Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1868-09-15
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Ssiassa tie about stxty wears MO, carae
lrs VANDERBILT c2mmeaec5 life by ra-nloE
a "pesiaGFat' between Staten Island ere
New Ye11s. y 1giu he dar he pioa DIS
yeee'ien, and Whenever be duties permit
ted. vis5tss his seco.a cousin, 5iisa Sophie
johnson, tneg young ard bcapb. Z. II
Of sixteen, DO also rived dh te Stu
PEI APPS Il was tie eas5aTst 81 t"e htsi
love tla made the yeuag sailor so ahsoi-
.i,us md ;aepised him with tbs energy
and entsror:se he hrs a'wags exhibited.
,,-f-;a n Fl. Es5evcr, that the cousins
r,rred. and Oh f3.as T13 knew them viii
srcak With delight Of lie handsome pair,
for they we're admitted to be the comeiiest
couple Staten Island has ever produced. |
in unnecessary to trace the Commodore
from the time he was a ferryman until he
was promoted, or, moro properly, promoted
himself, 10 the responsible position Of Cap
tain Of : steamboat watch Piled between
this poin aud NewbIuas. gca, New Jersey.
\, tie latter pace, however, he was pro
prietor If boiel, n which passengers,
from New York 20 Philadelphia used to
take ness. and oecasiona'lY nights rest.
Il vas kind fhs'; way house. His wife
supefiateDa.i the hotel while ne was en-.
gagged in bis active aquatic VOCATION. oae
evening he arrived from E,w York, aud
while sitting a. supper, ead 10 his wife ::
''SopAie, wish | had 81 900, Ia add
ton & what | have, Is buy sharea il the
steamboat lire ! thint j. would lie a good
| Investment"
ADO you lhink so, Cornell :" responded
his thonshtful partner.
Il d, said lie.
She aid nothing more, but next day
| c)aSui ed Mr.. Gibbons, aud lie advised the
Investment. Next evening a. supper she
acc sted her husband thus:
| "Correil, rvo spoken TIC Mr.. Gibbons
about buying shares, and as lie approves
OF the idsa. tnere sihc $4,000 buy the
shares to morrow
| AS she spoke Ghe took the amount from
one OF those cid fashioned pockets tina,
used TO no worn undsr the dress, and
handed it 20 her astoni ,hed husband. She
had .sayed the money unbek nown to him,
and 1t wcs probably the same money tina,
| tioated the Commodore into fame aud for.
| tune. Tlis incident shows what the NO.
man was. The money was wisely sown
and. as Is well known, tho harvest is great
The subsequent history of Mr.. Vanderbilt
is the inheritance Of all men and through
the part takeu ~ his lie in building Vi
lis immsnse wealth cannot he made pnblic
yet it is size to say that with him she Dor,
the burden aud heat OF to day and incitst
hitn bS her cheering and gorgeous wold
70 euitat in great undertakings, and, b,
her wisdom, conduct than 20 suacassfu
issue.
In her home che was Liud ard amiabla-
a . -aN. - r
firm friend. Ii was ia tho sacred pre-
cincts of the family circle that s. Vas bee
known; it was there her good qualitic
were not. apparent and nest appreciated
aud NJ " that she Is no more, her caution
counsel, her motherly love. and her III: XII
face heaning With gcod nature, will be s.6l,
ssed
Mira. Vanderbilt Was no ordinary won n
Ger from it. Independent 0; her position s
tho coneort cf Gre Of he notable specimen
Of self maec men, She hed inhert NJ II her
seif elements that re.3od hsr above de lave
OF ordinary women. : 2 was cst tho VIC
man "a be tbs ~if =. Corus.IF Ward /,
b,lt, intelligent, enecee.ir, # ~ tr3eni
. hopetrl temperament, a. q witha}, klndl
rnolherlv, and r"rclg womanly. IL il ceI
tam taat she rei.},d him d all tie caro- {
! large family, conducting her heus bel
/ a0sifs well anal wiso.y, experimenting til
+. esur2taa 81 h,s clultcs, and linfib
then. " ia the .. theY za9uld q.
, s4e YES The her OF tAirtsen children
I, ten Of whom are living and three Ii besid
her in the tomb and sac 81 A. grandmoi he
Of about forty ch drcn, Of whom thirty hv
sus'iss hsr. Take her al in al, it woul
. ~ hard 20 iind her like in these dcgeuer.t
T drys, and hhe - bright example to Ii
Ti.tw- generation q W"Iuen, ot what . v,
'nsn, vic. aud & mother thould he.
! high aud holy authority sistes that ii
Gays ct the righteous shall be three scor
4 wears aud ten, and she died full Of year
utl Of honor, and deeply and widel
, mourned.