The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-02-01

lHE FORT EDWARD MILLlNER Inc
papers for several months past have been
full of stories concerning an immense for
tune which has been left to Miss Gray,
a Fort Edward milincr, by a deceased
English lover. The Troy Times of Thurs
day settles the matter, which has excited
considerable interest hereabouts, in the
following:
Mr. Archibald, the British Consul Mt
New York, has felt it to be his duty to
deny the story that he had paid Miss
Gray, the Fort Edward millncr, the sum
Of s., ,000,0 900, the first installment Of II
bequest of SIT, 100000 made to her by
the father of her lover, an English noble
man, and the whole story is therefore un-
doubtedly hoax. Some days since VIC
received letter stating that there was no
truth in the report of the milliner girls
good fortunate, but as it was anonymous
we did not repose that confidence in it
which we otherwise would have done
About the same time VIC were called to
Fort Edward on business, and undertook
to investigate the report for ourselves.
We tried to "interview" the rich young
maiden, but were told that Miss Gray
was out of flown; whereupon We sought
information of the affair from the girls
neighbors, and found that the story was
generally credited by them. Indeed, one
enthusiastic NJ. d. had no doubt Of Miss
Gray's good fortune, and he himself was
the subject Of numerous congratulations
from his friends, as it was understood
that the rich heiress was disposed to re-
member him in very handsome manner
for acts of kindness shown to her in her
days of adversely. We cannot divine the
object of Miss Gray's deception. 1t is
nearly if not quite three years since she
started the story of her rich inheritance,
and during that time while her neighbors
supposed she was soon to become extra
ordinarily wealthy, she bore herself with
such modesty and grace as to win their
entire confidence and respect At one
time she gave out that it was necessary
for her to proceed to England and look
after her rights in person, and the wife OF
the NJ. D. spoken of above was selected
as her compagnon du voydge. Subsequent
ly she said that the Courts had decided
the inheritance in her favor, and that con-
sequently she was relieved from the ne
cessity of proceeding to Europe. One
thing is little strange: that while Miss
Gray pretended to be in almost constant
raoa;Dt of .dv;oas from, bax oounsal -,
England and Mr.. Archibald in New York
no one even saw these letters or even a
scrap Of paper tending to confirm her
statements. Such was the confidence felt
in her by the community that her repre-.
sentations were generally taken upon
trust. Week before last, when it was an
nounced that the first of the inheritance
had been received in New York, Mis-,
Gray sold out her millinery es ablishmen,
at auction, and prepared to retire to pri
vate life, She then went to New York
and on her return announced the receip
of IS 900, 900 Of the money, though hci
demeanor was unchanged and she remain
ed the same quiet unpretending, modes
sort Of a girl. People remarked upol
this trait in her character, and one bluf
old fellow said "her head was set squar,
upon her shoulders" Now that the bub
BILE is burst, we wonder what explanation
she will make of her conduct, particular,
as she has through it acquired notoriet.
not at all enviabe and one very distastc
ful to modest, highminded young lady
such as she seemed to be up to the denia
by Mr.. Archibald Of the story of her sin
gular inheritance.