Connecticut western news., 1875-02-12
The Bennett Family,
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 get marrieda& This is Sa uuestion very | frequently put, says correspondent, and not unnaturally, since he is the only son of the founder of the Herald, of the indefatigable nan who gave his entire life to the building up of that gfeatnews- paper. Paragraphists and correspond Tents have labored diligently to answer the interrogatory, crediting him with as many engagements as if he were Q ChiZ nese army He does not show any alarm ing symptoms of approaching connubi- ality, and is affirmed to be in no hurry whatever. He is quite old enough to be a husband, being, believe, thirty six, which is six years later than Plato thought to be the proper age for mans espousals, and one year later than Aris- totle has recommended. Of excellent constitution and health, he will be young for long while yet, which may; besthe: reason he is so willing to hasten slowly The arguments applicable Nto Whitelaw Reid's case are equally applicable to Bennett. Indeed, the latter has no such excuse as the former might have, if i'm mediate wedlock were demanded ofseither or both. The Herald is perfectly set tied, running in an ancient and prosper ous groove, no new building to com plete, no stockholdersto consult, no flu ture to shape. The sHeroJR g dividends are pronounced always satisfactory, and they all go into one epocket, on an average $500, ,0OO to $35O, 900 annually. "A | Before the elder Bennett died, it was currently reported that he sent for his son, and urged him to marry early re-, minding him that the line of succession hung on his life alone, which might cease at any moment. He wished, the young man to call his eldest boy Jame Gordon I that the name should be constantly kept in the family, so that generations hence 1 James Gordon Bennett would ee0ntdnpe to be editor and proprietor of the New York He,'ald. The sole heir to the newspaper property is said to have prom .ised, whereupon the old man remarked, ], < Now shall die in peace. The Her l gld has been from the beginning my one, , my only ambition. Other men have had loves, ,sschemes, ,efriendships, foes topun- l ish, great ends.to gain. I have had noth- ing, I have kbored for nothing E have thought of nothing but the Herald. For lsnearly forty years l have struggled to make it the greatest newspaper lnsthe I world. have srcceededs SIBleavasthe Herald to you as a sacred legacy. Make it better than it hhs been. Improve it I all the time.A Remember the one thing valuable is news. Don't be satisfied ever to get beaten; always try to beat That's what has built up the Herald" | Bennett, however, might naturally as pire to the hand of a lady of social dis r tinction and wealth, being himself very rich, and enjoying whatever reputation f bis father gained for the name he bears. | ko cared for, any acceptance by society. His rather enjoyed his ostfacisn His son has been held responsible for-some of I the paternal sins, and may not have the e,atree to just the kind of society he cov- cts. The. woman he might want as a I wife might not want him; the woman who might want him for a husband he might be unwilling to take. So, under the circumstances, wedlock would not thrive particularly in the Herald estab- lishment.E There are unquestionably I thousands. of wel-bred and charming young ladies here who could not be brought to consent, connubially speak ing, to advertise ill the New York I Herald. G zr5. .s7GIpTs5: E3fE EE
 Bennett possesses energy, enterprise, pluck. If he be really desirous of trans forming himself into a husband and faith CT he will be pretty sure to accomplish it. Practical considerations ought to impel him. He has no near relatives, except his sister, Jennie Bennett, ten years his junior. His demise would put the journal into the hands of strangers, and thus the solitary ambition of the departed founder of the Herald would be frustrated-a cruel illustration, that would be enough to- make him turn in his grave-sleep, and rebuke from the tomb the memory of his sneglectful, re-