The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1882-06-17

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william 81. Vanderbilt he come baok
ffom his vacation Of . month, three
lbarths q which was spsat IN watching
the curling waves and drinking IN The
oeone q tho Moth Atlantic. Perhaps
be comes to put his broad shoaldsss I'M
der the drooping stock marked, and give
It spring "boost, /" but I doubt It. Why
should he? What need he care whether
stocks 20 up Of down. He y not one Of
the weak lambs Of the street 10 whom
rise orfAll Of ten points means salvation
or ruin. He would drive - 1T horses,
drink - costly wines, buy . rare ptot-
ures, and sleep - easily under the eano-
pies Of . I'VE thousand dollar bed.
whether the market u booming like the
Aissinippt river at Vjcksburx or - dull
- patent omee report. I know Of no
man who % easily carries the burdens
and cares Of enormous wealth and great
omeial rsspo0sibility. With biz massive
frame, his daily outdoor driving and
walking and his reersatien Of whiting
and receiving in that palace Of biz, he
= likely to b - vigorous twenty yeazs
hence = to-day. It b tho hhshion to d.
claim against Vanderbilt . "pune-
proud monopolist, !" and to shower like
spithets at the possessor Of untold mill
lions, but the fact y that, after I'll
other people ct . good deal Of his
money. He spends literally, and those
who charge to his pride and ostentatien
the possessioo Of house costing any
where ftom oneto two million, overlook
tho fhct that those hundreds ef thos,s-
ands have gone from hi strong box into
the hands Of oaTpenten, brink]ayess,
painters, artists, decoration, iron work.
en-, furniture nakess, glass blower, car
PCT weavess and the hosts Of artisans,
whose combined brains and handiwork
have been called into requisition for the
erection and furnishing Il the superb
mansion on Fifth avenue and that .
large part q this money will today b
found TO their credit In the savings
hanks. I believe in the hight and duty
Of rich men to spend their money freely
and % ct It into the hands Of those
who have greater need Of It, and this =
something which Vanderbilt does with
no niggard hand.
UNIQUE AND PRECIOUS.
No doubt Mr.. Vanderbilt's library h
filed With rare and costly books, and
should like to have ftee range Of it,
shelves and time enough to enjoy The |
contents thereof. The old Commodore
VA not much Of : ''lttsz.sy fellsr'' and
knew no more Of classics than he did
u the chemical composition ole eueum-
Bat; buthe had some Of the most costly
hooks that the world ever NV nevssths-
|eD, and HWilliam Il. inherited these It |
, sate to ny that he don't keep them in
BIZ domes, the library, bat rather in the
vaults q the Offices q tho Grand Gen.
mi depot. A friend q mine W. nego-
Eating With the Commodore, . 1ew
veaD before his death, for : proposed
new iseue Of Central 4 Hudson bonds.
they differed In half Of one pr cent on
he price offered and asked, which isn't
J big dinesssce On . $1,000 boad, bat
,ounts up when the amount under d.
'ussion y $1,000. Finally the Commo-
lore got tribe mad, "-it" said be,
Il know the bonds are good, and II peo-
,le don't want them at my price, IN
axe 'em myself - have done before.
Look here" and be took out Of . vault
No Of . series q folio volumes, opened
{, and Ispidly mn over the pages. Each
eet va = bond for 5000 payable to
cornelius Vandefbilt, and there were
lve hundred leaves In the book. Two
million i've hundred thousand dollars
'etween the coves. Of one volume, and
here were more where that one came
rom. The monotoay Of the literary
ootents might b forgiven, for tho sake
{ the soandneo Of the principle in
olved, and the Il PER cent? Interesting !,
ny In which i W. treated. 4
''MlLLl0Ns roR DE FENCH."
The bro0se fence around Vanderbilt's .
ouses cost $4,000, but = poor little
'athesan church society In the city has ,
nd ten times - much for . fence they !
|dD't build. Several years ago in fhct
! l796- the church in question was !
oking around for new building site. !
lot containing nix acres tout In the /
,Untry" was offered them - free gift :
'ovided they would not only erect the !
,urch edi6ce, but put . neat and sub :
antial fence around the entire tract.
hey demurred 1t the fence; It would J.
u too much and the place was 20 far :
It Of town that the fence was unueces- ;.
~ except to keep the cows out, and !
ey had no objection to the COWS being =
/. So they declined the offer. That !.
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