The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-06-07
Early Days of Silas wright.
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A friend who has an old acquaintance OF the
late Hon. Silas Wright, related to US an anec
dote of that distinguished man which he re-
ceived from his own lips, and as we have never
seen it in print, although it may have been, we
give it to our readers
Mr.. Wright left home at an early age to
"s,ek his fortune, having by way of earthly
possessions, fine horse, saddle and bride, a
pair of saddie-bags, a small stock of clothing
and FIVE hundred dollars in money, which was
i'm bills and was deposited in his saddle-bags.
He took a western course, and in travelling one
day he overlook man with wagon and fur
niture and an old span of horses, apparently
emigrating. There was nothing particularly
attractive at first view in the person or equip
age, but upon closer inspection, Mr. Wright
discovered the daughter OF the emigrant, a most
beautiful young lady, evidently refined and in
telligent. They jOurneyed on toward Geneva,
chatting costly together, when suddenly the
old gentleman recOllected that he wished to
get his money changed at the Geneva Bank,
aud to enable him to reach that place before
the close of bank hours, he proposed that
young Wright should take his seat beside the
beautiful daughter, and allow him to mount
Wright's horse and hasten forward. Ardent
and halfsmitten by the charms of the young
lady, Silas gladly accepted the proposition,
and leaping from his horse allowed the old
man to mount and make off with all his earth
" possessions, money included, without q
thought
Rapidly the hours Of Thalaba went by,
while these two young and gifted beings pur-
sued their course, quite leisurely it may be
surmised, toward their journeys destination
On arriving at Geneva, Mr.. Wright drove
an to the principal tavern, left the lady, but
then for the first time a shade Of anxiety
crossed his mind for the safety of his fine horse
and his money. He went to all the other
public houses, but could hear of no such man
as he described he beat up to the quarters of
the cashier of the Bank, and learned to his
additional concern, that such man had called
at the Bank and endeavored to get money
changed, which he declined doing as the notes
he presented were counterfeit Our future
statesman then came to the conclusion that he
had made crooked start in life. About fifty
dollars worth of old furniture, dilapidated
wagon and span of worn out horses, for a
new wardrobe, fine horse, and five hundred
dollars Aye but then there was the pretty
daughter-but her he could not keep as per-
sonal property without her own consent, and
without money he hardly wanted wife. lie
was at his wits end, and just concluded to
make the best of bad bargain, when the old
man made his appearance with horse and money
all safe 1t turned ont that the money which
the cashier had thought to be counterfeit was
not so, and the mistake had given the old man
the trouble to go some distance to find an &C
auaintance who might vouch for his reSpecta.
bility in case of trouble, and this Occasloned
his mysterioos absence. In the sequel, the
beautiful daughter became afterwards the wife
of the future statesman.-DetroH Adrertiier.