Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1891-11-03
MADE euR Monty IN STOCKS.


AJout eight mouth. ago q newspaper
In large Canadian town told story 81
Young woman ~ the nslghborhOod
Who, q fcS mo th. beiorc. had lost her
last rvmsinlug relative ann had come la.
to . legacy ofs fcs thousand dollar.
The newspaper .aii thi. young woman
was pilnfuliy illlterate aud had NO prac-
ti,al know ledge ~ the World. IL was
,ddel that she took her money. and
without consulting anybody a. a. the
hsst method ~ Investment, pat the en-
tlf. amount lnio the puryh,.e ~ GER
tsin stock, which. Ia th. course ~ frw
months, advanced .o much in value that
thi. ineNusrignCed Young p-rs1n Nas
,blc Ia ..ll out spi establish hank ac-
count of rJO,OjO. At this point the news
paper story ended.
4 Traveller on IA. tanidltn Pacific
two month. sgo met this young woman,
shn. having h-cone comparatively riyh,
hsd STATED out Ia zee the world. She
hal been on the train only short time
y hen r,rryboly'. aitrntion was attract
c,l Ia her. She Nas rather piegO's sslug,
lai stucy. plquint mi.n, was neatly,
hat plainly dressed, and hal With her .
halt breed lnllsn girl ~ mih. She hal
hscu travelling by easy stages a. th"
Rocky Nountain. anil vs. doing ia"
principal attractions, stopping q day or
tSo IN each placr, ani then pursulng
her way to the I'acihc. The curious
part of IL was that .b- dii not seem to
have th. rrm0te.t ilcI what she .huli
de- two days in advance. ~uiilcicnt un-
to the d,y wcrr the plans thereof. IA"
had no guide book, had read nothing
sbout the trip, and did not know the
nimss ~ thu tosn. ahead IL her. when
.b- stopped at one place .he would hsk
the nime ~ th. ncNt plac. frrqueute,i
by tourists. ani u Va. time to make
further plans whsn shc reached that
placr.
While travelling for pleasure th. scrn.
cry aud yafiou. novelties along a. route
dil not seem 10 Interest her AZ all. Pas..
Ing through the gTand-si scenery Of the
mount ,in. this remarkable Young So-
man WAS usually a. D. found Ia tie sl-ep-
Ing car plsying canls With her m,li
while everybody else va. taking Ia "a.
magnificent view. from ih@ vantage
ground ~ the ob.-rys lon car. When
WV -llf mn RfANAsNu ~ W. NNNhfN HNf
would pull from her hand bag . roll of
bill. .o large that .h- could hardly clasp
" IN Que hand. She hal not the sllghl-
-, hesitation a. show all her money, sni
Que of the lady passengers felt called up
on to advise her to make lees lavish
display of her wealth. n WAS difficult
to talk With her bccauss .he wa. CON
tinuslly asking th. me,ning of words.
Her Vocabulary wss q short Que. ani her
inirrvour.c With educated people had
b-sn so extremely limited that their
language va. In part an unknown
tongue.
Arriving at the coast towns she was
.urr to meet cabman at the depot or
landing Who could easily coax her 10 a
ho.telry other than that ia. had b-.n
advised Ia patronlIe. At last account.
.h- wa. doing the sights Oi Victoria,
sfier which .hc intsndci Ia sample the
attractions of Tacoma and seattle. u u
Ia be hoped that thi. un.ophl.ticsied
Young person lcfi most of her sJO,OpO
la the bank, aud that she returned home
Ia safety. though not few ~ her fellow
traveller. regarded her a. ton little Ner-ed
Ia worldly wisdom "a De- safely trusted
alone on such sn eNten.ly. tour. She
dld not know exactly what she would do
after .bc had seen th. big town. on
Puget Sound. but thought possibly .he
might ~ Ia far on country called ia
pan, which she had heard somebody
mention.