W HENRY DEACON 



" Well you had better ask, and remember 

 your time is of infinitely more value to me 

 than a few ounces of bisulphide of carbon ; 

 and another time evaporate in an open 

 vessel. " This was a lesson not to be forgotten, 

 its bearings reached far beyond the mere 

 incident in connection with which it was 

 given. 



He had a most retentive memory, and he 

 often puzzled those associated with him at 

 the readiness with which he could lay his 

 hand on a book or document, which were not 

 arranged with any pedantic order but piled 

 up on his table or his desk. Once asked 

 how he was able to remember such things he 

 replied, " Oh, I have pigeon-holes in my 

 head, and I have only to go to my memory 

 and look in the right pigeon-hole." 



In business he was far-seeing and full of 

 enterprise, keen, precise, and exact. He was 

 not the man to take liberties with. Under 

 the direction of himself and his partner his 

 concern so rapidly developed as to be one of 

 the first in the trade, and for the quality of 

 its products it stood second to none. 



He loved an argument, but never for mere 

 arguments' sake ; with managers, foremen, 

 and others, he liked to thrash out a subject 



