Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1876-03-20

Western railroad. But the routine Of
railrOading soon became too narrow for
his rising ambition. and be looked about
for some broader field.
Just at this time great excitement
arose in the West over the currency.
which was largely made up Of the issues
Of wildcat banks. and its value fuetua-
ted very much in consequence Young
Taylor thought he here saw his O2portu-
nifty. and began trading in this unstable
commodity. Aided by great natural
shrewdness and quickness Of perception.
he operated for some time IN these secu-
rites (Or more properly iRsse'Titiesl.
"bulliug" and bearing" them to suit
his convenience. until he had made quite
a sum Of money. The bills Of one insti-
tuition in particular. the Florence Bank
Of Nebraska, was his favorlte stock.
Just as Central" or Western Union"
might Be now. and from the amount of
them he bought. he acquired the so''b'-i-
glset of .'Florenee" Taylor. which stuck
TO him for years afterward. In 1855. be
came to New York. and Immediately
plunged into Wall Street. where for over
twenty years he has been. in his banking
and other business, uniformly success
full 50 much 50. in fact, that it has come
to be generally understood that whatey-
er be touches is pretty certain to turn
into gOld-Or its equivalent, greenbacks-
Still, it would not be safe. even with
this example before US. to advise anyone
to enter the same precarious path, hop
ing to find equal fortune at Its end.
Wall street Is one great quieksand filled
with the financial skeletons Of hundreds
and thousands who have sought . foot
/ hold on its treaeherous surface, only 70
be swallowed up and lost. The expert
ence Of these is soon forgotten. while
such successes as the one adduced, stand
ing out in bold relief, continually stim-
ulate new aspirants Of equal ambition,
but less brains, to enter well-nigh
hopeless competition with the veterans
who have achieved them.
In Brooklyn. beside the Beeeher at
fair. which I think is becoming chronic,
there has been the strange and terrible
calamity-ioubtless already reported by
telegraph-of the burning of an asylum
for the aged. in which. although tht
building was substantially built briel
structure, unusually well provided witt
means Of egress, many Of the unfortunate
inmates suffered horrible death. Tn
details Of the occurrence are too heart
rending for repetition.
No dimiuutiou Of attendance at tn
HippOdrome services, but rather an in
crease. is phenomenon which it is stil
, bothering the wise heads to account fol
Now it may seem rather lrreverent
speak Of these services as an entertain
nent but it is hard to believe that tn
enormous crowds that nightly flock
the amphitheatre, 60 there on purely II
ligiOus grounds. l have about come I
z the conclusion that the nail was hit 0
the head by lady who recently remark
D ed that it is some place to go" in II
: evening. and don't cost anything. b
e this fact admitted is far from destroyir
the value Of the work. Providing as
E does. good entertainment for thousand
who would otherwise seek something el
e tirely opposite, it is certainly dOir
g Gods service whether all these emotion
: al conversions are permanent or not
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