The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-10-11
JAW COOKE.
The Great busted at Home-How he Came to
Golp.


| Geo Alfred Townsend, in his Washington
correspondence to the Chicago 1riJuDs, gives
the following home sketch Of the great wild
eat banker, with intimations as to the cause
of his failure
Nine miles back of Philadelphia, on the
waters of lacuncy Creek, is "Ogoptz,' the
residence of Jay Cooke 1t is a villa Of the
native sycnic Of the hills, pointed and set in
blue mortar, with iron vcrandahs, Mansard
towers and payilions, and all the elegance at.
torded by modern resources and improve
mcnts. \ tiowerwalk with beds and terraces,
closed by mock ruin, in which fireworks
were set Oft on national holidays is the vista
from that side of the house where, in great
recess with painted walls, the conservatory is
maintained, From the opposite verandah
there is view of grass beds, sprinkled with
pools and fountains, Sloping down the creek,
which is made to descend in cascades and
here the mauSoeum of the tamily--a beauti-
full edihCc in marble--makes the hcadland to
Il cape o. timber The lands attached to this
noble mansion reach about 200 acres in ey.
tent, and are covered to great degree with
natural woods, chiefly oak, chestnut, syC-
amore, and hickory. The hills in all that re-
gon are high, and the country strong and
stony, like the native people, who belong to y
hard type of Quakers and Welsh Scotch, and
old German aboriginals. About one mile
from Ogontz is a small turnpike village
called New York Road Station" or ShOems.
ker Town, where Mr.. Cooke had built his
churCh,-s quaint and attractive specimen of
carly English gothic From this village Mr..
Cooke went daily to the city by train, sun
days excepted; and if he ever remained al
nome, through lnulsposltlon or safety, ne
COMMUNICATED with ms banking mouse by TEL
tEraph. Two small pIack vermont ponies
were ms own taVorlIe foaoSIeTS' lie was &"
good nelghbor,-the best ever known III theSe
parts,-and plain ana cordlai IN ms address
Al home he lived a parental lie, being a wla-
over ana iona OF ms SFahuChIIuIeH' ne
Spent 't.lIe upon n'luSTII' u"' was 'lo"I ~
ms IcSIocnCe anu - Ina? oCSn ea.'Ho" -
I"a' region l"' Soou WIZ i'as' ne III ~ nav
presence oSou'I 10 az uIusil,oI, WIS i'pI.
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pm "lrI '5-lIS".o va ,,io
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MOI h'''e "orn t'HI 'Il"n = i'ooo =" "'eN as
SS ~ cuSc' t1!iic'' ave a..
mouse any oIS'heS'. Nt"l At n"st, ~ q luz
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a. MS III Sie''' ,,scr.n,crr,r
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Luz sa'e nm il'''o III Gu ~ ~ nun
Work. ne "ouIu not urihA' he coulu not
smoke; his private morals never were I'M.
pugned by anybody, and were the example of
his family lie loved the table, however and
had n hoyish head and a healthy habit ToI
ladies he was courteous, but without any dis
covered intention to marry again He nur-
tured no resentmcntS, although he could get
mad at moments and had his times of pain
without depression His temperament was
rather superficial and sanruinc and his great
est mower WAS 10 keen up hard work uudcrI
the pressure of good animal spirits. lie was
a clean man in snCCCh and thought, and his i
religious nature was steady, rcvcrcnt. and or
thodoy. although never thought that he had
any very deep spiritual nature He did notl
POSSESS an ayaricious soul. although money
was necessary to him at the rate he was liv- |
ing; and he lacked whollythc critical ncul-
~: and that warm information TO stamp upon
= deviation of rccti'udc if !, came under his |
eyes, Not particle of the rcformcr existed
in This rhri,figu h,ukrr althouVL he once
resented and protested against an cfTortI
to atutudinizc and Romantic the Protestant
Episcopal Church Individualism he ncverI
had and no great apprcciatiOn of il in others |
rhr times made INN and he BELONGED to the |
,imcs lie mirht saw with that of. repeatcd
,niiIoouv.
,,,
r,Io Ii,,o ,yo,or hdr n'tS o tr Ii On h,ddcrs
tbs monv summers n a sen If giory
But far beyond INV dcnth.
Mr.. George L. Lincoln. of BROOKLYN. saws |