Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-03-26
ILL.GOTTEN GAIN.

Pelig Kenyon, aged 65, recently died in
GriSWOld, Connecticut, a manufacturing vii.
lage in the eastern part of the State, leaving
property worth, it is estimated, $780, ,00O
Kenyon was bachelor, lank, keen-eyed
and bald, and typical yankee. He died
miserable old miser. The boast of his
life was that he started a machinist at II
and at 81 was worth $4,000.
Pelig Kenyons mother was hard-tisted
yankee woman, honest but ambitious
When her son left the farm more than two
was about to begin, to seek his fortune in a
Boston machine shop, the widow was mad
at him. She took hold of the plow handle
herself, and told Pelig never to come back
until he had made his pile. He finally got
position as watchman at Henry Hender'
sons large warehouse. One Saturday after
noon the house received after banking
hours cash payment of $105, 900 for crop
of molasses. The money was placed in the
cash box in the office for safety. The safe
was both fire and burglar proof, and the
presence of a trusty Watchman in the build
ing convinced Mr.. Henderson that the pack
ages of bills would be as secure there as
anywhere. That night as soon as Kenyon
was left alone, he opened the safe and cash
box, stuffed the bills in his pockets, locked
the doors behind him, walked to the depot
and took the evening train for Putnam, Con-
necticut. At - o'clock that night he drove
up to the old homestead at Griswold. AT
next morning, he was at the Putnam depot
again, but minus the money. Sunday night
he resumed his duties as night Watchman
in the warehouse of Henry Henderson. He
was arrested on suspicion, but nothing
could be proven against him. One day Mr..
Henderson walked into his cell and said :
"Pelig, this thing has gone on long enough.
You stole that money"
"Well what if did," coolly replied Pc
lig.
"What if you did, you scoundrel; why, 1
will send you to prison for life"
mo you won't, Mr.. Henderson, Massa-
chusetts law provides seven years only for
the man who steals from his employer"
Pelig replied laughingly.
"What do you mean"' said Mr.. Hender-
son.
81 can't earn 100000 in seven years, and
YOU know | am bound to be rich man.
Now | have got that much and after | have
been punished seven years for taking it it's
mine; don't you see"
The merchant was baffied. For 100000
Mr.. Henderson finally signed an instru-
ment putting Kenyon out Of harms way,
with the lions share of the money in his
pockets. Kenyon was released and went
at once to GrisWOld crawled under the
horse stable in the red barn at the old home
stead, and drew forth the bundle of 100000
in bills intact. He counted out $4,000, and
going into the house, said to his mother:
MARY, there's my pile.'
"No good will come Of it, my son." she
sternly responded.
In ten years he had doubled and trebled
|, Sc &, I,,t ho nfi,, n h
er had died, as had all of his near rela-
tives. He went back to the old farm in
Griswold, and made it the fairest in the land
But the honest country people held alOOf
from him, and the rest of his life Pelig
keynon lived alone, a sOured and rapidly
aging man, with no enjoyment save the
piling up and gloating over his ill-gotten
wealth. He was found dead, alone, sitting
in front Of his treasure chest, upright in
his chair.
MARRIAGE.-One man can be a painter,
another an author; but only the conceited
fool thinks he can be everything. We are
obliged to unite with others in order to
fully develop our individuality. Amongthe
many differences in human nature the most
obvious is that of sex. There are certain
things in which man isdefcient and women
excel, and vice versa. Man is strong and
woman weak. He is fitted for muscular
effort and continuous activity, and he should
take the lead in gaining the means of sup
port, while she supplements his efforts by
wisely administering the household affairs.
Man is brave, that is, he can overcome OBJ
stacles woman is fair. None but the brave
deserve the fair" and none but the fair
deserve the brave. The relation is knight
hood and ladyhood. The woman who pos
sesses neither beauty of form and feature
nor beauty of character is unsexed. Man is
self-aftirming, woman is self-denying. He
must enter into the struggle against compet-
itors, while she, standing apart from this
can cultivate sympathy and tenderness.
while he is softened by her influence. We