Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1889-03-21

aire, spent his early manhood as a
clerk, and when the war broke out and
found him a broker in a small way he
began to make money. He and his
partner, Mr.. Livermore, who retired
at the close OF the war with half a
million, jobbed in cert ificates OF indebt-
edness. and laid the basis OF the
wealth which Clews afterward accrued.
Henry Willard came from Germany
at twenty years OF age, and sold SUBJ
scription books at first, then became
an irregular writer for the press. He
studied law later, but gave that up
and adopted journalism as his pro-
fession. He was Al years old when, IN
1874, he began the great Oregon rail-
way operation that made him wealthy.
Nine years later, when the famous
golden spike was driven through a
Northern Pacific railroad sleeper, he
was worth S5, 100000. He impover-
ished himself in trying to sustain the
value of his property and went under.
Next, at more than 90 years OF age ne
rose again as a financier.
Warner Miller is fifty years old. Be-
ginning in the humblest way he man.
aged to organize a mill company, and
worked sixteen hours a day for ten
years to make his fortune. He was
past forty when his bank accounts
showed him that he could afford to
take the world more easily. He Is
millionaire now.
Levi p. Morton is about sixty-three
years old. Twenty-Five years ago,
when he was thirty-eight or thirty
nine, he founded his banking house.
He was fifty.one when his wealth en-
abled him to devote a part OF his time
to public life. His great stroke was
made when he established his London
house in 1868, and soon afterward
went into the syndicate forfunding the
United States debt. He was past
forty.three then.
John b. SlawsOn, the car-fare oox
inventor, was twenty-five years OLD
when he went to New Orleans in 1S4O
from New York. There he slowly
made his way upward. But for the
war he would have pushed his inven-
ton at forty-six years OF age, but ne
had to wait and he was past nifty
when his big money began to pour IN
jay Gould's early life was a failure,
but this phase OF it was very short.
He was born i'm 1881, and went into
speculating in railroad stocks in 1859,
when he was twenty-eight years old.
He was very successful and made use
of the war when it broke out TO gain
large returns on small or shrewd
speculations. His fortieth year found
him, in his present opinion, only start
ing in life, but the world already knew
him as a master money maker, for he
had been more than three years presi-
dent of the Erie railroad, and his as
sociate, Fisk, had startled America
with his share OF the partnership.
Samuel j. Tilden made his first con-
siderable money as a lawyer; but ne
was more than forty years old before
he put other aspirations aside Tor the
time and began that devotion to his
profession which was quickly distin-
guished by his connection with the
greatest law cause OF the day. He was
forty-one when, in 1855, he was de-
feated as a candidate for attorney
general OF New York. After that came
his greatest legal triumphs, and after
them his still greater financial opera
tions. =.
The Standard oil fortunes nearly all
prove the rule Mr.. Rogers made his
I snare OF nat pile while |,si GER thar
forty years old, but Messrs. Rockefel-
Ter, Starbuck and Flagler were beyond
that age when they grew rich.
Augustin DAILY is fifty-two years old.
He was thirty.four when he began his
brave struggle with the dramatic COM
pany that is now world famous.
Wealth did not reach him till he was
beyond forty.