried in a little grip in the buggy twenty-five thousanddollars more belonging equally to two of my friends,—a private banker already established in the city Iv;as removing to, agreed to put in twelve thousand,five hundred dollars with us, and with this we organ-ized and incorporated a City Bank with fifty thou-sand dollars capital, each taking one-fourth of thestock. After paying for my fourth of the bank stock,I had forty-five hundred dollars left with which tobuild a home. In the building we used all of thisand more,—too much more, as Bammy thought. sold this house and built a one-story, modest brickcottage amid the trees on an adjoining lot. This City Bank, at present The City NationalBank, is now one of the most prosperous banks inTexas. Here I remained seven years, dividing myattention about equally between law and Bammy, the Wheel-horse in Our Conjugal Team Page One Hundred Thirty-Nine FROM 1865 TO 1895 On my return to this city later I bought the Exchange—now the American Exchange National, the largestbank in the State. In 1880 I purchased a home in a distant Northerncity; a residence here for much of the time since hasbeen kept up. In 1891 one of the largest TrustCompanies in this Northern city,—whose President,also a railroad President, was overworked and de-sired to go abroad for a much-needed rest,—offeredme the Presidency and I accepted it. Not regardingmy position as permanent, I, on going in, invested lessthan one-tenth of my moderate means in the stock ofthe Trust Company. This company began businesswith one million dollars paid-up capital, and it hadbeen doing business but six months when I came par In the beginning the stock had in the sixmonths slightly declined. At the end of my firstyear I was induced to serve as President for another
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