The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-08-28
DANIEL DREW TALKED TO.
VAL STREET VETERAN IN mrs
oUIET COUNTRY RETREAT
"a. tm,royed Health Amer Recent Severe
I,ine.--IIi. "reminiscences OF Commodere
Vanderbilt, and His Admiration Of Ttidcn
, ,.d nj. Opinion Of tho Man In Ohio.

,,d his Opiplon Of tho Mao In Ohio.
r,o village OF Brewsters, about ATTY
,.ou.a from New York. with its 3,1OO Inhabitants,
nossessss many scenic attractions, and rapks
s,nopg the plessantest OF the summer resorts
.,,n,, tho Harlem Railroad. Half century ago
,o,ny paniel Drew, with very little money In
vi. pocket, walked away from that part OF Put
nam county, and shaped his course for New
york A few months ago he returned to the
home Of bis childhood, probably not much rich-
ar tban when he quit 1t, to spend his declining
yesrs there.
A pleasant ride Of about three miles chiefly
song the bank OF a rapid, sparkling stream, and
altogether around the base OF hill, or toll
some struggle across the summit Of the latter,
brings the visitor In sight Of what Is probably
the handsomest residence In Putnam county.
Il belongs to Mr. William Drow-"Bill" Drew,
As he Is called In the neiehoorhood-Uncle
Dan'l's son, with whom the veteran Spectator
10 living There Is hardly chance Of losing tho
way. "Dsew's place." ssid an old man. whom
the writer addressed, "yes, I'll show YOU" ana
be plodded along, wheez ng and coughing pain
fully, aud leaning heavily upon q stout stick.
He looked fully as old rs Uncle DsnI himself.
but did not seem to know It. lie was garrulous,
and beguiled the time with sixty-ysar- old
reminiscenoes.
81 recollect Dan'l when he was = boy" he
,ad, and added, hastily. "at least whom was q
boy-a'most a child. lie was a young man. lie
was always smart 'up. Aiore he was slxtee n
he dilv cattle to York, and made money. He
KEEP the Bulls Head many years, and then he
took to speculatin' In stocks, and got rich. Hut
be sin't got much left now, poor fellow"
Ten minutes later the writer was walking up
the broad road leading to the mansion. Tho
grounds were In superb order, and at the east
aide OF the house was space aglow with rare
and beautiful flowers IN full bloom. Evidently
artistic bands had been at work on this part OF
the property. Uncle Daniel had just finished
Ss shook hands with Inc writer, and Invited
him To take a chair The old gentleman was
dressed in suit OF rusty black, and the CARPET
slippers upon his feet, at three o'clock IN the
afternoon, Indicated that he was not In the
habit OF taking much out OF door exercise. tie
looked oiuer and more carewOrn than wUen he
was Ia New York before mis- colossal fortune
was lost, aud his face bore the marks OF recent
severe Illness. hut bis kindly manner was In
teDsined, and he spoke OF meu and things In the
gentle tone Of one whom bitter disappointment
~ have been very ILL.," he sad, " and am only
Just recovering. When me here was very
bad indeed. and II the .ilroad company had
not given me special car, In which had a bed.
don't think should nave been ane TO cone
take very little exercise now. sometimes 90
little about tue farm. out hardly ever get be-
yond II. except when drive over TO Brswsters
TO get sbaved-and that Ia not often. 1 don't
know whether l shall ever go down to New
York again. It all depends upon my condition.
Ihave been blessed with wonderful health IN
my life time. never was Ill before since was
born except once ABOUT twenty .nye years ago.
believe this ID the healthiest llace in the coun-
Try ana l hope TO recoyst hero. have i'm;
proved greatly .lready whv, do you know, l
But, God bless me, how 1t has changed Hhy,
when ] was boy, there wasn't house In
Brewsters, and. OF course. no railroads. Every
body dealt In cattle then-irove them to New
YORK. Now they are all 10 the milk business
New York when 1 W a lad, and afterward kept
ihe Bulls Head Tor nine years"
~" How old were you when you went from here
"Meli, let me see, was-nreen and ten are
Ibout thirty-four or thirty i've. And now. here
lm back againl know every one here. rney are
hearty all the children Of my old friends but
lhelI parents have almost ali disd or
"Y3I nave ,,, not & seen So%nGdofs q. & Vanderbilt
mo, have not, and 1 regret II very much.
