Nebraska advertiser., 1865-04-06
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A PetrOllan Spree.


to US by a friend, shows that the sudder
acquiion of riches. does not always con.
vert the possessor into a grasping cur.
mudgeon; indeed, the hardening pro.
cess is the work of time, and we are in.
clined TO be rather more lenient to those
who have suddenly become wealthy by
these means, and are liberal .enough &c
enjoy their wealth by spending some Of
their own money, even though ii be for
diamonds, horses, and fine clothes.-
! They might, 10 be sure, heard op their
s;omachs on poor fare, and afford tc
wear shabby garments, leaving after
their death large fortune for expectant
heirs tofght over, or in donations, to
rich institutions, who do not need them,
while mans lastvanity, and epitaph, sets
forth on costly monument virtues which
they never possessed.
We Go moi mean 10 be understood as
advocating senseless and wasteful exlrav-
agance, but when some persons who
have been compelled to practice rigid
economy TO live, suddenly come into pos
session of wealth, it is natural to sup
pose that they will taste Of those hither-
to forbidden luxuries which they have
often longed for but never enjoyed, ana
tha, too in spite Of the many regulators
Of society," who are always so ready TO
prescribe what shall be the proper meth
Cd Of dispensing such sudden acquisition
according 70 their idea.
One Of the lucky ones. in New York,
the other day, was parting wlh his
freud on Broadway yawho, as he shook
him by the hand, insisted on his compa-
ny to dinner at the Fifth Avenue Hotel,
at haf-past five.
Cant promise said Petroiia, I am
bound 70 have spree 10 day, for must
yeiurn 70 0il City to-morrow.
Well, 80 be- said his friend but
don't spend al yOur money
Spend ali my money! ha, ha, -ha s!
laughed the young oil prince. Why.
Charley, I made sixty thousand cash on
the last tract, and have only got five
hundred dollas' in my pocket. Spend all
my money = and the SPECTATOR laughed
again, Is bis friend shook bis hand, ard
loaping into an omnibus that was passing
up Broadway, rode of.
What were bis intentions then with
regard to "a spree is unknown, bat 10
the rapid locomotion and expert 'dodging
that is required Of a pedestrian in cross
ing from Barclay Street to the Park, be
came ia sudden concussion With rag
ged and confused urchin, coming from
The opposite direction, the result Of which
was to throw the latter violently into The
mud and almost beneath the very wheels
Of a passing carriage.
Petrolia dragged the youpg rsgauuf-
I I'm from beneGih the horses sieei, and
placed bim upon The Sidewalk
My rnoneyyoh, my money, beloved
the lade fellow, piteoas!y, as he wiped
sths. smocbes .ofatnod rrem BIS fsee.
Never mind yoar money, here's
mare, sa34he oil man, bat before be
could soi the action e the word, the
youngs.ag had dashed oug. TO The pave
4 ment cgd scared Afteen cents in cur
ren,y lha, le had dropped, and returned
| 10 the sidewalk, snile Of triumph or
/ his tear-stamed HlLe face.
I've got my money, said he, looking
1 mp to the oil men and holding up the
aud s:oined paper.
\ HIS money The oil prince looked
down Oh the shiveFing lutle figure before
hin-a little boy Of scarce six years old,
IA ia,tered dress that would nave been
ha riiy sufficient for May, bai lily pro
| tected him from the chilly air Of Febru-
ary No oves- garment, a small faded
cotton shawl ted about the neck, was
the only apartment effort that had made
4 for extra clo,hipg, no stockings. one lit
lie shoe, which had come OF in the fall
was grasped in one hand, and the httle
/ bare foot, red with chilblains, rested on
fhe damp pavement.
/ His money! As the Spectator iooked
i3wn at the 0hivering liuIe wretch, a
sudden though: seemed 70 strike him.
Come said he, III buy you a new
I rair Of shoes The little fellows black
/ eyes sparkled as a carriage was hailed
aud be was taken into il 10y bis new
foOud friend.
Halo, there g said the driver, as the
nuddy urehin elimed upon one Of the
haatsomely lined seats, i can't stand
this, yer know
Can you stand this 2 said Petroleum
handing ;en dollar greenoaok to ihe
mdigasnI wnip.