Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-12-15

exceeding care to meet the uncommon
requirements of their builder. The
rooms laid out within were all spa
cious and richly adorned with mir
rors, mahogany and other costly fur
niture. Seven fire places were set
in the building, all of which were
trimmed with black marble. The halls
were suprebly ornamented, and one
of the rooms was fitted and supplied
with a library whose extent and Sc
lection bore witness to the exceptional
cultivation of the taste of the proprie-
tor All the appointments of this res
idence, and all it surroundings were
arranged with elaborate detail, and
With sudious care.
When this mansion was completed,
Muller occupied it with his family, a
wife ana child and engaged a retinue
of servants in constant attendance.
For years thereafter he continued the
work of improving and beautifyinA
the estate, so strangely chosen in the
heart of what was then an almost i'm
penetrable wilderness. He directed
he setting out of avenues of fine
.hade trees, naples, poplars, etc., and
enclosed large park reserve with
strong, high fence, or a stockade, in
which deer, rabbits, and other game
we're preserved. From the brooks
which traversed the grounds he OBJ
,ained water supply for an artificial
pond which was always kept well
stocked with fish. Around the main
house large and convenient out build
.ngs were soon erected, conforming in
style to the refined taste which had
planned the residence.
At point about mile distant from
he mansion house he established a
Tllage on the banks of stream flow
ng through his estate. A precipi-
GUS fall of this stream within the
illage furnished the water power for
| griSt mill which he erected, and
around this mill the village spread out
n many dwellings, with commo-
lious store house, and two stores.
skilled artisans were particularly in
dted to take up residence in the vii
age, and material inducements were
leld out to promote their settlement.
Within few years this was one of
he most thriving country villages in
central New York.
At another convenient point on the
tSldIe, ne quiz d saw Hill, udNiHS III
mind apparently convenience of supply
'ather than profit, for no effort was
loted to seek any market outside of
he settlement which he had built up.
The improvement of the estate was
apparently the sole end in the eye of
mis- remarkable proprietor, and he
spared no effort for this purpose in
extending and diversifying its prod
| lets. 1t has been reckoned that the
outlay on this estate in the years Of
| is occupancy by Muller could not
nave been less than $150,000.
Now, who among the French refu-
gees had any such sum at his COM
mand, and who would be likely to ex-
pend it in manner so eXtraordi-
| nary? Who would select a home in
| he heart of forest and far from any
considerable settlements, and lead
| herein the life of grand seigneur?
| Who had cause to seek to avoid pos
5ible recognition, and to show through
out his life in this country an ever
present fear of molestation from the
| agents of some unknown but potent
| adversary? Who, finally, upon the
news of the abdication of Napoleon
md his Imprisonment on the Island of
| llba would be moved to leave this
estate Immediately in the hands of
IN agent, and return to France? Who,
urther would be so reckless of his