The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-03-28
! The Story OF a
! Vanderbilt Bride.

In the ncighhorAoOd OF that part oil
Maine where was born and lived wher
II child was family Of the name OF
Tuck. This was in the hill country oI
New England. back about 20 or 80 mile,
from the ocean and bordering on the
New Hampshire line. As the land re-
"cdcS from the ocean il becomes rapid,
more rough and wild and is soon lost il
the foothills of the White mountains
Tine high peaks Of the latter can always
be seen from all the higher hills tower
ing in the northwest when the air is
clear. Tie town | came from lies in the
midst of the Ossipnp region. close by the
Ossipec mountains OsSipcc pond nnd the
two Ossipee rivers, Little and Big The
immediate section where til. Tucks lived
was a farming community, with no
towns or villages large enough to lind a
place upon the maps or in he geogra
plies.
The Tuck farm was in the western
Purt OF the town where | lived. some
four or five miles distant. and was, il
possible. poorer and less profitable than
any others in the ncighborhoud. II was
IN the sandy borders of Provence pond.
tent situated partly in Maine and partly
in New Hampshire. As the dividing
line between the two states crossed the
pord, it may be truly said that their
farm ran TO the New Hampshire border.
The elder Tuck Was among the earliest
settlers of Parsoniield He came into the
town during or Immediately after III"
Revolutionary war. and for some strange
reason took up farm on III" sandy
shores of Provence pond instead Of good
meadow lands aud intervals that consti-
tuted the best land of the section. Here
he worked hard aud managed to ck. out
frugal existence, although the best
crop. after the mnnner Of most all New
England, was the stnlwnrt girls and boys
he raised There were three bays-lohn
TUCK. Jonathan Tuck and Amos Tuck
all born on the sand duues of Provence
pond. 1t was the granddaughter nj the
last named Amos Tuck. who WAS mar.
red short time since to young Wander
bit.
One Of the boys, John. was Il farmer
ard was a man OF more than usual intel
ligcnce. jonathan became 4 blacksmith
lived FOR nnny years anh piled his trade
10 Sherbronk, in Canada not fur from
the northern edge Of New Hampshire
and wns Niy. and still n resident thvr,
frN years ago, Amos was the yOUn
g"st and most ambitious Of the boys. II,
had ambition beyond working on th,
sandy plains aud picking hurklebcrric
nlouul Provence pond While yet a Ia,
he left home" went over into New llAmU
shire, taught school in winter. worked Iii
way through Dartmouth CoiI,g" and iiuHl
~ graduated in th" class Of 81 Wh"l
2J years Of age. II" then tnrnri up Il
Exeter, y. H.. where he read law VIII
John Rel, who was n prominent muu il
the state and for q long time was tnit"'
States senator. Mr.. Eel took ypuu
Tuck into partnership with him, and IN
latter climbed up rapidly, He took
hand IN politics, became a mHmhcr Of tn
state Legislature and was elected to con
grrss in 1886 before he was 40 y"av
old, the same congress Of which Ahra
| ham Lincoln NaS Il member. Tuck wa
q Strong nntislHyory man, tool: an actiy
| part in The organization Ot th" R"plbit,
| an party, and after Lincoln became pre-.
| iirnt in lSGl was appointed naval "ihc'
! ut Hostuu, lucrative Nud prVituhr ~
| Sition
Hero Amos Tuck began to develop IuE
! idly. the o'h"r brought him in ronta"
with mrn Of business and Of affairs. II
was shrrwA enough to seize Npun 'h
opportunities presented him. and by III
! tilnc his commission expired he stood /
with men in Boston and New York an
began 70 bu,lh up large fortune u
which he ami hi rhilhr"n Wcle to 1ra
| t!.n hunptlI.
| His s"i, ElwNrd T tr|oA o'n I
BE- As good II net i h'ltoi business mn
than the father. AhuIr h. year 1861 b
was appointed consul at Paris. Her" h
soun bcrame partner in he hnuh,u
house of Monro 4 Co.. resigned the u
fee, rerircd from business several year
age. purchase ,h" celebrated r'sid"n"
| Muimaison that h"lOur"d to the Emprr,
Josephine, where Il" make, his hoin'
rnd last summer gave TO Dartmouth go
lrge the Amos Tuck endowment, name
III honor Of his father.
A side from his son Edward, who ha
been 4 prosperous business man, Amc
| Tuck had n daughter, LlrA. She w,
married while yet ymlr% woman
| Francis q. FRENCH who was II bank,
and also Accumulated II llr"n forum
lie Airl several years Sinrp. 1t was Il,
daughtrr. Elsie, who vas war,irl I
yurns Vanderbilt ,h""t tin" sinr3' III
received a present Of over S3OoO,u0O
he tim" from the hcirS Il her father "
! tate. Sha is the granddaughter 0f Anil
Tu'k, who was born aud brought UP (
III" sandy rnrnl among til" hS%pe" NJ
&c Maine. SIZE has another brother,
the name ur Amos Turk French, wi
! gave tho brlG" away and pir,oIFrt in Il
name the memory ot his l'arsnut}eiI pr
grnitor. lie is now vie" president
uro of the big savings banks Of \"
York, which his father md granIfa'h
helped to huill mp.
This is the substance" "f tho fn'tB
III" story. 1t has been only three r.
"rations, inclusive, from Amos Tnch
the wife ~ young Vanderbilt, who, it
said, now hccom~s the head of the fni
Ifs. when poor hoy had to s"ralrlr hat
. teach school aud resort 10 MI kinds
rxpwlirnts to grt together n little mon
whorewith ~ get an rlurttiun, 10 I
marriage Of granddaughter with "
lions IN it; from n. sandy nrr"s OF =,
Nrrrr pond, worth possibly s. per aD'
With no market, duwn to Il maria
with dowry of millions. fha storr
Of benefit in Nt jU-t uDn l">prrI rs >Io
Ing what is constantly >e"u-th" po-,
i'.ns for the poorest unIcr American
s.WGyu.,-SL Louis Star.
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! The Moral of It.
GHro on time two tnjh"aind as