Rensselaer Republican, Volume 28, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1895 — Mgr. Capel Now a Rich Rancher. [ARTICLE]

Mgr. Capel Now a Rich Rancher.

Mgr. Capel is the Catesby of Disraeli’s ‘\L«othair,” and converted Lord Bute to the Catholic, faith. He got under a cloud, however, in some way, and -WAS sent to the United States In a sort of exile. The clergy In this country did not take to him much, and he swung a lecturing tour circle, finally betaking himself to California, where he bought a large rauch and went in for raising fine horses and blooded stock generally. A priest who knows him well informs me l 4h&t he baa grown rich. Formerly the pink of perfection in dress, ho has grown indifferent to his garb, and dresses and looks like a typical ranchman. He is a man of rare cm ure and accomplishments. He is of imposing presence and imperial bearing. His dark, deep blue eye flashes from seemingly fathomless depths. His hand is as perfect as Trilby’s foot, and he has a way of laying It across riiis manly chest that fetches the admiration of the ladies.— Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.

Of the farmers of this country onefourth,/or 25 per cent., have property at less than SI,OOO ; 73 per cent, iiave holdings rated at from SI,OOO to $10,000; and only 2 per cent, have property valued at from SIQ,OOO to SIOO,OOO. The number of millionaires among the farmers is so Inappreciably small that It does not appear in the census returns.