The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1870-04-07
A "East" Liic--The IrrctricSa.
bic Ruin Of Youth.

turesque valleys OF Berkshire is an ul 4
fashioned village OF true New Encand
type. with its single and shaded street.
quiet almost to lunline.S, church oI
two with scattered cemeteries, now
and then store, scattered iarn-hcusts
the inevitable p>t Office, hotel and
bridge to which list but u few public
buildings eau hc added. There were.
however. Il town house and bank In
the village. In this secluded place
Junius Dee first saw the light in ahori
the year 1888. and in giving him mp-
terni;y his mother gave her life To
the father this was most severe. The
boy, however Survived his mother.
and as h. grew up the whole Of the
love aud affection of the rcmaiuin. pa
rent were lavishcd upon the child
Time passed, and the youth was found
at school, a bright, quick, active, and
Intelligent pupil. Every attention was
bestowed upon his education. \,
fourteen he was clerk in the bank OF
the village. of which his father was
cashcr. lie was found to be well fitted
Tor such a responsible place. pariicu-
larly as he was exceedingly rapid and
correct in his calculations Ailcr four
years Of duty there. both father and son
were called tn enter bank ng house
in a larger and more thriving town, in
the capacity respectively Of c9shier aud
teller. Hero both remained about hye
years, aud borh could have staid many
years morj with profit to themselves
and satisfaction to all cinccrncd, had
it not been that the young man was
ambitious Of going into business Tor
himself iD the city. The father WAS
10th to have him GO, but after rcpcated
Solicitations. aud having an opportu.
nifty to form n partnership with an old
and trusted banker friend, tho two
went into the banking business in New
York under the nime aud firm Vf Burr,
Dee & Co.
All prospcrcd, and after a year or
two of success the two senior partners
who had gone into the arrangement
more to secure III" firm establishment
Of the younger member upon sure
aud safe foundation than for any other
reason. wsthdrew, anl the whole busi
ness fell into the hands u: the junior
partner. Bu illness continued prosper
ons. He bought and sold millions at
the brokers board. Tie more he had
to buy and sell the more easy it seem
ell for him to do the business entrusted
to him. Very rapid, unlccountab'y
accurate in all his transactions, the
president OF the board of brokers once
said of him that there was not one OF
the great number oi the members oi
tine board VIII, could equal him. He
would buy Erie Of numerous parties
in rapid succession, % the price, often,
being attached the fractional parts of
a cent; but his accounts were the iir,i
to be ready, and always he the most
correct. aud that, too, without the AID
Of pen or paper One day II stcnp-
Srapic..rcpOrtcr was secretly empIoyci
to record all his transactions, aud be-
lore the reporter could write them uut
young Dee had his accounts correctly
made up, greatly to the astonlshment Of
all who were in the secret
lie grew rich, and alas, as he grew
rich. reckless. Wealth Id to wine,
wine to women, aud fast horses and
gambling followed In fact. TO cS
press it rather indignantly, the young
man went it with u rush for n time.
Indeed, he seemed determined to see
how much aud how IOoi,hly he could
spend. lu a drive TO the Central Park
he has been known TO spend 5000
lIc wouli get the best team and order
the driver TO allow none to pass hn
llc would stop ut the most fashionable
saloons on the route aud indulge in
the most costly wines. Money was
easily made aud more easily expended
And he secmel to think it would al
ways be SO. But there is just where
he was mistaken Few meu are ahl'
TO stand dissipation of The character
here indicated for any length of tune,
and Dee could not indulge therein
without affecting himself as well Us his
business.
Depositors became suspicious,
friends warned, and many withdrew
their deposits aud securities, while
others, either Ignorant Of his course
or still having faith in him, permitted
theirs to remain. But, too late, they
found their confidence hal been he
truyed. Not satisfied with using his
own money, or that not being sufficient
for his demands, he drew from the
immense sums with which he had been
entrusted, perhaps honestly believing
at first that he would be able to re-
place them when needed, until he had
run through in year million and n
half OF dollars. But tho terrible mo-
meptum he had forced upon himself
could not be overcome. More aud
more rapidly he went down, until oil
hope of retrieving the losses he had
cntailed upon his friends was useless.
His father. himself wealthy, ep-
deavorcd to stem the food, throwing
in his whole 6rtuLe, but tho current
was too powerful, and il WAS swept
away forever. Unreisn,iug creditoIr
pressed their claims the young man,
knowing that il was usstpss to try and
satisfay them-to svsIs arrest and i'm
prisoninent, 6cd be couofvy, and now
r,,ms "A f,oasiva in n foyeirn land. -