The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1873-01-07
Two Wealthy Men.


son and Mr.. Brassey. The personal prop
erty of the first was sworn under twenty
million dollars that of the second under
thirty millions; but it is understood that
great deal of Mr.. Brassey's estate has not
yet been sworn for duty, owing to difficult
ties in appraising it, and that, in fact, it
will prove to be nearly one hundred mil
lions when this has been done. Both these
men, like most of those who have made the
very largest fortunes, began life poor. Mr..
Morrison entered dry-goods warehouse,
where he contrived to secure the affections
of his employers daughter. They were
married, and he was taken into the busi-
ness, to which he ultimately succeeded.
One great stroke he made was the buying
of all the Grape in England, in anticipation
of the death of the Princess Charlotte, of
Wales. This lucky hit is suppose to have
put very large sum of money into his
pocket.
He invested a large portion of his enor-
nous wealth in real estate, and became one
of the greatest landlords in the United
Kingdom. His principal country residence
was Basildon Park, near Reading in Berk-
shire. 1t is a stately mansion, standing in
very pleasant park, and filled with
magnificent collection of works of art, of
which he was very liberal purchaser. The
very bookcases, tables, and chairs, were
designed by men such as Sir Charles East
lake, r. A. In the dining-room were two
columns of rare and beautiful marble,
purchased from church in Italy at pro-
digious price. These pillars were extraor-
dinarily heavy, and considerable difficulty
was experienced in bringing them to their
destination, the roads being, at various
points, quite broken into holes by the
weight. Besides his collection at Basildon,
Mr.. Morrison had gallery of choice pic
lures at his home in London.
He was not in the least ostentatious, nor
did he ever evince the tendency, so common
to nOuUeaur riches of toadying people Of
rank, his principal associates being eminent
artists.
Toward the close of his life he became,
as so often is the case of rich men, op-
bly, poor and should die a pauper; and a
small sum was paid to him every week, as
wage, to humor his fancies.
Mr.. Morrison left several sons. To the
eldest he bequeathed the interest in his
warehouse, estimated at three hundred and
fifty thousand dollars year (which that
gentleman sold to joint-stock company,
and further very extensive estates.
To the second he left some two hundred
thousand dollars year, and to the others
incomes varying from sixty to eighty thou
sand dollars.
All his sons have turned out steady, re-
spectacle men; and one is a well-known
Liberal member of Parliament.
Mr.. Brassey's great fortune was the
result, in the first instance, of successful
railway contracts, and then of the accumu-
lations consequent upon the great sums
thus made. Like Mr.. Morrison, he was the
, least ostentatious of men, and, like him,
, too, was fortunate in wife who resembled
him in this respect. Indeed, Mr.. Brassey'
expenditure, so far as his establishment,
, etc., went, probably did not exceed fifty
| thousand dollars a year, when his income
was two million dollars a year. Like Mr..
. Morrison he was fortunate in his children
He had three--all sons. They bear the
Y highest character, and now have divided
r among them the colossal fortune which
5 their father and mother only seemed &c
Y care for in so far as it would contribute tC
S their children's happiness.
Q 1t is remarkable that these two men
s England's wealthiest sons--should all their
lives have been Indifferent to what mos
successful men in this country aspire to-
3 seat in Parliament. Mr. Morrison, we be
lieve, did occupy one for brief time, bu
Mr.. Brassey never. Two of his sons arr
: now very useful members of Parliament.
ES-A Frepchman, who knew very littl'
of our language, unfortunately got into
difficulty with a country-man, and fight III
II must, and that, too, rough and tumble
But before he went at it, he wanted Il
know what he should cry if he found him
self whipped. After being informed tina
when satisfied all he would have to d.
l. would be to cry out "enough," at it the.
went; but poor Monsieur, IN his Difficult
ties, forgot the word, and finding his eye
E. likely to be removed from their sockets
10 he began to cry out, but instead of sayin
Is what was told him, he commenced bawl
ing Justify: