The weekly chronicle. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1883-1883, 1883-05-02
RICH AND HAPPY FAMILY.
The Daughters of the House Of
Vanderbilt and Their Sue
cess as Mothers.
"Gath" in the Cincinnati; Enquirer.

Nearly all of Mr.. vanderbilt's daugh-
ters are mothers. They bring their chill
dren into the world timely and frequent
", and consequently the Vanderbilt
house Is not like the Chuzzlewit house,
full of meanness and treason and back
biting. William, the great father, does
not really know how many grand-chil-
dren he has. When he drives bis horses
out ON the road, and is rallied oh that
question at times by his compeers, he
tries from mere good nature to sum up
his grandchildren, and finally says: II
really don't know how many I have. l
know the mothers are doing well, and
the fathers have q new grin on their
faces every time I see them" What
happy family this is! Wealth does not
scrimp them. Income does not stop its
outcome. It preservest the two great laws
of increase and multiplication.
Mr.. Shepherd, who married the oldest
daughter, j. . queer ehatactes Hs -,
now finishing . building on Fifth Ave
nue. occupying part Of the old Rutgers
Institute block, which has for its signs
the State Deposit Bank, the Rutgers
Bank, the Bank of Banks. We all stop
and read the last several times, and ask
what the Bank of Banks is. The
friends of the Vanderbilt family smile
and say: "That is one of Shepherds
cranks."
The next daughter is Mrs. Sloane.
Sloane is the leading carpet man in New
York. He constructs articles on which
mankind and womankind walk. That
rather gives him a black eye in the
superstition of New York as one of the
Vanderbilt family. If he could only
make ceilings, on which people could not
walk, it might be different, but to put
beautiful articles under our feet seems
strange from such very rich person.
So, on the whole, the Sloane element of
the Vanderbilt family is q little looked
down upon, particularly by the William
K. element. At the same time the
Sloanes rank very high in the mercan-
tile world. The magnificent building Of
the Sloane family, on upper Broadway,
hardly has it's match in the world for q
store of any sort, and as carpet store it
is beyond comparison.
The third daughter is Mrs. Twombley.
Twombley was in the paper-making bnsi-
ness in Massachusetts,, and was not worth
$40 900 when he married one Of William
Vanderbilt's daughters; but he was a
tgentleman. The Vanderbilts say they
do not demand money as qualification
| to come into their family, but they do
demand respectability, good nature, good
manners, and good feelings. II is to the
credit of William Vanderbilt and his wife
that they regard their own fortune as
amply sufficient for all their posterity.
but they will not have adventures, vul'
garians or cold-hearted people Of the
world to marry their children. The
nearest approach to q worldly person
who has come into that family is Mrs
William K. who gave the great ball the
other night. The old folks say nothing
about her operations, but her father-in-
law went to that ball in plain black
suit, and was the only person present in
such a suit. From what I pick up he
does not think much of fancy balls, but
he can not control his sons in everything
much less his daughter-in-law. Twom-
bley was Boston young man who struck
the heart of Vanderbilt's daughter, and
when the old folks were satisfied that
he was a true-hearted young man, they
asked no further questions. When he
entered their family they set about CIV
ing him large and creditable occupation
| at once.
Ihear that in the Vanderbilt house
hold the sons, the daughters, the sons-in'
law, and the daughters-in-law all stand
on the same foot-hold-respected, be-
loved, and given an equal chance by the
fine old Knickerbocker who 10 80 much
richer than any of them. Williams for.
tune is at least s2OOOoO,Ooo. He haf
s6O,OO0,OOO in government bonds. He
told some of his friends about four years
ago that his income was SIC, OO,OOO q
year. He has never been beaten by any
stock operator, and has made everyone
of them who tackled him squeal. So ]
would not be surprised if he had an in
come of SIC, 900, 600 year, which is about
equal to the capital of any Of his compe'
titors. .----