The Republican journal., 1873-10-30
Jay Cooke.

Jay Cooke.
The Washington correspondent nl the
Boston Po~t, in letter descriptive Of The
brother, Cooke, The bankers. givcs the
following description w JAY. ana HIS sur
roundinga-
Mr. Jay Cooke Is 4 man VI more com
man1mg presence than his brother. uf
whom have been writing lie is Z Low
Church Episcopalan. too but atfLiatrs
than his brother. He hl, 2 chapel in the
grounds Of his fine place II Chilten IIill~
near Philadelphia, where he holds PRAYER
meetings which are sometimes presided
over hy those Of another creed Indeed
on these informal occasions the PRAYER
Book is not used, The meeting being open
ed by the singing Of a hymn, which IS fol-
lowed ~ an cNtcmpore prayer By Mr..
Cooke himself on some one whom he ll-
vitrS. The pastor Is always present, takes
part ANA @iYes 4 Short lecture There
are few places IN this country to -umpa-4
the Residence OF Jay Cooke The house
Is umptuou~ and the ground, perfect.
There is a picturesque river with a lake
near by; there are fountains, @rottocS,
terraces, lighthouses for fruit and flowers.
Mr.. Cooke delights in this home, which is
filled with masterpieces, both paintings
and statuary Mr. Jay Cooke hasa genial
manner and does most Of the talking when
he has guests. lie has never swrlved
from his strictly temperance principles
never tasting wine himself. nor offering il
70 others He Is Il WidoMrr, with three
childrcn-tWo daughters and one son
The eldest daughter is the wife Of Mr.
Butler the President of the National Life
Insurance Company. jay Cooke, Jr is in
The banking house in Philadelphia. Mr.,
Cooke is reycred ny his nei@hbor- He
has Bible classes for them, md while
studying holy things with them, hr is not
unmlndtlll ot their temporal wants Be
fore leaving this subject, must say some
thm% about the island called Gibraltar
situated n That par OF Lake Erie called
Put-ln-GaN | append short account
given by correspondent Of the Louisville
touricr-JoHrnai
rur ISLAND 81 DIgn,IrAE.
whore Nc h,4 cxnnodnd jaro.a ,nount ot
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tnn Joys, ,ln,ation Tbn island vas hor-
rnn and rocl-1- NJ l. only enmn f;va ~. siv-
ala,o', -, o1.,l,,t\ rnril bn ,,nroJ,osad If ond
WE ,.;o,;noll eoIl fn,. rn,notbino, rnJo1.
nno hnn1rrI dollars III bouoht # for
nno ,I,lns9uI ami ono dollars ( c;nouIo,
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a,,d NM ,.,ioyoI hin of tha oIanbant ord
sn,ennnlo-;t, NJ thn same lime If i nnly
j ,.hn,,,,ino .,,ot ,,.oa;lod AVA. h, Mr..
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,i,,t ',';th i Thn.n iglands ava oil av-
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I,1,,,J ,,,I,. thran ,n;las from, this naint
and gallons Of wine last season kelley'5
Island has for years been CELEBRATED for its
wines, and the reputation Of these wines
continues 10 increase, as is also the case
with this island and with Middle Bass
The Catawha here ilonriSheS IN mdimin-
ished strength and yigor, as does the Del
aware and the Ives seeding, and after
having passed through the wne-preSs
AMI been msnnated into cobhlerS, there
can be nothing more inviting to thirsty