THE WORK AND WEALTH OF J.B. GOUGH.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3194, 15 May 1879, Page 2

THE WORK AND WEALTH OF J.B. GOUGH.

; DThougH 7; born an Englishman, Mr Gough in his life.i modes of thought, habits of utterance, diet, gait, it an American of the Americans, and his home is it (type: of the jAm^ricajirgeirU^SianfarmerV residence, both as to its shape c and situation, picturesque, airy,: Jjoomy.i 'suinniery.' Surroundingiiis'the^'farm "! —a; noblei and beaulifdlE&statetßf 240 i acres, all under thorough • cultivation. | The grounds immediately surrounding the house are extremely &Mttti/ul, gliding | downwards into one of the .losveliest yalleys I in New' England." .Nor is' the 'interior ' of the house less attractive. Every room! -is -bright and sunny, with-broad -large- j paned windows coming from the ceiling j do,wa f; to the floor. f The,,walls .. f of, .the| "library are lined' with booksheltes,' upon | which.'rest;some SOOO'carefullyrS^lected I volumes. One of the most notable things I in the library is' the great number of! sketches, engravings, and volumes,relating to art.' Of ; Cruikshank's workglfMr; jQpugh's collection, numbering, nearly, 1250 of the the artist's best etchings, is perhaps the finest in the world. The English tisilbr to this charming home is naturally gome, what surprised to.find it such a beaufut property. Butieoturing;in:the Uniffed .Spates is, a very different pursuit from lecturing in 1 England 1. In this; country MrfGrpugh is a.temperance lecturer only j but in the Statieg he is also one, if not thp chief, of the' lyceum gpeakera, 1 who spry»d all over the contatfy every winter, addressing guch hoits of people as English lepture audiences can scarcely conceive. John B. Gough's usual fee is 200 dollars,

or about £40. In some of the larger cities he received 80 guineas per night, tho profits of the association which manages the lecture being often quite equal to the lecturer's honorarium. Multiply these figures per night by 150 nights—his yearly average of lectures— and it will be seen that Mr Gough's income is equal to such a home as Hillside. As a matter of fact it is equnl to much more; and a less open-handed giver than Gough would be at his age wealthy. Gough has his home, and that literally is all. He has accumulated no competency upon to retira from his arduous work. His charities have been "'boundless,' thougft"""llwaye unosfcentations. He means -to die in harness, to work in the to rest in the summer; that is his whole program melt /For 38 year* Jie,;hap been,iexcept during the summer months, incessantly travelling.,, /fhe distance he has journeyedvivould^h^e^sjij^d, to. .carry him a dozen times rouadthe~ terraqueous globe/ 'He 5 has'^delfferid rn*iflf>fBQOO speeches; he has been heard by more hum4n> bein^ithin any preacher,<Mng. Mr. Gough thinks the great lack of orators generally is'earnesroeii. >Ererp%dfdfii#J spaaki he feels. Ghee, in speaking on l^ mP cI ance in America, he brought his mtfa-l dowri upon^hfe?BlJ«rplSoinSl?fef.a marble,-, topped table, making Jhr ugly wound, ""which"""*He dia™~not notice until afterr c leetare was concluded, when*"he*'nearly 'fainted with tttfrjttain.., ,The comparatire freedom of the* sd BtiieifrmMlMUm^lilk must be ia a large measure attributed to the active, persUteHti >k un%ing efforts of John B. Gough. He has himself secured over 200,000 signatures to the pledge. At home he is a frank, unaffected, warmhearied'.Christian ma n, whom itrwoujd-h# an honour for a Sovereign to shake'by the hand, thojieh.ohe.iis.lkitf*^: son of a private soldier, who was at one time footman to the vicar of-Bandgate, Kent.-— World.

As people who have visited theMeatre take out of their memories, for a day or so som'd of the thin K 8 tliatianidged toett.faiKl laugh again, so young ladies linger lovingly over the details ?df?''a?%§<fe!ing. It is a curious experience, life in a house full of gifts who^haWjust le'f(? Ja!lii:^iiMi<paH|l /3£fe??&SSP4?« arP £ullof tho ? ,great theme; ,oan,think;, of nothing else; and they tell each"otner Vtlfflfatf i» W4nS bride looked, and. hpif she. dropped her bouquet, anFf^^c'tWnr^ again^y^a^^hpwijbe^ travelling dress became her. Not otherwise than when, a .covej being dispersed, men go ro«gß<L and shoot the straggling birds, so admirers might easily win the hearts of-tie-fair Memory of a wedding. naturt Hi provided chances for hridaimaidi; aiM thus thelsu.js.erstiti.pll tbatjjt irtunjucky to be often a bridesmaid is justified/ For if u^s4&o^& pathyj Wafoffifitfilltirato HetfeJTwiU be won.—-Saturday fieview. a*.

A Eetort K6oui;^ous.—New'Oi&aHbiHi*. maid, " Here'l^a fetter ma'am?«ifty«^ please! " New n ;'Mi^tress: " Prayi njtarj|6 are you. ; not r accustomed to see^^e^n handed,,qn!a ( ,trafyf;," ;New,^arlourtfiai^ %Xc», >m'am n , 1 Bt(t t dffi^wJSt. waal"—Punflk^g . "; '6 "^^ji-