The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1882-10-28
Lincoln County Leader.
Saturday, October %, 1882.



a. 81 per box; but the richest Of
them arc mere yagrants whom com
pared to some Of the agcicnts.
There was Minus, for instance. lie
was the son Of Nimrod, the old
hunter, who made lions scratch for
holes and tigers take to bitches.
Old MIN left his boy about $3.50
o 1900 in cash, besides 100000
cattle, Il piece Of land about us big
us Arkansas, and 14,0C0 likely
slaves. There were no lawyers IN
those days who made q specially Of
breaking wills, and young Minus
quietly took possession and cast
about for some plan to keep him
self out Of the poor house.
He was considered 2 poor young
man, and had he been seen Juggling
his girl to an ice cream saloon or
riding out in a livery rig his friends
would have said he wouid bring up
in a garnet. BY a lucky capture Of
territory from the Assyrians, to-
gether with 10000 slaves, l25. 600
cattle, ten wagon loadsof silver and
Jewels and afew other trihos, Minus
walked up the social ladder until
big bugs asked after his wife and
babies, and he could loose three
games Of billiards without wonder
ing if the owner Of thesaloon would
take a stand off" He was worth
81, 100, 000, geo when he died, and
yet for the last five years Of his life
he went without mutton because the
price had raised to three cents per
pound.
The heircss with a $50, 900 bank
account considers herself some
pumpkins, but what Il t|hroo-cent-
piece she would have been along
side Of queen Semiramis. She not
only had the lucre left by Minus,
but in ten years she had increased
it fourtold. just multiply $f,750,-
600, 200 by two and you have the
amount other bank balance, to say
nothing OF Jewels and clothing and
furniture and palaces and slaves and
cattle. Had she sold out and
cleaned up she could have drawn
her little check for about 5000, 000,-
600. She didn't worry abourwhere
her spring bonnet was TO comefrom,
and when a new style of dress
goods came out she didn't sit up
nights for fear some ncighbor would
secure Il pattern first. While she
made it lively for her enemies she
was soft on her friends. She gave
her waiting maid 81, 500, 900 in Il
lump for dressing her hair IN anew
style, and she tossed the same
amount to her dros. ..aker as a re-
ward for the excellent fit Of one par
ticular dress. One day when she
saw a poor old man travelling the
highway ON foot she presented him
with 800 asses to ride on, and in
sisted on his accepting %250,000 to
pay bis toll and tavern bills.
Cyrus, King of Persia, from the
year 53S to $50, had some little
chance to begin with, and in ten
year he could draw his check for
So, 100, coo, 600. lie didn't haggle
owe the price Of a slave when a
man came to buy, but presented
him with one thousand. lie at one
time owned 30, 900 horses, 10000
cattle, 100000 sheep, $1,000 asses
and $4,000 slaves, and, when he
got tired Of a palace costing So,
600, coo, he gave it away to some
poor washerwoman with seven
children to support. lie one day
sat down to a dinner which had
cost $3.50, 600, and in the afternoon
he went on $3.50, geo drunk. The
police didn't run him in, or he
would doubtless have insisted on
paying Il fine Of #l5O,O00 and pre-
senting his honor with q corner
house and lot in the tonicst part OF
Babylon.
King Nenes was another well
hceled man. 1t was too much
trouble to count his cash, and SO he
weighed it. One day when an old
friend asked him for the loan of a
few dollars until Saturday night, nc
sent him aprocessi0u Of sixty asses,
each animalloaded with 100 pounds
ofgold coin. He paid $500, GOO foI
II bird hat could whistle, the same
for trick dog, and he had such a
fonduess for white oxen that ho
shelled out S75,00 apiece forthem,
and at one time had II drove OF
1000. When he got ont with the
boys he made things lively. Dur
ing n spree in his city Of Memphis
ho gave away 1900, 900 dollars
and didn't get drunk at that. Al
one time he had 600, 900 goldchains
1000. 900 6nrpr rinps 100 OOO