The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1869-07-13

he bad IS resources 10 Bis mind, f5r
ba sas lsafnel Wits, fond q books.
mgsle and pictures and ho was hap
ptly married AN his friends and 81
had many 20 when his harmless &c
eeuir.c,te aUd real kindlncss ofbeart,
cancealed u-lsr brasqae manner.
nse our attraction anticipated
isrb b.m aay years o. learned leisure
aa3 calm domestic happiness Eui it
vts uo- Is he "A snoaa and Is ID
proved. us illness overlook him. be-
.5ga as He oppressed gt be lad Seen
atsa months og4 10 business he
Ud pa suffer mGch. ana by as means
anticipated q fatal termination % Lis
ma,aiu Aaer tea days confinement
to la room, ho was somewhat alarmed
ay tbc grave aco ahd domaauor Of bis
usually hearty aul cheerful medical st-
tendanl I tuiuk, sald tie latter
"lAal i IS my duty to recommend to
yoa. il sou hase any worldly affairs TO
settle that YOU should settle them
The patient spraug up in bed, Do
yoa mean TO ton me, doctor that / am
dying, Oh, no said the doctor
Kindly. Il hope not and trust that
many happy years arc in store for you.
Sul, II there is any matter Of business
for You to settle, settle it Lille is al-
ways uncertain aud il is best TO be
prepared for all contingencies, /" Doc
tor," said the sick man, you cannot
deceive me- You think | am dying,
aud you 10 not like to tell the truth.
I Well have toiled, and struggled, aud
screwed. and saved for forty years, and
thought that al the last ! was going to
enjoy myself for a little while before
the end. And now you tell me am
dying. An | can say IS, that It is a
-." he added two words that were
very tragic, very comic, very lamenta-
bic, very unrepeatable, turned his face
to the wall and never spoke more.
Fourth on my list Of unhappy rich
is gentleman who retired, at the age
Of iftY from a large aud prosperous
business, with the expectation that his
/ share of the partnership would amount
to half million sterling, This expee-
/ tation was not realized On settlement
] Of accounts and valuation Of the as
] t, between him and his partners, it
was found that his STARE fell little,
! but not much, short Of two hundred
] thousand pounds This was grew
!. OLA disappointment 10 him. All his
life, from very early youth, be had over
/ worked his weary brain He had beeu
, unwisely eager to grow rich, and bad
oyertasked the energies both Of bis
] body aud mud, in the attempt to build
up fortune. aud TO become the fOun-
! der of family that should rank among
) the first IN the country IN winch be re-
{ sided. He loved wealth Tor its own
: sake, and with love beyond reason.
huugh clean fortune Of 300 lhous-
, and pounds, or even bali tie money,
! would saem 10 most men something to
be grateful for, aud to be wei enjoyed
aud wen secured It did not seem So to
this greedy man, who had made mon
: Of lis idol, and The only object Of rev
egence ia the world. His brain was
5 weakened by The hard work expended
& In making and taking caro- Of this mag
nitcont, but to him Disappointing sum-
d and lie brooded So much over the fail.
uro to reach tho half million he had 50
g long calculated upon amassing, that
s symptoms Of alteration Of intellect
: we're soon apparent to lis family His
Q brain softened and in less that twelve
: month after the winding up Of his par
morship his mind was wholly gone
1 aud i, became necessary to place bin
: under tie protection 81 keepers, vii,
y attended upon him night and day, aud
i never suffered him out Of their pres
: ence, lest be should DO himself q mis-
7 chief His hfe became a blank II did
$ not appear that be knew whether b,
g was rich or poor free Or restrained
o Iill or well and in this state lie re
d NAMED for many months, and died.
4 Ny last rich man a very rich man
3 ho was an owner not of hundreds O
T, thousands but Of millions was 10
e unhappy but was, On the contrary
d cheerful, aud happier than most me
v arc permitted 10 10 Id th.s world Bnt
q strange TO say lis happiness arose, no
it from his real wealth, tut from bis ia
le agin4ry poverty. A. The close u
% long. honorable. and lql life, he too
a il in,o his head that lhe world had q
1t tered into conspiracy % reduce A.s
Il s. poapersm and that he should ea
DO b.s days ia the wogkhouso 1t wa
s. sain To argue TIE point With him Ii
e faith vas fixed and settled. lie can
~ q Gle conviction iaoaga The pasas
g e Aiau iAN he was lly paE
II cr ard leal p L o,A % !.
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