Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1882-03-16
S He called good bye q after ia d as rode
away B but Would bit 3 have answered him
FOR hundred cllars.
. HE'S. RICH.
What 9 Constitutes 8 4: nIan,s ' Wealth I ii

To be rich " said wv liam IL. Marcy, sc
one time secretary of state REQ uires only
2 satisfactory condition o. mind 9nes
man may be rich with d hundred dollars,
while another in the possession Of millions
may think himsel oor, an a If necessities
Of life are enjoyed BY each it, iii evident
that the man who is best satisfied with his
possession is the richest. q To Illus trate
this idea MI. Marcy relates the following.
aneedote: While { Was governor Of the
state OF New York / was called upons one
morning st my Office By a rsngh specimen
OF q backWoods man ], who stalked inss and
commenced conversation BY inquiring if
this was Mr.. Marcy replied that was
my name. Billy Maroy2s said he. e
nodded assent. Used to- live il south
port, didn = you RS 1 ii answered in the,
fsgmative and began to feel q little curious
what he was driving at. That 3 what i told
em, cried the backWoo dsman. bringing his
hand down on his thigh with tremendous
force. a told EN- you WAS the same Bill!
Marcy who used to live in South port ]; but.
they wouldn't believe i'll, and Il promised
sne next lime e came to A lbany osaorne and
see You, and find out for. sartIn. Why, you
know me. dent You, Bill Z didn't
exactly like to ignore his acq11ai 1>tance alta
gether, but for the life If me Z couldn't
recollect having, seen. him before, aud 80 Z
replied that he had Il ffaral liar couatenanae
but that { Was mos able to call him
by name. hl y l1arae is aek Smith 4 an
sWered the hackWo oasnaan, aud we used
TO 60 to school together thirty years ago IN
the little red school house in old South
port Well, times have changed
since then, and You have become a
eTeat man and got rich, Il suppose. /
| shook my head and vas going TO contra
Oh! yes you are, / kno VI YOU are rich; no
| use in denying ii. x on was controller for
| for q long sime; and the next time We
heard OF, you You was governor. Y Oh must
have had a. heap of money, and { am glad
Of glad tosee you getti dong SO smart.
! You was aaRays q smart lad at school, and /
| knew that you would come to something.
Ii thanked him fcG his good wishes and
opinion but told HIM that political life did
not pay so well as he imagined. e ssup-
pose said I, fortune has smiled upon YOU
SINGS you left Southport Con, yes
/ said he, 4 hain't got nothing to complain
+ Of. must say I have got along right
smart, You see, shortly after you left
Southport onr whole family moved up into
Vermont, and put right into the woods, ana
/ reckon our family out down more trees
1 and cleared more land than any other in the
whole state And so you have made a
| good thing OF it. How much do you con
slider yourself worth 2 I asked, feeling a lit.
/ tie curious to know What he considered q
fortune, as he seemed To be so well salts
/ fed With his. Well, he replied. Z do...'t
know exactly how anuchsI am worth, but /
think STRENGTHENING himself np) if all my
debts were paid should be worth $500
clear cash, 4 He was rich. for he was salts
/ fed #S3a t.