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A Barnato Story

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
March
Year
1898
Copyright
Public Domain
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It is said that wben Barney Barnato gave a picnic at the opening of the Johannesburg waterworks he related an incident that had happened to him ia London some time before. A seedy looking man, describing himself as a journalist, called on him one day and offered to ent out from papers, etc, all the complimentary things said about Mr. Barnato. The genial man of millions saw that the man was "down on his lnck" and engaged him on the spot at a Balary of L15 per month. This was quite characteristic of Barney's sudden and irresponsible freaks. At the end of six months the man, who had been paid monthly, again called on Mr. Barnato and presented a huge bundie of clippings from newspapers, asking whether be should continue the work. "No," replied Barney, "but I will engage you for six months at the same salary to cut out all the nasty things you can find said about me." Another six months elapsed, and once more the indef atigable paper clipper turned up and reported his work to be finished. "Well," asked Barney, "where are the resnlts of your work?" Here Barney assumed his gravest aspect as he repeated the man's reply: "I have not been able to bring them in. There are two cartloads

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Ann Arbor Argus
Old News