Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-02
Jay GouId.
Something About ths Railway magaate as He appeared i'm Rnsson

Something about the Railway magaate
 as He appeared i'm Rnsson.
 Boston Correspondent of oId Colony aTemorialI
 Imagine mite of man, listleas ard shak- en in appearance, weighing but little oyen 100 pounds with no particularly intelligent expression, and, in fact, with hardly mani- festation of any kind of power or force in his whole showing Physically, indeed, he is weak, and 1t is said of himself and another distinguished New York capitalist that thsy have but one lung between them. Mir. Gould came into the New York and New England meeting and tCok his seat upon a front settee, near the platform. He sloueh- ed down upon the bench so that his head rested upon the rail of the settee back, and
 he entered into the proceedings very much as stunted farmers boy is wont to do in a country church, so far as position and ap- parent interest in the exercises arc concern ed. During the routine he was partially hid den from many wo1ld-be inspectors who were peering arlxiously fn his direction, his neighbors on either hand overlapping and outbulking him. When the formal busiress was over, and speeches was in order, cries of
 'sGould Gould!n filled the hall and the Iit-
 tie great man worked himself into q standing
 position. If he had been country bump
 kin essaying first speech in a village fyceum
 he must have laughed at as he stood there
 His face was wreathed in shippers, and his whole manner was an exaggerated simpex. When he, at last, did speak, his utterance was labored and hesitat;ng and still ssnzper- ing, his voice light and with no taking quail ity, and there was not sympathetic or win
 ming feature about him. Inveluntar:ly his critics-viewing him now for the first time said to themselves ssThis is not the mighty Gould of the stock exchange the dictator,
 almost absolute. of railroads, worth $So, GOO, . COOP Yet this was indeed, the very man. rlsx y,. of 45 years continuance. His reply to the calls of the assemblage was, so far as his words were concerned: II will make you speech, gentlemen, after our first dividend is
 deciared.n He will never keep his word, whatever turns for he can no more make Q speech than he can weigh ton The meet ing over, tho company sauntered and Ioitared about exchanging words before getting upon the street again. This was the golden op-
 portunity improved by many to get good 1 look at Gould. He appeared nervous and watchfuI regarding the close approach to him. l self of any stranger, as though not entirely ] free from apprehension tlzat, even in such a l place and surrounded by friends some ene- my might be seeking him. It Is said that since the attack made upon him some time ago, he hes never appeared abroad without 1 the company of Q striker who would pro l tect him if danger threatened, and he waa1a certainly need some such helper if attacked, 1 even though, as is probably the case, he is
 no degree of a coward physically. So much 1 for the personal appearance of a man who
 made his first entry into New York city dur- ]! ing the Crystal Palace exhibition, and who, until the year 1869, had never been reckpned
 other than a poor man. True. be was a
 mere boy at the time of his first visit, and all
 his hopes and expectations for the future
 were centered ln contTivance which he car-
 ried in mahogany box under his arm, and prized inordinately--a wonderful mcnsetrap, that was all. His mousetrap brought him nothing but trouble, and it turned, as it has i turned LOGO times even in New York. thas a mousetrap, even though it be wonderful I affair, is of no account unless 1t be found in
 the right hands. These are not the traps I which Gould WAS best fitted to manipulate. Mir. Gould is now 45 years old, and his 1 friends apparently admire the statement l when they say he has made for himself 41,- coo, 900 for every year he has lived in the l world. They probably underrate him in this 1 direction, and bis solid individual wealth is. without doubt. greater than these fgnras l would represent But on earth there is pro
 bably no harder worker, no greater slave Q I fortune, no more persistent follower of destiny, than this same Jay Gof,d h busi. ness affairs he is an abnormal eHsalop1nens
 of humanity, and all his maninulations are strokes eff genius. However, is does not
 now appaar that this sort of thinS, is te 7ia l witf, him, fo7 he has son reported to bs Of greater genus than his father, in tho same directions.