| Show A bilker 10 michael aard or br pear as ash bcd evias yas xi nho hb lived liked near little york wash as a inis erable miser aniser ilia his father left a valuable farm of rive fice hundred atre in in the of york yorka laith some farmin farnung anchou lie ile kept depta a ta ern for a number of years gaarn ed and raised four chil children dren lie an all i immense ammense estate which he reserved so tenacious tenaciously li that be he hemeier bever neier afforded a dollar for tho iho education d of hi bia children lie was as ne never v known knott n to lay out one dollar dol ar in in leash cash for any article lie he ini might ht be in n want of ho he would either do without it or find some person persan who would carter j 1 with mih hina him f for or something he 4 could not conveniently sell for the he money ile he farmed largely and kept a large distillery which he supplied entirely with nith his own g grain rain ile he kept a team for the conveyance of whisky and flour to baltimore where when he could not for money sell at a price to suit jarn him he be bar bartered t er for feces necessaries saries for his family and tavern in this way he hd amassed an estate e a late worth four hundred thousand dol d ollars lais such was as his attachment to money that he be was nas never known to credit a single dollar to any man khoh the best mortgage mort gage or other lother security that could be given lie he would not lend a cent he never invested one dollar in public fulds neither would he keep the notes of any bank longer ion ger than he could get et thern them changed he deposited ii bis is pecia in a large iron chest until it would hold no more he then provided a strong iron iron barrel which ha be als aasc filled after his death his strong boxes yielded two hundred andthil ty thousand dollars in gold and silver the cause of his death was as remarkable as the ithe course couppe of ills his life A gentleman from vh virginia ginia offered 12 a bushel for 10 bus bushels hels of clover seed seede but he be would not sell it for less tb than ani i thirteen dollars arsi they did not no agree i the see seed d was gt to hia where it was sold for severi seven dov dol I 1 lars larg per bushel and brought in in the w aiole rive five hundred and fifty dollars lets less than the virginian had offered for it on 01 re ceiling an accod account ant of his pale ale he walked through his farm went ent to gave crave directions to his people lie ire then went ent to io his wa on house and hanged himself rw ro |
