Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1885-08-21

stocks are very low-very low indeed. It
seems to me that it is a good time to buy
now" Although the reporter said this It is
by no means certain that Could said it, for
the common reporter is, like common report,
a common liar. But il Mr. Could did say it,
for once he told the truth. That is more than
can be said Of Mr. Vanderbilt II Mr.. Van
derbilt ever told the truth to reporter I
never heard of it. Take, for instance, his
yarns in regard to the Nickle- Plate Road
He wouldn't have it at any price-there were
no negotiations pending he would not touch
it with ten foot pole; and yet, notwithstand-
ing all his solemn observations, he gobbled
the Nickle-P Plate the very first opportunity.
Then came the West Shore; the projectors
OF the West Shore were blackinailers. pirates
and thieves; it was OH organized scheme to
rob the New York Central of its legitimate
rights; he never, never never would have
anything to do with the West Shore This,
too, falls into the grab-bag. And a railroad
combination is formed this week, though all
the details are not yet completed which will
control the supplies Of nearly thirty millions
of our people; and whether we sink or
whether we swim depends entirely upon the
mercy of the conqueror who holds us i'll his
grasp. Not barrel of -four, or bushel of
corn, or a quarter of beefo barrel of pork,
or a head of cattle can come to us but this
railroad Colossus signifies the tribute we
must pay, and that tribute is measured by
the extent of our capacity to be squeezed
Since the first of July the rise in railroad Sc
curities has given Mr.. Vanderbilt just for his
holdings, not far from three million dollars
This has been done in thirty days These
figures are startling. It took John Jacob
Astor over eighty years of his life to acct
mulate three millions of dollars. Mr.. Gould
was supposed TO have not more than mil
lion when General Dan Sickles kicked him
out of the Erie Directory, and yet when his
credit was impugned some months ago. he
took some confidential friends into his back
Office, he opened his strong box and dis
played securities valued at fifty millions of
dollars. Gheweelikins Just think of it
Fifty millions Of Doodle, and all your own.
I never expect to be worth over $500, 600 my
self l wonder how he felt as he sized his
pile
The stock market las been a pleasant pas
ture for the bulls for the last thirty DAYS; the
clover was knee high and the fences down.
The pleasant feature is that the dear outside
lambs did not furnish much of the innings.
The beasts fed upon each other-bear meat
being pronounced upon the market almost
as good as porterliouse steaks. I hope thew
will all grow rich, and as long as they furnish |
the funds, who's afraid
fancy see symptoms Of returning grace. !
Churches are being furnished up, cushions
are being busted, altar-cloths shaken, carpets
beaten, and everything got i'll readiness for
he return Of vagrant pastors. Some of these
improvements are rare ard costly.
Our neighbors of Brooklyn have lust re-
'eived a new delegation of the Salvation
Army fresh, as we are informed by Hallclu-
all Mary, from Hold Hingland" It APP
'ears that there has been a rebellion against
he authority of General Booth of Hingiand
Who, Hallelujah Mary says, was the founder
# the Horder. These rebels, she said. "is
wicked sinners and we har ere to old the
ort " They entered the city fifty strong, with
runs and cymbals, bones, iddles and tam
ourines. Brooklyn is now blessed with two
visions of the Salvation Army Let us
ope that the seeds of grace which they scat
er abroad may fall upon fallow ground; and
lere may yet be hope that with the aid of
lie big bridge the inhabitants of that wicked |
ity may one day be as good as we are in
lew York. +