Litchfield enquirer., 1855-01-25
sus General sgeq Iapre Pcs Agriculture aqs be 7qtss Of Itc
EARLY INCIDENT OF sI1As WRIeHr

f1IAANAA AHSAhNNIok SxLAS WEkIGaVs
A friend, who was an old acquaintance of
the late Hon. Silas Wright, related to US an
anecdote of that distinguished man, which
he received from his own lips, and as we
have never seen it in print, although it may
have been, we give i, to our readers:
MIR. Wright left his home at an early age
to I" seek fortune,' having, by way of earth
ly possessions, fine horse, saddle and bril-
die, pair Of saddle-bags, small stock Of
clothing and five hundred dollars in money,
which was in bills, and was deposited in
his saddle-bags. He took westward
course, and in travelling, one day, he over
took man with wagon and furniture, and
an old span of horses, apparently emigra-
ting. There was nothing particularly at
trac,lve at first view in the person or equip
age, but upon closer inspection, Mr..
Wright discovered the daughter of the en-
igrant, most beautiful young lady, evil
IDENTIFY refined and intelligent They jour-
neyed onward towards Geneva, chatting CO.
silly together, when suddenly the old gen.
tleman recolected that he wished to get his
money changed at the Geneva Bank, and to
enable him to reach that place before the
close of bank h.urs, he proposed that young
daughter, and allow him to mount Wright's
horse and hasten forward. Ardent and half
smi:ten by the charms of the young lady,
Silas gladly accepted the proposition, and
leaping from his horse allowed the old man
to meunt and make off with all his earthly
possessions, money included, without Il
thought.
Rapidly The hours of Thalaba went by
while these two young and gifted beings
pursued their course quite leisurely, it may
be surmised, towards their journeys destin-
alton.
On arriving at Geneva, Mr.. Wright drove
to the principal tavern and left the lady, bus
then for the first time, 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
quarters of the cashier of the bank, and
learned to his additional concern, that such
man had called at the bank, and endeav-
ored to get some money changed, which he
had declined doing, as the notes he present.
ed were counterfeit! Our future statesman
then came to the conclusion he had made a
crooked start in life. About fifty dollars
worth of old furniture, di'apidated wagon
and a span of worn cut horses, for new
wardrobe, fine horse, and five hundred dol
lars Aye! but then there was the F fetty
daughter-but her he could not keep as per-
sonal property, and without money he hardly
wanted wife. He was at his wits end,
and had just concluded to make the best Of
a bad bargain. when the old man made his
appearance with horse and money all safe.
1t turned out that the money which the cash.
Ter had thought to be counterfeit, was not
so, and the mistake had given the old man
the trouble to 20 some distance to find an
acquaintance who might vouch for his res
probability in case Of trouble, and this occa-
stoned his mysterious absence. In the Sc
Iucl the beautiful daughter became after.
wards the wife Of the future statesman.