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venture was evidently to be a success from the very 

 first. There was no longer doubt upon that point. 

 The founder then asked me to "call off" my west- 

 ern plans, and to stick to the ship. I assented 

 upon one condition, to wit: that when "The 

 Gazette " was once well upon its legs I should be 

 allowed to pull out and go on my way to some 

 fancied goal in the realm of jurisprudence. And so 

 the co-partnership of J. H. SANDERS & Go. was 

 formed. The actual cash required for the first 

 lease in the old Merchant's Building on the north- 

 west corner of La Salle and Washington Streets, 

 and for the purchase of a modest equipment, was 

 advanced by the late JEROME I. CASE of Racine, 

 who took a chattel mortgage on the concern as 

 security for the loan. Mr. CASE was a millionaire 

 manufacturer of agricultural implements, a patron 

 of the turf and a warm friend of my father's. 

 Thus was the infant " Gazette " first financed. 



There was no question of father's ability to 

 command the patronage of the stockmen of the 

 country generally; but could we attract specially 

 to our support the cattle business in competition 

 with the older paper? That was the crux of the 

 situation, and again those grinding years, to which 

 allusion has already been made, began once more to 



