The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-14
4 Freak Of Fortune.

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TATE WORTH FIVE MILLION DOLLARS.
The Dubuque Qowa) Times of March
! 25th tells this story:
"Thrcc years ago there resided in
this citv sun-burncd. hard-tistcd, in-
du.,rious man, named Adolph Gull,
who earned the food required for the
consumption Of himself, witc and fam.
ily OF seven children, by saving v cod
from door to door. Blu. little was
known about his early history beyond
the fact that he was an cxile rom 70.
land, Europc, an item OF information
which hc impaired TO one or two per-
sonal friends, with the further state
ment that inc had relatives living there
who were very wealthy. and might
place him above want. il 50 disposed.
During the internal fruds and lyran-
meal government which oppressed
that unhappy land. hr. with number
| of others, determined to rmigratc and
seek relief ON the shores OF free Amer
/ lea. After safe and prosperous roy'
age the party landed in New York,
from which point Mr.. Gull continued
his Journey to the West until he came
i TO Dubuque. where he rented cheap
tenement on Washington street, anu
; settled down TO the business we have
before stated.
! "Ilow long Mr.. Gull would have
rr,nnincd in this city following his
| humble employment. and c"nTrr@htin"
with others Of his class on Seventh
street. we do moi know, had il not been
for the libcralitv manifested by Uncle
sam. In lSH. Mr.. Gull's attention
was turned To the homc>tcadS offered
by the general government TO all act
ual settlers in the western frontiers ol
our State. After revolving the matter
over. he resolved to avail himself ol
the benefit, OF so humane Il provision
and ilingin. his buck aud SAW 10 one
side, he packed up his household
foods, badc ndiru to his comrades and
, with his family. started for the fields
! OF promise. lie was fortunate in pro-
curing 4 GOOD location within twelve
miles Of Fort Dodge. and soon had Il
nice little patch OF ground under tho
plou.h Here he worked and toilcd
month after month. and was gradually
becoming independent in circnmstam'
COS through his own cNcrtions, when
all at once the tickle goddess Fortune
came to his relief. and made him Il
millionaire.
! "On the lllh inst. he was called to
! Fort Dodge on business. and "n m
qurin. at the post Office found letter
: directed to his address. from the old
country. which had evidently brrn
awaiting his order for some days. MIR
! Gull took it out. glanced ut the super
! Scripiion intrntly, and rcmarkiu@ that
! at last some of the folks had concluded
! To write To him. opened the durumcnl
!aul commenced to read. He had not
, ,lrvuurcd more than haita dozen lines
before he uttered II loud yell and com
mrmcrd 10 dance around IN 'namnr'
absolutely inrXpiirablr To the by>iand'
crs. who thought that the man had
suddenly become insane. After the
first surprise was over Mr.. Gull be-
came more rational. and Informed the
! sprctntor that be was no longer poor
plodlin" farmer. but millionaire. by
! the dccrase Of IN uncle in Poland. who
! had willcd TO him his entire property
amounting to five millions Of dollars
which was now awaiting his disposal
| All this and much more the letter con-
! tanned.
ITO make n lon" story short, Mr.
! Gull sold his farm the next week, and
is now on his way to the old country
to take possession Of his property
passing through Dubuque last Monday
!cvcnin@. We have only to add we
hope he will bc successful and find
everything all right. But who would
have supposed that y Dubuque wood
sawyer could ever have turned out Il
millionaire