The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-07-20

son Glider, editor OF The Century, whose
brilliant sister edits The Critic.
Most if not all the dramatists were
country boys. Bronson Howard came
here when little more than lad and be-
gan as a reporter for The Tribune.
William Gillette is from Connecticut.
Franklin Fyles was reporter in Troy
before he came here. Augustus Thomas
is from the west, Augustin Daily from
North Carolina. and SO on. In fact, q
list that should include all the country
boys who have made successes in htera-
ture and the drama would include near
ly every name now before the pubic. lt
is so, too, in the art world.
In business also the country boys nave
the lead. Russell Sage was born IN
little central New York town and began
life by working in his Brothers grocery,
after which he started q sisaJilar estab-
ishment of his own. His GSsiness rise
was steady and rapid, and though most
people have forgotten it he was con-
spicuous political leader. for a score of
years before coming to New York.
Thomas L. James, president Of the Lin
coin bank, came here from near Utica,
where he published a country paper.
His labors here were first in the custom
house; then he became postmaster of
New York and then postmaster general
of the United States. When his term of
Office was finished, he returned to New
York to go into the banking business.
W. R. Grace came here from Ireland
and has filled the post of chief magis-
trate of the chief city Of the land, be-
sides building up mercantile business
that reaches most countries in two con-
tinents. Levi P. Morton was born in
Shoreham, VT, and began his success in
Boston. Once or twice even after he
came to New York he had pretty hard
battles to fight, but his successes over
balance everything of that kind, for be-
sides winning great wealth he has been
minister to France and vice president.
His memory of his native place is shown
by the name he gave the big hotel he
built in Washington a few years ago.
R. G. Dun is from Chillicothe, o., and
came here in 1850, when "a years old.
His success has been Of the sort that
makes his name known in every mer-
camille establishment in the land.
D. O. Mills, the father-in-law of
Whitelaw Reid, is another country boy.
His name is associated more with his
achievements in California. where he won
his fortune, than with any other place,
but he was born in North Salem, N. Y,
in 1925 and when but II years of age be-
came clerk in this city, leaving it
when the gold fever struck the country
in 1S48. John Fl. Starin, the transpor-
tation man, who has lately been promf-
nent by reason of his connection with the
rapid transit commission, is a native of
Summonsville, N. Y, and began his ac-
tive business career as a solicitor of
freight for railroads and steamboats,
when but II years of age. William Stein
way, the piano man, and also member
of the rapid transit commission, is
native Of Seesen, near Brunswick, Ger
many, and came to New York in 1850.
G. L. Tiffany, whose name will ever be
associated with diamonds and all sorts
Of costly, handsome things, is a native
of Killingly, Conn.,, and came to New
York when 25. Austin Corbin of the
Long Island railroad, sometimes called
the king of the island, was born at New
port, r. I.
The leaders of the New York bar are
almost without exception natives of
places other than New York. Elihu
Root was born in central New York,
Joseph Choate in Boston, William NJ
Evarts in Boston, Daniel G.. Rollins in
New Hampshire and j. G. Carter in
Massachusetts. John F. Dillon is a
western man. Colonel Fellows is a
southern man. Robert q. Ingersoll is
native of Dresden, N. Y, where he was
born in 1888. He began the practice Of law
in the west and did not get to New York
until 1877, but he has made more money
here than in all the other places he ever
lived in.
Most of the clergymen came to New
York. Robert Collyer is a native of
Yorkshire, England. Rev. Thomas Dixon
comes from the south. Moncure D. Con
way, who is journalist and author as
well as clergyman, is from Virginia. DR..
Macarthur was country boy, and SO On
through nearly the whole list.