Middletown transcript., 1886-09-23

I Every person Of distinction who comes
to Chill is entertained by her. Her
balls are marvels Of social splendor.
Lady Brassey, in her story ofthe voy-
age of the Sunbeam, gives an account
! other acquaintance with Sonora Cou-
sino and the splendor in which she
lives.
Last spring the madam fitted out
one Of her coal ships, provisoned it in
the most extravagant manner, hired
an orchestra Of twelve pieces, and in
vited fifty or more ladies and gentle
men to take a cruise. The party Wis
tied Juan Fernandez, the island that
is sacred to the memory Of Robinson
Crusoe, and then sailed down the coast
TO Terra del Fuego, where several days
were spent III search of good time.
From the stories that are told, the err.
rant was successful, and the gossips of
Chilli will never cease to talk about it.
The cruise lasted about three weeks,
and it cost the madam many thous-
ands of dollars. 1szgt9gfgf .sai :,
E Fabulous stories are told Of her ex-
travagance. A million dollars Of so
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are trife to woman whose income
is SO enormous, and there is nothing in
the world she will not buy if she
happens to want it. She doesn't care
for art, but has a collection of dia-
monds thatis very large and valuable,
and sometimes appears loaded down
with them. Usually she looks we're
shabby, as she has no taste or ambi-
tion in dress, and her party costumes
that are ordered from Paris are sell
dom worn. OF late she has been a
suffer from sciatica, and it has not
only destroyed the madam 'sown pleas
ure, but has seriously impaired the
comfort Of those who have relations
with her. Although a comparatively
young woman, being somewhere be-
tween forty-fye and fifty years Of age,
she declares she viii not marry again,
and there is not a, man in Chill who
has the courage to ask her. Not long
since she btook a fancy to a young
! German, with very blond beard and
hair, and insisted that he should give
up his business and make his home
with her. The inducements she offer
ed were sufficient, and for several
months the young man has been tied
to her apron-strings having the %.
tensible employment Of a private sec
retary. But the madam is very tickle,
and will probably throw him over
board when the whin seizes her. as
she has many others.
= ,ss Neither of her girls inherit their
mothers business ability, or at least
they have not developed it, but are
very popular in society, and Seniority
tIsadora, the elder, has great deal Of
musical talent, performing on the
violin and piano. Both are very
bright and pretty, one being about
seventeen and the other nineteen years
of age. Their brother, a young man
of twenty-three or twenty-four, will
share the property with them; and It
is quite au unusual thing for q boy
with SO much money to develop the
business capacity and industry thathe
shows. He looks after the estancia.
at Macul, and spends from six to eight
hours a day in the saddle, riding
about the place, seldom joining in the
festivities his mother enjoys 50 much,
and being quite pronounced in his
disapproval of her extrayagance. He
is to marry a.young lady of rather
humble station and tits expected that
the Meigs mansion, which r have
already described viii be given to the
bride by his mother as wedding gift,
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