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Show w ELIA3 DUbLEV'S FORTUNE. He Onlrrnl Vlro J'rr,Mrnt llunnlbal Ifninlln Out of 11K Ntore. Ono of the largest wtotfa ln Presqito Isle, Minn., bAlorlgs to tho heirs of Rllns Dudley, an ol-tlmo merchant of the town, whofC'pronperlty wa largely duo to the fact that ho onco ordered a vice president of the United States out of blij.otore. Dudley was an old school Qtialier who camo here front Pennsylvania Pennsyl-vania years ago and carried on a small (tart In buying fura from tho Prcnch-Oanadlnn Prcnch-Oanadlnn Equattcis. Ho sold a few standard groceries and kept sockB, rnlttons, and cheap clothing. Though hn could havo tnndo himself rich In a short tltno by selling liquor and tobacco, tobac-co, his conscience would not allow him to kcop either. So firm vds ho In his principles that he would allow no ono to uso tobacco In hi store. In the summer of l&fM Hannibal Hamlin of llangor, who was then vlco president camo up here to enjoy a week's fishing In Squaw Pan lake, and called at Dudley's Dud-ley's store to piirchai.0 the needful supplies sup-plies for his outing. While waiting for his coods to be put up, Mr. Hamlin lighted n clear and walked up and down tho floor. Dudley, who was In tho back store, detected tho odor of tobacco, and came out In a towering rage. "Mr. Hamlin," said ho, "get oat of my otoro at once. Nobody Is allowed allow-ed to emoko here. If President Lincoln Lin-coln or Queen Victoria should romo Into my store smoking I'd drlvo them out tho snmo way I do you. do now, nnd never darken my doors ngaln with tho smell of tobacco about you " Mr. Hamlin throw away his cigar and apologized. apol-ogized. After that ho told the story to his acquaintances as a good Joke on himself, and before nnybody In Rrcsque Islo was nware of tlila fact old man Dudley was famous. Tho prohibitionists prohibition-ists took him up nnd petted him, and nominated him for congress. Meantime Mean-time tho nnglors of Now England, bo- Ilcvlng Hint Mr. Hamlin know all the plnccs where fish would bite, flocked hero by tho 6tago load, and every one bf them fitted out at Dttdloy's store. When Dudley died In 1880 ho was the best-known man In Aroostook count) nnd waa worth nearly $100.000. lis. |