Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1855-07-18
VOL. 2. NO. 80;
sketoh Of Baron Rothsehild.

February Ii, 1S34:--We yesterday dined at
Ham House, to meet the Rothschilds, and
very amusing it was He (Rotbschild) told
ishis life and edventares. He was the third
son of the banker at Frankfort. :. There was
not" he said room enough for us all in that
city, dealt in English goods s}pe great
trader came there, who had the market 10
himself; he was quite the great man, and he
did us favor If he sold us goods Somehow
/ offended him, and lie refused teshow me his
patterns This was ON a Tuesday. / said to
my father / viii go 10 EnglAnd, l could
speak nothing bat German On Thursday
started. The nearer got to Epgiand. the
cheaper the goods Nete, A. soon as eotto
Manchester, I laid out al! xpy money -tEings
were SO cheap; and / made good profit. i
soon found that there were three profts-the
raw material, the dyeipg, and the nlanufactu-
ring. / said to the manufacturer, Il VIII SUPP
| ply you with the material aud dye, and you
supply me with manufactured goods. So
got three profits instead of one, and L could
sell goods cheaper than anybody. In a short
time, made my twenty thousand pounds into
sixty Ny success all turned on one maxim
/ said, / can do what another man can; and
so / am a match for the man with the pat
terms, and for AL the rest of them. Another
advantage / had. I was an off-hand man =
1 made bargain at once. When was set
tied in London, the East India Company had
eight hundred thousand pounds of gold to sell,
went to the sale, and bought it all i knew
the Duke of Wellington must have it. had
bought great many of his bills at a discount.
The government sent for me, and said they
must haye it. When they had got it, they
did not know bow TO get it TO Portugal /
undertook all that and L sent it through
| France and that was the best business i ever
did, Another maxim on which he seemed 10
place great reliance was, never to have any
thing to do with an unlucky place, or an un-
lucky man. / have seen, said he, many cleg-
er men-very clever men---who had not shoes
to their feet. / never act with them. Their
advice sounds very vel. but fate is against
| them; they cannot get on themselves; and IT
they cannot do good to themselves, how can
they do good for met By aid of these max
inns he has ACQUIRED three millions of money.
hope, said -, that your children are not
too fond ef money and business. to the exclu-
sion of more important things. . / am sure
you would not wish that. / ana sure l should
not wish chat, said Rothschild wish them
to give mind. and soul, and heart, an1 body,
and every thing, to business that is the way
to be happy. 1t requires great deal of cau7
ton to make great fortune and when YOU
have got it, Il requires ten tunes as much wit
to keep to- IF were to Listen to all the pro-
jeets proposed to me, should ruin myself very
soon Stick to one business, young man. said
he,i to Edward stick to your brewery, and
YOU may be the great brewer of London BE
brewer, aud "a banker ;, and a merchant, :, and
manufacturer, and you will soon be in the
Gazette One of my neighbors is a very ills
tempered man :. lie tries to yex me. and has
built a greht place for swine close to my walk
So, when 20 out. L hear first grunt, grunt,
squeak, squeak hut this does me no harm j
am always In good hRmor Eometimes, to
.amnse myself. L give beggar guinea. lbs
thinks il a mistake. and, for fear should find
it out, ,soff he runs as hard as he ean-acilsad
wise yuasto give a beggar guinea sometimes,
it is very amusing. .l,,s s' .srs,aA
(The above is extracted from ,the recently
published biography of the late SiraT. L.
Buxton, The letter was writtce by that gen
tleman-
seuAsBABiEs - Knocking at the wrong door.
and hesitating whether you shall run away and
say nothing about IL or stay and, apologizeisa,i-
= Crossing the road until you see gig COM
ing one way and a cab another; so If yos
move on you are sure to be knocked by one,
and if you staid stiA you may be possibly
crushed by both. - s., :.s,, .s..g..,s,.
Finding yourself in a. damp. bed on a cold
night, and cogitafing whether yDi viii lie
still and catch your death, or get up and
dsekss and pass the night on tlse two cane bot
tom chairs. 49, a, ,aet ssit -sss
- Paying your addresses to pennyless fair
Que. .tDder the impression that she is an heir
ess, and on discovering your error, having
the option of marrying the young lady, or
being shot by the young lady's brother.
Dining at a friends house, where YOU must
either drink wine until you become intoxica-
ted or refrain until you become disagrecsbso
Coming to four cross roads one Of which
you must take at random, or jus. WALL back
mile or two and inquire your way. ~ g serg
Being blandly Informed by aisprgeon that
You can either have your leg au4utated. or
let it alone and die in a few days. .sb asa
EE A fellow at race course was straggef-
ing about the tack, with more, liquor than
he could carry g Halloi what's tie lrztter
noww said chap whom the inebriatc indi-
vidsalhdd just run against
- Why-hic--why, said the fellow, so
drunk he was hardly able to articelate; :. tho
fact is, a lot of my friends have been betting
liquor on the race to-day, and they've got me
to hold the stakes"
Mr.. Jones, after having spent an evening
over his bowl. went home littlc q how coms
you so" He was fortunate enough to hnd
his better-half asleep. He went t5 bed, and
after moments conversation. he thought IL
would be policy to turn over, lest his breath
should befray him; when Mrs Jones oponed
her ewes. and in the mildest manner in the
world, said = Jones', you needn't turn over.