The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1879-11-05
LEHTRR Tn0M NEW
YOBK.
BJ Our Special Correspondent.
NEW YORK, Oct. 81, 1879.
THREE yILLIoyAIREs.

almost every business DiVcA III OOtE-
am He looks back upon life OF
earnest, exacting, often self-deDying
work, aud now, as he has hewn cut
prilcelv fortune for himself. aud the
frcsts OF MANY winters have left their
silvery imprint on his head, be taxes
life easy, even ss be works All sum
mar be has lived in Orange, New
Jersey. mere Go PAID me neat Ia .ie
rent of $500 i month tor q presty
touse emboaered in lovely trees, sad
surrounded with luscious fruit aud
fragrant flowers. Every day an ear
ly train took the old merchant 10 the
busiling city and every forenoon
saw one Of his daughters marching
over the grounds, piesiug, With her
own loving hsads, The huge. rare
berries, frait, or geta5les, pfepar
ing hes fathers dinner with seTuyu
ious care, and
AWAY THIRTEEN MILES
il came 70 New York, BY special NEE
se0ger, to glaudea toe heart, while
il refreshed the frame, OF the busy
nan of iron ia his Centre stFeet of
nee.
Another is q dry goods prince, Nv
Jog at irvirg.on % the Hudson E
err morning, at precisely The sane
hour, the echoes of the hills mads IA
nous by the pen Of Washington lsv
iHg, are walked by the shriii whistle
OF steam yacht lying at the Shsef
One, two, sometimes three carrissss
lave deposited their loads OF liyi0g
freight upon the litsle dock, aud ne
beautiful yacht bears them swift I,
down towards the Palisades and ,he
ely beyond They are the Dumer u.
family Of Broadway importer. ~nO
Use early, drive ~ their ysebi, sih
While she is speeding away over b
srsp waters of toe Tsppan Zee, ,Is
down 10 breakfast on board, enjoying
Tue morning air, the lovely scebe7t
ard the superb repsst ali 81 oaee
Several genIlemea members Of toe
family 60 u business this way ev-
cry day, and usually they are aecou
snied by a number of the ladel Of
Tue household The yacht is ftsed
up in the most complete and luxari-
Jus style; the steward furnishes a
able tnet Delmonieo could not sur
pass; she makes time equal TO al
ordinary railroad train, and the bGsi-
less men 60 on bJard not only TO get
ibeir coffee at an early hour, but
lave al abundance Of time for break
ast besides-s0mething which s1y
business man viii hot
oil to appreciate | call both Of these
Instances Of getting good deal Of
,olid comfort out Of money-don't
you?
Bot gossip isn't gossip unless it
las a touch If malice, and with No
nree the picture changes color sadly
\ GEber three 10 betIer known to the
general world than either Of the 9th
,rs. He il a millionaire, but
ALAS A PAUPER MILLIONAIRE
He waited tiii the Gilbert Elevated
became all assured suecess,
iad then began 10 build another
'oad in even a more lucrative rouse.
or our paper millionaire is EhTeSd
u Shyiock hs paid sl25 cash into
he treasury Of bis new corporation,
,nd for every Sl25 helped himself u
. $1,000 D0ud. Inis he o.d iii he
leiG hundreds # -hJusaaGs Ia bonds,
Ind MS paT .iculsf friends had as much
more. IL b7 sure, they gave their
iOJes Of hand for me remaining S5T5,
lpOH eoadition that the notes should
never be paid if the road turned out
geil-ss it did. They got rich Ct
his rate with q speed far surprising
hat Of their trains They built The
Dad when, as the pauper piously
,uts it-'It really seems 80 if there
lad been special Providence sn-
,erintending the enterprise The
'riee Of iron went down TO a marvel
,us low figure. Labor was 8 drug
q the market, and we could hire four
men for the price Of one. Then the
Almighty gave Us al open win e.
he entire season. We were not
,slied upon to pay our notes, and 30,
.s | say, the Almighty favored Us in
;vsry c0n0iLioa-Iro0, labor sn0
sesthe-.7 No less than Sl3, 900, 900
If stock and Sl6,0OO,00O Of bonds
epresent our elevated railroads. EE-
anybody bnows, even without such
1fszen confessions ss the foregoing,
ba. not the half Of this enormous
.gm was expended. In other words,
his pauper millionaire and his friends
isve-to use plain Eogbsh-s.olen
ibout fifteen million dollars a. one
iwoop, and eelipsed all the swindles
i the old Tweed regime By halt,
VI bile thanking Providence for spec
al opportunities kindly voachsafed.
"a the face Of these revelations, open
y aTowed in the press Ct this city
without contradiction, correction or
protest, if the mex. Legislature per-
DiIs the elevated roads tOstill charge
en- cent fares, the people will fully
understand why. Do you ak Why
call bim a psDper millionaire His
personal property has been assessed
Il Sl00. 600, bat be came before the
Fax Commissioners snG svore that
e was not possessed Of one cents
worth 0. personal properly IL this
State shicn xss Dot fully covered
1y his debts, and on the strength Of
bis oath be has been exempted from
he burden Of supporting the Gos-
,rnment under which be lives, snd
rom which be and his millions re-
:eive protection.
From all OF which gossip it plainly
appears that IL takes al kinds Of mill
onsires 10 make q world
MORLET.
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