National Republican., 1883-01-27


rooms here
Fifth avenue commences at Washington
square, and on the second street above the
square, just off the avenue, is the house
Henry j. Raymond of the New York Times,
occupied at the time of his death.
MRS. RAYMOND
and his only unmarried daughter lives there
yet The house Is uupretCntiOus, but comfort
| able and roomy. IL contains valuable mis-
celaneous library, some rare paintings and
an excellent likeness of Mr. Raymond in a
marble bust executed in Italy under Mrs.
Raymond's supervision.
Still further up, just Off the avenue, is the
house in which
THURLow WEED
lived and died. II is noticeable by its CHEEKY
look, being painted bright color, in pleasing
contrast to the dark stone fronts of the neigh
borhood, and by having all the outside blinds
open in winter. In summer every easement
has growing plants in it, and the house from
top to bottom is parterre of flowers and
creeping vines. Both Mr.. Weed and Miss
Weed, the daughter who was his constant
companion after Mrs. Weeds death.
had % passion for flowers. The front of the
house and the back low yard were flower
gardens, and fresh cut flowers wero every
where about the house. The interior of the
house is roomy and comfortable in every par
ticular. Bright fires glow on the open CRATES,
the sun has free access to every room by day,
and at night there is so much gas that even
the Countess Esterhazy, famous in Maria
Thereses time as a beauty who delighted i'm
untold numbers of lighted waxen tapers,
would feel satisfied could she but appear.
During the latter years of Mr. Weeds life his
eycsight was SO dim that everything Miss
Weed could do TO make the house bright and
| light was devised so he should not feel his
misfortune. The room, particularly his
| Hs.... s...N
off the main entrance door. This
room has q window ON Twelfth street,
and another opening into the church
yard at the corner of Twelfth street aud Fifth
avenue, which made light, airy room. Here
were always growing plants in the windows
and fresh flowers on the center table, large,
miscellaneous library, a profusion of news
papers, and on the walls portraits of Mr..
Weeds personal friends-William II. Seward,
Rev. Archbishop Hughes, Charles Sumner,
Gen. James Watson Webb, Sir Henry Hol-
| land, John Quincy Adams, and hundred
other familiar faces looked down upon Mr..
Weed and often furnished him themes for
delightful "reminiscences. Every morning
the daily papers were read to Mr.. Weed;
often he found an item for newspaper
letter, which he dictated to one of the three
members of his family, whom he had drilled
to write every word as he gave it, and SO
accurate was his memory that he would de-
| UeCU tne SllgnteSG CnanBe from MS OlCIuIlOn
when the article was read to him.
Mr.. Weed possessed child's fondness for
pets in his journal days in Albany he was
always accompanied to and from his Office
and house by u large dog, who followed
demurely the long strides of his master. In
after years, when poor health compelled him
to travel, he carried tiny dog in his pocket,
and at his home he had from time to time
quantities of pets. The last year of his life he
had beautiful greyhound and tame pigeon,
both very Gagacious and attractive pets.
Mr.. Weeds house is as he left it, and Miss
Weed lives in it, 1t is q picture of the COM
| Portable home of a man of letters, and con-
tans many rare and beautiful things, which
Mr.. Weed and mis- daughter have collected in
their various travels or been tho gifts of
friends. Miss Weed has a penchant for rare
china and exquisite table linen, and possesses q
valuable collection of each.
The one editor in New York who is little
known, seldom seen, and has l.o particular
social status, is r.H
MR.. GEORGE JONES,
of the New York Times Mr.. Jones COM
menced his career as 1ewsboy in Albany, and
gradually worked up to newspaper man.
He was bright, calculating, and ambitious.
When Henry j. Raymond was member of
the assembly from the city of New York, and
reporter for the Courier aud Enquirer, with
which he was then connected, Jones was agent
for Moses j. Beach, of the Sun. What man
like Raymond saw to fancy in George Jones
no one can imagine but he did takea Viking
to him, and proposed they should go into the ed
itorial business and start the New York Times.
Although Jones was utterly unacquaintcd
with Journalism, he educated himself up to
the work, and with the assistance of Mr..
Cary, who came from Albany with him, he
and Raymond made the Times q success.
Raymond left an estate of half a million dol
lars. Jones owns n large, handsome house in
thirty street, near Fifth avenue. His
daughter, Mrs English, a bright genial little
woman, has, it is said, charge of the miscel-
laneous portion of tho Sunday Times, and is u
woman of ability and education, and has the
pleasant manner not possessed by her father.
GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS AND wHITELAw
REID
are men of luck. Curts's luck grew from hav-
ing brains and an education. Rcid's came
from pluck, perseverance, and fortunate
marriage. Mr. Curtis occupies leading posi-
tion in journalism. Like Bayard Taylor he
was educated to newspaper work in the New
York Tribune office, then he Travelled in Eu-
rope, and corresponded with the Tribune. Af-
ter til Is he was connected with PutEdn's Mag
dsine, and in its failure Mr.. Curtis was tinan-
cially interested, which obligations he dis
charged by the work Of ten years. Since
that he has built up for himself
handsome home on Staten Island. Mr.
Curtis married the daughter of George
Francis Shaw, with whom he was in the days
of his youth interested in the Brook Farm,
which also attracted Hawthorne, Margaret
Fuller, Emerson, and many other literary peo-
plc,who became disappointed that the Fouroits
scheme was not us utOpiau as they antici-
patCd it would be. George William Curtis is
not society man, but his writings nro fair
specimen of himself as he is to people he
knows well. TO strangers he Is distant and
unapprOachable, but always courteous.
Whtelaw Reid is editor in chief and al
most entire owner of the New York Tribune
Commencing ms n war correspondent for u
Washington paper, then for New York
paper, he gradually came under the notice of
Mr.. Greeley, who took liking to him, and
advanced him on the Tribune. Mr. Reid inn
proved his opportunity, and advanced him
self until Mr.. Greeley was mere cipher on
his own paper. When. Mr.. Greeley died Mr..
Reid became editor in chief and assisted his
prospects most materially by marrying tho
daughter of ID. o. Mills, tho rich Cali
fornia miner. Mr.. Reid is now independent.
Writes when and what he likes,
and lives most gorgeously in an uptown brown
stone palace. In appearance Mr.. Reid is
gypsy or an Indian; in reality he is u Ken
tuokan. Very tall straight gaunt, and
lythc with long neck long arms, and long
legs, not a good mouth but good, sharp, dark
eyes under broad, receeding forehead. He
Is something of a society man, and agreeable
if he chooses, but not popular because reticent
and independent, and what he writes is char
acteristic of the man.
New York has always been, us is every
large City "A fayOrite home for literary DcO-