The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1910-02-01
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lionaire banker OF New ,tgrs ssss
brother-in-law of Willias, |. saa.lal
bilt, who died recently al h e.;iilsts
home, Florham Park. at Mi.., son. 4
j., was born In Boston anl r.-sris ~.
his schooling there he wesai i, Hair
yard and was graduated VITA IAe
class OF 1871.
Fora great many years Mr Iwum
bly,, who was a director of many Ton,
panies, took a lively part III the affairs
Of both business and society lie put
4 great deal of his energy and his iove
Of the beautiful into his estate al
Madison, with its model farm Ht.
had several children. the oldest of
whom. girl. diesl at the age of six
teen, fourteen years ago: Florence.
who married William A. 81 Burden IA
1904; Ruth, who made her debut three
years ago, and a son. who is named
for himself II was largely to give
these children an outdoor life that he
designed the place. but the farm he
planned chiefly for the interest of his
boy.
Florham covers almost 400 acres. Ii
Is great park. laid out in gardens.
dotted with hundreds of specially
transplanted trees and crossed In all
directions by stone ballasted avenues.
The house. standing at the head Of a
gracefully terraced lawn. resembles
closely Hatfield House in England.
the home of Lord Salisbury. The
farm, fits stables and spotless dairy.
brought in at one time from the sale of
its milk alone an average Of $1,000 a
year. The milk came from herd of
Guernseys. the first OF them imported.
among which are many ribbon win
ners. The milk. 1t Is said. was ped
died from a $1,000 wagon, drawn by
pair Of thoroughbreds. worth $500.
in gold mounted harness. The farm
wagons, too. were drawn by thorough
breds.
From his fiowers-he specialized In
orchids and chrysanthemums - there
came yearly some $4,000. All of them
were raised in the most scientific way
In elaborate greenhouses. of which the
most notable was the palm house.
standing sixty-four feet above the
ground and topped by mammoth
dome.
But Mr.. Twombly lost interest in
these things, and In his business. too.
In the summer of 1906. when the thing
happened which is largely accountable
for his death. His only son was spend
ing a few months at Big Squam lake.
near Ashland, N Fl. He was eighteen
years old. had just been graduated
from Groton school and had elected to
spend his last vacation before entering
Harvard in helping to run the camp
managed there by Groton boys. On
July the boys started to swim to
earns grove, a mile distant from
camp. He had gone but a few hundred
yards when he sank. No one could
reach him in time to help him.
The news Of the boys death was a
great shock. The fathers friends say
he never recovered from it at all. AT
all events. 1t was not for year or two
that he returned to Madison. the place
so closely associated with his children,
and when he did it was not with the
|sold interest. About that time, too. he
began gradually to withdraw from the
active business enterprises in which his
great fortune had interested him.
Mr.. Twombly was a stickler for de-
tails. For one thing. he could not bear
to be late at any engagement 1t is
related Of him that once in the sum-
mer Of 1906 to keep dinner engage
ment at Newport he chartered spe-
cial train in Springfield. Mass. made
the 100 miles intervening between there
and Boston In 1903 minutes and easily
caught the train he had to take from
there to Newport.