The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-09-18
Ramona Miaara.

Ostervalde, the rich Paris banker. a
few days before his deaCh, refused to
allow bis servant to buy meat for broth.
"Truly | should like the SOUP said the
dying miser, but l have no appetite for
the meat. What is to become of that
1t will be sad waste"
An English miser used to go about
dressed so shabbily as to annoy his
acquaintance. At last he was persua-
ded to buy an old hat, "better as new, 4"
from Jew. He paid a shilling for. and
the next day sold the hat for eight
pence.
The same miser never took snuff to
titillate his nostrils, but he did take a
pinch out of every snuff box offered him,
which he carefully placed in his own
box. When it was filed, he bartered its
contents for fan thing rush light.
Lord Chancellor Hardwick was nick
named Judge Gripus," on account OF
his aVarice, though e was a learned
lawyer and an excellent Judge. When
visited on his estate by country gentle
men, who came to pay their respects to
the lord high chancellor, he compelled
them TO send their horses 10 an inn. half
a mile distant, that he might be saved
the expense of batting them. Yet he
was then worthe 81 ,0O0,0 600, but dreaded
to part with shilling.
Marlborough, tho great soldier OF his
age, who left between $7,000t00 and
S. 100000 at his death, would not hesi-
itate at any meanness TO save a six
pence.
Sir William Smyth, a parsimonious
English squire, with immense poses
sions' became blind at 20 by the rma-
ton of cataracts over his eyes. He
made a bargain with a London oculist
to couch both ewes, agreeing to pay
sixty guineas If his sight was restored in
the least. The operation was so sue
cessful that the patient could read with
out glasses. But no sooner did he see
than he began TO gTieve at the thought
Of paving tho promised fee. Grief and
ayarice made him cheat. He pre-
tended that he could see nothing dis
tinctly and submitted to wearing the
bandageS for month longer than the
usual time.
When the month expired he still in
sisted that he had only a glimmering of
light, and the occulist compromise by
acceptinS twenty guineas instead OF
sixty. Yet at that time the baronet had
$50, 900 in his house.
a miSer whose parsimony and bust
ness ABILITIES had amassed for him
enormous wealth. was requested to lend
TO his government a sum of money. He
refused, as the interest offered was not
as high as he demanded, giving as a
reason that he had met with severe
losses which had reduced HIM to pow
erty.
Fearing that his excuse might be dis
covered 10 be falsehood, he dug cave
in his cellar, and in it hid his money. A
trap door, with a spring lock and ladder
gave him access to his gold, which he
visited daily.
At last the miser disappeared. Search
was made, but he could not be found.
His house was sold and workmen began
to repair it.
One day they came upon door in the
cellar with the key in the lock outside.
They opened the door. descended the
ladder, and by means of lantern dis
covered the skeleton of the dead miser,
surrounded by bags and boxes of gold
and silver.
He had gone into his cave, the door
had blown to, the lock could only be
opened by the key which he had left
outside. and the miser had persisted
amid his money-bags.-Youth's COmpan-
ion.