, 1879-03-28
DEATIOFAN OLD MERCHANT.
a Sketch Of tho Carnnr NJ MIR. GsorEo ".
Taylor. Ono NJ tho Foundera Of tho Firm
OF Lord & Tayinr.

a skotci, Of tho Career NJ Mr.. George ".
Taylor, Ono of tho Foundera Of tho Firm
OF Lord Il Tayinr.
Ss,e lark 7tms,. Ndreh7s.
The news Of tho death o. afr. George ".
Taylor, at Manchester, Eng, on Saturday last,
will he received With moro than passing cx-
preston of regret by all Travelled Americans, his
EnElish home having become celebrated among
1,fscounsrymon forgcnial hospitality. Although
one OF tile founders Of tho firm of Lord Il Tay-
lar, and identified with oil lis carly struggles,
Mr. Taylor will scarcely be remembered person.
ally by the present generation Of New Workers.
Old residents viii scculccs tc store In Catlarino
street. managed by a couple Of young tncn,
trothcrs-'n.law, forty.ntnc years ago. Wall
street At ;, vas retarded as ''up town. There wa.
Of country road crawling northwar,1!y through
thriving farms. fussnrss people, bankers, trades
men, brokcrs-thc wealtll'cst men IN tic city
did hNsIncs. OIL thr first tIoors of molest houses
md lived quietly up.stnfFs or fn the rear. Tile
age nf pfate-r!ass lIad not vet tome.
IN the year lsN two young men. the one y
md ihe atltr " years uf age, started little
dry,egtHls store n Catnarinc :trcct. Mr. Lursl'a
cahltnl Amounted to gu. nnI Mr.. Taylor's was
possibly four tirnc. that, The fwo together
could nut have rs*esi tiO1. However, tI,ey ha,i
youth, Eootl habits, tratus. a.nl pluck In tlrir
favor-1ust tl:s qualities which, *fhcs we'll d.
1ecteu HaRo 11ttuheh anu lnuttd EfE1llsc Dl!st.
nrss.iouses;, Better tlan nil, they pulled weit
,ogetter III harness. Sir. Lord hull nlt aptitude
for buying md selling: SIR. Taylor Ead Il clenr
ncal for figures, AMI cnud carry tho whutc Llis
ncss u the YOUNG firm, to penny, In tits tnc,.-
Org. 10 they divided ,lc tufIcn HI n manner to
make the most Ut the peculiar ability ot each.
Mr.. f.urd going 10 auctions, often taking hume
the goods httnsclf, nrd actiE Us salesman when
not thus employed, nt'I Mr.. Taylor intending
to the tlnautcs, kecplng lie accounts,
nf,f rnnt5t1rtttr tfIn {nf,r
Lord Il TayIor grGw with it: hut, i,av!,,g
10 direct ilcrs. tue lui,or s,artngr dill not cara
u remain after ho had acgulrru o comfortable
1856, before the Grand street building. east Of
the Buwcsy,-a magnificent yenturo for those
fays,-was erected. The firm name remained
Lnrd IL Taylor, however, Notwithstanding the
after lis rctiscmcnt, removed to Manchester,
With bis fortune 50 t1sestctt as to atford him n
sure atd comfortable Income, aud he has since
lived the life Of n tlIan OF leisure lie 6eeai1ie
member uf the RETURN Club md Of the Trafrurl
Club, hts rarc sotial Qualities rendering him cx.
trcsnely popular In society. But he rcH,ulncd
MI Ainertcan iu feeling, au4 Americans In
trouble found his hospitality as genial as Ills Us
sistaIlte Nus Eencraus. Ills heart and purse
were alrars "pen to the Appeals Of tle sullcrin4;
nude It pofnt to give away a qulrter Of Ills
lncninc. he wife VI hts youth died plxteeu
years uE0, a!N he afterwards hurried an English
laAy Of sumo turtunc. and became still tlIura
Intimately ktcnttci with English socctY.
Ills last visit IL this cGul:ry was nla1c laAt
fal', u,Hl 1t WIS sonethi,l: rare to see hfn, n,ul
Ills iDr,nrr purtnrr, two Venerable graybcards-
slr. Lord belug Il anu Mr. Taylor IL years old
sit togctlnr il1IA talk ovpr tlirr early str,lE-
giles. Mr. Taylor returned to EngIam! In De.
ueri,ber, nf,l1 Guild taken Oil the yuyage WIS tic
cause Of bis dru.h. a uatiye Of this cily, Ills
rctnains will prubnb1y bu brought here for burial
tx.of t..A -. # If b-z& tat.I 1,J.
u.lrou,pronising Americanism, Mr. Tnylor's
most remarkable quality was the extraordinary
Tctcntveness Of his n,cu,ory. He recullrc:cd,
when here last Soyctntus, the most minute de-
tails Of the business Of ite tsrl, rccallctt th.
tlntncs and residences 0f customers, nnd even
the business transactions had With them, Mlui
described tho personal appearance Of Hlnuy MI
old New- furkcr With Photographic fidelity.