Тимоти Декстер был необразованным «деревенщиной», удачливым бизнесменом и большим чудаком...
Тимоти Декстер родился 22 января 1747 года в городе Мадлен, штат Массачусетс. Сначала он работал фермером, а затем стал учеником кожемяки. Когда ему было двадцать, он положил в карман все свои сбережения, которые составляли всего-навсего девять долларов, и переехал в развитый город Ньюберипорт, где познакомился и женился на 31-летней зажиточной вдове Элизабет Фротингем.
Декстер представил себя блестящим бизнесменом. Тратя деньги своей жены, он делал то же, что и другие бизнесмены, — покупал акции. Не понимая, какие акции нужно покупать, он просто покупал дешевые. Их цена каким-то образом росла, и Декстер продавал их с прибылью для себя.
Конкуренты насмехались над полуграмотным Декстером и забавлялись тем, что давали ему бессмысленные советы. Один торговец сказал Декстеру, что островам Вест-Индии, где колонизация шла полным ходом, были очень нужны сковородки, рукавицы и Библии.
Не имея и мысли о том, что на этих островах очень знойно, Декстер воспользовался советом и купил больше чем 40 000 сковородок, 40 000 пар рукавиц и 40 000 Библий и отправил их туда на корабле. А затем ожидал, когда ему улыбнется удача.
Декстеру невероятно повезло, потому что, когда его груз прибыл к островам Вест-Индии, там зарождалось религиозное движение, и его Библии купили с 100%-ой прибылью. Ему повезло еще больше, когда российские торговые корабли пожаловали к портам Вест-Индии и приказали своим агентам немедленно купить все рукавицы до последней пары.
Сковородки лежали без дела на складе до тех пор, пока один изобретательный фермер не открыл, что из них можно сделать идеальные шумовки для перекладывания рыбы в цистерны. Так были проданы с прибылью все сковородки. Эти удивительные сделки принесли Декстеру состояние в 150 000 долларов, что сделало его невероятно богатым.
Другие торговцы города завидовали удаче Декстера и решили разорить его, уговорив вложить все свои деньги в уголь, а затем переправить его в Англию в город Ньюкасл. Неопытный Декстер не знал, что Ньюкасл — центр угледобывающей промышленности Англии. Поэтому он нанял десятки кораблей, наполнил их мягким углем из Вирджинии и отослал груз в Англию.
Но вместо того, чтобы стать международным посмешищем, Декстер опять поймал удачу: из-за длительной забастовки в Ньюкасле шахты не работали, и был недостаток угля. Когда прибыли корабли Декстера, его уголь распродали за огромные деньги, что сделало его вдвое богаче.
С возрастом Декстер становился все чудатковатей. Его жена, Элизабет, постоянно пилила его из-за его дурачеств. Вместо того, чтобы ссориться с ней, Декстер делал вид, что она умерла и является не более чем привидением в его имении. Когда приходили посетители, Декстер указывал на нее и говорил: «Это миссис Декстер, привидение, которое когда-то было моею женой».
Кульминация чудачеств Декстера произошла тогда, когда он решил опубликовать свои мемуары под названием «Бессмыслица для умников или чистая правда в грубом платье». Книжка с самого начала и до конца являла собой единое длинное бессвязное предложение без всяких знаков препинания. Декстер приказал напечатать тысячи экземпляров своей книжки и развез их по разным городам. Книга разошлась «на ура». Позже Декстер выпустил ещё одно издание книги, в котором были только знаки препинания, которые читателю предлагалось вставить в предыдущую книгу по своему вкусу.
Businessman Timothy Dexter - "the luckiest fool" of America
Timothy Dexter was uneducated "hillbillies", a successful businessman and a great eccentric.
Timothy Dexter was born on January 22, 1747 in Madeline, Massachusetts. He first worked as a farmer and then became a pupil Kozhemyaka. When he was twenty, he pocketed all his savings, which accounted for only nine dollars, and moved to Newburyport developed city, where he met and married 31-year-old wealthy widow Elizabeth Frotingem.
Dexter presented a brilliant businessman. Spending money to his wife, he did the same as other businessmen - bought shares. He does not understand what stocks to buy, he simply bought the cheapest. Their prices are somehow grew, and Dexter sold at a profit for themselves.
Competitors scoffed at Dexter semiliterate and were amused by the fact that he gave nonsensical advice. One trader said Dexter, which the West Indies, where colonization was in full swing, there were very necessary pans, gloves and the Bible.
Not having thought of that on these islands is very sultry, Dexter took the advice and bought more than 40 000 pan, 40 000 pairs of mittens and 40 000 Bibles and sent them back to the ship. And then waited for him to smile good luck.
