The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-08-28
GOULD.
His Wife's Business Head $40, 00O Invest
ment In 0uinine Pills.
'Gath's" New York Letter.

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''Gath's" New York Letter.
Being in a group of moneyed men recently, the
name Of Jay Gould came up. Several present
knew him. and one said: II made the acquaint-
ance not long ago of a man who had known
Gould a great many years, even before the pub
lie had a glimpse of him, and he said that in the
entire family there was a reigning instinct for
money. Mrs. Gould, the spectators wife, had
the same instinct thoroughly developed, md on
this point she and her husband were congenial.
On one occasion this informant had called at Mr..
GouldS house to ask a question concerning their
mutual interests. Mr.. Gould said: i will call
my wife in, and she, | think, can answer that
question, which | can not now do SO he called
Mrs. Gould in, and the question was put TO- her.
1t was a fduclary question, and she answered it
promptly. Again. Mrs. Gould was called upon
TO produce certain bonds. in order to settle the
status of a railroad property. She had a safe in
the house upstairs. OF which she was the custo-
dian, and she brought down a box. and there were
several millions Of securities in it. George
Gould, the son of Jay Gould, has a popular way,
and a good many of the Young fellows about
town like him. The monetary instinct is also
strong there"
Another man in this party remarked that he
had once made $40, 000 out of the Gould element
by having at hand some quinIne pills. He was
going to Europe on a steamer. and there was
ore party who was very indifferent about his
dress, and who was therefore put down as a
probable rustic going to see Europe for the first
time on a limited sum of money. My informant
encountered TINS person on the Storage deck,
where he went to walk, and he said he was feel
ing blue because he had no quinine. Why"
said the other man. Il carry pills of quinine,
and l will go and get YOU some" He got the
pills, and a friendship commenced. The lndlff-
erent-looking man turned ont to have been the
builder of the Utah & Northern Railroad. a
three-foot gauge enterprise 462 miles long. The
man said that he had made half a million dollars
out of the railroad. aad that he would Lave
made considerably more if he had kept it.
What did you do2' said the astonished pas
senger.
why. I sold it to Jay Gould, and it now be-
longs to the Union Pacific Railroad"
The other passengers. becoming acquainted
with the fact of the mans sclvency, undertook
to get on his blind side, but he manifested in
terest chiefly in the man who had the quinine
pills. When they got to Liverpool he said to
this man: UNLESS You are in a hurry, you had
better stay here two or three days. | have a
meeting at Bath with Jay Gould, and you may
hear something to your advantage if you stay
nere,r
'Of course" said the other, Il have nothing
much to do"
So the director went off to Bath. and saw Jay
Gould, and when he came hack he said to his
friend: Now, you go and buy Union Pacific
stock. We are about to boom it up. have
seen Gould, and an upward movement is going TO
take place" So the man cabled to New York
and bought Union Pacific. and made $40. 900
The next time, however. that he met his pecu-
liar friend was in New York City, and he found
that he was as cold as a fish. Having discharged
the small obligation of the quinine pills, he was
in no mood to give any more points away.