Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-03-26

One Mans Fortune.

One Mans Fortune.
There goes a man who has made
fortune without working, said man
to an Express reporter in the lroquols
Hotel the other afternoon, pointing to
an elderly man, who had just entered.
lie has an income today Of something
like $4,000 year, and he had moth
ing to start on but the income of a
newspaper. He had brains, though,
and that is why hei rich today, while
others who had greater advantages
are poor. He is John H. Thompson,
of Richmond, Va. and his story Of
how he made his money is interesting,
especially in view of the fact that any
young man today with an income Of
over $1,000 year can easily do the
same thing
Tla r.,S3,.,.,, ,.,. ;rtrodrcaJ - Mr.
-, - ,,.;.l. .,,,,.,t ,b,tb h. +aII
Ia, l.. ,.l, his mor.y THAT'S
easy" was the good-natured reply. Il
,,.Io f., +,rr,;;,,S NOT ,.bors von have 70
rIort vonr cron. every wear and de-
nanl ~ H.. ws,t bara,5 tba condition
- ,r.5a ~, vonr nroft I couldp't
COO any money in that line. but |
,bongbr - wears 400 that there was
money IN forming Of % different kind.
and the results have proved that | was
rjobt
..Twon+v-fva wears 400 I was a re-
no,t..roo = BOSTON JajIv. I had a fair
salary and had saved something like
o5Oo One d,v 7 had 70 interview a
rromirent lumber dealer on some oues-
tion-Tva FORGOTTEN what il was |
had orifo , tall, with him about the
,.,I;.,,ns ,f tbo Ir,ob., trade and he
la,,ora5 tba hct that the prices Of
some kinds oe lumber, especially hard
u,ols wor. steadily advancing.
~, w,s nstst tbo time when the
.. g.. l,,a1. ,.,1n,+ forritura was
- ;,s bo;obt and he told me that he
,,.,, roahIo 70 oot , sufficient supplv
- +l;. ,oIrob1o wood 70 furnish the
,....,,,.,..,,.l,, ,..;.b.dtorsoit oTbere
o;,,t ,.o,,ol ar j. ,,,o,y;rc he said
".a .n,,,r,, II. demand for tbo next
~, ,.,.r. T.. q bo,nt;fnI wood and
will .,wavs be- nopuIar. but Won will
live 70 see # replaced by other woods,
which will in tnrn become exhausted.
What tbev will 10 then. don't know %
.Ia.kri him if he could suggest a
romojv for this condition of affairs.
+ know wbat would do if I were
,o,r roc. bo ronI;oJ Td save nv
money and buv piece of cheap land
somewhere, Then I'll plant it with
hIocI, woInnt-aitbor vearIjnp trees OF.
with saoIs TIL. wood will grow al
o,ost ,r,,ubara and # crows fast In
.,,..,,., ,..,,., .,,,,jI,veo fortune I'm
.oo o1I - rnJort,I,e IN myself but
von couId 10 it,nd be jpdependent
- 40
oTba succession made a deep i'm
nres.;on on me Thought of the mat
for contirnaIIv and looked at it from
o,.or,. ,.o;rt of wow Il appeared to
noI;I,a oood tbiro 7 had health.
youth and every rrospoct Of a long
i;c ,r,.,,.;+;ar ,ros o.srrod and 7
a.,,rI o,s;I,. s,ro ororob 70 nav for a
Ioroo tract of land studied the
,,,.a'.,L 80 ,;,,b.r and fonrd that I
Sa,,rI .vroot with reasonable GOOD for
.. ,,,o3 oro, Of timber in
,,5',.' ,o..,., ~ s.,,, -, Good o;+ber IN wal
olost,,+ or .o, o,bor Of the semi
I.r5 nnt.bs.rino frees
nTLo o..,.t ,,,,or,o, 7 had q vacation
o-ITm.,t into tho mountain regions
W., Tho d;s,strors effect Of
.Lo u.or no. 70 bo saar On every hand,
,,I rrorer,v Of every kind could be
It. e,noIn,,s, soro In Ion.