The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1853-1911, 1854-08-10
Biography OF the Angel GABRIEL" :"

nous StIceC preachef, generally known a.
q the Angel Gabriel
e e The true name of the celebrated man
whose sinsularitics have gained for hin
SO great a reputation, and whose popular
cognomcn is the Angel Gabriel, is Nc
Swish, though he IS sometimes called Orr
or H0rr, in tie public papers. His faith
er belonged to the clan Gordon; and was
. in early life, a house servant in the en-
ploy Of tho Marquis of Uuntlly. He mar,
ricd female domestic in the same es-
Enlistment, BY the name Of Saunders
ana emiErated with his young wife to the
Isle Of Skye, in which place the Angel,
as lie is now called, was born, OF Tue Sd
September, 1909, which makes him -
years Of age. lie was christcncd BY his
mothers name Of Saunders, and was al
ways called Sandy McSvish, while he re-
mained in his native town.
The present writer, who knew him
well, and attended the same parish school
with BIN, kept by the minister of the
place, the Rev. Archibald Cameron, has
often been on birds nesting expedition
with him, and once rescued him from
drowning, when he fell from a high elf
into little black pool called the DEVILS
Loch. Sandy was very dull boy, and
was often fogged for not knowing his
lesson, and the Rev. Mr.. Cameron, if lie
were alive now, would hold up his hands
in utter amazemont to know that his un-
promising pupil had became famous
street preacher in the great city Of New
York and was kicking up a tremendous
row under tie name cf the Angel Gabriel.
Sandy was bound an apprentice to
weaver at the age Of y, but his mother
having become a widow, and married IN
itinerant Babtist preacher named Orr,
. She soon left the Isle Of Skye with her
husband, taxing S-s1y with her, who, for
convenience sake, Q: to disguise lis Gel
tie origin, assumed The name Of his step
,a'oeI' " bat 'oc''ao OF MN a'''r 5o@'-
in his native place, until he turned up
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TO the present writer only at second hand,
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