The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-06-26

M tktilhtt. lii> ItttN
been of the bsst. lie docs very carlS~r
vative hut lucrative business. aud Is Il
complete American in feeling and sym
pathy, having been since his nitturallza
tlon Il democrat, AMI having long lerr
the chairman of the democratic national
committee. His entertainments at la,
sumptuOus home in Fifth avenue arr
among the most elegant and luNurtull,
in the whole town. ~ lac l. an tpicura
and an excellent critic ~ wines. MhIct
he specially importS. lie speaks several
languages, though he has not vet learned
To uSe English without palpable accent.
He i, good Judge of pictures and horses,
having a line gallery and chuice stable.
AMI enjoying the gnoi things ni life.
/ His reputation is tIHt of AN irasihle,
though warm hearted. man. Having 81
long hal his own way. h. is impatient ot
delay or contradiction. ami the story i
! that he can swear tlurntlv in several for
ciSn tongues. not to speak of hl> prufane
proficiency IN English. lie j. "A severe
diSripiInarlan in everything. AMI his
household Is reported to work like clock
work. which may br one reason that his
dinner parties arr 81 sNcrpti"nall, pleas
ant. August Belmont is nnt hy any
means handsome. He j. rather under
medium size. his features irregular, hlS
hook unamiahlr and dominant. and his
gait somewhat lame. the effect of an
early duel abnnt a New York woman.
lint he has millions and understands the
science ot money making which in this
age. molliii> many physical and mental
,l'frc'>.
AtSTlN cuGBIN.
Austin t'nrtin is Il native banker who
has the crr,lIt ri being very rich. He is
also concerned with railways, especially
these of Long island. which he controls.
with variols land operations. lie began
by lending money on farm mortgages,
at Davenport. Iowa. first in "A small way,
increasing his loans with his income I'M
til llr hin created "A large business. In
deed 1t grew W upon his hands that hr
determined to- remove to the city IN az
der to continue it and extend il tu its inll
capaci'y. llc has been banking here
som" ten Years, still lending money ON
farms, thus bringing eastern capital and
western energy int" 90 up, ration with
mutual advantage.
You ma, remember that he was the
pioneer in the civilization oi the eastern
end of t"n,y island, all of which had
long been ahandohr, to sIarprrs, prize.
fighters and the ,l,srrputahlr class gen
emily. After hu,llng thr Manhattan
l'eah hotel and the railroad tn it,, hr
found that tu secure the latter against
rivals, ln' needed to own the bir ot road
l~twrrh Atlantic avenue ani f'laibtlsh. |
lie tried tn buy it, but IN doing sphe was
gradually l"d into tn" purchase with his |
assistance. Of thu entire Long island sys
tenn. That, IN turn, pat him to huylng |
land all over the island, and th,s has
been steadily going IN ever -incr.
EtNlN,i tp 1llE LAND
The inlig,no,iS inhaliant. nf that belt
Of sand are particularly, anti-trngr,sivr.
even tn stagnatInn. They are ~ little
influenced 10y the spirit of the great city |
as il it were Il tholisanh miles distant.
They arr content with the lltt, the, |
have; they want no more, at least if eN-
crtlon h" required to get il. Provided
they can extract the most ordinary livrli.
hool from their two or three arrcs, they
are satisfied. Such a population, II j.
needless Ia say, does not help the soil on
" hirh it lives. II occurred to Corhin
that il he could introluc" u different ur
der Of people, energetic, Industrious cn.
l'rpiislng. N their stead, Ie would ma
lcriallv enhance the interests Of the rail
Ioad and his own. lie and the capitalists
with him have for several
years hrcn occupied in th, CONN cnlabe
scheme. The, have bought out hun.
lrrdS Of small land owners AMI are daily
buyng out NOR, and filling their places
with new and vigorous blood. Ii Is hr.
irNrd that Long island. Whirh has long
been the Kitchen garden of New York,
" Ill., IN the next ten years. have double
N treble Tia" value it has now in conse-
lncncr of It's increased product'vcnrss.
md Austin tnrhn viii hr immensely
thereby, TIL, special sodrcr
If profit has come to linn almost hy ac-
'id"nt, or, properly, ht a ~ri,s uf cir
which gradually daWncd
lpun him. Men often find THEN greatest
good in what they least expect. The
ath to fortune frequently lies through
ibscurlty.