The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1910-03-12

whole Pacific frontage with excepting BY
ties Of blood and common interest-and enjoying like
us. the rights Of selfgoverment"
company was formed and two expeditions set our
for the mouth Of the Columbia river one by land ana
the other by
The land expedition barely got through alive-it
perlous undertaking. with accidents by food and field
But the route by the water feasible
The town was founded and soon became center Of
take personal charge city like Seattle would have
bloomed and blossomed the Pacific 80 years ago.
There came grand grab at Astoria and It was each
for himself and the devil take the hindermost was
stampede. System and order went by the board The
strongest stole the most usual but all got little
And England's gain in citizens our loss.
Astor lost million dollars by the venture He smiled
calmly and said. The plan was right but my men wers
weak; that is all. The gateway to China viii be from
the northwest My plans were right Time will vindt
When the block Broadway bounded by vesey and
Barclay streets cleared Of It's plain two-story
houses preparatory to building the Astor house. wise
shook their heads and said IT'S too far town.
But the free bus that met all boats solved the dim
Guilty gave the to hotel all the world.
Aston worth ten million but he took personal de-
light in sitting in the lobby of the Aston house and
watching the dollars roll into this palace that his brain
had planned
Astor was tall, thin and commanding in appearance.
He had only halucination and that that he
spoke the Eglsh language The he al
80 with him in all its pristine eulgence at IS. NO
pody would know vas Cherman-aindt IT." he used
to say Yet where John Jacob wrote II English with
out flaw.
In all Of his dealings he uniquely honorable and
upright He paid and he made others pay. His word
his bond. He not charitable In the Of
ndiscrminate giving. ITO give something for nothing
Is to weaken the gfver" Of his favors sayngM
That this attitude protected misery spirit It Is easy
to say but It 10 wholly In his later years
carried with him a book containing record Of his
possessions He would visit certain piece property
and then turn to his book and what had cost him
ten twenty years before To realize that his pro-
phec vision had been correct to him great
Of satisfaction.
His habits were of the best. He went to bed at nine
o'clock and up before six At he at his
ONCE He knew enough to eat sparingly and walk u
he sick Mlionaires a rule, are woefully
ignorant. Up to certain sum. they grow with their
acquisitions Then they begin to wher at the heart
The of fortune is penalty. advise the gentle
reader to think twice before accommodating ten mions
John Jacob Aston exceptional In his combined
love OF money and love Of books Fiz-Green Halleck
his private secretary, hired basis of literary
friendship. Washington Irving was close friend. too
Astor died. aged SO. 1t natural death-a thing
that very seldom occurs. The machinery all down
at
up in the financial way he should CO. He studious
methodical, conservative, and had the good
carry out the wishes Of his father His son. John Jacob
Astor, much like him. only Of moro neutral
tint The time II ripe for another genius In the
Aston family. william B. Astor lacked the courage
and initiative Of his parent he had more culture ana
Jacob Astor. second, II William Waldorf Astor, VIII
speaks English with an English accent, you know.
John Jacob Astor besides having the nrst store for
the sale Of musical instruments IN America Organized
the hrst orchestra Of II players He brought
leader from Germany and did much foster the love
Of music In the New World
Every worthy Msscaenss imagines that he II great
painter writer sculptor musician, side tracked W
thrust upon him BY unkind fAts John Jacob A.
tor told Washington Irving that II Wa only bus
and At other times he declared his infant 70 taks -
music profession soon g be had eot&on 90. -
his securities properly tied up. And Whistler - vss4