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Having finished his preparatory studies in the parish schools of his native city he entered the Cleveland College of Felton & Bigelow to complete his business education. It was from this institution, when a slender youth of sixteen, that Babcock, Hurd & Company, wholesale grocers of Cleveland, selected him from among a large class of students to become their assistant book- keeper. He remained with this firm four years, giving unbounded satisfaction to his employers. He then took service with the Standard Oil Company in a minor position, but succeeded in advancing step by step until he finally became the auditor of the company, a position which he held for twelve years.
In 1896, after twenty-four years of service, he retired from the auditorship of the Standard Oil Company because the business of that corporation required him to leave Cleveland and take up his
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permanent residence in New York City. He preferred his home. and friends in Cleveland to the emoluments of the position which he had held so long, and he at once opened an office in the Arcade building to follow the vocation of an expert accountant. His skill as an accountant and systematizer of business brought him at once to the notice of men engaged in large enterprises or contemplating such. Wherever, in Cleveland or elsewhere, important business. affairs became complicated or needed investigation, the master mind of Mr. Leslie was in demand to compass them or bring them back into order. He personally directs the work he undertakes and will employ none but skilled assistants. He has never made a failure, and he is justly entitled to the reputation which he now enjoys of being a master in the science of accounts.
Mr. Daniel E. Leslie was born of Irish parents within sight of the Cathedral in Cleveland, February 22, 1852. His marriage to Miss Margaret E. Madden, who is also a native of Cleveland, took place January 10. 1878, and was the first to be solemnized in St. Bridget's Church, of which they have been members for the past twelve years. There have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Leslie four daughters, Helen Winifred, Mollie Eleanor, Margaret Irene. and Julia Alma, the oldest, just blooming into beautiful young womanhood. These with their parents constitute a family in which both filial and parental love are reciprocal-a veritable Christian family where culture and refinement obtain and where the hearth- stone is wreathed with the rose-chaplets of domestic bliss that are. nowhere entwined so beautifully as in the real Catholic home.
Mr. Leslie found time during the early years of the Edge- worth Club to act as its first secretary, and later to hold the presi- dency of the club for two terms. He is also a member of the. Iroquois Club, but beyond these demands upon his spare time he devotes his evenings and leisure hours to his family and to social intercourse with friends. The beautiful effects of true Catholic training and practice are nowhere more visible than in the home of the Leslies, and it would not be exceeding the bounds to say that Catholic homes, such as the one referred to, ought to be prized most highly for their refining and social effect and, indeed, should be cited as models worthy of imitation by all who prize the charms. of Christian refinement and sweet domesticity.
THE HON. JOHN F. LINDEMANN
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THE HON. JOHN F. LINDEMANN.
Ex-Judge John F. Lindemann, of Delphos, Ohio, was born in Cincinnati, April 7, 1861. He is the oldest of a family of nine born to Henry and Clara (Ossenbeck) Lindemann. His father emi- grated from Germany, in 1845, and his mother was a native of Auglaize county, Ohio. When he was about six months old, in the autumn of 1861, his parents removed with him to Delphos, where the family has since resided and where his grandfather was one of the early settlers. He was educated in the local schools, attended St. John's, the only Catholic church in Delphos, clerked in a dry goods store and afterward in his father's shoe store, and amid the comparative quiet of the place he grew to manhood.
About the time of his majority, 1882, he was appointed deputy clerk of the Allen county probate court. So efficient was he in the discharge of his duties, and so pleased were the citizens with both his personality and record that they called him, in the autumn of 1886, to fill the vacancy occasioned in the probate court by the election of Judge Yoder, the incumbent of the office, to Congress. November 17, 1886, he assumed the duties of the office in his twenty-fifth year, and was at that time the youngest probate judge in Ohio. He served his constituents so acceptably that in the autumn of 1887 he was elected for the full term, and in 1890 was elected for another term, which ended February 9, 1894, making twelve years of continuous service as deputy and judge of the- probate court of Allen county. His majority over his opponent at this last election exceeded the majority accorded the head of the State ticket by S00 votes.
