Show remarkable LIFE OF MISER englishman hoarded pann es and left large fortune to queen john camden nelld whose cent bequest to queen victoria sup piled the funds out of which the prince consort built the present bal moral castle deserves a p ace among the great misers and was as remark able a man as any of them he was educated at eton and trinity college cambridge and was a barrister at lincoln s inn at the age of 34 his father s death placed him in posses slon of a fortune of and from that moment he became a con firmed miser abild lived ai 6 cheyne walk chel sea his big house was so meanly furnished that it did not even boast of a bed two old women who did his stoves and a black cat were his sole companions when he visited his urge estates in the midlands which he did frequently he generally walk ed unless he could get a lift tor noth ing and he was not even above tak ing a gratuitous seat on a dung cart sometimes he was compelled by the weather to take a seat on the stage coach and there he would sit out side shivering and dripping for he never wore a greatcoat an object of commiseration to his fellow aers |