Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-09-06
THE MILLIONAIRE,
Gould Romps About tho Grounds
of His Home With the Children.
The Poker Players


derives its name from Washington Irving.
the gentle genius who idealzed this whole
region, might have seen a short, slightly
built dark complexioned man, with piero-
ing black eyes playing with two children
on the stately grounds of palatial coun-
try-seat. The children, boy and girl
are turning rope and the gentleman
jumps with The agility of rompish school
girl THIN they all stop and break into
merry laughter. 1t is beautiful spot; the
grounds are laid out in elegant parterre 4:
tho lawn is closely cut and fragrant; the
landscape would charm him who is wise
enough to be lover of nature. At no
great distance is the roa which the slab
ided, green-cycd schoomaster traversed
in lrving's SLEEPY Hollow on his way to
court Katrina, the rosy-chceked daughter
OF prosperous old Mynhcer Van Tassel;
and it was on fatefuI night on this same
lonely highway that the pedagogue, having
just received the mitten from Katrina.
realized that 'troubles come not singly
but in batallions,' when, dark against the
dim midnight moon he saw looming up be-
foro him the dreaded Headless Uorseman
carrying his head Under his arm. The next
instant tho mysterious equestrian throws
his head at the horrors trickon pedapogue.
which strikes his distracted pate with ter
rffic force, and shattered pumpkin found
'he next morning in ditch hard by, gives
n touch Of harsh realism to the doleful tale.
liz Is upon this region that, by a curious
chance, fashion has alighted and dotted IT
with palsnc1 set in the midst of enchanting
greenery. The little back-eyed man. dark
almost a. Persian, whom we see on the
beautiful lawn. has decreed a more stately
pleasure domo than did Kubla Khan in "a
nadu, by Ali, the sacred river. 1t is a
man famaes in two hemispheres-,
Gould. he fliz:-s zsses I'll restraint as if
under tho spell OF one of Cotton Mather' $
witches, in whom, by the way, the ancien$
inhabitants Of this somniferous region i'm
phcitiJ believed. He jumps the rope he
plays tag" with the children, he romps
like schoolboy. His daughter Nellie and
his son Edwin are his companions in these
juvenile FRANKS, which reveal the man at
his besS.
All that Is past now; the children have
gone out into the world. But in a few
years the sGmo interesting spectacle may
hc witnessed by astonished wayfarers for
MI Gould has two grandchildren. To-
day, however, Jay Gould is a morbid man.
whose character is, so to speak, petrifying.
lie Is becoming mlser. He enjoys taking
81 drive with his daughter-in-law Mrs
George Gould, nee Edith Kingdom, formerly
n well-known actress, but his chief amuse-
menf now is his business. He deeply
mourned tho death of his wife last year. as
he has always been domestic In his tastes
lie has not forsaken Wall street He
seems to find certain amusement in spec
nlation- ''He amuses himself" said one
who knows, ''by fooling with the market.
He cares nothing for horses and has ONLY
four in the city, which he keeps for the
use OF his children. When at his place at
1rvington he often amuses himself by learn
ing the botanical names of the plants in
his grounds and Conservatives, so that he
Is now fair amateur botanist." But his
enc over-mastering impulse is the acquisi-
ton of new millions. He once said that
he no longer cared for money except as
means of carrying out his railroad projects,
but the character of the man has changed.
Gold Is now his master. He cares nothing
for sport or for men who do.
Russell Sage likes fast horses He wears
black goggles to prevent the gravel from
flying into his eyes as he drives spanking
span up the Boulevard. lie has a weak
ness to be thought great horseman. He
drives well.
Coils p. Huntington cares nothing for
horses. He often drives down to his Office
IN the Mills building, but is not a horse
man in the ordinary sense One of his
greatest amusements is to travel.
George Gould is member of the New
York Athletic Club and is very regular in
MS attendance. He is we'll built and greatly
enjoys the exercise at the club rooms. Ed
win Gould's hobby is cavalry. He is a
member of troop of horses in this city
which he thinks will yet rival in popularity
the Seventh Regiment.
Addison Cammack is wholly Indifferent
TO sport, unless it consists in worrying the
bulls in Wall street.
jesse Isaac and Joseph Seligman, the
bankers, are good cquestrians and are often
seen cantering in Central Park.
William Rockefeller of the Standard Oil
company. has private racing track and
many fast trotterS, as is well known. One
of his horses has a record of 2:14$4.
Frank Work, who was once agreat friend
OF William II. Vanderbilt, has number
OF fast horses. His Edward has made
mile in 2:l7l4. "Otsego Prince" 2.22,
"Billy Freer." 2:al, and his best, "Dlch
Swiyeller," 2:16tl.
Hood Wright of Drexel, Morgan Il Co.,
The bankers, has mare "Rertha," which
has rccard NJ 0.an u honnos w PaarSalI