Show STORY OF FERNANDO WOOD toward the close of 1836 wood proposed to start the liquor store the lowest three cent 1 shop is 13 dignified with the name ot of abia stores at 09 99 corner of rector at that time ime there was no west street washington faced the north river the ile numbers were contin i aed on the saine same side 09 99 was waa woods wooda store next wag waa brownelle Brow nells Short lands lauds secor owned the property on the corner and he be eased leased it to wood without any security believing him to bean enterprising young toung business liu lin siness man mah the business was a shocking one it was to sell bad liquor at three cents a glass to the bt hundreds of workmen that worked in the stevedore ste velore gangs on board lying at the docks on that all ail bide side of 01 the town these men of course would have no money during the week and it would have been a losing busi busl business nees but for the extraordinary mercantile sagacity and commercial foresight of F wood there were beveral several prominent stevedores at that tire tinee mr nir sele sale y was one everleigh waa was another and smith one wood arranged with all these stevedores that their men min should be paid off in his wood kept an alphabet book oe of char chappies charges pies so that when saturday ni night ht came and jo smith bully baily bullyboy bally Bully Bob boba ja or jack duff was wab called up to be paid wood was asked what have you got against him fernando wood would turn to bis his alphabet and reply 2 or 75 76 cents as the toe case might be the sum would then be deducted from the wages due of 9 or 7 and the jibe poor tellia would havi have two or three dollars to take home t to 0 his family while the rest went to the till of 0 the future statesman of new york yorki i 1 it wab was a common occurrence that the men would say i wood you have charged me with three dollars arb ars wort worm of your artiff stuff and you know I 1 have ibave not had it mr air wood auld try iry on his bis irresistible sis tible amiability and offer to treat ani aril it v would mould aa pass so over to be ge renewed again leek week after week we f for r three 5 years ears on one occasion a worthy fellow named Fer ferbuson euson said to several cronies last week my wages were docked 2 50 for woods charge I 1 had no kuch such sum but out to satisfy myself whether he lie is a rascal or not I 1 have not drank a drop this week aid and will not Satur saturday dav night came ned ferguson called the stevedore how illow much fave eave have you wood seventy IS vent venty five cents as said fermindo Fer ferna nindo ado wood ferguson replied 1 I have not drank a drop here or anywhere else this pase week and by the help of god I 1 never will again and thus rescue myself from we thre clutches of buch such a man as you all the men know that I 1 have not drank I 1 for they heard beard me say I 1 would not and hav have watched me s wood insisted and got the seventy five cents he had charged arrests Barrett ar lo old merchants gen ezey is in command at richmond phila delphia hag baa of sant nt off its fourth negro regiment victor hugo has baa a new work in the press pr es s upon shakespeare Shak speare |