The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1854-07-27
The Angel Gatris!"

riela has been published in New York:
The name of this eccentric and perIpa-
tctie crater is McSwish. lis father vas
native Of Scotland, aud was domestic 10
the establishments the Marquis o Hunt
lev IL hurried . female domestic Is tn
sam household, and with her ciaguted u
the Isle 81 Syke. here this precious An
rcl Gahsirl -tHe .ts!nHatpf oi uHFs,Eta
BE truths first opened hls eyes upon
world lis fOgtuaes and wandering hsys
not been untictnrai with romance au8 tn
eed With s9nc naost disrrpnt.hie III Ms
eences. He WAS born Oh the 3D. 81 .septem-
Ter, 1909, and j. consequently J. Years u
aee.
II. mothers maiden uame va, Saunders
and he was chfistenea 5 ndy VI SHish,-
He uas ycrg dull lad, and instead 81 re-
maiujusat school, was apprcatr 70 a wen
YER III his thirteenth year. Ills mptaar
becoming III the rneantilnra widow SIZE mar
RED an itinerant Baptist preacher nam
Orrwhence the" Angel not only derived ms
prrsea, name. hgt imbibed his singular no.
lions OF handing his name down - posterlty
The family, ia course NJ tune, lett the Isle
Of Syke, and Orr went on q preaching tour
"a tile highlands. but finding the ''business'
bad, he changed his maine a. vel. ~ bis Ok
cupution, ana BIS one Wisgins, lie joined IN
equestrian troupe. Sandy, NJ course, tolinw-
cd III the footsteps # hs ilus'rors step
father, and soon distinguished himself IN
his new cl.iinr. II shortly qearTclcd with
the manager, however. Joined company OF
acrohs,-, with whom lie Travelled over Eng
land, and fnaily came - Liverpool Here
he fell IN love with wlne merchant ;
daughter with whom he went 70 Wales,
where they were married. In Wales, he
first pu, 10 as preacher OF the Methodist
persuasian: hi, his hearers soon growing
weary 81 diScourscs liz conceived the happy
idea az setting his sermons 10 music, and
introduced for that purpose tin horn into
the pu| pit. Hence the origtn OF all ear
woes! Having by some means fallen INTO
disgrace, he LETT his WcIch charge under
the cover Of night, leaving few debts be-
hind, aud taking in exchange the pewter
taukrrd, which had been employed in the
church sacramen,S, and with his trumpet
he commenced his wanaerings.
Embarkinr as cook on board Bristol
vessel Ae firs. landed at Jamaica, In the
West Indies, where he resumed his tunc-
lions Of .'s'atcd preaching" but as the
ldiis aah numerous than his former sect, he
left the Methodist, and came out deeply
immersed Baptist. He len jamaica. and
next started dancing school IN small viii
lamc. during which h. first heard OF the
fourshug Mormon settlement n Nanvo2
in Illinois and Immediately determined T.
push his fortunes in that direction. lie ar
rived in Philadelphia just at the period Of
the Native American excitement there, and
c1nccaing MS origin and antecedcnts, and
being dashing, spirited fellow, he soon
was an acknowledged leader, finally hecom-
ing the editor OF II natirist paper. He gave
up all idea ui following Joe Smith, Us the
harvest here MAS already ripe 'or the reap
or. He came to New York, had Just mua-
~ enough 10 purchase a brass horn, which
he has continued to blow until his name
has filled the earth
The particulars Of this strange biogra-
ply are related by one whowas born IN the
same town with the Angel Gabriel" and
he s quite as much astonishcd AT his sue
cess and notorety as any ohr. He always
wears his trumpet frequently rides OH the
top OF omnibusses, and blows for the amuse
lneut Of drivers,