The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-02-14
sUFFERINGs OF TIE HICH,

"Your newspapers makea great iuss,"
said one Of the wsalthiest men in New
York to World reporter, "about the
sutferiugs of the poor man during theSa
haru times, but don't see that ANY Vi
them notice particularly the dlaboIiel
listress of the rich man." e'
The reporter wasn't aware that the
rich man suffered AT all.
"Ihat," said he OF the wealth, 'tls BE-
cause you dOnpt know anything about
it, Why, sir, uuJerg) more actual, alb
sOIute torture In an hour than any Vuur
wretch in this city. Ii hadn't 4 cent
in the word, III have some sympathy,
SOME rest, some assistance. AS it Is,
Pm bounded " death. Pm despised,
beset, annoyed. condemned, back-5it-
ten, waylaid. The papers write editori-
ais about me-. II | go 10 church l am
told thai a camel can get
through the eve Of a needle slickey
tban l can get into heayea. Ii 1
noHt dress my family in au extrava-
CANT manner L hear that l am an OLD
skiutinl-it 1 do, l am told that all
think oi my money is to make vuIgr
show with IL. l suppose l worked as
hard as any man Tor more than two
thirds OF my life to accumulate a fpT-
tune, but believe most people think
ought 10 give it away and G. .mmence
over aga!n. In winter like this you've
| no idea Of the hardships Of the rich. III
l help all the people who apply 10 me,
might as Well 90 to the puUr-hvuse, and
yet all Vi them expect it, and most Ot
them, | dare sar, are worthy. It's
out Of the question. So they
curse me, 1 suppose. All The. be-
neyolent societies, chart les, public
| institutions, and church organizations
| = kl,ns, To nhNf I it.1
| by committees, runners, ciergymen, sec
retaries. They senu NE hall bushel OF
letters day. They drop upon me in
he most unexpected places. They get
into my private ctfiee. They Walt in my
| library before 1 am up. They sit OH MY
front steps. They follow me into The
horse-cars. What is a man 10 do? HI
let them have their way my name viii be
paraded as il wanted to advertise my
charities. IL l don't the press will
want to know what he has ever done
for New YORK. The other day a reporter
caula to nle about my will. He said the
lpublic would h6e to be informed a. to
the proposed disposition OF my properly
al my decea5e. suppose il l were 10 get
cold liz my head thert'd be Brigade OI
llnem qaartered under my windows. /
begin TO feel that a ricn man is dis
I <
| | have committed Il crime. l DON'T
| like to look a man squarcly in the
lace for fear his haired OF ME will show
itself or he will stop and ask me TO
leMd him 1000 10 get his starving lam
ly some food to eat. | Tell you, sir,
this winter is awful on the rich man. He
doesn't even eat his dinner in peace.
| How can he when there are forty
thousand who are dinnerlessl His
money gets to be u reproach to him, and
| be feels as if ned like to give the Wilde
OF itaway in one lump aud try the lax
ury OF being poor for awhile. But You
nsedht say any hing about that or IN
nave fresh battalion here to-morrog,
and half the idlers i'll town will be- writ
ing me letters. In TACT, wouldn't say
any thing about it, il 1 were you, but it's
Il Iact the rich man suffers in hard
| winter good deal more han the Door
man. Y~u take my word for ii. Aud
the poor don't pity hum bit."-lNew
York World.