American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-08-23
ESTABLISHED IN 1925
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We are indebted to friend in Washing
ton City for the following very fOrcible- H.
lusirnIion of what constitutes riches.'i--
We need not add thsttbe aneedo,e is en-
iirely auihen,ic4- ~ sE ra@- - asf g
80 be rich" said Mr.. Marcy. our wor.
thy Secretary Of State, Requires only a
satisfactory eohdi:ion Of the thibd. One
man may be rich with q hundred dollars,
willie another in possession Of millions,
may think himself poor; and rs tile nee
essaries oflife are enjoyed by each, It is
evident that ihe man who Is the best Eat
ished with bis possessions is the richer. +"
To illustrate this idea, Mr. Marcy relat-
ed the following aneedote:
"While | was Governor Of tie State oI
New York." said he. Il was called upon
one morning al my Office, by rough
specimen Of a backwoolsman. who stalked
in and commenced conversation by ineuir-
ing "if this was Mr.. Marcy?"
Ireplied that was my name.
"BiIl Marcy" said he.
nodded assent,
Used 10 live in Southport, didn't yep
/ answered in the affirmative, and be.
ganto feela little curious 10 know who my
visitor was, and what he was driving at.
That's what | told 'em, cried the
backwoodsman. bringing his hand down
on his thigh with tremendous force: IL
told 'em you was the same old Bill Marcy
who to live in Southport. but they
wouldn't believe it, and | promised the
next time / came to Albany to come and
see you and find out for sartain. Why,
you know me, don't you Bill?"
didn't exactly like to ignore his ae-
quaintancs altogether. but for the life oi
me | couldn't recolIect ever having seen
him before; and so | replied that be had g
familiar countenance, butthat | was moi
able to call him by name.
my name is Jack Smith," answered
the Lackwoodsman. "and we used to 60 K
school together thirty years ago, in tn,
little red school house in old Southport
Well, times has changed since then ant
you have become a great man, and 90
rich, | suppose
Ishook my head. and was going to con
tradict that impression, when, be brok
ID: a
20 yes you are; know you are rich; NJ
Use denying it. You was Comptroller
for a long time; and the nexI we heard O
you. you were Governor. You must have
made heap of money, and Lam glad o.
it, & lad to see you getting along so smart
GU was always a smart lad al schools aud
knew you would come to something"
3 l thanked lin for his good wishes and
opinion. but told him Thai political life did
not pay as we'll as he imagined. II sup,
pose" said /, "fortune has smiled upor
you since you left Southport"
"oh, yes" said be, Il hain't got moth
ing to complain of. / must say. I've go,
along right smart. You see. shortly afier
you left Southport, our whole family mov
ed up into Vermont, and put right into
the woods, and | reckon our family cut
down more trees and cleared more laud
than any other in the whole State"
"And you have made good thing out
oft. How much do you consider your
self WORTH" l asked, feeling a litlle cur
ious TO know what he considereda a fort1ne
and as lie seemed so we'll satisfied will
his
well. he replied. "Idon't know ex
actly how much am worth; but l thinl
(straightening himself up) all my .debt'
were paid, should be worth three hund
red dollars clean CASH." 7--t-
- And he was rich, for he was satisfied
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