The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-10-11
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eff had a Million" saws the sad
eyed young man who works mighty
hard TO create Ia de dah impression,
&" / would be the most sought-for young
man in this section. / would have all
the bellies of the town anxious for my
smile, and l would marry the prettiest
girl in seven counties and live life of
poetic, though magnificent. simplicity"
But, bless his little tender heart, if he
had million he would be captured by
the boldest, red-headedest freckledest
girl in the neighborhoodw who would boss
his entire household, and he would feel
as cheap as though he wasn't worth a
cent.
"If had a million,' says the shop
girl, as she plods along with her lunch
basket and tries to look pretty with her
limitations of style, 81 would loll in my
carriage, would dress in silks and seal
skins and have the sweetest millinery
and the loveliest pug dog. and the man
whom would marry would have to be
great in intellect and power to match
my fortune" But, bless the little
frizzed bangs that decorate her pimpled
brow, if she had a million some sharper
would captivate her, invest her money
in "wild cats" and in less than three
years she would be running millinery
foundry under o French nom de plane.
.'If 1 had a million" says the fly
young man with tight trousers and
washbowl hat, I'D get the nobbiest
turnout to be had for money. I'd put
crest on the panel, and I'd have
coachman in livery with his eyebrows
all pulled out and his face as smooth as
a pane of glass, and I'd cut the biggest
swell in these parts" But the first
thing he'd do would be to start in on
the wine supper racket, the next, go on
the street in futures, the next, cards,
then the next, the pistol; nine chances
out of ten.
"If had a Million" says the plod-
ding, weary workingman, 81 would
have the finest house in town, filed with
upholstered furniture. beautiful carpets,
costly paintings and all the luxuries.
Then / could bring up my family as i
wish 10" Deluded mani Does he
realize that if he had million and his
nice house that the chances are it would
be museum of bad taste in the fire red
pushes and gaudy works OF art, that
his children instead of learning inde-
pendence and thrift from the necessi-
ties of these surroundings, would drift
to an inane and proftless manhood, and
after the mainstay of the house had
passed on TO that other ''golden realm"
would fritter his millions out and scatter
the dollars like the leaves of the forest,
never to be gathered by kith or kin Of
| his?
.sIf / had million" says the young
mechanic Just out of his apprenticeship,
"rd 60 into manufacturing ON large
scale. I'd double my money in five
years. I'd avoid all the mistakes of this
man and that man. can see just how
to do it, Fool, if he wants to 90 into
| business, let him remember that from
small beginnings. almost every great es-
tablishment within his knowledge has
grown. If he had million, he very
likely make an assignment just about
the time he expects he would have
doubled his money; but if he starts in
slow, and goes careful, the doubling OF
his small capital will occur at regular
intervals and he may retire with a
million.
sIf had a million,n says the enthu-
siastic young man who is overloaded
with ideas, I'D start newspaper"
Hold on, young man! The millionaires
of New York, some of them, have news
papers and people will not take the
trouble to read them, much less TO give
heed to their editorial sentiments
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