He told me to keep the apples until February anyway, so that's something," he continued. He was to say an additional prayer that he might safely reach the New World—the place he wanted to have as his new home. Could he use "Information"? He went straight to the man to ask him which train would take him to Genoa.
He knew that outside the hotel would be the name "Albergho". He knew that at a place marked "Birra" there would be nothing but beer or wine. He went to the "Albergo Chiave d'Oro," the Golden Key Hotel, whose sign he saw in a street near the depot. That's just what I want." He entered the door, approached a desk and said, "Ich will eine Fahrkarte nach Amerika" (I want a ticket to America).
Although Jim asked for "Uove da sorbire", the waiter could not understand what he said. He lay down on the bed for a while – the bed he had chosen himself.
JIM WOLLSTEN’S FIRST YEAR ON A FARM
Schafer happened to be in New York and had asked for help, as he needed a young man to work during the summer months. Schafer didn't think about finding a permanent man, but sometimes luck smiles on us. While the man was acting as an interpreter, Jim learned that he was being asked to work as a farmhand for $16 a month and found.
It didn't take Jim long to get down to business, even though many of the details of his job were unknown to him. During the summer, a team worked steadily to keep the weeds down and cultivate the soil. When he couldn't get a word out, he could always find someone to help him.
Since leaving his friend in New York, he had never heard a word of German spoken. Using the dictionary, he even got words that were obsolete or rare, and they sometimes had a bizarre effect on his speech.
GEORGE WOLLSTEN ARRIVES AT NEW YORK
The bud sprouts the new growth from the branch,” he had been told, and he often repeated this to himself. I might as well get it all together right now.” He had to have wedding rings to get married and also a license. It could be here in the morning, so I could see how these commodity markets fluctuate from day to day.” He had thought a lot while picking apples about the price patterns he had drawn on the square-hole paper of prices for grain, eggs and chickens.
Of course, - he continues, - those manipulations, as he called them, - take cash and not a little. In Upper Red Hook he had seen some time before the sign that read "Upper Red Hook Bank National." He knew that money was not safe kept at home in an old sock behind the couch or couch cushions. What the hell do you want in this place?” he asked when he realized where he was.
By then, they figured most of the sorting and packing would be done. How children grow up,' he thought as he pounded the boards and stuck straw between them.
GEORGE’S APPROACH TO THE MARKETS
Schafer," he asked, "can anyone buy or sell in those markets whether he is a citizen or not?". Many of them have a feeling of terror inside them, a fear that they might do something against the laws of the new country in which they want to settle. Schafer, a man who went through a rough patch during the long depression of the early nineties, told George about his experiences.
There they left them in the control room of the depot at the suggestion of Mr. At the depot they had a bite to eat at a cafeteria which appeared to be part of the station. The little glance she made was directed at the huge buildings, the marble halls of the depot, and the other sights of the great city, which appeared to her like a dream.
Their minds were too much occupied with thoughts of how to get out of the devilishness again. Jim said, "Yes." The man said a few more words and apparently addressed Grete, who did not understand a word. It was not quite two o'clock when the four came out of the Town Hall.
A swinging door kept opening and closing as people walked in and out of the Beurs. George caught a glimpse of those moments of the grand stands with people all around them, all men. How much do I owe you?" George paid the driver and the three got out.
You eat something and by then I'll be back." George walked across the street to look at the books he saw displayed outside the shops. There was one titled 'The Silver Panic of 1893'. Another read "Sapheriel's Key to Market Operations” and another “Successful Methods for Wall Street Speculation.” There were many more as well, but he chose. They would simply take a honeymoon at a later date when work was out of the way.
ACTIVITIES DURING THE WINTER OF 1909-‘10
Look, George,” he said, “they burn oil in these things to keep them from freezing as much as possible whenever the temperature drops in the fields. I'll have to get some gold and silver paper to put around the walnuts and colored wire to tie them to the tree,” he recalled. Ah, he said to himself, they were putting stocks there because they were afraid they would fall much lower.
Right around that time, George started delving into "Sapheriel's Key to Successful Trading." He had read it through a few times, but most of the statements sounded too strange for him to believe. I don't think I got the right books,” he said to Grete, who was busy cleaning the mirror. There was a mistake somewhere.” He got up, unpacked the rest of the books, the years were okay but the contents were for astronomers but not for astrologers.
I will come to something that can be!” He looked through page after page until he came to "Part II,. Astronomical Ephemeris for the Meridian of Washington." "I think," he said to himself, "I'll plot the heliocentric coordinates of the various planets sometime and see what comes out of them." I'll use a different color for each planet.” He took a chart sheet and figured out how to get 360° into the available space.
It is wrong, it is extremely wrong, all these things are not good!” I would say to myself. Here is the planet Mercury, which escapes from time to time,” he continued. Now look!” he said, “watch carefully!” Whenever this Mercury crosses the line of Saturn, it is a peak.
But, - he said: - Wait a minute, I'd rather let them be born that day! for he continued,. It wasn't over yet, but "might as well get rid of that debt," he thought. Look here, - he said, - on the eighth day, Tuesday in a week we will have a landing only because Jupiter is transited by Mercury.
The further back I can test Jupiter, the better I can see what it's doing," he thought. I'll have to see what the other years show," he said, "and then I'll have to figure out how to locate the unregistered.
GEORGE WOLLSTEN GOES TO NEW YORK TO TRADE STOCKS AND GRAINS
KOPEC STAMP – DISCOVERY OF “POLISH ELLIPSE”
George was about to put a 10-kopec postage stamp from Poland in his collection. Instead of plotting sales for sales, I'll plot the larger swings, with magnitudes of four points or more, but plot them in time proportions on a very small scale. He put on his thinking cap and started measuring the size of the 10 kopec tamp for height and width with his 6” ellipse for fun.
He found that the height of the Polish 10 Kopec was as wide as ½ of the ½ of its axis, while the width was exactly ¾ of that ½. Why did they decide to make that lonely outrigger only ½ as high as the ½ of my secondary axis and why ¾ as wide as this half of the ½ of the secondary axis. Here's what he did then: he divided the semi-minor axis of the 6” ellipse into four parts and drew lines through the points.
He drew them parallel to the main axis, but omitted the first quarter line next to the central axis for certain reasons. This was the rule he formulated for himself: At a major low set low point (marked A) of this "quarter ellipse" at the low point straight up, bow to the right. If and when such a reaction occurs, move the gadget a away from the low and place it on the low of the reaction with the center line marked B straight up.
With the next response of 4 points or more, move the device again and lower the ¾ line to the new location. Now: when the ellipse is broken by the performance of wheat, then the trend changes completely.
