The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1885-01-22


1usneiss. and vho has created for,us,
for himself fortune before be marries
Mrs. Grssn.
Her maiden name vas Harriet II. Rob
isscs. Her father. whom she 10 ssid Il
ressmhle. vas . rish old vbslsr Of Nsv
Bedford. Mass He made o., ooo. 600 il
Whaling vssssls. aud lsfs this amount Il
his daughter many years age. Following
shsrtly altar his death vas that Of Ar
aunt. vho lsfi her "a. coo. 900. Out Of this
Ga. 900. 900 she has accumulated her pres
snt immense possessions This che has
dsns w patient aceunul stion and BY sue.
ssssisl operations in the street On sew.
eral occasions shs has ''cornsred' Reading
TO her profit and the discomforture Of the
unfort1sAts persons who happened 70 be
short" Of The stsck. She DEALT freely 10
Louisville 4 Nashville VIXEN hsr husband
vs. prominsss 10 the management
A special" from Bellows Falls sivss
Vi felle.ipg account Of Mrs Greene life
there,
Few persons in this vicinity have not
heard Of Hsttis II. X, Green and her
enormous posssssions. Much has been
written on the manner in which she accu.
mulatsa her riches. but little has been
said regarding the extraordinary life she
leads up here in the Green Mountain State.
There are many inhabitants Of Bellows
Who can recall the days Of Mr.. Greens
youth, when he was large hearted. noble
dispositioned lad. Mr.. Green spends
msst Of bic time 10 New York City. lsav-
ing Mrs Green, the boy, Edward. about
10 years of age, the girl. Sylvia, nearly H.
10 live in their chosen economic style At
The LEGAL hostslry. OF course the hotel is
drst class. but Mrs. Green selects the
cheapest apartments to be had in the
house. and indHlgcs neither herself nor
her children in any luxuriss. The sen
Edward resembles his father in form and
we're 1t not for his lameness he would ts
noble looking fellow He is not yet Is
years Of age. but when standing erect is
,ix fee: tall. The daughter is quite deli.
,ate. rather nervous and very gestle, and
Is said to possess her mothers traits OF
character to . remarkable degree.
until within . short time Mrs. Green's
10 life has been to make her son
he wsalthiest man in the United States
when be shall have attained his majority;
but owing to the reckless way in which he
lisposcs Of nickle whenever he is fortu.
nate enough to have that much money at
,is command. she has decided that Sylvia
hall inherit the bulk OF her riches
,soauss she 10 Sc much more frugal than
I'd ward.
'The children have little or no educa.
ion. Last autumn the family stopped
or few weeks at the Eagle Hotel. Charles
own. N. H.. . beautiful summer resort
light miles north OF this place ON the
river, and there the young
ireens it is said attended school for about
be first time. Mrs. Green looks to be 40 |
ears old, is OF robust form. usually wears
er hair in q French twist and her sharp
yes continually dart from one object to
mother. She is woman OF treme ndous
ill power, her determination being quite
) remarkable rs her parsimosy. Over
ress, according to the tewnspeople, is not
ne OF the wealthy lady's weaknesses.
Though il is stated that she owns several
laborate war.lrobes they are never exhib.
cd here. She usually cutters the dining
pom clad III u dress Of cheap material,
hich fits like Jersey on one side and
[other Hubbard on the other. Her cos
lines are often more pronounced in effect
IAN those worn on the stage. Freq uent.
she rides or promenales wearing on her
cad hat in iridescent trimmings and in
I'D weather she invariably uses old hos.
y Tor oversh0es. She seems to have an
nate desire fer barteriug, and notwith.
anding the Yankee shrewdnsss OF Yer
onters, Mrs Green seldom loses a dollar
! any Of her trades. Health and wealth
lie may have, but there is scarcely
lager here who has less happiness or
IS Of the things to be enjoyed in life
ian Mrs. Edward H. Green.