Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-08-30

y ese.t Of = hr't'N" '"'
an crayin@-a yearnliig' q
We ~ ~ see and touch aud speak
gselur rirbest man in America;
ID 'aF Il. silver statues and his car
or a. u.s. with threads of gold;
n. IA', I'm massage for New York in
BriNtouan. a. ,,, 49,
= Islander took MS by the button
sel Y jrew MS fevcrishly aside. See
pc a .na~n,sly-looking man way long
81 Ho aassiu under the elevator,
=" o. he whispered hurriedly. and
: fla5sgil sunprcsscd emotion: ''wall,
aih u" see the richest man in Ameri-
rslc' ANN. .n over twelve years since from
Tonsas way, whar he was raised;
p9S uirkrl: struck in a notion fOT
'slu w. in baked beans, and raked in
1o .0nlO in nine weeks, and eats ter
wv. arts fried in humming-birds' fat
rsry meal' ~, D.,
We ~; In excitement we followed him
che ouay and streets, observing
w. s.tsntiycK. He had Il wooden
W ., one button off the back of his
3 '" LARGE mole on the back edge of
q. T.. I'M ear. and a gray felt hat with
,rsro lining. He entered a dining
,o and we eagerly took seat OPP
a. 70 him. he had one wall eye
5ars bloodshut one. seven front
". aut and black and yellow
' pprs.ently he engaged our attention
A. sycitedy kicking us under the
So .saa that stout man coasting around
i.a.buckrt?" he asked. breath
KIN "Whaat2 Well, you take il
l,r, me- that's the richest man in
,wnrriker. bar none. Started nine
a a-'~ ago as assistant odd Job hand to
,sotlnirk sorter down Five Points,
N .rnck twenty thousand million
lor. in seven weeks, and eats gold
mi sauce with his truflied ostrich
guy breakfast.
Wchad found him then! We burst
.vay from the dinng-saloon, and
rJed after the party indicated. He
lJ lost both ears from frost-bite, and
M one shoulder four inches higher
NAM the other and q green cutawa
mn Matched with sackiug. He had
M rome three blocks when he turned
rljpnly in the utmost excitement aud
O. ripped ms by the arm.
Dee that frnce-rail of crittm with
A. pspirator >tannin' by the fire
,bmg" he asked. You bet that's
hi the richest man in Amurracky. so
+, boss, Went down Frisco way,
rthout a Iag on his back six years
amp next independence, and banked
EUW.Om,OOO in five weeks. Sleeps
ahclNpad cut out of single dia-
Bnl and sends his boots to be heelcd
mapped in 81 ,Ou0,0 bills
We thought we couldn't follow tnat
El1. be had a hare-lip, and pants
made ont Of Old carpet; but we aban-
,nd him, and inquired of hotel
ie.& who was the best authority on
tp subject of the richest man in
america. The clerk told MS to 70 to
ODE editor of the Spread Eagle. in
5Jtb street, over the Naphtha drink
hg,lloon.
I'VE hear" we said "that You, sir
uyan authority in tine matter of the
richest man in American"
M, ttlI You about him right away
ad the editor an give YOU the
outline, of him; and then YOU can buy
ifrof the special editions Of the
Spread Eagle, which have three col
gu0, devoted to him daily. The rich
e man i'm America, sir, is Grouter
| Nmbom. who set ont from Grub
sM,h City, kas., with , cents sewn
d The heel Of his boots. and cotlercd
tft lhu>aud million dollars in three
weeks. lie Wa, the man that ERASED
Elisha D. Eruucrhezzet over the White
Daylight therub's Blush Silver Syndi-
a't boom, down Grogg's country,
IIiorniH. when Elisha WAS prospect
-g 9l down there, and Elisha is now
leH rhest man in America. 1t was
Fu1o came the mean thing upon
.@opa v Bloohder about the cotton
SCARE you've heard tell about
,-l.dea v Bloobder, the richest man
America? Why, it was about that
lAl THAT Silas j. Seeker, the richest
l.a In America, used to say"
4Hen we left, and slowly cooled
~Na toward the richest man in Ameri
Then we took on tracking down
y '4Iie,t thing in railway swindles
.-5 '1e qmekeSt-grown out west city,
lt We are on the track of nine Of
~.a OF them. - From LoH,loH Fan.