The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-06-26
REFLECTIONS ON RICHES.

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, III is claimed that John Rockefeller
couiu give every man, woman and Chile
! IN the Unitod States 81 each and still
nave left the modest sum of S1,000,O0C
WIN winch to start peanut stand. vii
lam waldorf AstOr could do the same
tllng, whlle our own dear Jay Gould
could give Sl.W each and have left So
OOOOOO with which to sink well fol
more water. 1t is also stated that Mr..
Jones ana MIR. Brown, who work ten
nours each day, can only give their wives
S4.5O once year, and Mr.. Smith, who
works from u a. IN. to . p. m. upon a
sectlon on the railroad at S1.lO per day,
ana supports a wife and five small chill
areh, says ne would be financial wreck
III III ne squahdered darned cent.-BWdto
Irah
a variety OF lessons are to be learned
from Che foregoing extract, and some OF
Chem are such that they should cause
every poor man to bless his country.
Inc three mllilonaires named are the
wealthlGSt IN the land-or, perhaps, in
Che World; 1helr fortunes are so stu
Penaous euaG rational comprehension
Oh OF Chem is banning to the imagination.
Inc Possessor OF million Is very. very
! -. - ..It "
noS, nc Wlli hoG deVote ms energies
NANNY W IurCher schenles OF gam. But
Ilie posSeSsor OF hundred mlhons-
WnaG snah oe sald OF hlm The very
possession entails slavery upon the
ioiueI, II ne De ambitious TO administer
MS ostaIe III d ouslneSs-llke way Ana
~ VIZ nave hocKeleller enduring the
,anSs Vi hellIanu nervous prostratlon
Is; is tiieiI e!ulSIIelltI because ne oVertaxed
ts, tiis Iouy anu IIllllu IN attempting 10 con
Cloi MS enormous fortune. de dld not
teaiiHo H. IhaU ne was Ine slave instead OF
'iiS si9sVei VI MS iiilllOns'
Va Ulio Cilleo Hiilllohtlres named, put
Uno ,,nt, M"S ,, oOih WIN SILVER spoon III ms
ioIUn do Ciie Saying goes Jonn
hooAoieIleL IVY. @ anu Jay uoula were chill
uieli .I vi p9Yelt W, ana SoG ioOthoid only
yI1uSn lluustry, larushlp ana sell
o',Ia ia'i n "a vio uays Vi CnGlr youCh' nous
" SaiIS VI yUuliS Iloh VINO envy hocKe-
- ~, ahu u oouiu @ uo noC know whdC WORK
20 ~ UIo sense Clat Iney uld' could
,I oterhGu i.t ~ IN small country store,
",o anu iS1el Peuuieu map thfough the
iIPHiSoiy i,ny seCGleu sectloh OF the State
t1,l,i'l Nnomn do Deia"are county hockeIeller
WI mU,heu ' vi the CleVeianu docks not SO
roiys iiany years ago ior aoliar ana
,riti, i " 10Y. lhllk ol u, yo lauiI-linGers
shoii Ill I"i ~ sysVciii Vi government haC
Iahl,'' I,i'''t oo salu oI country Where uocK
.,H, o1 can become Che richest man on
ot' ,f Va 10 ~ not ple-elillneICiy Vhe laha
UfIpol'uhlCy nin Cy-Vne Pi"oe ior Ino poor :
ton,,t; toUwHGIe else ON Cne PlaneC are such
of p'lns pIlHes Pldceu MlCLin IIie reaGh
VI TtH y tpHHHeIIy- Struggling youth
w my Ile lepuoiic Is repleCe WIN oP-
@ Poi CuhlIles Ior the poor young man, ne
mus! hoe expect 10 WIN "ealth WlthouI
/, ti,n th.i'E H. ne must oe WGiISLounueu
~ tnu plihclples vi Setl uoIllaii laoor, per
sis Cence' Eoou haDi'S anu business 10
~ mallalU SUCCESS. ne lhuGlSe IN eA,
oiSIye tHo I've or uegt"uthg tastes, ne win ma nnd
u C,io DetteIliicHC oi HIS eoiluICioil very
SLOW II hot li,lpoSslole; IL Is lh Ola say
my Gllat III the ioundaCioh OF u fortune
Ine lIn nrst thousand dolllrS comes hardest
1 heh II lts pOsSessor really mas genius
loI ilohGy-ihaklhg, OF true business IN,
stlhcUs, ho can ulscoVer more Taplu
route toward fortune than ne mas Deeh
Cr"'clihg. DuC ghe Doy VINO Wouid llVe
On cheap loou' ana ueny himSell
'lIluseilohVs, associa!lohs, nlic clotles
y anu oCheT GonIorCs Ill oruer 10 save
: yluus"nu uoll"is 10 i"lo eAoePIioh'
jduer oh, however, Ils 1ile oCheI lelloWs
,il"I arc oDllScu W PI"oCice seli.uelildi;
lle Uecolhes oPuleht, HoIOPohSI, ana
Perchahce ploateu oohunoluer' we
40 H96 say tliaC the game Is WoTth tne
;ahuie; thaC IL is advisable Tor Doy TO
i've l0r years IKE pauper, ana laDor
naru long 1ourS uaiiy' Ill order ChaG ne
may get rlch' But, IN many cases, our
Ilcl, men were INC Ooys VINO Practlced
'ucI PrlVaSiohs' anu II Ooy Is Oh an
5hVlouS disposition, Always looking
;oNeCously upon thoSe VINO nave II Seher,
Dus snare Oh sllls Worlu goods, ne Would
Dct!er get down TO business ana by
PaClenI eiioIC ana tle strlcIest possible