Since his retirement from the judgeship he has been engaged in the law practice with Mr. Horace . Reeve, of Delphos, under the firm name of Reeve and Lindemann. Mr. Reeve is esteemed as a very able lawyer, while Mr. Lindemann, from his experience, might be said to be a specialist if not an authority in some depart- ments of the law. Combined, their abilities are such as to claim the confidence of the public. He is the treasurer of The Delphos Electric Light and Power Company, and secretary and treasurer of the Delphos Home Telephone Company.
In 1882, October 11th, Judge Lindemann was married to Miss
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Rosa H. Limbach, a native of Millhausen, Indiana, daughter of Professor Joseph Limbach, who for fifteen years was principal of the German department of the public schools of Delphos, and organist of St. John's Catholic Church. To their union have been born six children, whose names are: Gertrude C., Clarence J., Arthur F., John A., Richard A., and Eugene S. They comprise a very happy and promising family.
Judge Lindemann is a Catholic by inheritance and by con- viction. All well-directed movements for the advancement of religion and Catholic education not only meet with his approval and receive his support, but they also enkindle his enthusiasm. Hence he is affiliated with many Catholic associations, notably the Catholic Knights of America, and also the Knights of Columbus, he being a charter member and one of the trustees of Lima, Ohio, Council No. 436.
In person he is tall, well proportioned and commanding. In facial expression, as his portrait indicates, he is not only pleasing, but also direct, candid, and brilliantly convincing. His tempera- ment is a happy blending of the phlegmatic with the sanguine, evidencing the influence of his surroundings on his Teutonic nature. While well acquainted with the English language, he has not forgotten or neglected his mother tongue. He speaks and writes both the high and the dialectic German, and is often in demand as an interpreter and translator. He speaks well and writes well, and "his foot is on his native heath" when engaged, ad hominum, in convincing the other fellow that such and such a course is right and proper under the circumstances.
This remark hints at his political influence and his ability to sway men. He has been a power among his fellow citizens ever since he was a boy, but he has been cautious to be always on the right side according to his judgment and conscience. His name has, in the past ten or twelve years, been repeatedly mentioned in connection with the Democratic congressional nomination in his district, but up to date he has not consented to become a candidate.
But whether in the position of a public servant or in that of a private citizen, Judge Lindemann will always command the respect and confidence of his neighbors and fellow citizens, regardless of political affiliation or sectarian bias. He exemplifies the declara- tion of Robert Burns that, "A man's a man for a' that, and a' that."
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THE REV. ELI W. J. LINDESMITH
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THE REV. ELI WASHINGTON JOHN LINDESMITH.
The family to which the subject. of this article belongs has been favorably known in the United States since 1769. The great- grandfather of Chaplain Lindesmith, Joseph Lindesmith by name, was the founder of the American branch of the family. He was born at Faltz, Canton Bern, Switzerland, and cmigrated to this country, in 1769, when he was eighteen years old. He settled in Maryland and was married, May 3, 1772, to a young lady named Anna Bauman. He was a soldier in the war of the Revolution. His son Daniel, the grandfather of the chaplain, was a soldier of the war of 1812. He was bugler of Captain William Pritchard's Company, 2nd Rifle Regiment, mounted, of Lisbon, Columbiana county, Ohio. He provided his own horse and Buck rifle.
The Chaplain's two granduncles, John and Peter, were also soldiers of the infantry in the war of 1812, while his father, Jacob W. Lindesmith, was standard-bearer in Captain Lucy's troop recruited in Columbiana county, that cradle of patriotism and Catholicity in northern Ohio. J. W. Lindesmith, a brother of our soldier-priest, was first sergeant company K., 115th O. V. I., and was brevetted second lieutenant in the war 1861-1865. Even the father of the Chaplain's mother, Dr. Urs Walser, was a soldier in 1798. It would appear, therefore, that Father Lindesmith is descended of an ancestry renowned for devotion to duty and love of country. He is a member of the Society (at Philadelphia, Pa.) of the Sons of the War of 1812, and there is a merry twinkle in his eye, which is yet very bright, when he announces the fact that His Grace, The Most Rev. Archbishop Elder, of Cincinnati, Ohio, also belongs to the same society.
