The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-10-23
Jay Gould.

Chicago Ism@s gives the following
.keich e Jay Gould
tnhkr most financial OPERATOR.
Gonld love. 10 keep DOT of .ixh. He
never appear. on Wsll stree: when he
can avnd 1t. especially Of ate. II
he j. seen there, his appearance Is
always interpreted .igniticsnily. Soms-
toay always pretei.ds 10 know what he
Is doing ~ intends ~ do The rumor
run-. Goah IS on the street: ~ha,
mischief Is up no~ And of course
there sre certain lsrsois~ who. assan-
ing 20 understand Why he j. there, 20
ruand locking owl-iike for the "a
mainder Of the day and gaining there
by reputation for mysterious wisdom.
The great speculator J. very retiring by
nature He Is not the least gregarious,
tsot even social. although always polite
aud gentle Very domestic. he seems
10 have no private wees. and spends
much of the tame AZ home. He has
four or tive children the oldest,
George, being his frequent sompsnion.
His wife - intelligent, amicable, and
said Ia he interesting bat scarcely
any body knows her She cares moth
ing for society. and - wholly devoted
to her husband aud family She dress
- plainly bat richly. and invariably
refuses 10 be put down a. manager of
any OF the public balls OF entertainments
given during the season. She is said
10 be quite charitable. seldom refusing
when asked for donations, but never
wanting her name mentioned or pub
lished. Her husband gives no parties
OF any kind Ocrasionxlly his brokers
dine with him when they have some
thing to talk over but he generally
dimes alone with bis family. He is
very moderate eater drinks no wine
but half . bottle of Bordeaux at din
der rarely attends any place OF amase-
mcnt goes 10 bed about ii o'clock and
rises at 6 He ha. All Office and sew
eral clerks at work In his honse, 51s
Fifth avenue. and . telegraph wire con-
Meeting bis with office down town, 23
Nassau street. He frequently drives In
the park on pleasant afternoons with his
wife aud children. and sometimes with
his boy George. His turnouts, of which
lia has Ssvefal. are very plain, not
calculated Ia attract the least attention.
Ills dress. while 1t is exquisitely neat,
his Iiaan helng of the finest and his
cutter garments Of the bcst-is entirely
uuist, aud usually of black or dark
brown color His person Is we'll known
from repeated illustrations and carica-
t1rss la wcekl,es He is under the me
dunn height. quite light. dark COM
plaAloned, with very dark eyes. hair,
aud full beard and mustache His face
IL extremely calm, not unpleasant, nor
winning either what might b. called
veiied. Itses spression does not exactly
reject confidence. but no one would be
apt 20 repuse confidence in the mystery
that Ii behind 1t. While the man does
of ali sympathy. When he speaks his
voice is very low. and not devoid of
sweetness. His manners are of the
quietcst, aud his general outgiving
omitting the aifectional element. Is AL
most feminine What il understood as
the moral seems omitted IN him, he
impreSses one as an intellectual force
too intelligent To bate, aud too thought
ful 10 love, II. scarcely ever smiles,
aud never employs a supert'uous word,
ar lifts bis voic. above com. non con
versational key He appears 10 be
man whom nothing could excite and
one ut his brokers saws yau never can
tell from his expression When hc reads
telegram whether he hsS made five
millions or LOST tn. Jay Gould J.. nn
the who'll. the most ncomprehrnsib
nj Now Workers. He >ecms 10 hc n
nsucisl genius. an em mbo,iimcnt " TIA,
money making faculty He has ~"
friends. so Tar as Is known. and bosi
of enemies. who have been loses. a.
they believe. through his agency. l.
ali probability h. cnusults bis own iu-
terests alone. he has uo principle bat
gain, his life Is III great speculatlons,
they are like opium to tn" confirmed
opium eater, he Suhsists on their ex
citement and cannot give them up
Money has lecome subsidiary with him
to the sensation of making i, the plan.
tn, prosecution. the ingep ious adapia-
tiou OF means to ends He h the spirit
If operating incarnated In his bust
nes> be is. no doubt, ct,erly selfish; he
Is the opposite of . model for any man.
But he is not materially worse than the
men he Is associated with. lie l. a di-
rec. aud natural out2rov-th Of the stock
exchange His Creates. crime. IN the
eyes Of his fellow spectators. is that be
succeeds in doing TO Wall stree. what
Wall street is perpotaslly trying 20 10
20 him -