The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-03-14
OUR NEW YORK LETTER.
NEW YORK, Mar. 10. 1871.
A sExsTBIE WOMAN.

4 SENSIBLE WOMAN.
II is not often that woman, rich
and charitable, is not also weak
Not so was Miss Mary Dancer. 6
rich maiden lady Of this city, who
died few weeks ago. Miss Mary
was well endowed with this worlds
goods, and she had lots Of relatives
who loved her with all the devotion
that poor people always love rich
relations-till the viii is read Miss
Mary considered their feelings She
divided up g portion Of her property
amoog them in such way as to make
them all comfortable, so that they
would not feel aggrieved, and go 10
disputing the will. If a relative has
left you thirty thousand dollars, you
are not going to go around and swear
she was insane because she left the
same amount to q charity. After
doing this she made clean, clear
will, leaving the rest Of her estate to
ten of the best charities in the city.
She distributed 1895, 900 among the
charities that are known to be well
managed, and fixed it so that the
money goes to them without any in
reference Of lawyers or courts.
The curious thing about it is, that
her father who made all this money
was a noted gambler, and every dol
lar of it was made by gambling.
The gamblers wife and daughter
were, however, not only exemplary,
but devotedly pious women, aud it
was the wish Of The mother. as well
as of the father, that the money
should be applied TO a good use.
The managers of the charities had, at
the beginning, some scruples as to ac-
eepting mosey so acquired, bat it
was finally decided that they could
sanetify il. After taking Daniel
Drew's, / don't see why they should
hesitate about Dancers. A great
many people will, for great many
years hence, rise up and call her
blessed. The lawyers who lore fat
estates are gnashing their teeth be-
cause she gave them no excuse for
getting their long fingers in her pie
An acute as well as good woman was
Miss Mary Dancer.
HoGGIsHSEss GETTING ITS REWARD.
Vanderbilt, before be died, wanted
to get hold Of the Western Union
Telegraph Company, that be might
bleed that monopoly as be has every
other one be got his claws on. He
did get enough of il to control it, and
bis estate is reaping its reward
Scott, Hewitt and Garrett. the other
railroad msgnstes, turned about and
Put million Of dollars into the At
lanfic and Pacific, and turned over
their especial lines to that company,
and are pushing new lines in every
direction. Consequently, Western
Union, which was an eight per cent
stock, Notwithstanding it has been
watered dozen times, goes down To
sixty, and the Atlantic and Pacific
goes up proportionately. Telegraph
ing is the most outrageous swindle in
this century The Western Union
is, CT has been, a monopoly, and the
people have been compelled to pay
whatever it should exact Conse-
quently the cost Of telegrsphing has
been four times what it is il any
other country Now that the new
company has been bolstered, down
will go the prices. 1t is good thing
to throw patronage to weak comps-
MES, to sustain them. They are the
only safeguards we have against i'm
position. The prices have already
been. reduced a half, at competing
points, and they viii go lower still.
Would that there could be found
some relief from the express swim
die.