Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1874-05-30

of goods but so perfect is his system, Sc
complete his method, that doubt if he
ever loses a dollar. Each clerk has hi,
special duties, and those duties are so in.
terwoven with others that the slightest
sin of omission or commission must event
uaily be discovered He lives plainly,
though well, and has, doubtless, many
long years before him. Where his money
will go 10, no one can form any opinion.
He has no relatives this side of the water !;
and with those on the other side he has
had no connection for years He IS build
ing an enormous Institution up town,
which, 1t is supposed, he intends to use
for "Girls's Lodging House" but this s
not certain The probability is that he
will keep on, intending to do some great
good thing, but die suddenly before his
plans are completed, and that his enor-
nous fortune will enrich his IRISH rela-
tiYes. Our only comfort will be that the
estate will have TO go through the courts
in New York, which will keep the most
of it in this country.
VANDERBILT
is another man who has seen eighty, but
who enjoys vigorous health. Old as he
is, it was only few years ago that he
married young wife, and notwlthstand-
ing, he attends to the detail of his enor-
nous railroad business, and plays whist
as regularly and methodically as ever. He
controls more miles of railway than any
man but one on the continent, and his
lines are all important. He is an iron
gray old fellow, who worked up to his
present position from nothing, and who
bids fair to double his already colossal
fortune before he passes out. But have
gossipped long enough about the old men.
1t will be noticed that every one of the
rich old men in The city commenced very
poor. 1t was in poverty that they got the
strength and the habits that to-day sus-
tains them. This is the moral to it, If 1
could start again, should start poor.
BUSINESS
is horribly and fearfully dull-so dull, in
deed, as to be no business at all. The
merchant looks wistfully out into the
street. The salesman wears panied look,
for his occupation is gone, and the book
keeper balances himself and reads the
newspapers. The West is not here, the
South stays away, and the North refuses
TO invest. The theatres are losing money,
the hotels are well nigh empty. and the
bar-keepers mourn as those without hope.
Let US hope for revival.
ONE HUNDRED EDITORS,
from the little State of Indiana, are in the
city at the present time, comfortably
quartered at the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
They have been to Cine nnati, Washing
ton, and Philadelphia, and after doing
the metropolis, will go home to their re-
spective papers and grind out wisdom
again. Generally speaking, they are a
good looking set of men, They are max
ing thorough thing of New York, and
are enjoying themselves hugely.
THE WEATHER
is absolutely glorious. The rains have
gone, the voice of the organ grinder is
again heard in the streets, the air is balmy'
clear and bright, and every thing looks as
beautiful as it can. The Spring is always
delightful in New York after the rains
are over. Now let business come to the
city and it will be happy. Come, mer-
chants with money, and buy. Make New
York glad. The chink ofmoney and the
rustic of bank-notes should accompany
the songs OF the birds in the Park, to make
everything serene. PIETRo,
New York, May 20, 1874.
Now is the time to use the Dead Shot,
for bed bugs, and you can get the article
at SwIFT's drug store,
With large, new and attractiYe stock
of goods D. W HAKELL, launches off
into an exclusively cash trade. Prices of