The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-01-26

lie, and out of the whole fortune his rel.
atives received only $4,000. BE gave
somewhat during his lifetime, but he
paid no attention 10 begging letters, and
did not believe in supporting street
vagrants. He left his estate in such q
way that it has since grown to many
times its original value, and the Girard
college property pays bigger income
every year.
Money given to educational institu-
tions is wisely placed aud the million
aires of America seem to have under.
stood this fact. Daniel Drew was scared
into becoming Methodist by the light
ming once striking dead horse which he
was once driving, and be founded the
Drew theological seminary and he gave
largely to Methodist institutions. George
I. Seney gave FIVE hundred thousand
dollars to the Wesleyan university, Of
Middleton, Conn.,, and his charities,
which have been chiefly educational,
have amounted to over a million and
half. Asa Packer gave about three
millions to the Lebigh university and
there is college at Cleveland which
received 100000 from the estate Of
Amasa Stone. This college is called
Adelbert college and it commentaries
Mr.. Stones son Adelbert, who was at
Yale college at the time of his death,
and who was drowned while on botan
ical excursion in Connecticut. Stanford's
big university scheme was brought about
by his son dying, and Philadelphia got
Girard college because Girard had no
children to leave it to. Il nay be that
Providence had hand in bringing about
the distribution of this great wealth.
Vassar college was founded by Matthew
vassar, who gave 100000 towards it,
and Vassar's son added to this amount.
Peabody's charity extended to Yale and
Harvard, each of which got $150,OOO
from him. He gave 100000 to the
Southern educational fund, 81, 500, 900 to
the Peabody institute at Baltimore, and
$4,000 to the Peabody academy in
Massachusetts. Senator Joe Brown, of
Georgia, has given $4,000 to universi
ty there. Wannamaker, of Philadelphia.
gave $4,000 to the Bethany Sunday
school of that city, and Robert L, Stuart,
the millionaire sugar re6ner, who died
about five years ago, had given before his
death 100000 to Princeton college, and
be left.it $l5O,O0O more.
Among other charitable rich men
O'Brien, the California millionaire, gave
$4,000 to Catholic orphan asylum.
D. o. Mills gave 100000 to female
seminary in San Francisco, and $4,000
to the university of California. Amos
Lawrence, one of the Boston millionaires
of the past, gave 100000 to charity, and
Burnside, the A. T. Stewart Of New Or.
leans, donated s5OO,OOO to the State of
Louisiana for charitable distribution, Civ
ing the State the discretion as to how
the money should be placed.
Looking over the rich men of to day,
there is hardly one Of them who does not
give away large sums daily. Rockafel-
Ter, the president of the Standard oil
company, who is worth $40, 100000, lately
said that his income was 80 large that be
prayed God to give him the wisdom to
dispose of it, and Flagler, another Stand.
ard oil man, handed his pastor not long
ago his check for one hundred thousand
dollars, and told him to distribute it as
be thought best. Flager has given away
about one million dollars in charity in
the last five years, and it is said that he
never says anything to others about bis
oifta