The Rev. Eli Washington John Lindesmith, chaplain of the United States Army, and pastor of St. Peter's Church, Doyles- town, Ohio, was born in a log cabin in Center township, Colum- biana county, Ohio, September 7, 1827. His carly education was meager and was obtained under difficulties in the log cabin schools of that day. He was orphaned by the death of his father when he was eight years old, but his mother was spared to direct and inspire the lad.
He was a worker before his years began to end in the 'teens,
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and was such when his mother bound him out to Joseph Linde- smith, January 12, 1842. He was employed on the farm, ran errands, cared for children and generally made himself useful, for he was naturally industrious. He worked for some months so far from his home as Pittsburg, Pa., and he saw with the bulging eyes of a boy the great conflagration which, April 10, 1845, destroyed nearly sixty acres of the business portion of that city. During the winter months he got snatches of schooling, of which he took every advantage. When grown to be a youth commercial instincts developed in him, and he became the business partner of one of his cousins in 1846. He later conducted the business himself. During the Mexican war his inherited soldier-spirit impelled him to offer his services to the Government. He was refused. because there were then more soldiers than were needed.
Having by dint of close application advanced very consider- ably in his studies, he applied to the ecclesiastical authorities for admission to the Diocesan Seminary at Cleveland. He was accepted, and, September 18, 1849, he entered that institution. He spent nearly six years in preparation for Holy Orders, which Sacrament was conferred on him by Bishop Rappe in the Cathe- dral, July 8, 1855. The following Sunday, July 15, he celebrated his first public Mass in the Church of St. Philip at his home in Dungannon, formerly known as St. Paul's Settlement, in Colum- biana county, Ohio. He preached in English, but the following Sunday he spoke in German.
Returning to Cleveland he was appointed pastor of SS. Peter and Paul's Church at Doylestown, Wayne county, Ohio, with charge also of numerous missions and stations in adjoining counties. He attended Canal Fulton, Marshallville, French Settle- ment, Orrville, Clinton Coal Mines. Noah Edginton's, Burton City, North Lawrence, Loudonville. St. Joseph's, Millersburg and Black Creek. Besides these he had frequent calls to preach in German and hear confessions at Akron, Wooster, Louisville, Harrisburg, Mansfield and other places. During his pastorate he paid off a parish debt that had accumulated during the terms of three pastors who had preceded him at Doylestown.
February, 1858, he was transferred to Canton to become pastor of St. John's Church, with the church at New Berlin as a mission. During ten years he labored there, extending his services
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even to St. Joseph's in Holmes county, and attending sick calls and funerals at Louisville, Harrisburg and Maximo. At first only seven pews were rented, and not more than eleven families attended Mass at St. John's, Canton. In less than a year, how- ever, a change for the better was brought about. Every seat was rented, the church had to be enlarged, a 1,000-1b. bell was purchased, the people were aroused religiously, and when he left to take pastoral charge at Alliance, in 1868, the congregation numbered nearly two hundred families, and he handed over to his successor more than $5,000 of parish money.
October 1, 1868, he began his labors at Alliance, which place he had previously attended as a station on week days. While there he had Homeworth, Limaville, Atwater, Salem and Leetonia as missions. There was general apathy, but he soon dissipated the mists. Shortly after the priest's arrival a number of the members of the congregation called on him in a body with a spokesman. That individual said: "You must be the meanest priest in the diocese, because the Bishop always sends us the meanest priest he has." Father Lindesmith smiled and said: "Just wait a little while and perhaps you will change your opinion." That opinion was changed and they became the priest's best friends. At first the councilmen would do nothing, fearing that they would be held personally responsible for debts. The priest himself rented a building, bought the necessary furniture, vestments, etc., and paid for everything out of his personal funds. Three months later the people were so much encouraged that they paid for all the improvements, even for the new cemetery and priest's house. At the expiration of three and one-half years, when Father Linde- smith took his departure. all the debts were paid, and there was money in the parish treasury.
