Connecticut western news., 1898-09-29
Ing men of the present.
 The Limits of Wealth.


 ments? People not satisfied with ordi- nary spheres of work and ordinary du- ties. Instead of trying to sec what they can do with a hand of five fingers, they want six Instead of usual endowment of 20 manual and pedal addenda, they want 24. A certain amount of money for livelihood and for the supply of those whom we leave behind us after we have departed this life is Important, for we have the best authority for say , ing, ''He that provideth not for his own, and especially those of his own household, is worse than an infdel, !" but the large and fabulous sums for which many struggle, if obtained, would be hindrance rather than an advantage.
 The anxieties and annoyances of those whose estates have become plethoric can only be told by those who possess them. It will be good thing when through your industry and prosperity you can own the house in which you live. But suppose you own 50 houses and you have all those rents to collect and all those tenants to please. Suppose you have branched out in business successes until III almost every direction you ] have investments. The fire bell rings at night; you rush up stairs to look out of the window to see if it is any of your mills. Epidemic of crime comes, and there are embezzlemcnts and abscond- ing in all directions, and you wonder whether any of your bookkeepers will k,s1r Lo financial world, and you are like hen under sky full of hawks and trying with anxious cluck to get your own overgrown chickens safely under wing. After certain stage of success has been reached you have to trust so many inn portant things to others that you are apt to become the prey of others, and you are swindled and defrauded, and the anxiety you had on your brow when you were earning your first $1, 900 is not equal to the anxiety on your brow now that you have won your $500, 900.
 Financial Obesity.
 The trouble with such one is he is spread out like the unfortunate one in ny text. You have more fingers and tees than you know what to do with. Twenty were useful; 24 are a hindering superfuity. Disraeli says that king of Poland abdicated his throne and joined the people and became porter to carry burdens. And some one asked him why he did so and he replied: "Upon my honor, gentlemen, the load which cast off was by far heavier than the one you see me carry. The weightiest is but a straw when compared to that weight under which labored. I have slept more in four nights than have during all my reign. begin to live and to be king myself. Elect whom you choose. As for me, am so we'll it would be madness to return to court"
 Well" says somebody, 'such over loaded persons ought to be pitied, for their worriments are real, and their in- somnia and their nervous prostration are genuine" I reply that they could get rid of the bothersome surplus by giving it away. If a man has more houses than he can carry without vexa- tion, let him dropa few of them. If his estate is so great he cannot manage it without getting nervous dyspepsia from having too much, let him divide with those who have nervous dyspepsia be- cause they cannot get enough. No; they guard their sixth finger with more care than they did the original i've They go limping with what they call gout and know not that, like the giant of my text, they are lamed by superfuous toe. A few of them by charities bleed 1R |, Sc Q-a so1 k- monetary plethora, but many of them hang on to the hindering superfiuity till death, and then,.as they are con- pelled to give the money up anyhow, in their last will and testament they gen. srously give some of it to the Lord, ex- pecting no doubt that he will feel very much obliged to them. Thank God that once in awhile we have a Potter Cooper, who, owning an interest in the iron works at Trenton, said to MT. Lester: "I do not feel quite easy about the amount we are making. Working un- der one of our patents, we have a monopoly which seems to me some- thing wrong. Everybody has to come to us for it, and we are making money too fast.' So they reduced yhe price, and this while our philanthropist was building Cooper institute, which moth srs hundred institutes of kindness and had to wait 5, 800 years for Peter Cooper l Deathbed Generosity.
 am glad for the benevolent institu- tions that get legacy from men who during their life were as stingy as death, but who in their last will and testament bestowed money on hospitals and missionary societies, but for suon testntors have no respect. They would have taken every cent of it with them if they could and bought up half of heaven and let it out at ruinous rent or loaned the money to celestial citizens at per cent month and got "corner" on harps and trumpets. They lived in this world 50 or 60 years in the presence of appalling suffering and want and made no efforts for their relief. The charities of such people are in the "Paulo post future" tense. They are going to do them. The probability is that if such a one in his last will by donation to be- nevolent societies tries to atone for his lifetime closefstedness the heirs at law will try to break the will by proving that the old man was senile or crazy, | and the expense of the litigation will about leave in the lawyers s hands what was meant for the Bible society. Oh, ye overweighted, successful business men. whether this sermon reach your ear or your eyes, let me say that if you ara | prostrated with anxieties about keeping or investing these tremendous fortunes I can tell you how you can do more to | get your health back and your spirits raised than by drinking gallons of bad tasting water at Saratoga, Homburg or | Carlsbad. Give to God, humanity and the Bible 10 per cent of all your in- come, and it will make new man of you, and from restless walking of the floor at night you shall have eight hours sleep. without the help of bro mide of potassium, and from no appetite | ,1or1 bo or1Iu ho bla k< x.,a;k frr ,xo,--