The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-07-27
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Life an Denver.
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CLING FOR BREAD TnERE.
fpeover T,ibaue.l =,
ave Al, have our little experience" sa,u
the student Of human nature. ,,,.Ina
sns nn,nlng end OF bis cigar critically
read ,It,le scrap In a newspaper one t,ne
Thai amused and interested me exceeuiugy'
-, 40 much because Of sts alleged iunhi-
&c. hnt because the writer bad suggested
snn,s rood ideas without knowing
n ne was telling OF two men WHO
vns, accidentally 10 the cars. one
ss,S IN the other, fHaye i not met
Won somewhere beforep Aud the reno"
snoken 10 went on to tell him that he pro-
bably had met him somewhere, saying,
sTbree years ago was secretary OF q
Young Mems Christian Association. Aner
that / commanded ship for awhile, then
worked in A restaurant, kept hoteI, ran =
newspaper, and last summer l trave''eo
with Barnum as q csnnibal'
s.IHe IL fnll OF ylcissitudes,' remarked
his eompanion: TO which the Fellow OF
many experiences responded, iacGnlcai'y'
.she am very full, indeed 49,.
az thlnk OF that little yarn every no"
and Them continued the gentleman, augn,
ing quietly 10 himself, "as i look around
me in Denver ana see peor devils whose
exueriquces have been almost as remark
able as those OF the chap In the Story.
You have often read In The New YORK
papers Of nobemen's sons serving IN
the big restaurants like Delmonico's and
fbe Brunswick as waitersl Well,
know that such things often occur. A
man can make big tumble In a very
short time. Talking about walters, II
was only few days ogO that there was
real live copptess-a Swedish One-washing
dishes and making herself generally usefu
i'm the American House. Funny, amt IL
\ tell you this is the country TO live In II
Won want 10 have high-t0ned people 90
the ordinary work. IL was not long acc
that had nv boots blackened 10y a lIttlt
codKer whom aiterward learned was The
runaway son OF a Chicago millionaire. lhe
yiclssitudes IN that little fellows Ire arc
beginning early.
az sat here at my window the other day
you zee / have good view up ana Gown
The street for good ways-and counted nc
less than bali dozen people as they passed
whose histories / knew were peculiar
enough 10 form the interesting plots OF as
many novels. One man passed with Big
bundle of babdbills under biz arm. Though
thoroughly respectable in bis appearance,
one would never dream In passing him that
wears ego he was wealthy man, mayor OF
one OF The large cities in the East, ana
with political future as bright as any man
ever had don't know bow be came down
He tumb all the same. He could pr0Oa'
bly, tell Won something about the Vlcissi
tudes OF life.
.sThere goes man." said the student Of
human nature, leaning out OF the window
and pointing out middle-a ed man VINO
was moving along with the busy tbrone
with a step that told as plainly as wOrd'
that ambition bad ceased 10 be motive
mower. "whO was at one time member Of
Congress from the State OF Illinois. He
was considered an able man with great
future. To-day he would be glad to get 4
place in the police courts that would pay
him fee OF 50.
"Youd never imagine that Jay Gould
bad any poor relations, would your
seems hard TO think so. One would tblnB
that man so rich as be, and owning dozens
of railroads, in the offices OF which sine
cures are as plentiful as blackberrles 10
July, would look after all his poor relations
And vet right here in Denver a nephew Of
Jaw Gould, the railroad prince, makes bis
bread by driving a street-car. He amt al
oil proud, and would probably own, with
out blushiug, il you were to ask BIN, thai
Jay was bis uncle.
IA good.natured, although dignifed ole
fellow, who sells Jugs and eSrthenware tC
Denverites, was dozen years ago minister
TO q foreign court. He has evidently Tor
gotten-or given up as dead and not worth
thinking about-tbe past. VlcIssnude'
have not ruined happy disposition ana
belief that life is worth living.
"Tbere are bali a dozen other men In
Denver who have found that for some
people, at least, there is system OF equlli
cation or leveling In this world-that Is
they get sorrow for every Joy. A mar
who was once secretary 10 Cheyalier WykOf
now sells beer in a Denver saloon. Life i
short, amt iti The only wonder to me Il
that so much can be crowded into it,"