In May, 1872, he took charge at Leetonia, with the missions at Salem and East Palestine attached. Four years previously, October 8, 1868, he said Mass for the first time in that place. It was at the house of James Ready. He at once bought a lot from the Cherry Valley Iron and Coal Company and began to build a · church, which he dedicated the following Christmas to St. Barbara, V. M. As far back as December, 1870, he had purchased eight and one-half acres of ground for cemetery purposes. IIe surveyed it with surveyor's instruments and made a plat of it
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according to a regular scale. Unfortunately this plat was burned with "other trash" after he left; in consequence the cemetery is now considerably short of the original survey. At the Salem mission he gathered together a congregation, purchased and paid for the lot on which the present church stands, and left $200 in the treasury. He organized at Leetonia a brass band, all temperance men; a temperance society, 1,000 strong ; several church societies ; a church choir; procured an organ, and had everything flourish- ing, with money in the parish treasury, when Bishop Gilmour requested him to accept a chaplain's commission in the regular army. He promptly obeyed the Bishop and President Hayes, and received his commission June 19, 1880. He set out, July 22, 1880, for Fort Keogh, Montana, where the Sioux or "Sitting Bull" war was in progress. His missionary campaigns extended to North Dakota, Wyoming, Yellowstone Park, Idaho, Washington and Oregon. Gen. Nelson A. Miles was in command at Ft. Keogh at the time. He received the chaplain with great kindness and hospitality and did all for him in his power, in consequence of which a warm friendship sprang up between them which yet continues.
During his chaplaincy many civil and army officers paid visits at headquarters, among them President Arthur, General Drum, Senator Vest and others. He met them all. He saw nearly all the noted Indian Chiefs, "Rain-in-the-Face," "Spotted Eagle," "Gaul," "Two Moons," "White Bull," "Yellow Horse," and "Real," the half-blood, who afterwards started a rebellion in Canada. The honors he received were numerous, while his hard- ships were correspondingly multiplied. For a month at one time he did not have even warm water. He built a church, priest's house, and convent school at Miles City, and persuaded Bishop Gilmour to send Sisters to teach in the Indian Missions. Bishop O'Connor, of Omaha, delegated him to dedicate the church to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which he did April 15, 1883. Often in the line of duty when crossing the Tongue River on horseback, Chap- lain Lindesmith would have to kneel on top of his saddle to keep out of the water. When the river was too high and too dangerous to cross he would return to the Fort and on his next visit would say to the people: "I did not come to Montana to be drowned; if I had been drowned the last time I would not be here today to say
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Mass and preach to you." He gathered many Indian, frontier, and army relics, of which he sent ten boxes to the Catholic University at Washington, D. C., eight boxes to Notre Dame University in Indiana, and a buffalo robe to Bishop Gilmour which was tanned by Tepee-Wacustavas (fawn of the house), a maiden of the "Sitting Bull" tribe. This robe was presented in his name to Pope Leo XIII, who sent his blessing to the Chaplain and also to the Indian maiden.
Chaplain Lindesmith's daily occupation at the Fort was saying Mass, reading his office, superintending the schools, attending the sick at the hospital and at quarters. He was often called to respond to sick calls and officiate at funerals and marriages in localities sometimes over 100 miles distant from the Fort. For a time he was the only priest or clergyman of any form of religion within a radius of 800 miles. Marriages came to him from such a distance that it took the contracting parties a month to make the journey, and sometimes in mid-winter with the mercury forty or fifty degrees below zero. The simple faith of these good people and their confidence in, and respect for. the priest would contrast very strongly with the practices of some Catholics in the East, and even in Ohio.
Father Lindesmith secured a three months' furlough, August 13, 1888, but he was back at his post November 6th, a week ahead of time. He toured across the country cast by way of Sault Ste. Marie, down the St. Lawrence, through the principal Canadian cities, to Portland, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Chicago, etc., back to his post of duty. Before he retired from the service, September 7, 1891, the Adjutant General gave him for meritorious service a three months' leave of absence. During his more than eleven years as chaplain he delivered 1.441 sermons and lectures, officiated at 120 funerals, baptized 214 persons, performed 161 marriages and administered the total abstinence pledge to 595 soldiers and civilians.
