Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1872-09-05

PNsScSsioHs 10 hltnSeli, whose habit :
are abstemlous, and whose delights are
coarse and quiet! Perhaps they illus
trate the limited arena of man. and
that employment is at last longevity
ana solace to the longest age, and in
lseii comes nearest to religion to
satisfy human needs.
A. 7. STEWART.
i want TO live long enough to see
Stewart die, to find out what will Ia.
come OF ms enormous business = said
an irreVerent man to me. Can any,
hodv else, or any distributed directory
manage his affairs Mr.. stewart i
the lirst merchant in the world rs Van
derbllt IS the first Spectator. He is
stopping at the hotel he owns,-the
hest piece OF summer hotel property in
thr world the Grand Union of
Saratoga. for which he gave $3.50 900
~ can pay 100000 a year, and con
'a'hS a2i rooms. Hotel property in
America next to active commerce.
seem best indicated in this wealthy
merchants eyes. The house here i
controlled BY young man a. remark.
ab'e as himself, considering the differ
ehce IN their ages ,-Breslin one of the
numerous hotel clerks CONSTITUTING n
great class. who will keep the chief
INNS for u as long as we live. Breslln
was hotel clerk il this VILLAGE for
many years, and is now the lessee Of
The Gllsy House, New York, of which
lhr proprietor. Peter Giscy. Ger
man tobacconist il a third rcuarkabl.
cAhihlt Of the growth of small bcpin
hInEs. t'llsey is now worth millions
and he has put his sons or at the /
tafroilton, in Baltimore TO learn this /
aIt aud grow ~ with it. There i. no
nreti IA this country to illustrate .nrh I
careers they are the census. Of Iii. .
country.
i"cre Is Stewart, across the street
mem Nandcrhi,t, taikin. 10 hi, set
7! 'H tAc piazza Of hi, inn. He's 4
"iI,rt"I m'tn IN every scnsc,-a small.
""Iitd' Nhoppy, inqui-itiyc man. with
4" mead and eve full Of details hroiu.
"l"t with 2 curl or sheep, WOOL, and
branching up, through ribbon, uud
-l"'iihread. 70 the product. j. thc
""FHl IN a.I il, Win, or loom, and
thunder of water-powcr, and prices
current. and area of c1n,ulnn,in,
lArrc II no wonder In II, cxcrI,t ,hn
result. \ thousand men IN B,fr..,
nave thr same habits, knowlelaa
'l"7rnrs~ aud health. The country
i','e'' on; this early merchant appr...
"rub"'t N anil developed ID. lie cnuII
h"t make TIM make the market. III
coh.I supply X; aud 10 year, selling
him with uniform assl5nnty. lntlnrcgs
vigilance with every item of ribbon.
yard, creditor. tariff. production and
demand.
NJ. Stewart i Il small, tough, gray
haired man, of plain dress. North
Irish descent. manner genial L. stran
gers, positive 10 agents, and that al
mlrable nlen between caution ami con
iideucc which practiccd for lifetime.
j. easy and certain instIct at last.
Like NamderbIlt, his capital aud IN
strnmcntalIties IN his line Of operation
were paramount 10 NIL others at tile De-
rloi " thc giant intcrpOsitou oi our
civil war. Millions went 10 the Tight
the future was put in debt To bridge
over tour wears prohgatc sacrifice and
as proilgatc compensation the trade
Oi generation was condensed into the
iew al. cady prepared :and vet % elias
tie ami expansive was the country, that
the end OF the war found Il market a.
large rs at the height oithe revolution.
His two or three millions income 4
Wear continued. He extended hi-
business, and invested the surplus III !
active Interests like hi, own-mi,.s.
hotels, branch depots OF commerce, /
silent partnerships wita Younger men. 4
Everything but stocks lis satacity I
newer takes the form Of Wild hazard I
I'd blind confidence in things not ca
p.u.r OF hi, own management. Van !
drrhitt is an inspirer and manager Of I
las pOthetic;u values Stewart il i tra-
dtr ia thing, real Which il tuc great
| er man: NeitAcr. Both are ricA after
/ tier OWL processes. Which is the
ricucr: Vanderbilt in investments,
4 Stewart III actlialitics. Their incomes
Z :tc not far IRON jhe same. Can any
4 successor hold together their large
) stems: Probably not. Mr.. Stew
art has Christian and Orthodox ideas
and purpose, torcign altogether tp
4 andcrhIit> nature. Consideration
for his good name As merchant, lu-
terest in the comfort of masses Of men.
political conceptions and svmpathies,
reverence and attachmcnts-th mcr-
chant Is not devoid Of these. lie as-
plrcs 10 be ~ influence Of the time,
These Presbyterian childhood lncuca-
tions which, in the devout and sturdy
nature of the North Irishman, are re-
ceived upon good, if hard ground,
sprout IN his mature age, and are shown
in achievements like the Woman, llo-
tel and the city on Hampstead Plains.