The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-08-15
HOW M1sERs HOARD WEALTH.
The English Nobility Has Produced
Some Very Mean Samples.
Exnr, GnsaeLrs SntaLrdntl Lo,lrr,nL

0om0 very mean samples.
From CGsseu's Saturday Journal.
Occasionally men have become misery
from good motives, as did an Italian physi-
clan, who denied himself the common nee
essaries of life, and when he died was
mourned by none until bis will was read,
when it was found that he had left his on
tire fortune to be expended in bringing
water from the mountains to his native
village. So also when Bethlehem hospital
was built an East End miser gave a dona-
ton of e100. When a collector called
for the amount he was found
sooldiuE a servant for throwing away
match which had not been burned at both
ends. Misers are not confined to one class
OF the community, but have been at least as
common to the higher ranks as to the lower.
John Churchill, first Duke Of Marlborough,
was the greatest soldier in Europe. Yet
when he was an old man, in order to save
6 pence from carriage hire, he would walk
from the public rooms in Bath to his hotel
in all kinds of weather. He died worth
FL ,000, 900, which reverted to his Bit
terest enemy, his grandson, Lord Trevors.
Sir Harvey ELVES Of Stoke. in Suffolk,
next to boarding money, roupd his principal
pleasure in netting partridGes. He and his
household, consisting of one man and two
maids, lived upon these. In cold or wet
weather Sir Harvey would walk up and
down his hall to save fire. His clothes cost
him nothing. for he ransacked old chests
and wardrobes and wore thoss of his an
cestors. When he died the only tear shed
was by his servant, to whom he left farm,
value ESQ per annum. The whole of his
property was left to his nephew, John Mag
gott, who thus Inherited real aud personal
estate worth 9950, 900, on condition that he
should assume the name and arms of
ELVES. or this man, who is better
known as John ELVES, the mser,
the following story is told: His
nephew. Col. Timms. visited him at Mar
cham, and, after retiring to rest, found
rain was dripping through the ceiling, he
moved the bed. He had not lain long before
the same inconvsaienee again occurred.
Again he rose, and again the rain came
down. After pushing tue bed quite round
the room be found a corner where the CELL
ing was better secured and slept until morn
ing. When he met his uncle at breakfast
he told hfn what had happened. AYE,
aye" said Mr.. ELVES, 81 don't mind it
myself but to those who do that's a nice
corner in the rain" Mr.. and Mrs.
Dancer are reputed the most
notorious misers In the eighteenth
century. The manner In which this couple
were found after death to have disposed of
their wealth was even more strange than
could have been their methods Of acquiring
it. The total value was &20,0 900, which was
thus disposed Of: $500 was found in
dunghill; $500 in an old coat nailed to
Manager IN the stable; 5000 in notes we're
hidden away in an old teapot; the chimney
yielded e., 900 slowed in nineteen separate
crevices; several jugs filled with coin were
secreted IN the stable loft.
The Rev. Jones of Blewbury with a nest
egg of 9200 and a stipend amounting to ESQ
per annum. left at death she sum of el0,-
600. He had been rector Of his parish for
forty years, and during all that time only
one person had been known to sit at his
festal table. No fire was ever lighted In his
house, nor was a servant kept. In winter
he would visit his pensioners 10 keep him
self from freezing, rather than light fire
at the rectory. AS like effects like, SO
1t Is with misers, and gold will
60 where gold is. This is strikingly
Illustrated BY the act of eele-
brated Greek, one Dichoeus Dichoenus, a
descendant Of the Byzantine emperors. This
man, by the exercise of extreme niggardli-
ness, managed to anlass the SUN OF 10000
an immense fortune in those days. Then
came the question as to whom should he
leave it. One day a distant relative sent
him letter written upon a square inch of
paper. This was Sufficient. In the tttness
of things the parsimonious correspondent
BECAME the miser's heir.
IL las HbAtcbiA1Co uADPcuoA budb poAnOnh
little deserving, and even rulers, have
Yeaped the harvests which misers have
painfully sown. The life Of Vandille is a
proof of this. This man lived upon bread
and milk, with the addition of a small glass
of sour wine on Saturdays At his death
he left 9S00,000 TO the King of France
Audley, the commonwealth mlser saved
g400, 900, all of which reverted TO the gov
eminent A merchant died at Ispahan in
the earlier part Of this CENTURY who had
for many years denied himself and his son
every support except crust Of coarse bread.
On a certain occasion be was over
tempted to buy a piece of cheese,
but, reproaching himself with extravagah ce,
be put the cheese into q bottle and con-
tented himself and obliged the boy TO do
the same, with rubbing the crust against
the bottle, enjoying the cheese In imagina-
tion. One day, returning home later than
usual, the merchant found his son eating
his crust which he constantly rubbed
against the door. "What are you about,
you foolr was his exclamation. at is din
ner time, father. You have the key, so, as
could not open the door, was rubbing my
bread against 1t, as / could not get to the
bottle" Cannot you go without cheese
one day, you luxurious rascal2 You'll mover
be rich" And the angry miser kicked the
poor boy for not having been able to deny
himself the ideal qualification.
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