After Father Lindesmith's return to the diocese he was sent temporarily to Dungannon, Columbiana county, the place of his birth, where he had received his first Holy Communion, Christmas, 1843, from the hands of the late Rev. James Conlan, the pastor, and Confirmation, June 14, 1844, at the hands of His Grace, the late Most Rev. Archbishop Purcell, and where his grandparents, in
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1820, assisted in building the first church, then called St. Paul's. Hle ministered to the people there from August, 1891, until Novem- ber, 1893, when he was appointed to his old parish at Doylestown, the place where he began his priestly labors nearly forty-six years ago, 1855-1900.
When this good priest shall have been called to his reward his body will rest in the cemetery at old Dungannon. He has prepared a tomb and monument for himself, a fine engraving of which appears herewith. This suggests the thought: who can depict the place of his eternal rest above where the instructors of many unto justice have the divine promise of shining as stars in the firma- ment?
NOTE .- Since most of the lettering on Chaplain Lindesmith's monument, as shown in the accompanying engraving, is too small to be easily deciphered, the full inscription is here given. To the left of the bust it reads: "I erected this monument before my death, 1900." To the right of the bust is the fol- lowing: "May the souls of my departed relatives, the American soldiers, and of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen." That below the bust thus reads: "Rev. Eli Washington John Lindesmith. Chaplain of the United States Regular Army. Born September 7, 1827. Son of a volunteer soldier. Grandson of a soldier of the war of 1812. Grand- · nephew of two soldiers of the war of 1812. Great-grandson of a soldier of the war of the Revolution of 1776."
"Ordained priest July 8, 1855. Served as chaplain in the Rocky Mountains during the Indian wars from June 18, 1880, to September 7, 1891."
The inscription on the back of the monument, which is not shown in the engraving, is on a bronze plate or tablet, and reads as follows:
Paternal Great Grand-Parents -- Joseph Lindesmith, soldier of the war for Independence, an'd Anna Bauman. Children: Daniel, Elisabeth, Jacob, John, Peter.
Grand-Parents-Daniel Lindesmith, soldier of the war of 1812; Elisabeth Weimer and Gertrude Krissinger. Children: Jacob Weimer, Katharine, Susanna, Anna, Joseph, Mary, Isaac, Daniel.
Grand-Aunt -- Elisabeth Lindesmith; husband, W. Knepper. Children: Godfrey, John, Jacob, Katharine Miller, William, Daniel, Elisabeth A. Mc- Clain, Joseph, Anna Frantz, Peter, Amos.
Grand-Uncle-Jacob Lindesmith; wife, Susanna Krissinger. Children: George, Elisabeth, J. Willyard, Anna Mary, Hannah J. Young, Peter-wife, Abegail Copeland; Benjamin -- wives, Susanna Green and Elisabeth Wable; David K .- wives, Louisa Mumenthaler and Malinda Goberda; Rachael; Jacob- wives, Adessa Copeland and Anna McCarns.
Grand-Uncle-John Lindesmith, soldier in the war of 1812; wife, Anna Mary Boyer. Children: Salome J. Krissinger, Susanna S. Krissinger; Joseph --- wife, Elisabeth McCarns; Mary J. Anderson; John-wife, Lucetta Mumenthaler; Delila J. Brechner, Anna H. Lori, infant, Katharine Bachman.
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THE REV. CHAPLAIN LINDESMITH'S MONUMENT. (Erected at Dungannon, Columbiana County.)
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Grand-Uncle -- Peter Lindesmith, soldier in the war of 1812; wife, Susanna Ehrliart. Children: Infant, Elisabeth D. Krissinger; Daniel-wife, Anna Cox; Julia I. Fletcher; David -- wife, Katharine Simons; Katharine G. Green, William; Isaac-wife, Martha Whittaker.
Aunt -- Katharine Lindesmith; husband, W. Morgan. Children: James, Daniel, William.
Aunt -- Susanna Lindesmith; husband, P. Copeland. Children: Thomas, Joseph, Hannah, James J., John H., William K., Louisa C., George F., Harriet G., Elisabeth, Isabel, Margaret A.
Aunt-Anna Lindesmith; husband, John Ford.
Uncle -- Joseph Lindesmith; wife, Mary Benner. Children: Sarah, Ann, Henry B., Elisabeth, Lewis, Anna, Belle, Harvey.
