The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1877-02-17

THE IMfaITABLE COMMENTING
on THE DEATH OF WANDER
BILT. .-seal8

Editor-Well, Mr.. Train, the
flags are at half-mast at last. No
mistake this time. The Commo-
tlore is really dead. sfii-q -
Mr.. Train-Eight months dying!
What magnificent vital power.
knowledge Of diet aud Turkish
baths would have given fifty years
more of life. Asst. was he killed
two doctors out of i've anu tired
out preachers, reporters, family
and public. They are all glad the
agony is over. How odd to see
him go OF bible mad at last when
he tried to be . skep,ic for . score
of years! u'hae
ssNearcr, my God, to thee" was
the last song, and "Father, Son
and Holy Ghostw r his last words.
What a jubilee for Deems! What .
harvest for doctors! What . gold
mine to tho lawyer! What . re-
lief to HE relatives! The press and
the stock exchange !! How glad
everybody seems to-day. h. y
The incubus Of Cr@sus is OIL the
public At last. These awtnlly rich
men retard evolution. ~ ii.ss ~.
Tho property gobbler. Astor,
d.ed November, 1875. The tape
gobbler, Stewart, died April, 1876,
aud now the railway corporation
gobblsr, Vanderbilt, dies January,
1877 oil within q twelve-month
| in the Centennial year 7! The land
king, the cloth king end the rail-
way king age is ended. Thus pass
away the last Of the holy trinity
of hundred millionaires. All
dead and nobody sheds tears
kYou could not sell the whole out
fit in tho flesh to-day ut public auc'
ton for ten millions. These mis-
ers gobbled nearly all their gold
in the half century. While cut
ting the pound Of. flesh from thu
rich they squeezed the drop ofbloot
from the poor, When they gav'
anything 10 charity, II was dno'
US advertisement, a moral insnr
ancc policy. Y Hfi0.l.i.i'
| These Shylotks were thrc'
Dutch, Teutonic aud Celtic squat
ters on New York city. The,
squatted and waited. The cit
grew and their statute increase'
with its growth. Neither OF then
were painters, poets, author
sculptors, orators, statesmen, II
yentors nor bcnefactors. Pos
sessing everything to make ther
beloved, they were three fioatin
iccbergs in the pal@ocrystic sea Z
avarice. They enjoyed the batsl
for gold and fa,tcned upon tn
booty. Neither Of them ever sa'
a Turkish bath. ''''
Editor-Who will be Mr.. Val
, dcrbilt's pail bearers, Mr.. Train9
Mr.. Train-Of course the Ne
York Mutual Admiration squa'
who are always OH hand at thr'
millionaire shows. Years ago Va1
g dcrbilt appointed ten friend
y They are all dead. lie seems
! have outlivcd everything, and di
u at last before tho announcement
the New York Central bankrupt
i He was an active business mi
: twenty years between his tv
h marriages. The first in 1878; T
h last in 1869. lie was the chal
!. pion corporation "backer, sto
:. waterer," opposition adyertls
a and stock exchange "washer
u the world!
M His forty years. battle betwe
a his rectum and his bladder was
n: outrage on common sense, but
Il. pifies the ignorance Of man ON
N. laws of life. He surrendered
Al. infdelity to DR.. Deems, but !
cd his strong cigar. This proves
n weakness Of his biblical convcrs
,a- and the strength of his appel
lJust think Of Deems roasting 0
-, ters on his bedroom coal firt
midnight FOR q adying mans supl
" Mr.. Train.-1lis death and !
= !, Gould's failurel ! as they were
- lent partners. William Wand
bilt is a slow-going Station ISL
farmer, who never talked BUSH
Ter till near half y century old, I
Of will be I spring chicken for Go
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