River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1886-06-17
FIRST PULL AT TIE TROUT.
Mrs Jaw GOnld.

The wife of the great railroad
magnate is gentle, affable, courteous,
retiring She would not be called a
handsome woman, yet her face is far
more attractive than many a beauty.
She is well educated, and possesses an
air of refinement. She convinces all
who come within the sphere of her in
fuence that through her retiring
nature she has deprived society of an
important ornament. Her inclinations
have made her a devotee to her
family; there is her enjoyment, and she
cares little f2r the p ensures that do not
in some way tend to bring the entire
family together. She is the confidant
and constant companion of her daugh-
ter Nellie and passes several hours
each day with the three young boys,
Edward, Frank, and Harold. She
participates in their pleasures and is
never SO happy as when planning some
surprise for therI. Her son George
young man OF "a, connected with his
father in business, is a source of great
pride to her
Mrs. Could was a Miss Miller, whose
father was IA successful grocer of New
York. She was brought up in a we'll
appointed home and has been accus-
toned to all that wealth and refine
ment brin :, from her childhood MIR.
Gould was a partner of Mr.. l. upp in
the leather business at the me he
married Miss Miller, and she brought
a considerable fortune, The grocer's
daughter and magnate's wife cares
nothing for society and takes no pleas
ure in entertaining, beyond Il pleas
ant dinner party of her few intimate
friends. Yet the fine residence and
great wealth of the Goulds would well
tit them to entertain in the most elab
crate manner. Anything that savors
of OstentatiOu is particularly distaste-
full to Mrs. Gould. 1t is said that while
naturally of a retiring nature and adj
verse TO display, she BECAME more so
at the time Her husband was connected
with the late Jim Fisk" Fisk's bla-
tant manner and vulgar prominence,
mis- open carriages drawn by four hors-
es, his loud style of dress and display
laniewelry, were all very obnoxious to
Mrs. Gould, and the fact that her hus-
bands name was so continually linked
with that of Fisk gave her an even
stronger desire to appear modest and
to mako a marked contrast.
While Mrs. Gould possesses some
very valuable jewels, they are unob-
trusive, and she is more apt to wear
them when alone with her husband
and family then in public. In her dress
She is also modest in color and style,
although her costumes are of very rich
material.
Mrs. tiould is very fond of their
county residence at Irvington, as there
she can enjoy the society of her hus-
band, to whom she is greatly attached,
without fear of his being interrupted,
Mr.. Gould built his fine greenhouses
particularly for his wife, who is fond
of flowers, and she spends a portion
of each day among them. Anything
that her husband and children can
enjoy with her without intrusion from
outsiders is her special delight. For
this reason she is very fond of her
Yacht Atlanta, aboard OF which they
can sail way out of the reach of stocks,
or bonds. or Wall street.
Mrs. Gould enjoys fine pictures,
broE@es, and rare brie-a-brac, and her
houses are filled with the finest, she Is
fond of music, and is therefore giving
her daughter Nellie very thorough
musical training. There is little doubt
that if Mrs. Gould were asked what
she most desired in this world she
would answer, to have her husband
relinquish all business and devot
his time tc home enjoyment wit
his family.