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THE VANDERBILT STOCKINGS

«. Tne Phi'iid Ipina Times thus dt«crihewhere old Oomnmdor. V.mderhilr found the foi. Mention for his yreat fortune: " VaiidtTt ilt was implined, and fur qniie a time run thf Imm from Nt-w York through (he Na rows up the Raman river witt.ou great molotution In those <la}s New Brunswick was aiiite an important landing place along the way. Very early Mrs Vanderbilt thought an eating station or hotpl at this point would pay. So she established herself in business "as proprietress of an eating establishment, while her hunhand ran the eteaenboat. For a quarter apioce she furnished a goad meal, nnd d> v a big business Her i>l«ce was rolled r •> lona Hall, nnd the little yellow b«bearing tlie name is still standing jiluiog b?uiks of the canal, just below v near the wick. Cornelius came to he*" Brunsab >ut having to work ior . and gruml.led said he ought to have other people, and own. She aslted b: H steamboat of his cost. He told Ik ltii how much it would her c OSf t and P) whereupon she went to place some ' drew ou' from their hnJina gave it X' ol(i Bt, clings full ol specie, and f BtM' j her husband to help him to buj he" .nboat. From this beginning dated hußbai'd's remarkable success. He crew rich »>y saving, and the first lessoni h? taught his children were that to h< mean was to be m-icessful and powerful, li is said that the old commodore carnec this belief to such an exteut that he ever treated the wife badly who was tbe mothei ot their children, and helped hira to mak< the first start in lite by furnishing meali lo the passengers from Philadelphia t( New York who stopped at Bellona Hal for v rest." ••Rgcon on Corns."—Ask for Well'i *'• Rough on Corns," Quick relief, complete permai. ent oure. Coma, wartß, bunions Kempthorne, Proaser and Co.. amenta Christohurch. Dom't Dik in tub Hoobe.—"Roußh ot Rats' deara out rats, mice, beetloß, roaches bed-bags, fließ, aniß, in ects, moles, jack rabbit*, gophera.— Kempthorne, Proaaei, «n< Co., Agent*, ChrUtohurch.

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North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3972, 4 June 1885, Page 4

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THE VANDERBILT STOCKINGS North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3972, 4 June 1885, Page 4

THE VANDERBILT STOCKINGS North Otago Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3972, 4 June 1885, Page 4