River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-07-23
THE NEWLY RICH.
Some of the Demonstrations of Suddenly
ACQUIRED Wealth.

some of the Demonstrations of Suddenly
Acquired Wealth.
The sudden elevation from poverty
10 riches is generally accompanied by
sometimes startling and always anus.
ing manifestations. Nine men out OF
ten. when they find the gaunt wolf of
hunger and inconvenience forever BAN
ished from their door first think OF the
style in which they should live In order
to conform to the munificence of their
suddenly-acquired fortune, and they
invest forthwith in as costly house
and grounds as they can afford. Some
take extreme delight in parading the
fruits of their new wealth before those
of their neighbors whose opulence is of
more mature age, and who have there
fore offered many (fancied) snub.
A case in point Is that of lawyers
Young assistant, living In neIghbortng
state, who a short time ago was for
tunate enough to come into property OF
the value of nearly quarter OF MIL
lion dollars, which enabled him to en-
bark on a policy of revenge which he
had long cherished In his mind, but
ever being able to carry out. His en-
ployer, man of obscure origin and
most offensive manners, had been in the
habit Of treating him with the utmost
disdain, and, not unnaturally, the clerk
thirsted for an opportunity OF paying
him back in his own coin.
The opportunity came with the adj
vent of his great riches, and he took the
fullest advantage of every occasion to
excite the envy of his quondam en-
ployer and to belittle him In the eyes
Of his friends. He made practice OF
driving in state past the lawyers office
two or three times day, his turnout"
In the morning being a smart and dash
ing tandem, and in the afternoon an
elegant carriage and pair. II the at
torney attended the theater or any pub
lie meeting his once-despised clerk was
there occupying better position than
himself.
Happening 10 hear of debt of 1900
or $4,000 owing by the latter, he bought
it at "A premium, sued for and recovered
it, and administered the coup de grace
to his enemy by making him bank
rupt.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Irish Laborer In England.
It is asked, why should the Irish
man come over TO make the hay and
reap the crops in England and Scot
land, and how is II that he goes home
again and does not stayP That he
comes over is evidence that he is not
unwilling to work. He Is sent for by
the farmer because his wages are low.
That he returns home is not mat
ter of sentiment alone, nor due TO the
fact that he returns 10 a Roman Cath
Ollie country. ] he winter is milder than
in Scotland, the rent is cheaper than
paying for lodgings in Scotland. the
turf fire is warmer and more cheerful
than the small coal he must buy at high
price in Scotland.
The turf fire costs him perhaps three
pounds for the family for all the year.
While the man works abroad the FAM
lily live cheaply at home, and till the
potatoes and fatten the pigs. There
are thus very good reasons why migra'
tory labor should pay the Irish peasant
best, and the change is welcome to him
when life would otherwise be very mo-
notonous. Boys and girls look forward
to the end of their schooldays and to the
time when they may go to the harvest
ing; or, still better. to the "oil works."
where some sos. a week may be
earned. The irish peasant requires no
one 10 teach him his own interests In
this respect, and he works hard for
spell, looking forward to the idle winter
before him at home. - Blackwood's
Magazine.