Dow VANDINE of the Customs House here was up on the Tobique a week or two ago to see his brother, Samuel VANDINE and his mother, who is living there. There he has gathered some information which started him thinking about the Vanderbilts, the New York millionaires, who it seems are relatives of Mr. Vandine and made their money out of land on Long Island owned by Mr. Vandine's great-grandfather, who leased it to Commodore VANDERBILT, grandfather of the present William K. VANDERBILT. About 150 years ago Mr. Vandine's great grandfather came to this country from Holland, accompanied by his three sons, Arthur VANDINE, Dow VANDINE and Cornelius VANDINE and his three daughters and settled on Long Island, N.Y. where he acquired immense amount of land. Commodore Vanderbilt came from Holland the same time, also settling at Long Island and in the course of time married one of old Mr. Vandine's daughters. When the revolutionary war broke out, Mr. Vandine, his three sons and two remaining single daughters came to New Brunswick, locating at Grand Lake (Queens Co.), but before the old gentleman left Long Island, he leased all his lands there to his son-in-law Commodore Vanderbilt for a long term of years. Old Mr. Vandine died and was buried at Grand Lake, after which his three sons and two daughters went back to Long Island. One of them, Arthur, Dow's grandfather, remained only a short time however, returning again to Grand Lake where he married Miss STONE, who also came from Holland to Long Island and from there to Grand Lake at the time of the war. Arthur lived in Grand Lake for the remainder of his life and was buriee there alongside of his father, leaving seven sons and three daughters, the names of the sons being, Dow VANDINE, Ezekiel VANDINE, Eben VANDINE, Eber VANDINE, William VANDINE, Arthur VANDINE and Joseph VANDINE. The latter was Dow's father. He married a Miss SIMMONS of this city, an aunt of the late Isaac SIMMONS. He died when quite a young man leaving a number of sons, some of whom went to Carleton Co., but three of them, Arthur, Joseph and Dow, came to this city. The former afterwards moved to Detroit, Michigan, where he now lives. Joseph, who died about two years ago, will be remembered as an alderman of the city for a number of years. Dow was sergeant of the police force for some time and is now connected with the custom house here. Samuel DOW, the eldest of the family, farms on the Tobique and the mother, who is now 86 years old, lives with him. He has in his possession an old mortar brought by his great grandfather from Holland which was used in those days for crushing corn; also a stone pitcher brought out at the same time. (see original)