Aunt -- Mary Lindesmith; husband, J. Mason. Children: Malinda C., infant boy, Mary A., Lewis A., Caroline E., C. Harvey.
Parents-Jacob Weimer Lindesmith, son of Daniel, and grandson of Joseph Lindesmith, color bearer, Captain Lucy's Troop; Barbara, daughter of Urs Walser, M. D. Children: Eli Washington John, who is a priest; Daniel Weimer, Jason Wilson, Isaac Jacob.
Brother-Daniel Weimer Lindesmith; wife, Debora E. Hufman. Child: Mary G. Foltz.
Brother --- Jason Wilson Lindesmith, enlisted in the war of the rebellion as private in Captain William Ramsey's Co. K., 115th O. V. I .; was discharged July 5, 1865, at Cleveland, Ohio, as second lieutenant; wife, Margaret Jane McAllister. Child: Emma Augusta. Adopted son: William P .-- wife, Mar- garet Neville.
Brother-Isaac Jacob Lindesmith; wife, Katharine Stewart. Children: William S .- wife, Adaline M. Olott; John E .; Francis W .- wife, Susanna A. Crosby; Mary B., Daniel.
Mother-Also married John Wannemacher. Children: Mary Ann-hus- band, J. Ott. Children: Josephine, Francis, John, George, and five infants; Katharine Gertrude-husband, J. Warnefeldt. Children: Clarence J., Loretto W .; Ada B .- husband, J. C. Krause; Elisabeth-husband, G. Broughton. Children: Thomas G., Beatrice B., John W., Robert W., Anna L.
Maternal Grand-Parents-Urs Walser, M. D., soldier in 1798; Anna Mary Schenker. Children: Anna Mary, John Joseph, Mary Ann, Theresa, John Jacob, M. D., Martin, Barbara, Robert.
Aunt and Godmother-Anna Mary; husband, Samuel Hoffee. Children: John, Urs, Samuel, Robert, Anthony, Simon, Jonathan, Philip, Mary.
Aunt-Mary Ann; husband, John Neltner.
Uncle-John Jacob Walser, M. D .; wife, Sarah Atterholt. Children: Henry, Elisabeth, John, Mary, William.
Uncle-Robert Walser: wives, Theresa and Katharine Wiss. Children: Infant, John W., Barbara, Eli, Mary, Katharine, Henry, Martin, Elisabeth.
The monument is fourteen feet six inches high. The circumference of the shaft is twenty feet, and the weight is twenty-seven tons.
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MR. EDWARD McCART.
The gentleman selected as the subject of this biographical mention is the youngest of a family of four born to the late Patrick and Mary (McCoy) McCart, of Cleveland, Ohio. His parents were residents of that city for over half a century, and in their plain unassuming lives gave evidence of both practical good sense and careful Christian training. With them merit and worth did not depend on tinsel or the emptiness of mere social functions. They regarded honesty, industry, integrity, and intellect as above money and what money can buy, and it appears that their son, Edward McCart, has been faithful in putting in practice the lessons which they taught him.
Mr. Edward McCart, the head and practical manager of The McCart-Christy Company, the largest wholesale grocery house in the metropolis of Ohio, was born in Cleveland, December 24, 1864. In early boyhood he was sent to the Cathedral school to acquire the rudiments of both a Christian and a secular education. Having made satisfactory progress in his studies he entered. when a youth. the Spencerian College in his native city to study the commercial branches. There, too, he showed his aptitude, and finished with a large class of bright young men.
Young gentlemen of his class were then in demand in several of the growing business houses of Cleveland, and it fell to the lot of Mr. McCart to connect himself with the wholesale grocery firm of William Edwards and Company. He remained with that house twenty years, having advanced from the station of a beginner to the most important positions in the establishment. His long years of service there mean two things chiefly : first, he must have proved his worth and ability; secondly, his employers must have appreciated his faithfulness, honesty, and capacity. That their relations were always pleasant attested the qualities of both.
In 1899, Mr. McCart found himself in position to engage in business for himself. Having selected enterprising associates, inen who knew enough of commercial requirements to recognize the kind of talent essential to success, he launched the ship of The McCart-Christy Company on the business sea. That ship has now been sailing only three years, but she has demonstrated her
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