The sun., 1893-06-22
him at the white House predicted that tho end

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For several year. past Senator Stanford hs,
Rheu@aIsm % aided St to tho %ohil,y Sf' of old H age
went n %Sroad p%a try ~SeSd Ss waters
Euronean health resorts and returned II
Es Ssps rsRse Il ser health ca
ways Ly his devoted wife, but his feebeness'
rs Senator AMI anil Mrs Stanrord's life in this city
was naturally very prominent. During the
first part Of their stay here they occupied tho
| They aftcrward leased tho house l.7Ul X
street. and made many changes and improve
Mira. Stanford entertained every winter in
the most simptuons style. Her dinners were
always notall" events. and perhaps no Lam.
! quot in this city has ever exceeded In elegance
the dinner given in honor Of President and
1t tho stanford receptions the humblest
ystS9r was wssSs 81 ,S as srs a
Nshment wore at the pleasure OF the great
throncs OF reople, who always came. senator
early from the senate on these days. and took
the snmo interest In seeing tho T crowds OF OF
each ca i '' "'" ''''' ",', Wv"
| in mournlng did not entertain They also
| omitted their usual annual dinner to the Sen;
tor t9Ssf tSs F &g
| and gave them the very best time she could At
Christmas tho Senator gave every page So
Another winter f6te. out Of the common was
| tho lunch and gifts Of money; gloves; Nc.. for
bIy tby went vent more "frsiuSnty toths Stanford house
than to any other in this city. ..
Both the Senator and his wife were, were liberia
s5s,l,y 9SsSts %Ss6iPsSn, was sG..F Tsms% T
fH,oya iRs sp% o'sn lie
ment that he himself had observed since he
here. except his stable on L street. near Eigh-
teenth. ,,,
the I addition @ Of Of a dninc. .Toom. and Mrs; Stan
ford felt more than repaid after their irst ire re-
ssnton by tho sHtsfason esIv it gave hsr bus
he had at home in California giving plenty of
From the romantic point Of view the life OF
Leland Stanford was more Interesting than
na o oe o NJ. srsss the
his own toll and brain and not any Of i, was in
herted ls achievs%nents were Of s.upepI,
En adns has fscc e aeaG as
enjoyed EMO the benedts Of It. it may look com:
monplace hut whom Stanford first stood out
II Syon IS q
men men wore ready to declare his scheme impos-
The UNIQUE feature Of stanford's life. COM
pairing it with that Of such other millionaires
as Mackay Huntington. and Crocker, was that
various ways. He did not allow social aspira-
tions or the desire to increase his already
h He Mas able 1nV tho
society OF mon Of science. to sw"ll with tho
pride OF a man who drew forth the best fruits
OF he oarth-for no was q great farmer in his
way to enter into the intricncies and details
Of stock breeding and to produce some OF the
to secure the advantages Of success inp politics.
and to let the world know that h.
Whose s sae es there sonS de no snaFss
The fact that he started with no capital hut |
his own brains and energy is OF course an in
try where millionairss are SO plentiful. there |
are many Of whom, the same may be said.
the breadth Of development after they have
acquired their fortunes than Stanford Is! did.
farm arm n short distance outside Of Albany, in
this State. His father was farmer. and there |
wero six other sons besides Leland; AteT he
district school in winter: He must have been
quite young when the village trustees allowed
him to teach at the school in which he had
st'is Is always al s interesting to know how mil:
i very wei" Stanford once osS sSid & to an inter.
from the garden. washed it clean. took It to
Six shiinss reaiized Twas @ Very proud bud OF Of my my
money. My next financial venture was two
ana ana told us ehestnuts e Were hich. we boys
had a lot Of them on hand. which We had gath:
sisS hs r Sold M or s TRa was
getting only two shillincs day,
o piece Of woodland and told him he might
haye the wood if he would cut down the trees.
eraI hands m 1 70 help him. and sold the WOO Wood to
the Mohawk and Hudson River. Railroad for
$4,000. That gave him his start in life. With
in tho ofii,se Of Wheaton. Doolittle { IIndlcy.
At the end Of three years he was admitted to
mood he woul ftell his friends that he came
near settling in Chicago after he became n law
a s af" he s 9at the o
kee, on Lake Michigan. There he practised
ambitious to get ahead. but he didn't let his
ambition interfere with plan he had formed
New York State. and so ait or he had hung out
his shingle and had figured that, he could
earn aIrI hls LIVING. YIN, he went back to Albany and
lived very economically. stanford had saved
and q library nnd put little in the bank. All
his life he had bele,yed in newspapers, and as
Ute Hos "S H got IF rsnds
yps; yasc and other things which thSy thSusht
id M not work. however. and was Ybandoned.
few nights later there was II fire in Port
and Stanfords law Office books,
and other property disappeared in II. He |
woke IN ruined man.
For some time before that Stnnford's three
brothers. who had gone to California in the
early mining days. and had startcd in bust
hess In Sacramento. urged him to Join them.
4 g now decided to accept their invitation. In ,
-. ne started overland Tor Sacramento. He
started sn storc branch Of his brothers'-at
one OF the mining camps in Placer county He
y Vas SI great biz follow and he had tho puck,
determination, and the ability to carry out his
PURPOSE; At the end of four years stanford
Mna1 M made enough money to no able to sell out
anu go back to Sacramento. where his BROTH ,
pit srs were. IN Sacramento he engaged in mer- {
shntile business on a largo scale mud the firm
WIN W. winch he was conaected soon took rank I
! ain9ne the largestin California. Hc improved
ms business qualifications very rapidly and ,
TatGheI h en- T. M ths movements Of trade in nearly all
mo markets in the world. studied statistics .
ana me iaws ot supply and demand. looked
y no tarills and all legislation of a financial
business ~ N ~ "'oA4
About this time no first became interested
n roitics; The prevailing sentiment in Cali. I
ornla ht Inc tlmo Seemed to be in favor of the
south and SLAVERY. ktnpfnrd nal Liu..nS