Litchfield enquirer., 1853-11-17
RICH FOLKS.

| know q lew unfortunate lndlSldualS thnl
 labor under this hallucinatiun. and lool
 with mixture of pity and contempt up
 on their fellow worms of the dust. whom
 they suppose to possess less of .. tie dust" tLan themselves. But Heaven
 help these poor things--they have not
 the slightest conccptiun Of what wealtl,
 is. They rich, fofsuolh! They are beg.
 gars comparatively. Many iich mans
 upper servants live in better style.
 Mr. Cloesus. who fonrished long be-
 fore our time. and whom the reader has doubtless hea,d of. used 10 say that the citizen Who had not fortune 10 supply en army or legion. did not deserve tho title of rich man: and he is good au, thority. His landed property alone was worth the snug liHle sum of eight and a half millions of dollars Then he pos> sessed slaves. furniture. horses. cattle and cash to an equal amouat--making the comfortable sum of seventeen millions !! Mr. Cioesus was lich man bnt many of the old gentlemen who departed this life centuries ago. were richer than he. Thele was Seneca. the philosopher. who uttered and wrote some iolerably good things concerning ,he age in which he lived. who was worth seventeen millions five hundred thousand dollars. Many modern auihors would doubtless have | been glad 10 be remembered tn the old fellows rill, And so they were all of them. He left them an invaluable lega. cy, and this is il X: :. Whenever you have written book. lay it aside for niue years; and at the expiration of that time peruse it carefully, and then. t your judgment approves. publish it but not eefore." Julius Cesar. like William Micarwber, Esq., was incurring pecuniary liabilities that he found it dilficult 10 discharge" " He set . high value on friendship. hay. ing purchased that of Ludius Pallus for one million five hundred thousand dol. lars. He was a terrible spendth.ift. Be- fore he succeeded in oblaining any office he had aiIlassed debts 10 the amount of fourteen millions nine hundred and sev> eniy.6ve thousand dolla,s. But .sifice holders had good pickings in those days. as we'll as in our own and as Julias got his hands into ihe public treasn,y his debts began to .diminiah. tie soon be- came rich. He gave Servilla. the moth. CT of Brutus, pearl of tho value Of t~o hundred thousand dollars. He would doubtless haze been gully of many oth. pr ex'ravagances. had not the !" well be- lowed Bfuius" given him that cruel stab under the fifth rib. On the day of the assassination. Cesar's friend. Mark An. iiiony. owed five hundred thousand dol. lars. which was all paid thirty days af- terwa,ds. This same Anthony subse- quenily swallowed pearl dissolved in vinegar. (which Cleopatra administered to him, ! wor,h four hund,ed thousand dollars. He also squande,ed seven hun> d,ed and thir,y.6ye million dolla,s of ihe public treasury. He would have been splendid fellow 10 have held . fiscal agen. cy under our federal government.
 Tibe,ius, at his death, left one hun> d,cd and eighteen million one hund,ed and twenty-five thousand dollars. which Csligula spent in less than twelve months. He lived at tie rate of thirty five thou- sand dollars day one supper cost four hundred thousand dollars.
 Esopus. the commeGiau. even trans. cended Caligula in ex,Tayagance--hay ing given four hundred il,ousani dollars for single dish. He had . son. Clan. dius, who vas . chip of the old Llock. Amo. { otEeT costly gas,rononic feats. he swallowed pearl (a la Anthony val. ued al four thousand dollais.
 Appius. another millionaire, squander- ed in dtbaucbery. some two million five hundred thousand dollaIs; after which, inding himself sober one day, he inves. ligaled his pecnuiary affairs. and finding
 he had only hall . million of dolIa,s Jeff, hc poisoned himself. because he coneide cred that snm insufficient for his main senanee.
 A IT. Hsliogabalus. who lived in those times. and WIS une sf the {. upper len," used occasionally ges up nice spppers. which coss one hund ied thousand dollars. Another geniIsman. named Lucullns. seIdous sat sloNn io a sepass thAt eoss less thaa ere hundsed thousand dollars. His prisaie lables eciiDsed the 2. IAGIies' Ordt
 naEies" oT any twenty of lhs best hoisls m lhe void. Ire Gsb Ssom bls pond were sold for ooe handrsd end sevsnty. Eve thousand dollars.
 On the other hand. there are nos | fev
 shal keep amassing wealth. and yet ase IconstautIy haunted riih ibe dread of coming io poTerly These gre ihsho
 leecA lSibe--ihe conslanl cEg of " Give. aistl is shsiss. We would MIile . iong
 chapter ahpug ihese IsiieFs but ihey gre
 ,ss psll kneWn lo require dsssEipdoE.
 AiI ue need sns. Il krom snrh exiTsmes
 oi hnH.Nh Aisssf. Heaxsa defsnd e. - # sss
 Nosll 94,e Du1inS ike psonress of
 snc ie# q. Annn<lH. Ne6. lfp ehaiInnn of tH& eMHr@ttF8 oAMeni,ina nfI,m, s..A sa,n