Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-06
A Poor Unfortunate.
WAYS AFRAID OF BEING POOR, AND EVERY
BODY SUFFERS.

HE HAS PLENTY OF MONEY, BUT HE is AL.
WAYS AFRAID OF BEING PooR, AND EVERY
BODY SUFFERS.
Kate Thorn in New York Weekly.l
We know a man who deserves a great
deal Of pity.
He Is possessed Of houses. ard lands
and stocks. and bonds, and horses and
cattle, and the world calls him rich.
Almost everybody euvirs bin.
He wears his broadcloih ana diamonds
| every day, and drinks good wine. If some,
body else will pay for ID
But this rich man feels very poor. His
whole life j. Il nnt If diIe>t appreh"n-
sion He IL afraid thc blnk~ viii hreak
He studies the tnancial record ~ If hi
! life depended on what Ike reai He can,
not sleep If he hears that auy Que ~ tho
railroads whose bond, he holds Is not paw
Ing expenses.
He lies awake nights and worries abou,
! fire aud II be hears tile alarm he j. out Of
, bed and dressing with lightning speed II,
, is afraid it may be some ~ hi, buildings
II any body talks about murrain, ne grows
| pale he has thousands of dollars invested
| in cattle.
He is always talking about hard times
1t is difficult. he says, fnr him 10 make ac-
| counts balance at the end ~ The year lie
| Is at such an expense and 80 little coming
| in. Taxes sre enormous, outrageous, in
fact. and how he is going 10 pay them is
more than he knows There ought to he
! something done 10 lower this tax rate; il
/, Is eating everybody out Of hous. aud
| home.
| His family are under the cloud Of his
|
est ,teAk aud the strongest butter. Al 4
| suggests TO his wife that they should use
molasses instead OF sugar, times are 50
| hard. He wonders where on earth tina,
barrel Of -four has gone 70, He never saw
any body use SO much -four a. they do II
they are not careful they'll have 70 20 10
| the almshou>e get.
| He Is always cutting down his wfes sup
| nly Of pocket money he Knows she IL not
| 50 carr tul about htr expenditures a. she
might be. snd he SAY. hs wishes hr could
| DC 4 woman for 4 spell. He'd zee 70 those
>winlliug drc> >-maksrS and uIilliner, In q
| way they would not relish
| If any ~ hi~ wei kmtn are two minute.
behind time in the morning, be- grpan~ and
| feels bitterly aggrl-vrd, and vows he III
| cut them doHIl 10 prr cent III such thing
occurs again. Hen iet them kuaw that b.
y not INK 10 pay them for luAHng VI
ami down the streets No, ~y.
4 He beats everybody down, If only d
l few cents can H. saved ~ say X Il worth
| white H. wants ~ Try and get enough
| together t0 take him through But times
are 50 hard. and inye~t tments 20 tickl-h.
| Ask him for charity and he will look al
< you as II he dccmed you mad Want hin
! % give something fur Smiths family o.
I chlldreI, ~ Of I'm. Why. good heaven
whatever could Smith hc 4 thinking ~ 4
raise - msny children. Didn't hc know ht
/ was poor? b,ln't hr know II cost, money
/ To feed 50 many mnuih~t
| For His part, he haS ways enough ful
| what little spare cash hr Lete NJ ~ with
| out feeding those IN children that had ut
| business To- be born. " Hat II Smith dL
| -et Killed by falling from the roof of uu.
I OF his buildings that he wa, repairing
\ tie hadn't any business to fall be was paid
4 for staying up there aud laying shingles
not falling down and getting killed.
| A>k him for money for the minister
I Tie viii laugh In your face, aud instance
I ST. Paul ami several other ancient WORTHLESS
| who preached for nothing and found them
( selves. He doesn't want any minister II
| everybody behaved a, wen as BIZ does
| there would be no need Of minister's
| Aud We quite agree with him; for II al
the world were like him il certainly wnu,d
not be worth saving. 1t would not be q
1 paying Investment.