Show anecdotes 0 of S stephen en girard A paper read ty by dr W M cornell at the last ine lne meeting eting C lf f the new england historic genealogical society in boston gave the fol loning lo 10 1109 ling interesting anecdotes of stephen girard G i stephen girard was the sole judge of his ban licence fi cence if rightly approached lie be would give largely but it dictated to or treated rudely he lie would not give at all samuel coates boates oe oue of the old friends knew how bow to manage girard while many who sought aid from him were unsuccessful tul ful mr coates was one of the rbana managers ners kers of the peni Pent isy lusnia nia hospital 1 1 b h cli cil was then much in want of funds ile he undertook to get a donation from frow mr nir girard and meeting him in the street a abed his object I 1 mr girard asked him to come to him jai the next morning mr coates call d and found girard at breakfast he ile asked him t take some which mr dir coates did after breakfast mr hir coates said well mr girard we will proceed to business 2 well what have you come for samuel said mr aln girard just what thee pleases stephen replied mr nir coates contes girard drew a check tor lor 2000 which mr coates put in his pocket without looking at it what you no lok ieok iok at the check I 1 gave I 1 you said mr girard no beggars must not be choosers stephen stephens 2 said mr tir coates hand me moe back again the check I 1 gave you 2 demanded girard no no stephen a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush said mr coates by george said girard you have caught me on the right footing tooting he then drew a check for and present d it to mr coates observing will you now look at it UP I 1 well weil to please thee stepheni stephen 11 will said mr coates now devow give me back the first check demanded mr girard which was accordingly done the rev dr stoughton an eminent baptist minister of philadelphia did nt n t understand mr girard so well as mr nir coates did d when they were abacut building their meeting house in sansom street dr stoughton Stough kon lon called on mr girard for aid girard received him as lie he usually did beg beggars garsy garsi coolly but courteously and gave him a check for dr stoughton received it with a low bow b but tit lit upon examining t it expressed his astonish men adding lo orly only surely you will not give us less than let me see the check mr nir stoughton said girard perhaps I 1 have ba ve made one mistake the doctor returned him the check with the atmo utmost sang gang frodi froid girard tre tere it into fra tra fragments ments X observing servin bervin 09 weil weli I 1 mr hr stoughton if youk you will vill not have what wha I 1 give I 1 will drill give nothing the doctor left him exceedingly mortified girard had no preference for one sect more than for another and he be gave to build chur churches hes merely to improve the city 1 the ne methodists wished to build a church in tenth street just north of chestnut thomas haskins a merchant and a nei nel neighbor abor of girard called on him and urged bi hla hib is bult buit for aid in very modest terms girard replied 1 I approve of your object 2 and presented him a check for the methodist society failed and the house was bought hought by the episcopalians Episcopal ians who wished to alter it into the gothic house now called st ste st te henss church A committee waited upon r mr r girard told him their plan and asked his bis aid ile he gave them a check for they were disappointed and said why you yo u gave the metho methodists ests for their little church and we are going to build a more splendid ed edifice and surely you will give us go something methin comporting comforting com wk porting with th the grandeur grand our sur of our design H have you not nob omitted a cypher they returned ahe t the check asking him to make it girard tore it in pieces and added 11 1 I will not give you one cent your society Is rich the methodists are poor you remind me of the rich man in the gospel he would pull down and build greater profit by his fate gentlemen I 1 hae have nothing 0 to give for your splendid church 5 an old quaker has related to me the following lowin A man who had just set u up p in th be e hardware business and who had been a c clerk 1 e rk where girard had traded applied to him for a share of his bis patronage girard bought of him and when he brought in the bill found fault and marked down the prices casks of nails said he which I 1 was offered so BO and so ao you eyou have charged so and so and you must take it off 11 1 I calt do it said bald ithe the young merchant you must do i said girard and wi I 1 no y said the mer mtr merchant chant t girard bolted out of the door apparently a ardently in a rage but s wn en after sent a ch check ecklor for the whole bill blit tha the young man bagan to relent and say to edh pe haps hapa he was offered them at that price rice bot ent B it it is all over now non no v lam iam am sorry I 1 did biot reduce the bil bli and get it out of him on something else Hs lis trade would have beeri been worth a good deal to me 9 1 by and by girard came agali agall and gave him another job tue tim young man wag very courteous and said bald 11 dwa alwa sorry I 1 did rot reduce form r bill induce a billy dill said girard had you yon doi e it I 1 would never traded with you again I 1 meant to see if yu ym had cheated me |