The Meeker herald., 1891-10-17
RICH euT uNcULrUReo.

On- of tho oid,'i-. Crsss.d hy ss~~sssfsi
Operation ~ ws.t-sp Niatas ssh~ssss.
Then, Ia a man In thi, city. say. tho
New York Telegram. Whose peculiar
carver has been in harmony with his
peculiar chararicr. lie was born In the
south. has hal Npmc education. though
he -anno, br con.itlrr-.l an educated
man. .nh has lived In many parss of thc
world. lio u onr OF tssu.s sncn Whoao
ss.s..-..ss.A.s.- --sis-s..so% s.s-sas
Wit, ticn for,ign csSnrlusion. lie IL
now .bss, forty y.sivr ycars of ayr. the
pnsN,.spr %! a tremendous fortune.
which he ha, male by si,ccaiating In
western mlug's aiuc. 1875. when he lost
n comparatively small fortune which he
hal inscrlt9i. Thl, calamity. instead
OF d'lTssslls lin aS IL would many
men. 'f,sfl 4 - hrln., ont all the latent
power Ia il,. ua,arc. lie went wcs, Inn
mriiatcly with his larry family, lived
with the rrrnicst economy and was
happy In the confidence Of his ultimate
succcSS- This suc-css caInr 20 him In
very sior; umr. lie found himself to
be the p1.erssor of nm admirable juJs.-
men, OF the value Of mincs, and showed
nm extraordinary skin o! driving a hard
and close bargain. As one Of his friends
In, said Of him: "iIc has made his
money by squeezing Il out Of others.
He would. by taking advantage of n
mans embarrassed financial situation.
~, all his property out Of him. and
then. with iinc naynanimi,y. present
his victim with ;if,y dollars M gift"
A few years after his advent In the
west he found himself 4 millionaire. A.
soon NJ the discovery WA made Il
dawncd upon him that the west was too
small place for him. 80 hc cam. To
New York expecting 10 take the town
by storm. Hut, strange ~ Il may seem,
he has no, succeeded In this ambition.
On the contrary. there nrs few people
who know that he lives Ia this big city
He. the posscs,or of two millions, t.
thrown into the shade by SCORES o
New Workers.. each OF whom posscssc
many millions more. But he H. wei
content. His experience In New Yorl,
has taught him 10 affect contempt for
wealth. though he still continues to nc-
cumulntc IL. Money" he says, with a
fine scorn which is very amusing to
those who know him. ''moncy Is not
worth striving for. There arc other
things In the world of greater impor.
tancc than mere pclf." He is particu.
larly fond Of making this remark to
those persons with whom he has
business relations. lie certainly con.
vinccs them that there Is no use in
striving for money with him, for in the
struggle for II he is sure to win. This.
however, is only one of his many aphor.
isms. He loves TO pose ns philoso.
phcr and to scatter bits Of wisdom
around him, some of which have n
strangely familiar sound, as though
they had been said before by some one
else. He is also very religious. and he
invariably throws the cloak Of his re.
ligion over his little prcvarications and
hard business dealings. His life in the
wild west seems to have inspired him
with an Intense dcsirc 70 be gentle
man andt tpsurroundb bisnsclf with gen.
tlcr,icn, dtid his cfrorNS thus far have re.
suited in some curious episodes. His
rude speeches TO his guests at table are
the talk of those who have met him,
and his peculiar manners have already
inspired one novel writer to put him in
u story. lie has an intense admiration
for Napoleon, whom he takes for his
model. and initiates in n manner which
gives delight TO those who can apprc.
ciatc II. Altogether. he is u most curious
example of civilization which is rap.
idly dying out, Of the type which is
neither boor nor gentleman, but cross
between the two. the result Of a state
of social transition which produces in
him II mixture of material vulgarity only
inpcrfectly concealed by IL veneer Of
spurious refinement.