Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-08-13
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The Young Lady to whom Mr. Tiiden Len
me Interest Of $4,000


sns 1sseress Of sloo.ooo.
From the New York World
uisu Marie Celeste S,auffer, to whom Mr..
ridden has left the handsome legacy OF sloo,-
00. Ia the youngest daughter OF 1. IL. Stauf-
fsr, Iprominent merchant Of New Orleans
Miss Stauffer IL well known in New York, |
having frequently been the guest oil Miss
Samuel Colgate here Last autumn she Wis
tied Mra John Bigelow and Mrs refer
Cooper ut their handsome country seats, ana
this summer Mira Hoffman at IennoN. MI
Tilden's acquaintance with Miss Stsutier be-
0au about i've years ago, on an ocean steamer
when he was returning from asummer launt
on the continent and she was homewafd
bound from the usual finishing tour whlch
ALI Young ladies make prior To their ueput
in society. An invitation 10 ri,s,snon "rSs,one
which now rpened into warm
friendship. ON each subsequent visit
it to New York, Miss Stautter, with her
mother or her sister, Mrs. Preston, visited
for a few weeks at Graystone. ON these
pleasant occurrences Mrs FELTON,, Mr.. Til
dem 9 sister, a warm personal friend OF Miss
Stauffer acted as hostess. Mr.. Tilden wasa
great admirer of ladies' He had courtly
manner and quaint gallant way oi express
ing himself towards the fair sex. In the nu-
merous letters OF Mr.. Tilden to Miss Stautter
during these past hve years are many stately
compliments and poetic sentiment such ~
characterized the correspondence oi the lhss
century. In one of these, after the departure
of Miss Staufler for the South, he graphically
describes the wintry storm beating upon tme
massive walls of Graysfone, the SNOW "ui
| ling in gusts against his window pane .ne
desolation of the house since Miss Celeste
| departure and sadly adds, ''l ou have lett the
| world TO darkness and to me- In lS>5, the
| year of the great expositlons OF New orleans
| Miss Stauffer was chosen queen OF the tarnl-
| val There has never been 80 grand pa
peapt in the history of carnival displays In
the Crescent City. Mr.. Tilden took great pride
in the event, and as a souvenir of the occasion
sent Miss Stautfer massive silver bangle
| studded with twelve large diamonds The
beautiful present she wore rs a part oil her
| royal jewels
| % This is Miss Celeste's horse" said John
| Lynch, the stablemnn at Graystone, as he
| laid his hand carelessly on the shining chest
| nut back of a beauty "she can ride well
| clear fence or a ditch just like man, and
| the guv'nor loved to see her ride. Point
| ing to the piazza, Lynch added " The guv
| nor used to sit right there in that chair and
| Miss Gould there and Miss Celeste there and
| Miss Celeste used to tell him funny stories
| AMI he used to laugh, and ! heard him say
| that she always put him in good humor-sh'
| was like a bit of sunshine 10 the place. Sh
| was a great favorite with everybody, WASH
| she, Leo? ~ And here he patted the head c
| the great ST. Bernard, Mr.. Tilden's tavorit
| dog, which looked wouderingly for a mC
| meut at the vacant chair and with a lo'
| whine went slowly away.
| Miss Stauffer is at present at Nlchy wit
| her parents. She Will be here in the iall an
| after a short visit in Now 1OrS return
| New Orleans.