Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-12-09

Mr. Could struggle against his ailment
was worthy OF his courage. knowing that
be must eventually yield he began fight for
time. lie employed DR.. Mum TO attend him
almost exclusively, and lie regulated every
moment Of his life to the desired end. DR..
Mum was at his side considerable part of
each day, and remained at his house over
night, in a room set apart exclusively for his
use whenever Mr.. G0uld'S he nth was not
fully Up to what it should be-
Mr.. Gould attended to business with what
regularity he could, always measuring his
efforts by the advice OF his physician. DIR.
Mum frequently attended him on his visits
to his oilire and elsewhere. Some time ago
Dr. Mum was made director in The West
crn Union Telegraph Company. This occa-
stoned comment and some wonder tt the
time. The reason for it was that Mr.. Gould
desired the physiCitn's attendance during
the meetings OF the board. These meetings
were a source of great physical strain upon
him during his later illness. DR.. Mum sat
near Mr.. Gould Mt the meetings, and con-
stanty observed him. At their close he
gave him such remedies or other treatment
as was found desirable.
The several extensive excursions West
and South which Mr.. Gould took in the last
two years on the pretext Of examining the
great railroad properties in which he was
interested was largely prompted by his de-
sire to obtain rest and gain strength. There
appears TO be no reasonable doubt that they
were undertaken upon DR.. Munn's advice
The physician always accompanied him, and
frequently considered by strangers TO be
Mr.. Gould's private secretary.
How rich was Jay Gould when he died?
Is probably the question which will be most
frequently asked, aside from tue inquiry a.
to how his death will affect the financial
world.
Estimates of great fortunes are ordinarily
simple guesswork. So ii must be with Mr..
Gould's wealth. lie has been ranked with
Inlionaircs since 1856 and Hs far back as
1873 he had been quoted Us worth anyw here
from $l0,00O.00O to $4,000, 000, but In the
latter part OF that year careful estimate put
his wealth at Sl5, 600 900, aud when he died
his fortune was estimated at from $T5 600
900 to 800 000,0 900.
Jay Gou Il was born in Roxbury, Delaware
county, on May -, 1880. RoXhury Is a tiny
village in the Catskill Mountain region. The
GoudS had moved there not long after the
Revolutionary war, and Jays father, John
b. Gould, was the first white male child born
in the county. His birth occurred in 1872
He was small farmer and kepta dairy Of
twenty cows. II is said that Jay was
christened jason. 1t was his duty to drive
his fathers cows to and from the pasture
liked no part OF the life on the farm. lie was
a pale, slender, delicate little fellow studi-
ously inclined aud disliking the customary
sports As much rs the toll Of the people
around him. During the school terms he at
tended the village school, and it is remcm.
bered of him that he was different from the
other boys. He was not what Is generally
termed a manly boy. He kept out of the
rough, good-natured games. He preferred to
i'm ,t,IT nj nf IN 4
up In some remote corner Of the schoolhouse,
busy about nobody knew what. When ap.
preached by the others with invitations to
come out aud join them he would refuse. II,
In banter, the boys attempted to force him
| to Join them, he would make great outcry,
and, breaking away from them, would SIT
and nope until the school was called to
! order. Then he would go to the masters
chair and enter fearful complaint against
his enemies. The master would thrash the
other fellows and little Gould would be
tlCkled.
His father became unpopular in the village
| Y opposing the ant-rent movement at TINT
time, and young Gould was Obliged to leave
the school. lie begged to be allowed to at.
tend the academy In the village of Hobart
some miles away. lie agreed to pay his own
way through the academy, and he walked
to II with an extra suit o; clothes. with pre-
SiotIl NAH IOIldI W his circuit III the WOFlI
and with the peculiar knowledge that his
father considered him no good on the farm.
The boy was then IL years of age.
AT Hobart the boy was to show by whaI
he did that he was as little like most of the
other boys as he seemed. The principal of
the academy found In the village blacksmith
a man wins would board and lodge the bov in
return for the keeping of his books and &C.
counts by young JAY. The lad worked per
sistcntly by day and by night Mt his studies
and the blacksmith's hooks and completed
the course at the academy. spending his Sun.
days with his father, for bis mother had died
when he was II years of age. On leaving
schco he got place as CT, rk ina tin shor
at Hobart, and at u years Of age was rart-
ner In and manager Of the business.
Not only that, but this amazing boy was
up at day break every day to pursue the
study of surveying aud such engineering as
he found books and instruments to help him
to. Moreover, when the elder Could sold
his farm young Jay took him into the tin
shop on salary. Leaving his father IN
charge there he engaged with some survey.
ors at $50 month TO help make survey
for map OF Ulster county. His employers
gave him litt'c pass book. which he SAID
would be useful to him on the road.
The farmers who gave Jay Gould anything
10 eat were 10 put II down in his pass book
and the employer would come on afterward
and foot the bills Tired and hungry after
the first days travel, young Could applied to
farmer for food and showed him the pass
book. and then he learned that his employer