Weekly Trinity journal., 1877-03-24
at'eehly Urinlty 5onrnal.
Weaveryille, March "a, 1877.

THE MISERY OF TIE RIcH.-" Your
newspapers make a great fuss said one
OF the wcalthie,t men in New York to a
Worid reporter, about the sufferings of
a poor man during these hard times, but
l don't see that any OF them notice par
ticularly the diaboical distress of the
rich man."
The reporter wasn't aware chat the rich
man suffered at all.
THAT" said he OF the wealth, ais be-
cause you don't know anything about it.
Why, sir, undergo more actual, abso-
Lutte torture in an hour than any poor
wretch in th, city. Ii hadn't a cent in
the world, I'd have some sympathy, some
rest, some assistance. As it is, am
bounded to death. I'm despised, bcset,
annoyed, contemned, backbitten, way
laid. The papers write editorials about
me. If 60 to church, am told that
camel can get through the eye of Il nee
die slicker than | can get into heaven. -
If don't dress my family in an extray-
agant manner, hear that / am an old
sknnint-if l do, | am told that al ]
think Of my money is to make vulgar
show with it. l suppose / worked as
hard as any man for more than two-thirds
of my life to accumulate fortune, but !
believe most people think | ought TO
-
In winter like this you've no idea OF
the hardships Of the rich. III help all
the people who apply to me, | might as
well 90 to the poor house, and yet all Of
them expected it, and most Of them, ]
dare say, are worthy. It's out of the
question. So they curse me, | suppose.
All the benevolent societies, charities,
public Institutions and church organiza.
ticns have their agents ogt. ! am waited
upon by committees, runners, clergymen,
secretaries. They send me halt bushel
Of letters day. They drop upon me in
most unexpected places. They get into
my private Office. They wait in my Ii.
brary before | am up. They sit on my
front steps. They follow me into the
horse cars. What is man to do? III
let them have their way, my name will
be paraded as il wanted to advertise
my charities. If don't, the press will
want to know what he has ever done for
New York. The other day Il reporter
came to see me about my will. He said
the public would liked to be informed as
to the proposed disposition Of my proper
ty at my dece1se. / suppose if | were to
get "A cold in my head, thered be brig
ade Of them quartered under my win
dows. | begin 20 feel that rich man i,
disgrace to the community-thutI have
committed a crime. | don't like to look
man sQuarely in the face for fear his
hatred OF me Will show itself, or he will
stop and ask me to lend him thousand
dollars to get his starving family some
food to eat ] tell you, sir, this winter i,
awful hard on.the rich man. lie doesn't
even eat his dinner in peace. How can
he when there are over 10000 who are
dinnelless His money gets to be re
proach to him, and he feels as if he would
like to give the whole Of it away in one
lump, and try the luxury Of being poor
for while. But you needn't say any
thing about that, or III have fresh bat
TALON here, to morrow, and half the GIeis
in town will be writing me letters. In
fact, | wouldn't say anything about It, if
| were you, but its IA fact that the Iich
man suffers in a hard winter great deal
more than the poor man. You take my
word for it. And the poor don't pity
him bit.-N. y. JF0rtd.