Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-12-06

"Feeds HIM! Whas do you meant
David Peabody could feed dozen
sister.in.laws, and not feel it,"
"Well," said, al recently began to
suspect he was rather well-off."
Rather well-off" exclaimed Carl.
ton. CHATS the best joke out. Da
yid Peabody well.offl Is it possible
you don't know how rich he is? But
he hardly knows himself. He has
been for over eighteen years the prin-
cipal stakeholder in the great
Mexican mine. 1t is an Eng
lIsh company, and he is the only
American in it. But he owns two
thirds OF it. Why it is one Of the
most successful mines in the country.
Well of! Why, he is away up in the
millions, and it keeps pouring in"
OF course this was too good to keep. |
Brantford had the benefit OF it, and,
except an occasional dash at the rosin |
and cotton, David's great wealth was
the subject for discussion and COM
ment.
4 The civil war come and was going
on, and Foljambe and his follies faded
before it. At last in 1862, Folambe's
cotton began to be moved. 1t
7 had risen in price exceedingly, and
Brantford found that there had been
method in the madness. But the
rosin, though it had risen too, re-
manned undsturbed. At length,
think it was in August, 1868, three
hundred barrels of the rosin were
shipped to Boston. The next day
one hundred and fifty went to Phil
adelphia. and a hundred to Balti-
more. The next day three hundred
we're sent to New York. And so it con-
tinued to move, sometimes in smaller.
sometimes in larger quantities, until
by the latter part OF November, every
barrel was gone. took up the price
current and ran over the file for the
quotations on naval stores. To my
surprise the price had varied from
August to November. from twenty
five to forty.four dollars per barrel.
And then it went down below the first
figure. Foliambe had stocked the
market.
There was little talk about Fol-
iambes follies after that in Brant.
ford On the contrary, the Brantford
people admired the shrewdness OF
fool JIM" and that name dropped.
: Well they might admire him. He and
> Uncle David between them have built
! up the place, which has doubled In
population and is thriving in every
! way. AS for Foliambe himself. he is
5 very quiet for man so Immensely
5 rich. Beyond year visit to Europe
Z and two or three months travel every
J. year to some part OF the country
8 he stays principally on the Foliambt
p? place, where he has enlarged
s the old mansion and devotei
h himself to his family. Rebeccs
e Foliambe is as handsome think a:
4 ever, though more plump than sn'
l. used to be. They appear to be a
q fond OF each other as ever, and dar,
$ say they are.
n One day, when he dropped into tn
t. shop, / happened to say somethln
}. complimentary to his foresight. Ii
y laughed.
d "Cohey," he said, "most OF my SUI
II cesses were unexpected. / had, it
Is true, a suspicion amounting almost I
J. n certainty that there was a bed {
e, Iron ore on the Peabody farm, but
ie bought it to give the widow Int, io
IN Nathan Peabody had petted N
when boy, and was always read!
lg poor fellow, to leave his farm wor
" to ioin me in hunting, or fishing,
II nutting, or anything else. The ia'
Nv that / was almost certain, howeve
We made me divide the profits with Il
n widow as a matter OF equity.
sc never suspected Uncle David
SIS wealth; but the cotton az
v. rosin purchase was a matter !.
Id calculation, particularly the rosl
ny It was then a drug in the market.
had accumulated in large hills whe
to ever they made turpentine. 1t cou
,es be had almost for the taking away.
ry knew that war would come, but
I'M never dreamed that rosin would
nd beyond five or six dollars. hu
mt the sheds at Brantiord, because th
was cheaper than storing in N
York, and that's all the foresight
rst had"
,Se "You must have made n good thu
n". out OF it, anyhow" l reioined. ut
oro not my business how much anC
'be don't ask, but you must nave nett
30 a good round sum-"
30, don't mind telling you"
.as said, "I have figured it up. On
~ cotton and rosin together, | nett
~ lust three millions, seven thousa
oos and ten dollars. But | am not
ar rich as David Peabody, by some m
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