Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-09-10
. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The yanaersilts, Jay Gsulds and
Astors of Antiquity.
From the Detroit Free Press !

Thoussnds Of men have envied AS
tor, Stewart, Vanderbilt; Mackey,
Keone, Gould and the other fellows
v he t osn bay strawberries at 81 per
box but the richest of them are mere
Migrants when compared to some
Of the ancients. There was Minus,
for instances He was the sou OF
Ninrod, the, old iihunter, who made.
llons scratch; for holes aud tigers take
10 ditchss. Old MIN left his boy
9bout e130, coo. 900 Iii cash Beside 120,-
900 cattle, . piece OF IAhd Gb6hthas'
big al ArkaHsss, ana 1000 likely
iSlaves. hereasFeso Il no lawyers III
those days who made 4 speciality OF
breaking Wills, and young Minus
quietly took possession and cast
isb06t some plan 20 Keep himself out
Of the poor.hoase. ss lH tulJ4 pa
He was ,c0nsidered q poor young
| bis girl TO an ice.cresm salooG or
/ ridiag outfnT i lively rfg his friends
would t'have said hes would bring up
in 9 gerret. sRxfa lucky. capture. Of
terri'esy Y fer the Assy.isns oSd
ten wsgon. loads iof silver and
jewels, aud aig few other trifles,
Ninns walked up the social
lkdder until big bugs asked
sitter his wife aud babies, and he
could lose three games OF billiards
without wondering If the Owner of
the sal0ol .woald take o 'tstand of -
He was worth ESQ. .OOO, 900 when he
died, and yet for the last i've years 0f
his life he went without mutton be-
cause theuprice had risen to cents
per pound. H.s,s.l. ..ti .5ce g.1.s.....'y
The heiress with $50, 900 bank
account considers herself some pump
kins, but what three. e.cent.piece she
would have been alongside of Queen
Semiramis.d She net, only had the
lucre left by Minus, but, in ten years
she had increased It fourfold. Just
multiply ESQ, 900. 900 by two, and you
have the amounted her bunk balance,
to cay nothing Of Jewels and clothing
anti furniture and palaces and slaves
and cattle. Had she sold out and
cleaned up she could have drawn her
little check for about 470O, 600, 900.
She diLn't worry about s.wherei her
spring bOnuet, was to come from, and
when new style of dress goods came
out she didn't sit up nights for fear
some neighbor would secure abpat-
tern fret. While ,sAe made IL lively
for her enemies she was soft on her
friends. She gave her waiting M Aid
$500. 1000 In lump for dressing her hair
in q new style,S aud she tossed the
same amount to her dress ana err as
reward for the excellent fit of one
particular dress. One day when she
saw q poor old man travelling the
highway on foot she presented him
with 500 asses to ride on. and insisted
on his accepting ESQ, 900 to pay his
toll aud tavern bills
I Cyrus, King OF Persia from the year
6SS to $50, had some little change to
begin with, and in ten years he could
draw bis check for f6O0, 900, 600. He
didn't hsSgle over the price of slave
when man csme to buy, but pre-
sentsd him with 1000. He at one
time owned 10000 horses, 40, 900 cat.
tie, zoo, 900 sheep, 1900 asses aud
rs 600 slaves, aud, when he got tired
Of palace costing 81, ,0OO, 900, be gave
1t away to some poor wash " oman
with seven children to support. He
one day sat down. to dinner which
bad cost ESQ, 900, aud in the afternoon
he went Oh R50,00O drunk. The
police didn't run him in. or he would
doubtless have insisted on paving a
fine of E20, 900 aud presenting his
honor With; Q cosuer house and lot in
the tsniest part Of Babylon.
King MeneS was another Well-beel-
ed man. NWas too much trouble to
count his cash, aud 90 he weighed it.
One day wnen an old friend asked
him for the loan Of few dollars until
Saturday night, he sent him a pro.
cession Of cd asses, each animal load.
ed with 100 pounds Of gold coin. He
paid fl0O. 900 for q bird. which could
whistle, the same for trick dog, and
be had such q fondness for white oxen
that he sheIied out ELS, 900 apiece for
them, and at one time had drove OF
1,OOe. WheAt he got out with the
boys he made thugs lively. During
one spree in his city of Memphis. he
gave away 100000 and didnt get
drunk at that. At one time be had
100000 gold chsins, 1000. 900 fiuger
rings. 100, 900 costly sRords, 800, 900
daggers, and land only knows how
many tish-lines, jack.knives, cork
screws and tobacco boxes. His wife
had Fl .OOO.O00 year a. pin msney.
aud when his eldest sou went up TO
Ihebes to see the elephant, he was
followed by 500 friends. l 900 slaves.
1000 horses aud f5OO,OOO for fare.
checks aud beer money,