Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-07-14
From the knickeTbocke s for 1uly,f
WAAt Conf itptee 1aahao 4

We arc indebted TO friend ia Wa shjnp.
ton City for the following very forcible i.
iustration Of What Constitutes Riches p, We
need not add that the anecdote 10 entirely
authentic:
ITO be rich" said Mr.. Marcy, our wor.
thy Secretary Of State, "requires only a
satisfactory condition Of the mind. Ono
man may be rich with a hundred dollars.
while another, in the possession Of millions
may think himself poor; and as the necessi.
ties Of life are enjoyed by each II il evident
that the man who lie best satisfied with his
posse ssions is the richest"
To illustrate this idea, Mr.. Marcy re.
lated the following anecdote: when I
was Governor OF tn s'tate of New York"
said he, Il was called upon one morning at
my office by rough specimen Of back.
woodsman, who stalked in, and commenced
conversation BY inquiring 'if this was Mr.
Marcy ="
lreplied that that was my name.
"Dill Marcy!" said h. nodded assent.
Used to live in Southport, didn't YET"
] answered in the affirmative. and began
TO feel little curious to know who my ISL
tor was, and what he was driving at.
"That's what told EN-" cried the back
woodsmaD, bringing his hand down on his
thigh With tremendous force; 81 told 'em
you was the same old Bill Marcy who used
to live in Southport but they wouldn't be-
lieve it, and promised the next time I
came to Albany 70 come and see you and
find out for sartin. Why, yon know me,
don't you Bill"
! didn't exactly like to ignore his acquain.
lance altogether, but for the life Of me
couldn't recolect ever having seen him be-
fore; and so replied that he had a familiar
countenance, but that was not able to call
him by name.
MY name is Jack SIN ;th," answered the
land we used to go 10
school together thirty years ago in the little
red schoolhouse in old Southport. Well,
time has changed since then, and you have
become a great man, and got rich, | sup
posew
shook my head, and was going to
that impression, when he broke
in:
"Oh. yes you are; know you are rich
no use denying il. You was Comptroller
for-for a long time; and the next we heard
Of you, you were Governor. You must have
made n heap of money, and am glad of il,
glad TO see you getting along so smart
You always was a smart Id ut school, and
| knew You would come TO something"
thanked him for his good wishes and O.
pinion, but told him that public life did not
pay rs well as he imagined. IL suppose"
said ], "fortune has smiled upon you since
you left Southport"
"Oh! yes, said he, hain't got nothing to
OF. must say tina, I've got q.
long right smart. You see, shortly after
you left Southport onr whole family moved
up into Vermont and put right into the
woods, and reckon our family cut down
more trees and cleared more land than any
other in the whole State
"And so you have made 4 good thing
of it, Ho. much do you consider your.
self WORTH" asked. feeling a little Curl
Gus to know what he considered a for
tune, as he seemed to be we'll satisfied with
his.
"Well," he replied, Il don't know exact
ly how much am worth !; but ! think,
STRENGTHENING himself opp f all my debts
we're paid should be worth three hundred
dollars clear cash - And he ,cas rich; FOR
he was satisfied.