The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-12

ruT WY 4 MI TERNON WIDOW saw
tr NiIINEI ~ THE CITY.

ah.cn,. from Home Forging hts Nitrr
Maiden same aud Drawing her Money
A.rr.tcd In "a Fourth Avenue Gaming Den
Tho finest onc-story-and-a-h half wooden
co,iarc in Wcst'hcstcr county is in stevens
s,,,u, in Mount Vernon 1t Is occupied 10y
Mrs. Charles y. Collier. formerly the widow Of
nm ingenious Euglishman named Skidmorc.
In the cellar IL caloric engine. capable OF
deiuring the cottage with water drawn from
cis,.rns sunk in tho yard. Not far from the
engine is a machine for making gas for the
house The yard in the rear. overlooking the
,rnck Of the New York and New Haven Rail
road is handsomely tcrraccd.
gktdmore, while employed about fifteen years
pro in the Hoe printing establishments learned
NJ the great advantage II would be to manufac-
Jurors Of chewing tobacco If a means could be
devised 10 print ON tinfoil direct. He set him
,,l,to work nt this task and was the first man
that ever accomplished il. A difficulty was ex-
nerieu,ed in obtaining n pntent. and for four
venrs the inventor printed wrappers for tobac-
conis,s behind locked doors and barred vim
dows Aiterward, as h. grew rch he began TO
tuild additions to his little dwelling in Mount
Vernon Ilecxtondcd it in nearly every direc-
ZION So that the original house. as 1t stood twcn-
ty-slx years ago. is now completely hidden from
Wow. He carefully supcrintcndcd the con-
every l.th and Ioist was OF the best material.
Just before his death. five years ago. he csti-
mated the cost of hs uhprctcntous dwelling at
t42OOO His other property raised his fortune
to sl5OOO1. and In addition to this the widow
received for herself and her five children roy
hlty from his invention. which is yet in use in
two large establishments in Mulberry aud Cros-
by strcrts. in this city.
After Skilmore had been dead year the in
hahitanis Of Mount Vernon learned that tho
widow lad been married TO q wealthy butcher
in New York. Hui. in fact. The widow hal taken
NJ a trying burden. \ friend who lived IN
Tiity-nrst street had volunteered TO ilnd a hus-
band for her promising that if would attend
a matinee She would have him there. Thc
widow. vko WIS then - years ot axe hut did
not look A.. attended tine matinee 10y way To-! a
Joke The man She mot WAS Charles y. Collier.
her friends brother. An as-iduous couriship
OF two months followed. and then the two wsre
wooded. Collier. who was wdowcr wish
two Children VIII, only 81 years of age.
~, had pale. inu j. 'ne face and eiN,-
ssh mou~tarh". H.. too. ,lookyi five
years younger than h WIS. His wife "
That he told her previous TO h'r marriage that
he WA % rlifNrr " h- father in but herring
hnsin,-- In Af,uuti. avenue in Enst New York,
that instead oi having $1,000. ~ he hnd
Ieprcee INT q he lad n9 money, at all H. says
understand that h- mood lot trouble h.nis' u
about his future. At his soilritaLiun she gave
Nhm sS,9 'g ''@r' M 7taf' o,, a - ,se wa" s'rss,
says. and gave her "A diamond finger ring and
diamond earrings as the total proceeds. tollin'
her that the purhi s"r aiia"d year in whir
70 rrtcc'A ile lrw',rY by ne payment oi ihe
purcha.r money. She took the rings 10 d
Noun, ycrnan icwelcr ani h. valued th"m at
t275 Next shc tried /, get Il place for him in
one of the establishments in which the SKID
more press was used but lh,y looked at him
THIS wi.s 4 dis9rpo n;m'nt. as the wife ian
cicd Gt that nm" that Y ir got regular employ
home. instead oi only one night in thr week
Noxt the husband told hi- wife that If -hn w"ul'
give him s6nO he woUl sio' * restaurant a
Crosby ard Houston streets AMI - int p.It
ner.hip with a Mr.. Hooper, VINO owned the 4!
b. and chairs; Ai,,r = 7h.f TINE she f,,.i
""SS : hunired dogar-, Nr, Hooper shout
rhe Houston Street vrniure failed. and tn
wife gave her husband money to huy comnuta
ton tirEris. hoping thus a. get MIN home hu
he spent tie money anu dldu visit Mount \ Nor
non lis demands for .t... money grew N,ii mar ~,
pressing, md on maSihs INJURY. the W'le a
Subsequently the VA" E'i Interruption INA
aroused ner ionnser. AMI ~ ARRANGED with 7"
lawyer. Mr.. Chaunrey Shail, r. T. ~ from hc
husband an understanding that he would nrN,
enter her doors again, an ]. with this end il
Wow Alr. Shaii'r went To h'r house AT a I'm
when her husband wis rNl"ctei; but on eat b
Ing sight of Mr. shaiIer IL. turned anl hurrle
Mr.. CHllirr ,liI not AZ tha: time undors'an
why her husband did not enter the house. but
all came out later. Several years before VIII
she was defending a sut against claimant
Iand'- u.tent shr had ns a mat. r ~ proc .ui u
gone over to WllAifshursh and doposit'
tn7oD in her maiden name, c ihnrln1 l'tmnt
house. This her husband hal scoyered. i
tho early part ~ January n-t. wlen she U.s.
the book to draw ont her lali. yearly interest
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