Dexter is incredibly lucky, because when his cargo arrived to the islands of the West Indies, there was conceived religious movement, and his Bible bought with 100% profit. He was even luckier when Russian merchant ships come for the ports of the West Indies, and ordered his agents to immediately buy all the mittens to the last pair.
Pans lying idle in stock as long as a resourceful farmer discovered that one can make the perfect skimmer for shifting the fish in the tank. So were sold at a profit all the pans. These amazing deals brought Dexter to the state of 150 000 dollars, making him incredibly wealthy.
Other traders were jealous of luck Dexter decided to destroy it, persuaded to invest his money in coal, and then transport it to England in Newcastle. Inexperienced Dexter did not know that Newcastle - coal mining center in England. So he hired dozens of ships, filled them with soft coal in Virginia and sent the shipment back to England.
But instead of becoming an international laughingstock, Dexter again to get lucky: because of the prolonged strike at Newcastle mine did not work, and a lack of coal. When the ships arrived Dexter, it sold coal for huge money, making it twice as rich.
With age, Dexter became chudatkovatey. His wife, Elizabeth, constantly sawing him because of his tomfoolery. Instead of quarreling with her, Dexter made it appear that she died and is no more than a ghost in his behalf. When visitors came, Dexter pointed at her and said: "This is Mrs. Dexter, a ghost who was once my wife."
The culmination of the eccentricities of Dexter occurred when he decided to publish his memoirs under the title "makes no sense for clever or absolutely true in the rough dress." Book from beginning to end is a single long rambling sentence with no punctuation. Dexter ordered to print thousands of copies of his books and razvez them to different cities. The book was "to cheer." Later, Dexter has released yet another edition of this book, which was only punctuation marks that are offered to the reader to insert a previous book to your liking.
Timothy Dexter was uneducated "hillbillies", a successful businessman and a great eccentric.
Timothy Dexter was born on January 22, 1747 in Madeline, Massachusetts. He first worked as a farmer and then became a pupil Kozhemyaka. When he was twenty, he pocketed all his savings, which accounted for only nine dollars, and moved to Newburyport developed city, where he met and married 31-year-old wealthy widow Elizabeth Frotingem.
Dexter presented a brilliant businessman. Spending money to his wife, he did the same as other businessmen - bought shares. He does not understand what stocks to buy, he simply bought the cheapest. Their prices are somehow grew, and Dexter sold at a profit for themselves.
Competitors scoffed at Dexter semiliterate and were amused by the fact that he gave nonsensical advice. One trader said Dexter, which the West Indies, where colonization was in full swing, there were very necessary pans, gloves and the Bible.
Not having thought of that on these islands is very sultry, Dexter took the advice and bought more than 40 000 pan, 40 000 pairs of mittens and 40 000 Bibles and sent them back to the ship. And then waited for him to smile good luck.
Dexter is incredibly lucky, because when his cargo arrived to the islands of the West Indies, there was conceived religious movement, and his Bible bought with 100% profit. He was even luckier when Russian merchant ships come for the ports of the West Indies, and ordered his agents to immediately buy all the mittens to the last pair.
Pans lying idle in stock as long as a resourceful farmer discovered that one can make the perfect skimmer for shifting the fish in the tank. So were sold at a profit all the pans. These amazing deals brought Dexter to the state of 150 000 dollars, making him incredibly wealthy.
Other traders were jealous of luck Dexter decided to destroy it, persuaded to invest his money in coal, and then transport it to England in Newcastle. Inexperienced Dexter did not know that Newcastle - coal mining center in England. So he hired dozens of ships, filled them with soft coal in Virginia and sent the shipment back to England.
But instead of becoming an international laughingstock, Dexter again to get lucky: because of the prolonged strike at Newcastle mine did not work, and a lack of coal. When the ships arrived Dexter, it sold coal for huge money, making it twice as rich.
With age, Dexter became chudatkovatey. His wife, Elizabeth, constantly sawing him because of his tomfoolery. Instead of quarreling with her, Dexter made it appear that she died and is no more than a ghost in his behalf. When visitors came, Dexter pointed at her and said: "This is Mrs. Dexter, a ghost who was once my wife."
The culmination of the eccentricities of Dexter occurred when he decided to publish his memoirs under the title "makes no sense for clever or absolutely true in the rough dress." Book from beginning to end is a single long rambling sentence with no punctuation. Dexter ordered to print thousands of copies of his books and razvez them to different cities. The book was "to cheer." Later, Dexter has released yet another edition of this book, which was only punctuation marks that are offered to the reader to insert a previous book to your liking.
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