Kansas weekly herald., 1855-06-01
sad EHec1s Of Sudden WeaIth.

Sad Effects Of Sudden wealth.
ThssW York Dutchman gets off the
following graphic account of the sad effects
of sudden wealth, yet there are. a great
many people whe would be willing to risk
it at theperiI Of destroying their happiness:
Whats the matter, Sones-you look
serioas:l', ~ =
.sN looks don't deceive you. am Sc
rious-m miserable, and have been ever
since that fortune was;left me-"
Well, that's queer. Miserable because
you have had rush of good luck
"You may smile, but it's 80. The mo-
ment my son Jem ascertained that was
worth hundred thousand dellars, he wish
ed me to give $4,000 to buy yacht, and
because Irefused, he said he would turn
blackguard, buy red shirt, and run with
81. He has kept his word, and in few
months expect to hear that he has been
sent to Blackwel's Island for knocking a
policeman down with ssthat three inch nos
sic" that the fool is always talking about"
That's misery No. /. But that is not the
only one. On the strenth ofmy sudden
wealth, Mrs. Jones refugees to look to dim
Fer matters. The consequence is Biddy
manages everything, and 80 broils beef
steak, that you can't tell it from damaged
sole leather. Mrs. Jones also insists on
giving parties. The effect of which is; that
fools get SO mixed up with champaign,
that you can't get wink of sleep till Just
before breakfast, and that is of very brief
continuance, as Margery never sets the
table without giving chase toe..that yaller
cat,' that usually ends in breaking some
half dozen tea cups, or Citing up colli-
sion with the coal scuttle. The fact is, old
boy, I'm gradually going distracted; and
if you should hear next week that have
sought repose in a lunatic asylum or a
neighboring mill pond, don't be surprised
but reflect that it IS the natural effect of
natural causes visitation of sudden
wealth on family that was brought tp on
two meals a day.
What is that, John?
please sir, letter that was Just left by
the postman'
Mr. Jones broke. the seal and read as
follows: a.os
Dear Sir 8
am panied to inform you that your
son James was brought to the station house
on shutter this morning, In a very dam
geroas situation indeed. He got in an al
tercation with SIS boys, about who got the
first stream on Barleycorn's brew house
In the melee, your son was struck over the
head with a wrench, and with such force
Jas to deprive him of his reason. For the
last hour he has done nothing but heller
Is Pitch in Bob, and hit him with the butt. ,
I hope you will Immediately procure medi-
cal assistance, and remove him to the pa
+ternal roof.
P. She has just torn up his red shirt
and is now standing on chair, shouting,
Down Pine street. Run into 32,'
Yours Is
- JAZZ. GRAB, Captain Pslice.
When Mr.. Jones read this he was over
come. The last feather was applied to the
camel. The mex day he left for Utica
where he is now going through course of
straight jackets and shaved heads for the
purpose of allaying cerebral excitement,
and all brought; about by little good luck
the bequest of block of houses by a
rich uncle, who died last summer by eros
sing turtle soup with the gout Think of
Jones, and don't yearn for fat bank book.
For corrupting your family, an unexpected
attack of doubloons is worse than a whole
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