Ifit was possible for me to travel to New York
i, and am afraid when am aole 1t will he too
.why, do you think tho Commodor Is dv-
y" oh. yes have no hope Of his recovery.
know his physician, DR.. Linsly, very WELL and
defbt has not been IN really good health Tor
years. though he has kept up his strength, ana
bdded, no doubt, to his lite by his HABITS. He
has taken constant out-ofdoor exercise, es-
peciay driyoe, and that has helped him. lie
ls wonderful man, the most wonderful, think,
10 the world. What AN intellect ne hasl And
whst vitality have known him. believe. for
smashed up in a railroad collision, and alter
that all kinds VI diseases set In. He his never
how he has lived so lonaf he must have an
immense amounto OF money, and have no doubt
al nis affairs are In perfect order. His death
vii. have little or no effect upon the stock mar
ket and his business, for long time past, has
been carried on almost entirely by mis- son. viii
lam h. NanderoiIt Isn't II singular that the
70 he same vearf Astor, Stewart, and Wander
1 bit. think Astor was the ilchest OF ne three,
/ but he inherited the greater part Of his wealth.
Stewart made I'll his himself, and so dtd Van:
man, ana accomplished man besides. l
fememner him when he was school teacher;
and aftefward wnen he owned asmall dry goods
s.ore In Broadway. He wa, just cautious aud
attentive to business theu as when he owned
Millions l believe he intended 20 do gleat
Deal Of good with his money be had lived
little longer. Mrs. stewart win have plenty of
ypporIunities OF maAing good use Of u, md
hope sue viii not neglect ihem. | don't think
,he Will, nut the disposal Of such an immense
amount VI wealth is terrible responsibility Tor
"Wnat DO you think Of the financial condition
OF the country now, Air. Drewf'
our way out OF our dlnlcuties. suppose /. viii
como out all nght somehow or other, but don't
Know how. nave SEEN three revolutions, but
4 never saw anything Ike this. Busip ass
seems TO he utterly demOralzed, ana ali the
Ing. What do luink Is the cause OF iii tbs?
We'll, SIR, We have not r to seatcn Tor the Gu a
We nave all been travelling sTeat cal too fa.t
That's 10. We have Deen embaTking In enter
prlses Without counting the cost. lhou,auqs Of
miles Of railroad nave oeen built that SHOULD
not hive been thought OF for wears 70 c5ue
and nj lions OF dollars have been borrowed from
European pitalsts 10 pay for them. We are
Iwanl. ed VII de ot, and have little or no credit"
what do you think Is tne remedyi'
"Nell, have not an idea on that int Asl
raid just now, suppose We VIII tide over our
troubles. we have always done before, but |
cent At present see how. some 20 lple think
the remedy lies In the resumption OF specie
Payment, md no doubt that wound help us but
Il cant DO done In 4 hurry. Every one knows
that there Is not enough gold In the Treasury to
redeem tho Rreenbacks. The outlook alto
Rtther, is appalng-much worse thHn anything
can 70 Oect In all my experience OF financial
pressur@s Stll, L am confident that better
,mes VIII come, although certainly shall not
I've TO $50 them"
are YOU personally acquainted with Gov.
Iuden, s. T. DTewT
On, yes; have known him for years, and
I eDod man he IL. lie has made an excellent
II werner and have no doubt In the world that
te would make an eIcellenb President. Even
MS en- mites can't dispute that through his in
ttuWeutalitY vast amount Of money that the
ctY had been robbed OF has been recovered.
lis has shown himself TO be vigorous able
m m nud that has Leen my experience Of him
s'er since have known him. The epublicans
nave been IN power 80 long that they won't 90
w without hard struggle, and they have the
fns 70 make one. But IL can't bo concealed
n ~ some time past an extraordinary Teao.
IA h.- been setting Ia In favor OF the Domo-
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