The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-07-16
He Should Get a Country Home.

We published few days ago truly de-
lightful account of the country home of the
great Wall street financier, Mr. JAY GOULD.
1t is situated on the left bank of the Hud-
son, about thirty miles from New York, and
Is described as a place Of wondrous mag
nihcence and luxury. But the fact that the
description Of it first appeared in the col
umns of Mr.. GoULDs Democratic organ, the
World, leads US, with Our knowledge Of that
gentleman's uncommon modesty Of nature
to think that half its splendor has
not been told. Yet we read of its elabo-
rate greenhouses, filed with beautiful
plants, simple and variegated; plants
that are native and plants that have
been brought here, with entire subordination
of the idea of cost to a true botanical enthu
siasm from strange places and different
climes. There are gardens for vegeta-
bles and gardens Of roses, and orchards OF
apples and OF pears, and vineyards and
strawberry patches, and pastures for the
broad escutcheoned, black pointed Attorneys,
and stables for the horses, of which Mr.. GOULD
has for long period been passionately fond;
and with these things he has all those con-
vcnlcnt contrivanceS OF artistic elegance
which can so intensity and develop the pecu-
liar charms OF q pastoral dwelling. Be-
meath all lies great system Of drain pipes
which have been put down by Mr.. GOULD, and
which have made most striking improve
ment in the general healthiness OF the neigh
borhood In all this collection Of the blessings
Of art and nature, Mr.. GOULD himself is said
| to take such deep and Intelligent interest
| that he not only personally shows his visit
ors through his greenhouses, but is qualified
to entertain and enlighten their minds by
lively scientific descriptions OF his many
species Of comparatively unknown plants.
In short, he is scientific botanist as well
as a millionaire.
Here, after his labors In seeking to equalize
the unaccountable variations in Wall street
prices by depressing stocks that he thinks
too high, or forcing stocks upward that he
thinks are selling below their truo value, Mr..
| GOULD finds the necessary diversion for
| keeping his brain active and his spirits at
their proper level. He probably wants no
better fun than to get away from the ire
mendous financial strife In Wall street and
amuse himself in the gentle cares and duties
Of his country seat. But this charming
| picture OF rural and horticultural avocations
brings TO our mind with the greater force and
distinctness the spectacle presented by Mr..
| GoULDs chief assistant In his financial
schemes, who, despite his tremendous riches,
instead Of being surrounded by such soothing
and permanent comforts, is comparatively q
homeless wanderer.
Mr.. WILLIAM II. VANDERBILT Is credited
with the possession of any sum from one
hundred millions to three hundred mil
| lions and vet hA haa nlnna nj hip
own to spend the summer in When the
warm weather comes. and his health re-
quires him to seek change, all he can
do Is to buy ticket on the Britannia or the
st. Laurent, and take q months trip to Lon
don or Paris; or else he can get little fresh
air, mixed with great deal of dust and Gin
ders, by taking a ride on special train over
some of his Western railroads. Sometimes
he is heard of at Saratoga or some such
fancy watering place; but there he has tc
live in n public hotel, or in one OF its semi,
detached cottages, and he can only com
mune with his friends on the hotel piazza
and submit to the discomforts Of a hot anC
crowded dining hall. Mr.. Vanderbilt en-
Joys the proud distinction OF owning Maut
S., the fastest OF all trotters but when The
cXcrtlons Of the summer campaign are ovol
and the beautiful mare needs rest and
grassy paddock, she must be sent away from
her owner, out OF his sight. to the farm o
some person who OWNS all tho proper facli
ties for boarding horses. Such at present Is The
summer life OF our wealthiest fellow citizen
What an opportunity Mr.. VANDERBILT,
threw away when he built those gaudy 20
J commonplace brown-stone houses on tn