, 1881-07-21
UNCLE RUFUS.
Ifla ptcturc- t2nt1cry An Hour with
tl.o Old liastera-HVmtl street VI. lsa"
rnl 11npplncar.

Ills I'tctttrc- t2nt1cry - An Hour with
tl.o Old liaster.-Hvmtl street VI. Ru'
rai 11npplneHr. II
.TNc front rooms M tho third Iloor Of the
now building No. Gj broadway nro stlmptH-
pl,sly furnished. Tho walls flame with
9ilet Undo u,,tl frfcze. Soft carputs. oriental
IN design, l1slstl alt footballs. Cnspl,lDrs Ut
real cIi,lu. extNlstt blnck-wnl1nt desks, mud
Turkish chairs, sofas, nlMl ottoinals hro
there. Tho ln,nbrcQtills aru SO hcnvy That
the windows look like the portholcs Of II
medieval castle. a table Of 6frtl's-eyn maple,
covered with pink plush, occupies tho
centre Of tho apartment. Dronzc ellalltle'
licrs nre suspended from gortebl1s'y fres-
coed ceilings, Ind Rra!n n,ll stock llnli.
cntors uro ticking in tho corners In business
llu,lr.. An ,ln,isslnl number Of fine ctigrnv-
iI,rs nru suspended on the walls. This II tho
lair of Unclo Rufus liatcl,. Although 1t
lacks clasto assortment Of Frcncl c!oHlks,
1t compares very fuvorahIy with the satctnnI
Of ticorgc W Chlltls, a. NJ, ot Westminster
Abby. y visitor on Saturday afternoon
tnnntl Uncle l.ufns III Ills shlrt-slceyes,
buried In abstraction nt,tl MI cnsy chair,
guztng Mt tho framed engravngs of llost
Un,llleur's cattle SCENES.
"Counuin, cnn,e IT," lie shouted. "iou're
welculns. want to show yo.t my Picture
gullury. It's nntso valuable ns VAMcrbiIes,
bit It's fur inure untqlle and nl,rupos. Pm
going 10 scl,.l invitations to Sandy Spouccr,
Theron II. Butler, Nicholas lnugtlon,, John
II. Sherwood. AID. SMllur, August Dtlinnnt,
CuroIin O'15ryun bryant, Carl Scl.urz, .)a,nrs
Irving, San, Carpenter, asltl other GUlln0is-
seurst and want yon TO got ahead Of tllesH."
"1t appears 10 mr," tho visitor suggested,
ttlInt these cattle SCENES nre nut Ut plnce III
| the Ofllce Of mali Of business. Tito por-
trnlts Of somo Of the great lncn OF tile tay
would be moro suitable"
YOU'VE struck 1t the first time" broko in
unelc ilnftls. "Ints lsist What these g. caitls ~:
div. They're purely symboIical. H'nu eau
pick ont tug big. iteu wlthont ,tele;seops,: r,
look srft !rts to K%sa n.oi1Ts
'fi.s eaaif Il atInts ID Gas s stSars ra's
psiug each other under font. With tGrror-
stricken sheep. darling betweel! them;
"Thnt's q grent ples1lra by one OF tho old
tfi ere' irylns {o sce; ts t,s stapess i - Thats
::iss :i:yseer."id pu!l lyasE'lg iho i,sHls Thais
1Illl Vanderbilt. Gould Inns lnslls!l him ttl
tic l'cad viii, the butt eit! Of the wltl. ,llu
ktlOws TINT lio rall't stop thu stannet.u unless
iu cal, clicrk tlie leader. But DiI's lool Il
,.la DUST look Mt him. !le's got Ills l!t;n!l
discovered That tho grass in his rrnr Is mighty
thin. aHl the ;;T,,ops are short. N.Y. but 't's
WeiI, hsre,s 9 = stesr st,l q, down." tic visitor
'3sile's il yearIins," Unclo Rufus replied,
".1le's only berll ii neutber Of tie Stuck TX
clMl,Es ysar, llas doIIv ,s Zone: T'SSe i,s.
srs H. IN dsr tH ers tfyir eeS " eose 9ysf @ III
their securities It's n greut picture. SCI
n - Ss SY%iidsSea $ Tts ~ @ I;sse! MS $ass iio
! Dit Ills ,earpeis trying 70 buy, them of Ih!.n
alH! lie llas now ,drterlnIned y prstect hin,
selt. :My, but It's n grent picture, yollilt
nnn?' ,,u,,,. ;u,,,,a T..
the sta'npede." tho visitor remarked.
! Eyes; but tl9y don't sec,n 10 get nMiyn! NY
pre'ty %sl" unc,s Nfus 5a! Sasd, ,,rolit thS!
!!lE to lle trnnplet to .luath. by tho herd
Texas stccrs 0n tho NeW York Stock Ex
cl,ange don't stop wlan they are ouco thor
H9ghly irign,te,nS g,,,.,S. MSny' yo"ns man. o''
+ "Who IL that straigl,t-hor,cd black steer
with h; fore hoofs planted OH tho One II
: frnnt?" ~ 7,u..,. ,:.,.,. ,,,s,
:. 1luf,is repiied. iie's 6een eSan'lnlnE ii
securities, mud he's fnllutt nut what tliuy'r
worth. lies u, l!s hind feet just now, ,tr,
inE to ia.Il IN ns lines llo: foHn!t DO ont tus
o Iio's o,le Of the Trustees Of the Wnhasl
|. Southwestern SIC, 600 600 Systnl.l. Its II g,le
. lion wlielller tho President of tle bank o
snasFnt ds a;rt II 81 ss s e. ses 4 e aer III ras f!s &
Prssilsiits alsd Csi,srs still bert Oh, iles,
it ing the limbs. They velur,lly yet cai,Cl
:, the alarln. Aly, ny. wllat a'llctn1e It ~"
s5s Scots NJ sIS'tHF HINT 5ss ni,s y oYa Ba
Z In 1850, md now iii tho collection OF n