The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-02-28
could not be induced to stay where there
are no children.
FRITZ ar HONE.
Emmet's wondsrfoI Castle Onthe Hudson
New York World

New York World
Mr.. William Oliver, the well-known boat
builder OF Harlem, has begun the cOnstrue-
ton of gondnla for Mr.. J. X. Emmett, the
actor. mr. Emmett came 10 me about q
month ago." said Mr.. Oliver q 4 World
reporter land showed me a model Vene-
tian gondola. He desired me to have
one built Ike il. Mr. Enmet will retire
TO his castle on the Hudson very soon
and TIE gondola must 70 ready
for him. There are goad,las on
the lakes IN Central Park srd Prospect
Park. They were imported. NJ. Emmet's
gondola will be thirty feet long four feet
beam and eighteen inches deep amidships
The keel has been laid, and the knees Of
hackmaiack are ready for the side planking,
which will be of cedar. There will be a
cabin in the csDtsr with Venetian blinds.
The bow. made of bright steel, will support
swinging lantern Ii has a curve as grace
full as the neck OF a swan. Six cen people
can be carrie in il very comfortably. The
boat WILL be completed about the LIST of
April"
Mr.. Emmett, when questioned about his
new house, said: Il have travelled all over
the world, may say, and have always had
one object in view-to build house that
could live in when 1 became old Ia is true
| have a castle on the Hudson about ten
miles above Albany. Il is 1000 feet above
the river and there is 10 other house in the
world like il. have had it built after my
own ideas, and have adorned it With curios-
| tiles collected at Rome, Naples, Venice,
Hong Kong Yeddo, and, in fact, every part
of the world. | have sixteen scres of land
that once formed part of tue Van Rensselaer,
estate, and four acres OF water forming
lake on which l propose to row my COL dola
and another curious Chinese boat
have, junk, l believe
it is called. l always did like
sailing in g gondola But about the castle.
| Well, when you first see II You may not
rate it very highly. But wait till you get
inside. There are no halls in the castle nor
one corner. At every turn YOU meet alcoves
and receSses, but no corners and no halls.
The rooms are hung with curiosities. You
can not imagine what the house is like, and
you might not believe me if told you what
il cost. That's a secret | will describe my
room to you. When L awake in the morn
ing look up and see three ceilings-two are
circular dones and one is triad gulsr Ny
bed is on one floor and my bo0,s are on an
other. Rocks from the Colos scum aGd Woed
from the Via Sacrs are seen next 10 helmets
which would delight the heart of Sir Walter
Scott, and antiquities which would give an
antiquarian enough pleasure for a lie"
Here the reporter asked fore more de-
tailed description OF the two h5o-s and the
, three csilings in one room.
"Well," he replied, there are stems con-
Meeting the floors in the cornsr-nO, not q
, corner-Heayels! there is not a corner in
the hOuse-but in the recess. really can't
describe the ceilings, bat l assure you they
, exist. The other day my friend John Nc.
CullOugh and | were there, and John took 9
{ bath. Here's the way you battle: You &C
: into one room on the first floor, temperature
900; go to the second floor, the same room
Temperature 1250 third floor, tenn eratur'
l750. We have pipes coming from the mid
pie of the room, aad 50 get three different
temperatures in one room. When John 60
thr0ugl he said he had never before haC
T such ii bath The walks end gardens, tn,
/, stables and ever thing are as uniC1e and
original 90 the house. Now, when on ash
me when / am going to co permanently anC
be Tesliy Fritz in Albany or 'Fr:'z a
home you ask me too much. Probably no
for some time TO come, but when I do 20
, am sure of going TO comfortable home.'