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Show In a reeerjt work, entitled " Ten Year, in Wall Str et, " tbe fol owing; st r. i- told of Jame Fi k' Ji .: " While the future imtjiessario and financier was peddling in Vermont, an old lady complaiued to him that bis fattier had cheated her on a 'liiuepeocn' yard of calico. "Well now," said Fist, whose regard for his lather's uonor burned as brilhactly then ai in his subsi-q'ieut career, l'I don't really thmfc fitht-r would tell a lie for twe.ve aud a half cents, thoagh be might tell eight of iheca Uir h iloiiar." |