Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-09-27

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II you had to take care of him nights.n
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Stories Of a Millionaire.
DANIEL DANIEL DREW, SUBSTITUTE. CATTLE DRIVER,
STOCK SPECULATION, METHODIST AND BANK
For forty years Daniel Drew was the mos.
middle life when he gave .the boys" his frs
''pints" on "sheers.r when raw country lad
he began to drive cattle from his native village
to the New York market, and subsequently,
opened stock yard, kept tavern and made
fortune In the steamboat business Shire Sd and
flliterate, reckless and timid, good natured aud
treacherous. he made from five to fifteen mill
lions ont oftfrend and foe, only to lose them all
ana die bankrupt. II HOgarth cOu d II ave
lived In Wall street during the past forty We ,rs
''Uncle Dan'l." with scanned face and twink
ling eyes, with the stealthy tread Of a cat
and the bland air Of country deacon, would
have been the central figure In his cartoons.
He was In his seventeenth year-.he same age
| at which Cornelius Vanderbilt borrowed 500
OF MS mother, bought boat and be gan to ferry
| Daniel Drew did not borrow his small aptil
he earned 1t by enlisting as a substitute 10 the
state militia which had been called into ser
|
| WORT, on the Hudson river, opposite Ne York
About three months after his enlistment Vs.
tll1tieS ceased between the United Sta es and
Great Britain, and the regiment was mustered
| out.
"Iwant my substitute money, mother" said
me- one morning, after his return to the farm.
| York"
"Are you sure you will not lose money by it,"
Mrs: Drew was as sagacious and cautious as the
mother whom Com. vanderbilt delighted to
honor all bis life long.
81 am sure shall make money"
Re did make money from the start, but he
had to work terribly hard for 1t. He was in the
saddle day and night purchasing cattle in Put
nam and Duchess counties and driving them
to the city after nightfall. He was an excellent
Judge Of cattle and a shrewd buyer. When his
| competitors began to multiply and to'cut down
his profits he enlarged his field Of operations by
making Ohio base Of supply: He needed cap
He went to Henry Aston. John Jacob Astors
brother, the Fulton market butcher, who had
recently retired from business. "PlI take the
risk" said the capitalist, after the plan had
been unfolded. IL seemed to be foolhardy,
| crack Drained scheme. 1t took nearly sixty
days to drive cattle from Ohio across the Allie
OF 800 head 200 or 300 would frequently be lost
On the way In the forests and mountain fast
besses. cattle, however, were exceedingly
cheap In the Ohio valley, and Drew's profits
were so large that he was able in few years
I to repay the borrowed money and to extend his
operations to Kentucky aud Illinois. He Is said
| the Allegheny Mountains.
A newspaper correspondent who vlslte1 him
soon alter The bankruptcy proceedings were
al nounctd found him exceedingly commun
81 had been wonderfully blessedlin money
Making" he remarked. So got to be million
aire afore know,d It, hardly: | was always
could ever loose very extensively. was ambl-
| tious to make great fortune like Vanderbilt
and tried every way knew, but got caught at
n6 no mt of
| making money and giving itaway. have given
good deal Of money away and am glad Of it.
SO much has been saved, anyhow. Wall street
was a great place for making money, and l
| couldn't give up the business when ought to
| have done so. Now see very clearly what
ought to have done | ought to have left the
streeoeight or ten years ago and paid up what
owed. When gave s1oS, 1000 to this institu-
ton and that ought to have paid the money.
And ought to have provided for my children
1 ~ giving then enough to make EN- rich for
paid the interest on em, thinking could do
better with the principal myself. One Of the
hardest things I've had to bear has been the
fact that couldn't continue to pay the in
terest on the notes gave to the schools and
During thelast year or two Mr.. Drew spent
considerable part OF his time In the city. Mr..
Drew was, perhaps the Questioning man in
Wall street. His eyes never lost their fire, but
his face was scanned and scraggy. Some OF the
veterans say that he used to drive down TO his
Office In a one horse chaise looking for all the
world like a country minister He dres sed
plainly, II not shabbily. His wardrobe is val
elusive OF great sealskin overcoat worth $3.50.
Even as millionaire he had the tastes aud
habits Of a droyer. His dry, sedate manner
boys" and the victim who came to him for
"pints on some sheers" was my son." He
talked with nasal twang, like countrymaD.
stop speckerlattn'; don't tech Erie with no
Margin" was the cOnsoling remark which, II
rumor may be trusted, he made to some MeJho-
dist brethren who had taken "plnts' and lost
their margins. While his wife was living his
house, at Union square and East Seventeenth
street, was always open to Methodist clergy
men and laymen. In the.schedule Of his per-
books, &C., $3.50" His temperament made him
"hear;" he was as short sighted as Commo-
dore Vanderbilt was far-sighted he aimed at
immediate rather than ultimate results. "Yaas,
l skinned the boys" he used to say. In the end
he was skinned" himself.
When Drew, Jay Gould, Eldridge, and James
FISK. jr., were In exile In New Jersey, the re-
porter having some business with the last
named. called at Taylor's hotel, and after
great deal Of trouble In passing the guard was
itor cordial greeting, and made him at home
In the front parlor. After the business be-
tween the two had been satisfactorily trans
acted the reporter expressed a desire to meet
" Hello, Uncle Danl!" Colonel Fisk shouted.
"Come here, you old sinner"
A tall, well built old gentleman, with an in.
In the doorway
,"Well, Jeems," he said, in hute-llke tones,
"what do you want?"
'"This gentleman wants you; don't. I've
had a dam sight more to do with you than was
good for me-"
Then followed the Introduction.
ALLOW me TO introduce Old Danl Drew, the
damdest old hypocritical scoundrel that ever
sung psalm or stole ham,"
"Jeems," Uncle DanI here said, with the
suspicion of tremor In his voice, "you oughtn't
to talk that way. Ell you don't look out, your
wine and your women and your wulgarity will
git YOU into trouble.
With these words on his lips, the old man
walked back into the sitting r0om.-[New York
papers.
GA Mile a Minute.,,
Mr. F. w. Hill, OF this city, long railroad
man, and late Of the Hannibal and st. Joe road,
contributes the most interesting figures yet ap-
plying to the emile a-minute" controversy.
From the facts given 1t Is shown that the speed
OF mile minute has frequently been exceeded
by trains on American roads. In the year 1872,
Mr.. Hill states, Thomas Mcdonald, engineer Of
engine No. SO, q f1ve-foOt-wheel freight engine
on the M, e. and 7: railroad, ran from Parsons,