Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-02-20
Some oI The Rich Man.

1t Is reported that there are peoole in Nev
~ anu III sumo other parts OF the Unitet
0lates' VINO CONSIDER themselves rich. and VIII,
LOOK win Il mixture Of pity and contempt nno,
tleir lelioW-worms OF the dust, whom thew sun.
pose TO possess less of "the dust" than Them.
selves; but we beg to assure these anr,caro,s
''u'eS ana gentlemen, that they have but ia int
iuea OF what real meath is. We speak bv In.
card-the card of Cresus who will he accent.
cd as mdlsputable authority ia such matters +.
ana Cr9sus always maintained, and said tba,
" a citizen who has not fortune sufficient 10
support an army, or legion, does not deserve
'he title OF rich man." Cresus was worth
plum himself; landed property, Ss,5OO,OOO;
personal property and cash, ditto; making the
snug sum of seventeen millions.
But Crgsus was a paupcr compared to THE.
rus This gentlemen was, says the New York
Ae"Ser' what our classical neighbors. on the
corner OF Spruce and Nassau, would call d"
SuPer9tated lucky dog" which means. in Emo.
''s"' man so fortunate as to have wave after
wave OF good luck roll in upon him so fast tina,
before he can dispose of one wave another
comes tumbling on top of it. At his death |
Il0erluS left the enormous sum Of ono b,ndroJ
ana eighteen millions, one hundred and twenty.
nVe thousand dollars, (S118, 125, OOO); which
MS precious grandson, Caligula, spent in less
than year. This fast young Roman lived .,
Inc rate OF some three hundred and fftv tbou-
'aiid dollars day; on one supper he expended
tour hundred thousand dollars.
b'it julius Cesar was the hardest "a 60 u,o
'ead Of HIS facilities for running in deb, were
Unlimited. lie expended vast sums in cleo
Ioneerlng, and before he succeeded in obtaip;no
wy once whatever, he had incurred debts to
ne amount OF fourteen millions nine hundred
no seVenly-hve thousand dollars But Julips
UNDERSTOOD the game he was playing as soon
5 lie got his hand into the public purse. his
ebtS began to diminish, and it was M, lone
''o'e nc pad a handsome balance on the right
'ue OIL the ledger. julius was liberal he gave a
'1f'lla, the mother of Brutus, who afterwards
ave him that cruel stab under the fifth rib.
earl worth two hundred thousand dollars He
9t higher value on friendship than mos, a
eople do nowadays; having purchased thai
LucIus Paus for one million five hundred :.
lousand.
cleopatra IS also said TO have had plenty Of 81
mes Hfr weakness ran to beds, on which h
lie spent untold amounts. Purple and Grim. ft
NJ and goId' and silver, and precious stones. a
ere avshed on them without stint. To show W
'r contempt for wealth, she gave Mark An. gi
ony pearl, worth four hundred thousand
liars, dissolved in vinegar, which he inconti ~
'nlly swallowed without even making wry eli
ce. z tv
Eating seems to have been favorite nmuse. on
ent In those good old times. Lucullus seldom ny
down to repast which cost less than one ,
inbred thousand dollars; the fish from his 81
nds were sold for $4,000. A Mr. Helioga. uu
lus, who belonged to one of the first families a
ed to treat his friends to nice supoers which M
st SlOo.OOO each.o' But Esopus, ,ltho come. in
10, Ito borrow metaphor from our coax, no
icked the platter cleaner" than all his riyue 10y
wing given four hundred thousand dollars o or'
r single dish! Esopus had q son, Csodius til
q chip Of the old block-who, among other me
travagant gastropomic feats, swallowed a. wi
arl "a IA Anthony worth $4,000. '4 s. pr p,SS
Seneca, an author of some merit for those wi