Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-04-10

I banker " Tor you may oe as fortunate your
selves, and make, in your turn, the happiness
Of others, if happiness is in wealth. will
prove this to you by relating a story, which
will teach you how chimney-sweeps may be-
come millionaire
At this electric speech, the hundred little
ears became erect, like those Of young horses
ready for the combat.
Yes. my friends, pursued NJ. Andrew
J. " il rests with yourselves to have also a
grand hotel, gildcd saloons, rich equipages,
and TO dine every day as you have just done.
Listen TO the story Of Savoyard, who was
more miserable than any you This lesson
is worth a wedding feast.
"Thero was a little chimny-sweep of your
age He was called Sans feii-ni-lieu. because
he had neither father, mother, nor home. The
people Of his villege gave him a scraper, a
cage and a sparrow-hawk put a loaf under
his arm, and a staff in his hand, showed him
France in the horizon, and said to him
March Sans-feu- -ni-lieu departed content
ed enough, lost sight of his stecple, was saw
ing Of his bread, shared it with his bird, but
soon found the end Of it. lie lived thus from
village to village singing for a sou, dancing
for two, sweeping chimny for little soup,
and sleeping with the cows or in the open air.
"He had travelled thus more than a hum
dred leagues, when he was surprized by a
snow-storm in the midst of a vast forest. In
vain he marched on, on he could not reach
habitations. The snow lay on his path in
heaps; hunger was joined with fatigue He
had eaten for three days only roots. In short,
he believed himself forsaken of Cod placed
his cage on the ground, dropped at the foot
of a tree, hid his benumbed hands in his
breast. and tainted from exhaustion. 1t was
all over with ns-feu-ni-lieu. The snow
was falling and threatened to bury him, when
a sharp pain awoke him for an instant: his
hawk was biting his car. He thought the
bird was trying to cat him. and this fear re-
yived him. But what was his surprise at
seeing suspended from the beak Of this bird
a quarter Of roast hare, still smoking. The
atfrighted hawk had opened its cage and stol-
en- this prey from the dinner of some colliers.
Judge of the feast of the child and bird
Sans-ieu-ni-liou saw that he must never des-
pair of Providence: he thanked him on his
knees, resolved to make one more effort, and
az last reached a neighboring city, where he
worked so well that at last he earned a new
hurdy-gurdy. With this he earned new
jacket, and ioyously entered Lyons. He
found there a kind master; he saved twenty
francs, with which he learned to read, write
and cipher. Now, one day when he was
sweeping chimney, he saw boy Of sixteen
weeping because he could not do a sum
which his father had requested him to do.
The chimneysweep laid down his scraper,
did the sum in five minutes, and went sing
ing upon the roof.-But on descending, he
found the father who had discovered all.
The latter looked at him from head to foot,
and asked him, How much do you earn per
month Prom ten to twenty francs. -
We'll, ! will give you a hundred francs, if
you will come and work for me- The next
day, Sans feu-ni-lieu had a nice jacket, and a
pretty room. He entered a clerk with this
oiti7an wha WAS a great machinist.-When
he was eighteen, his salary was doubIed.
Very soon he perfected machine invented by
his master, and the latter made him present
of the patent, which brought him fifty thou
sand francs. At the death of the father, he
became partner OF the son, and both real
lied a hundred thousand crowns You al
ready envy the chimney-sweep, my friends
Well, the failure of an associate ruined him,
and he found himself again Sans-feu-ni-lieu,
Would you know what he did then He re-
turned to the source of his fortune, became a
workman with machinist, and good a
d
/ stead of hundred thousand francs gained a
million. With this sum he came to Paris and
engaged in financial operations. To-day he
has doubled his million-he is ono of the
principal bankers in Paris but he has for
cotton neither his origin nor his misiortunes.
And the proof of this, my children, is, that
he has invited you to his wedding to relate to
you his history, for Sans -feu-ni-lieu is to-day
y Ill Al i l., thn
climax to his happiness by espousing the
daughter Of the Marquis de W
And this happiness he owes also to him
sell" exclaimed Madame de j., nobly, ex-
tending her hands to her husband
This public confidence, which was no news
to the wife and intimate friends of NJ. An
drew j., had been made by him with so much
dignity and good taste, that his proudest
guests embraced the former sweep, and the
voices of the peers of France mingled with
those of the Sayoyards in one common ac-
clamation.
And now, my friends" resumed the bank
or, II must show you, before you take leave,
the instruments of my fortune you shall
Judge for yourselves whether it is within the
reach af all
Everybody followed NJ J. into his study.
/ ne optncu u great Ofonne tOucf, ulNlutu lntO
two compartments.
"These are my Millions said he, land
/ there is what produced them.
They saw in the upper part thirty port
forlos filled with bank-bills; and in the low
er part a poor ehimney-sweep's costume, a
stuffed bird, a hurdy-gurdy, and a pair OF
wooden shoes then the tools of mechanic
tiles, hammers, compasses, and other in
struments, all arranged and carefully kept by
I NJ Andrew J. himself
"Unite with these, my friends, said he,
'two other admirable tools, perseverance, and
economy, and you will, like myself, raise your
fortunes, Of which here is the first stone"
He gave each child louis, and an order
for five hundred francs and after another
performance of the dances of their country,
the fifty Savoyards withdrew, exclaiming-
Long live NJ Andrew J.r'
From that day all showed themselves
worthy of their good fortune. Some entered
into business, others learnt trades several
entered as clerks with this banker, to learn
more intimately how chimney-swoeps become
millionaircs, The most skillful has just earn
ed five thousand francs in negotiating some
business of the Northern Railroad