The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1897-10-28
GEORGE PEABODY
Int: resting "reminiscences of a Con
the Great Philanthropis1s


When George Peabody, fhe
nent banker and pl1ilai4throlz
was, by the death of his faAhey,>
an orphan at the ageof hbout n 4
years, he, his sister and the3f moth
er " ere given a home blythe moth
er's brother, Eliphalet A. Dodge OF
Georgetown, then a part of Rowley,
Mass. The daughter of the gener
Gus hearted brother and ulicle, Miss
Amanda Dodge, is now temporarily
living in Charlestown. As sEa ~
the youngest of a family n 13 chill
dren, she has, of COURSE mo recol-
lection of her distinguished relative
before he was a niah Of mature
years.
Her father took great interest int
the lad and predicted for him a sue
cessful career, not because of any
early predictions for industry, but
from the fact that he once observed
literally the injunction about ill
ing two birds with one stohe. u feat
which he accomplished with one
throw of the little implement with
which the valorous David laid loSx
the mighty Goliath. When the
proud lad picked up the trophies or
his remarkable skill with the sling,
he expressed as much Satisfaction
as heever did over his ma5velQll6
feats in the financial void \ ha
suits OF which were so lawiS1ff liis-
tributed among the objects of his
bounty. He not only showed little
inclination for labor as a lad, but he
exhibited marked tendency for
idleness, and. his uncle used to tell
with great glee how he sent the boy
into atheld overrun withsui1@ac with
instructions to clean it mp, l5e sl.t}
SO, but in his own way, for
of cutting the bushes closs
ground'ho left th6,Stgg dss
as hissshoulders, being toaihgiol
as his uncle believed, to stoS9.
got bravely over this inclihGitiou
shirk before he reached his fiffee NTH
year, when he left theshospitablo|
roof that had sheltcredfiiim d5aci1,fs
his years of helplessness to. ben ~
clerk in a grocery store. vi
Miss Dodge first SAW her cd usIi
in the early sixtiess when he vii Fitec
the home Of her father, whk was
then living in the little. Wild OF
Post Mills, part Of tibet fo9sf
Mr.. Peabody was ION his. way p 2
the Thousand islands, in the St,
Lawrence river, where, in company.
with the sons of his sister, GkafleS'
and Singleton Daniels, he had been
fishing for salmon, sport ofWhjch
he was excessively fond, as he was
of all outdoor diversions. The voting
mems mother awaited at her uncle's
home the arrival of her brother, and
when he came he was greeted by
near relatives numerous enough to
make a party of 80. twas regarded
as most remarkable that so small a
village should be the home Of SO
many members of one family.
There was also present George Pea
body Russell, son of Mrs. Daniels
by her first husband, jeremiah Rus
sell, the favorite nephew of Mr..
Peabody, to whom he left the great
er part of his immense property.
Mr.. Russell was accompanied by his
wife.
SO pleased was Mr.. Peabody with
the hospitable manner in which he
was entertained and SO grateful for
the many kindnesses he had receiv-
ed from his uncle in his youth that,
as compliment to him, he gave
the village public library, sending
most of the books from London, ac-
companied by a fund to sustain ii
and add to it's treasures and por-
trait of himself similar to the one
which was part of his gift of libra.
ry to the town of Georgetown. Miss
Dodge speaks enthusiastically of her
distinguished relative as "tho grand
old man, feet high, finely pro.
portioned and of noble presence.
Dignified and impressive in his man
ner, he was easily approached even
by strangers and genial and pleas
ant to all. Miss Dodge bears q re-
markable resemblance to Mr.. Pea
body and would be at once, recog.
nized as a near relative.-Boston
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