Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . and learning something of his untiring industry business qualifications, employed him to take charge of his Bridge-port flouring mill, which he did, and managed with profit to his em-ployer until the fall of 1847. It will be remembered by our old citizensthat our merchants up to this time had not paid cash for produce, withthe exception of pork to be driven to the Ohio river, and by John Car-lisle for wheat, which was but a very small portion of the surplus of thecountry.
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . and learning something of his untiring industry business qualifications, employed him to take charge of his Bridge-port flouring mill, which he did, and managed with profit to his em-ployer until the fall of 1847. It will be remembered by our old citizensthat our merchants up to this time had not paid cash for produce, withthe exception of pork to be driven to the Ohio river, and by John Car-lisle for wheat, which was but a very small portion of the surplus of thecountry. Mr. Wallace inaugurated the present system of paying cash forstock and all kinds of produce in this place, and everything he laid his-hand to prospered. He then took charge of Mr. Underbills City Mills. Mr. Underbillhaving the utmost confidence in his integrity, arranged for him to drawmoney out of bank on his own checks in the transaction of businesspertaining to the mill. From the time he took charge of Mr. Under-bills business it prospered, so that in a few years he was enabled to re-tire with a ANDREW WALLACE. 299 In the year 1848 he was employed by Mr. Jeremiah Foot as a clerkin his store. Mr. Foot wished to make as much as possible out of services, and, like the person that killed the goose that laidthe golden egg, very unwittingly got himself rid of his valuable very dull day of trade Mr. Foot requested Mr. Wallace to go intothe cellar and saw half a cord of wood, as there was not much doingin the store. This Mr. Wallace refused to do; he stood upon his dignity,and told Mr. Foot he would rather pay for the sawing out of his ownpocket. Mr. Foot insisted on his doing it himself, as he could not afford totake it out of his own pocket. Mr. Wallace acceded to Mr. Footsrequest, and told him that he would saw the wood, and wished Mr. Footto make out his account while he was so doing, and that after the woodwas sawed he would consider himself f
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