Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1864-04-07

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,lINtc iI'!TU pltdt uCsii iDouI tho "oi III
of property. dGA house is worth ten
thousand unltrs ,pthut lot isrwofI! tive
thousand dollars; a tarpl is worth eight
Thousand a hurse three hundretG u car
riace i've hundred, 8 and so on ertllessly.
Ihis is ali very we'll in its nw;ty. But
ought not he. question. os, mel ines, to he
pul the other way, how much is; a man ;
mo1@y utM !! "A here is wider; rhn"c
iii the value Of money than most persons
think.a And, upon "a little inquiry. |
suspect that it viii be foundtiiat .al per-
suis who possess money, or who long to
possess it. lhayca5vay of measuring it.
not by dollars. but by its value in some
sort OF picusurc or article tr.i .r'
One man earns a thDusYnd dollars, and
says to himself. there, that puts Inc one
step cut of debt. Mluncy to him is a
means of se,sonil Liberty y man i'll
debt is not II, fiyemeno The borrower
is s5ryant tQ. .the, lender" ..s g.,., IA
AuV;hel man sss IN thousand dol
lars a snug 'l,ic hqp,cstead, Il h9ipe fui
his children, a shelter 70, his old age, q
place to live in, and a good place 10 dir
IN. But his ueighlorpniy sees one more
ink in the gclden chain Of wealth, Ii
was only thirtFMnc thousand last lAonth,
he is worth forty tl,is. Aud his Joy j.
IA the growing numerals i!ae imagine
how it viii sound, full round and hearty
when men sayi "he is worth hundred
thousand dollars" Nay, when it comes
to that, he thinks Ave d3liettef sound than
vnei and five'hmidied thousand dollars i
sound musical to his earAthoush he
l6v6s7evcn better yet to call it half a mil
li6nl The word million cuts II great
swatL inAncn's Vaccinations All this
estimate of money is sheer ambition
The man is vain He thinks much OF
himselfI ON account Of money, not of
character. A man who is Openly proud
Of Money is secretly tonttinptuoYs OF
those who have none. 2il
Another man wishes to see the world.
Every dollar means travel. A thousand
!olldls means Europe. Two thousand
dollars means Egypt, Palestire and
Ureeea. 81 77iix5T at .t..r.f .s.i. cfr
/, boys dealing in. small sums reckon
the Same way grA npenny means a stick
VI candyj sixpehce is but another term
iof ball j, shilling ,ineans u kite, and fifty
cepts .ach-&liiie psegD o., div. ~. .rol
YIho, young Crack sees his money
skeleton wae9p, and ii fast nag,.a a rnus-
ing trot ia. jellydlinko and a smashing
4 u H.s
1!But manyiands manyoa weary; soul Sees
10 every shilling gbread, tnfuel, clothes,
There Le thousands who hold on to virtue
tyt hands OF dollars ia tsw more save
them; a few, less. and they are lost.
Their gayer sisters see feathered hats and
royal silks in their ,noney, Or rather in
their fathers aud their husbands 90 ,sa
The poor scholar passes daily by the
stall where books tempt his proverly =,
Poor clothes he is content to wear; pla, N
and even iheagre, diet lie is wiling 70
subsist upon !; and as for all the gay DIS
sipations and extrayigant waste Of fash
lonable life, he looks upon them without
even understanding what they mean, as
a child looks upon the milky way in the
heavens, a glowing band of far-way and
unexplored wonders. But q, those
books !, IIea looks longinglyat morning
he peers at them With q gentle coyetous-
ness at night. (, lie imagines, now deviee
for earning few dollars. d III ponders
whether there is not soli,et new economy
which can save afew ,shillingsor And
when good luck, at Last brings . score Of
dollars to, him ,owith, what feryor Of haste
does he, get rid Of them, fairly running
to the stall, and fearing, at every step,
lest some more fortunate man should have
seized the prize. Wasteful man that
night saw, tbo much oil burnt out in pour
ing over the joyful treasure Books are
what his money is WORTH But Others
see different visions. Money means
fowers,to thea, New roses. theg latest
dahlia, tie new cdmelia, Or Others of the
great houribabd of flowers that fill the
florists paradice-the garden. 9',''A sAS'
9Sonie men see fsengravings in money !;
some. pictures; somsa rare copies Of old
books; some curiofs. missals;;' others,
when you say money, think Of fruit trees
Of shrubbery,s and arbortums, and pine,
tums, and 'frnticetums And We have
reason to- believe that there are some poor
wretchss WHO not content with any one
insanity, see pretty much all these things
by turns.
But there are nobler sights than these
to be seen, through the golden lens ol
wealth ia father and mother placed in
comfort ia their oil age q young man
helped through college or established in
business friend extricated from ruin
a pcc- v7man savcd from hesgsry, and