Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-01-21
miscellaneous
ny WESTERN ESTATE.

estate.
How do | happen to have an estate in the West?
The question is a reasonable ono, and | proceed to
answer it.
About a year ago, my good aent Deborah
bless hor generous %soull-being under the necessi
ty of%leaving the world, beQneathed me in her viii,
the sum of FIVE hundred dollars.
Let that servo as q nest egg recommended one
ofmy prudent fri,uds your salary is quite sufi.
cient to support you. Thore is no reason why
this should not be invested, Sc that by the time
you have occasion to use it, instead Of a paltry
five hundred, you will have twice or thrice the
sum-"
This advice seemed to me sensible. | had nc
present use for the money, and there was some
thing celebrating in the idea Of being a capitalist
with money to invest.
Ny friends were very Kind in the matter. No
less than twenty-five, at the smallest calculation,
offered to take charge Of my money and pay legal
interest. But, after all, at six per cent, or even
eight, some years must elapso before my money
would even double. | accordingly thanked my
friends for their considerable kindness, but told
them T had other views-that ! regretted exceed
ingly not being able to avail myself Of their gen
erous proposals, as, under other circumstances, |
should have done. When pressed upon the sub.
ject Of my plans, / maintained a discrete silence,
for the very good reason that they were not yet de-
6ned in my mind. vas waiting, like MicawSer,
for something to turn up
Something did turn up.
One morning, on entering my Place Of BUSINESS,
I found waiting for me a slick parsonage, with a
sharp. restless eye.
'Mr. Flint ? he inquired.
That is my name
And mine is Lynx. | am happy to make your
acquaintance, SIR and he grasped my hand with
unexpected fervor,
Thank you, l replied, in some little surprise at
this cordially frVm n stranger.
After a few preliminary remarks about the
weather, which if l remember rightly, were not
particularly original, Mr.. Lynx remarked. 4 am
told Mr.. Flint, that you have some money which
you are very DESTROYS Of investing
But a small amount, l answered modestly.'
1t is precisely these small sums which so often
serve as the foundation of large fortunes return
cd Mr.. Lynx with animation.
But, really, five hundred dollars l continued,
DESTROYS Of drawing out my visitor.
Five hundred dollars sir Think Of Whiting
ton and his venture. What is a ca, to FIVE hun
drsd dollars ? And yet wo are told. cir, that he
made a colossal fortune, and even became Lord
Mayor Of London.
4 always regarded that story as Apochryphal,
said I. smiling.
Possibly it may be so. But what of that Is
il not the illustration Of a great painciple? Since
you object 60 this illustration, however, let me give
you another, which came under my observation.
A friend OF mine had two hundred dolla7s-a mere
bagatelle. He came to me aud asked my advice
a. to the mode of investment. gave it. What is
the result Two years have passed, and he is
worth to-day twenty thousand dollars-all through
. lucky Investment
Indeed said l, p~ricking up my ears and consid-
ering that at that rate my five hundred dollars
would have become fifty thousand. May l en-.
quirs how the money was invested to produce such
q return
Certainly l was about to tell you. With the
two hundred dollars l purchased for him a quarter
section of land, in one of the Western towns. OF
course. you have heard of their astonishing growth.
This ground was centrally located, and was re-
quired for building lots. 1t rose in value aston
ishiBgly and my friend made a snug little fortune,
as have said.'
My Imagination was fired at once. No more
chance Of letting out my money at a pa!try SIX
cent, when such golden harvests were to be had
for the gathering.
Il suppose said l, hesitatingly, that such OPP
portunities are of rare occurrence
Rare occurrence, my dear sir |! Not at all. |
admit that it requires tact and judgment to make
choice of such as are more eligible. OF course,
one who is familiar with the business has grea.
advantage
But I am not
Certainly not. Permit me to say, however,
that | am, and tina; ] shall be happy to assist you
to the best of my ability. In fact, I devote the
chief part Of my time to an agency Of this des-
c~ription, and have the great satisfaction Of know
ing that l have placed more than one man on the
road 70 fortune
began to have o new idea Of the abilities and
benevolence of Mr.. Lynx, which was not materi,
ally diminished when he acknowledged that he
was 10 the habit Of receiving q certain commits
sion say ten per cent-fOr efect:ng an invest
ment.
'Llave you any favorable chances for investment
now Oh hand l enquired with some ankle
~.
Tempting, sir, tempting was the reply Of Mr.
Lynx. Il have some lots in Constantinople."
'Constantinople ! l repeated in some uncer.
tainty. The only associations which the name
recalled were Of a certain city lying between the
Sea of Marmosa and the Bosphorus. OF course
Mr.. Lynx could not mean that. or if he did, | had
to little confidence in The Turks to venture my
money there. My doubt was removed by the fur
Their remarks Of Mr.. L.
'C,Dstantinople is q town in Minnesota, which
venture to say, in the course Of ten years will
contain twenty-five thousand Inhabitants
4 do notthink | ever heard OF it,
This is not surprising. Thirty years since
Chicago was merely a trading post amid the wig
wan Of the Indians. Now i. bids fair to ri ga
our largest Eastern cities. might point you &c
many other exam pies, but it is needless. You
cir. do not nee to be pointed to the almost mag