A RICH POOR MAN AND A POOR RICH ONE. 



"V^ESTERDAY one of my neighbors died, 

 killed by an accident. A rich man who, 

 in the eyes of the world, or of that little bit of 

 it in which we move, had attained every thing 

 that man could wish for. Beginning life a poor 

 boy, he made a large fortune by dealing in lard. 

 He was looked up to in the lard trade ; his 

 judgment upon lard was final. A religious man 

 in the hackneyed sense of the word, he had 

 done much for the sect to which he belonged, 

 and was cited as a model layman. He gave 

 large sums to churches and church colleges, and 

 contributed to the fund for sending missionaries 

 to foreign parts. As a family man, as a hus- 

 band and father, he was, for all that I know, an 

 exemplary person. I never knew him to smile; 

 but severity of expression may have been con- 

 stitutional. With his large wealth he built 

 himself a pleasant though commonplace home, 

 the house surrounded by large grounds, in 

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