The Troy herald., 1877-05-09


The philaWthropist paused o mo.
n,cM,, wavsd his umbrella imprcs.
sivcly IN tho cir, and then said, % hc
resumed HE journey. IS
"l.ook im the morning papers 10.
morrow. owe . duty TO society,
and shall perform II. The public,
cir, shall know that you put dogs
meat into your sausage. and cats
flesh into your hash. beware, sir.
bewarcv -
Aud before tho proprietor Of tho
place could reach o club aud climb
over tho counter, hc was gone.
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Anecdotes 81 Nlisers.
The truo miscr loves to look at his
gold. in which hc nnds more beauty
than else " hero exists IN tho universe;
consequently. when Sir William
Smith, q wealthy English miscr, was
at seventy years OF oyc, deprived Of
his sight, ho felt II to bc q terrible af.
Fiction. lie was persuaded by Tay.
lor, the celebrated LcUi,st, TO DC
couchctl; who was, by agreement, to
have sixty guincas IT lo restored his
patient 10 any degree Of sigh. Tuy.
or succeeded IL his operation, am,i
Sir William was enabled to read aml
writc without the aid Of spcciaclcs
during the rest Of his liic. But no
sooner was lila sight restored than
tho bnronet began to regret TINT his
agreement had been for % large a
sum; hc felt no Joy rs others would
have felt, but gricvcd und sighed over
tho loss Of his sixty yMincas. Ills
thoughts were .how 10 cheat tho
oculist. lie pretended that hc had
only a gli,nn'cring aM,l could sec moth.
Ing distinctly, for which r,ason the
bantlagc on his oyos was continued u
month longer than the usual time.
Taylor was deceived BY these M,srcp.
reservations and agreed 10 compound
the bargains and accept twenty gnin.
cas Instead Of sixty. Yet Sir vii.
liam was an old bachelor and had no
one to caro- or provide for. At tho
time Taylor attended him he had u
largo estate, an immense SUN OF
money in stocks and $50, 900 in The
house.
| When tho government desired 10
borrow o largo sum OF money from
the immensely wealthy miscr, Ebscue,
lie refused the loan on tho plea Of
poverty. Fearing, however, that
sOmo OF his ncighbOrs, among whom
he was very unpopular, would re.
port his imn,cnso wealth to the gov.
crnncnt, he applied his ingenuity to
discover some ciFectual way Of hid.
ing his gold, should they institute "
search 10 ascertain the truth or falsc.
hood OF his plea. With great care
and sccresy no dug q deep cave in his
cellar to this receptacle for his treas.
urc lie descended by q ladder. and to
the trapdoor ho attached q spring
lock, SO that on shutting II would fas.
ten Of itself. by and BY tho miscr
disappeared; inquiries were made.
the house searched, woods explored
and tho ponds wcrc dragged; but no
F0scuo could they find; tho gossips
began 10 conclude that the miscr Ind
flcd with his gold to;somc part where,
by living incognito, he could DO free
from tho hands Lf the government.
Some time passed on; tho house IN
which hc lived was sold, nnd work.
men wcrc busily engaged in Its re.
pair. In the progress 0t their work
they met with tho door Of tho secret
cave, with tho key in tho lock out.
side. They burst tho door and DC.
sccndcd with a light. Tho first oh.
ject upon which tho lamp reflected
was the yhastly body Of Foscuc, tho
niscr. and scattered about him wcru
heavy bngs Of gold and pon.lcrous
chests Of untold treasure; Q candle.
stick lay beside him on the floor. Tho
worshipcr OF ,namMoM had gone into
his cave to pay his devoirs to his gvl.
den god, and became o sacrifice to
his devotion.