Recipient
Bade, William Frederic
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z The yeara paftaed on,the Muir fa:nlly hari scatter: /6no or two of the younger girln alone renin ined at home ,ro Ur Muir aold the k place known ap "The Hickory Hill ?»■!"•* Bale wan o?Ulod At which the stock »farming ifflpllmenta and part of the hoi Behold fumitiv- -re wnR offered for Rale .An iraenee throng gathered. Luring the oale Mr Muir atoo d near the auctioneer,if in hia soal to rcaka e good wale he rolatated the faote Mr Muir would «ay In h) n «oo+oli dialeot #Ma, «a,mon tell the truth,tell the trath,dinna lle,lt'l no pay»lts an auld horae ye'ro aeeliitg noo*. A neighbor who had bought a horns aeked Tie to accompany hira when he vent for the a one ,ft nojrie oorn ho had purchased al**o - Ur Uuir wan directing the delivery of the goodn or article* purchased. An old aootoiuaan named John was weighing the grain,Mr M. happened to be near when John wa*,he thought ,aorinping on the weight-*put on another ear John ,put on another ear,it ■« an avtfa ein John»an aufa flln ta gle licht weight*.And that to when the scale0 balanced A the weight oorreot.John as if to "get oven* "*or the unmerited rebuke would put on two Instead of one ear,at which Mr Muir nodded approval & walked away .And It wa« from thia loan John Muir got his honeety & deatre for a "«riuare deal*.It characterised Daniel Muir in Ahh hla dealings with hia fallow imn~ Vhlle thia roay not be of intront I take the liberty of submit *- lng the aame for your personal benefit A inforroation- Truating you may receive thia letter with inclo*:iro,(I would aak alao,a liet of book* the publication of which you have au$or- vioed) I am very Sincerely Yours, L._.. o«H
Location
Emporia, KS
Date Original
March 1917
Page Number
2
Resource Identifier
MSS048 Va.10
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University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Keywords
John Muir, biography, reminiscence, colleagues, contemporaries, archives, special collections, University of the Pacific, California, Holt-Atherton Special Collections, history, naturalist
