, 1875-05-16
HOW 1 BEOAME 4 BILLIONAIRE

E That this world IS but ; feetins ahou Is appar
| .ent to tho most obtuso observer. II il equal,
! apparent that hs who gets the 1nost cut OF Kei
| crouA who sees the entire hiprodrone, mus1
hare money. Oh. money! money! money
| Tho good Eod-tae omuipo:ent god Of this world
The protty golden god, TINT baya your bread ant
potatoes, baer and parsnips; buyn your hat auG
coat; buys your way into good society; buys you
pretty wife; buys tha preacher's smile; buys
you seat In tho Senate; and when you die, bu7z
you 4 half dozen 6rst-class obituary eulogiee
buys yon splendid rnau7o|onm, . prominent
place IN history, and finally bends your soul to
realms oolestnl What power this golden god has /
Whist q perfect erchauter he is! lie can
make n usly man pretty; N insigoifcsD. cuss
noble and commanding; mean man Chris
tlEn and phiianthsopist; fo2 IN Adonis; i
woman repulsivo as mud fepce, az beautiful as
tho bird Of paradise; and m arrant fool wiser
than the se7eu ssges OF Gteoco. havo known
. MAD who had not the good commoo sense Of
the zTafago tomtt, whose society ,waa courted
End advice sought On all occasions, for the sole
reason that he wes Eich.. WAS sitting, . few
days ago, in my Office musing upon the subject
OF waaiti,, and the unequal distribution cf prop
erty In This world. In my meditations this ques-
tion kopt forcing itself upon my mind: Why is
it that man is senr into this world without pro
yioas consultation or Arrangement, and at the
worry beginning OF life is informed that ho must
gzt mo1ey, money, money, -1nustroo. hog or die
could not ansxor tha question. Tos know
that I hayo been insulted and humilisted with
such statement many times. Why, I also
asked myself, Is It that can't enjoy al that is
beautiful aud glorious in thi& world without bay
ing money, msney, money? I couldn't tell why
1t ,t-ras~shoughs it might DO owing to an artificial
state OF things;' but It WIS plain to ma that
couldn't. While pondoring on these matters, /
suddenly resolved thnt would hare money,
since 1t wss 10 necessary, and said= to myself:
L am going to hsve wealth; yeh am deter
mined to have wealth; yos, shricked, I will
havo vast wezlth; will be al rich IS Crocsus.
Rov shall attain it ghall rob Nshona1
Benk7 No., Shall i induce so1ns rich
man to call: me. =, d--d lisr, and 3
thief, aad perjurcd villain. &a3. sue
him Tor elander and recover lArga
yofdict No. I will get rich honestly. will
do it in this way, and fell to sol,loqutsing in
thia manner: + have natch worth $50 will
trade that watch for horse. I shsu malta
good trade. The horse will exchange for
yoke Of ozen. I will fstten the oxan. and get
them in very nice order, ana sell them for Christ
mas beef for 800. I will inveat that sum in
ness pork, and it will rise In an unprecedented
manner, and 1 -Til convert my 800 into s., 200.
With this sum will proceed to France I will
go into tho country about Rouan and buy twelve
Norman sta1iions.. In crosaing the ocean ono Of
them will die. but will tiaposo Of tho others In
. very advantageous mAnuer, and roalizs I'll, 600
on tLat trapEactlon. H. viii then 60 to my
neighbor, Mr.. Fentan, and: I will e.y to
him :: III. Fenton. hkve been extremely fo1tu-
nate With my Norman stations. have made
Large sum of' money. desra to buy your sec-
ton OF land. I will give you Sill ,010- He will
say it II fine piece OF land but believe I viii
accept your proposition, md ha will Immediately
make mo deed. Next day he will como to mo
and say he is sick Of ths aale& and will offer rne
S25 COO for the farm. I nill greedilv xccept bis
o1az, and give him back his farm. will invest
my $4,000 IN Cashmere goats, and maks an
enormous profit on thcn. When dispose OF
my goats will be worth 95o, ,00o. Will then
commence shaving good notes, and tho commit
nifty will soon be startled with the intel-
[lgenca that An worth hundred thousand.
About this time will be elected Preaitont Of h
Historical society. I will taks this hundred
thousand and go to d .Eparse1y- -sattled country,
and buy largo amount Of land will 1ay ont
; town On the land, and call it Ninevea, bec1uae
Jonah Wns three days in the whales belly. I
Rlu sell great many town }ots. aud will 1udlo-
ou4ly cf1er tho - Pilgrims Pzogress" bound IN |
TnrksYa ~ pttze TO Any sna buying two iots
ID town. will euald up ttry rapidly Ind Hhl -
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