The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-09-14
From the ChIsaeo Tribune.

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Observing among the leaders Of the an
tiTammany movement in New York lL
fine old Belfast COuntGnancc oil Jane
Brown presiding, the milkwhile mar ant
erect figure of Colonel Vcrmilye, once In
head of the Seventh Regiment, and lii
faces OF Seligman, Clcwes, and The lore
most bankers OF New York, ! was lea u
make some inqiries on the subject OF lhcl
profession, only part Of the knowledge
thus obtained being available at this time
Money asa commodity, makes clear
tradesman, and the bankers per sc, Il
whom are entrusted the greater exchanges
Of u period, have generally walked above
the highest plane of commercial society
aud breathed with the statesmen AMI
spirits Of their era,
THE VILLA OF THE BANKER
A few evenings past, being at Chclten
IIiIls-a picturesque bit Of billy country
between the corners of Bucks, MOntgO'
merry, and Philadelphia counties, covered
with fine stone yilas-I paid a visit IA
the villa Of Jay Cooke, The whole
region OF steep and stony hills herGabout
has been surrendered 10 prosperous city
folks, and in many cases the grim, strong
farm mansions OF Welsh and English
QuakCrs have been Transformed and
bcautied TO the uses OF sensible, sGlfreli.
ant lmdCsmen, whose girls go 10 the
schools and libraries in the city, and their
boys to business by the hourly trains of
the North Pennsylvania Railway.
In the lolliGst part of this region, almost
in sight Of the pretty vale or hilltop ham
lets of Jenkintown, Shoemakertown
BranchtOwn, and Germantown, is the
famed home of the Cooke family, 1t is
an Italian villa, with French roofs and
pavilions, of nearly the proportions OF
two hundred feet square, but of broken
form, built of stone and iron, and fronting
upon the edge Of u steep Hill Whose dc.
cIivtics are covered with woods of nAtu.
raj growth. At the foot Of the hill is the
mausolcum Of the family, built of white
marble, and containing the bodies OF
EICutheros Cooke, father Of jay; of the
blnkcrs wife, recently deceased, and of
some children and kindred. Near the
tomb Is running creek, winding around
the foot Of the hill, and widencd into
ponds and reservoirs for tho uses of q
steam pump which pushes tho water up
nearly n hundred feet to tho rear of the
mansion, where there is distributing
reservoir mgcniollsIy masked In the mock
ruins OF an abbey chapel between lhls
uncovered rum ana the new hGwn-
stone mansion isa long WF'eTe OF HOW
crS and orange. trees, the slope 0l INC pr
hTC being broken iransyefSeiy near Inc
ruin, after the fashion OF thC PIT anu Stage
Oft theatre, so That tho ruin seems from
the house to be u scene set FOUNTAINS
playing in the lcrraccd ConcaVlly OF thcse
slopes, sprinkle tho Hover beds and
sIMvcn grass, and sparkle ny daylight
against the clear pennsylvania skies, or
by night in the reflection OF lamps oil gas.
OGoNTZ IN DETAIL.
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o,'ts,r "MJ ",,,oncI rloss md iron cnn.
l"ryo,nry lilis ,hc rcccsscs naintrd round
,i,o ' sijns' wi iii, i"vjsrnNo scomea ~ match
,io I"ng G,rns "mG ,rGnicnI hIooma grow.
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