We all thought Saratoga socialite
Mary Lou Whitney was kidding when she got the town to put up this
sign. Old Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney was well
over ninety when he became an angel a few years ago. Perhaps
he hung on a little too long for Mary Lou's liking. In a previous
generation, the nabobs constructed fountains and formal gardens
to memorialize their dear departed. I suppose the late Sonny
is lucky that they didn't name a carwash after him.
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