INTERESTING EPISODES IN DREW’S LIFE.
Incidents in the Early Life of Drew; and How he Began 147
to Make Money.—He Borrows Money from Henry Astor,
Buys Cattle in Ohio and Drives them over the
Alleghany Mountains under Great Hardship and
Suffering.—His Great Career as a Steamboat Man, and
his Opposition to Vanderbilt.—His Marriage and
Family.—He Builds and Endows Religious and
Educational Institutions.—Returns to his Old Home
after his Speculative Fall, but can find No Rest so
Far away from Wall Street.—His Hopes through Wm. H.
Vanderbilt of another Start in Life.—His Bankruptcy,
Liabilities and Wardrobe.—His Sudden but Peaceful
End.—Characteristic Stories of his Eccentricities