Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-08-19
aAn1ANTRY ON THs DEFENSIVE.


Short Biographical SEetchc OF an Er- Wheeling
EEditoF-S Shouting ho,o tb0t lss as The Subject
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Wfd01nS and other fenanLes.
[From the Greens County, PaJ Republican,
LAS re understand that some ofour Ver.g dear
friends, appear to manifest an uncommon inter
tsestin our welfare. and have become exceedingly
alarmed with the fear that oul. morals NAV be-
come sbet.auss5Se 5haye. occasionally
gone 10 the Ice.l ream.saIoon and have been
Seen walking on the street with some ofthe Ia.
dies of yaynesburg And. as some ofsthe.gOs-
4 sins, have been exceedingly puzzled to know
who We are-from whence NE came---what kind
\ of wife Iye haye--yho we'll accomnanv to the
4 ice cream saloon next time ETC. etc! etc. we
will endeayor to crafty their selsitipe en-
riosity TO the best Of our ability: and hope all
interested in the matter, will be satisfied.
We can't saw; positivelys Int nose we cftne
upon these ssmundane Shores in the same man
ner all other people have done. 1t is quite
probable we made some noise. as is the usual
custom on such occasions Our grand sires
both fonght'in the Revolution--one was taken
/ prisoner and never heard from by his friends
afterwards-the otfer,filled the most of ascap.
tain fought CALAMITY to the end OF the war. and
lived some wears after to relate to his Grand
children the trials and sutferines ,throueh which
he had passed. AYE cannot. tclt5 tho exact snot
where wselfirst made 5ouri apDearance npon this
Ibablinq earth. hnt twas soTneychere near the
battle Ground of C7ertnant the stateof
Pennsylvania Our parents were both very
i Nous md 5tanpht nsIto reverence the great
trnths Of christio nd 1I,o Of
the oosnel. as TevcaJeG in The word of C}od
AT the age of 10 we entered the office of the
| Bucks County aIntslligencer at Dovlestovn
I where We iuntig we arrived at the age of
years, when we went 10 Freehold. Monmouth
/ county New Jersey. and started heJ Monmouth
. In =.
1.-the estimation Of III e}public.| Here. weIfoTmed
an attachment to. a, "a married the daughter of
| an eminent LAWYER of that state Our wifi. NAV
1 have some faults. AS well as other ladies-ace
think, however. that she has very few. She has
I read Observation-Disclosures fine literary taste and
possesses as much common sense rs most ladies.
Like ourscIfs she attends to lher5own business
and lets that Of other 4neonlei alone we need
/ not saw that VIC think q Great. deal Of her. She
thas the entire control of4allFthe domestic5cop-
I cerns of the House without anv interference ON
our We the most implicit confidence
in her Judgment and q; III nc l,onne, and
aS rnosTtls7 ina mode of tolEin,S 1Iaos,,ra ~ "a
creation each fnllou,5 the bent of onr own
inclin5tionsso that tbcrc lie neither iealons;es
or ilmnIaasnnt CsalinSs nv sit,er
On account of i'll Health, we.sold our establish
4 mont III 1898 aud removed To Kentucky where
we resided mill $40 at which lime orr heaIth
Ind So ri,nrroved ne TO Sobla nc tn cnnnoct
/ ourselves with the lYheAi;no Doilv Dimes and
Gazette. wEeFe we rernainef nnIji.1s56 when
we sold our establishment to a Company of the
i American marty. havine, been the sole nronrietor
for the prsvioEs seven yeaTs, -
We have three sons and one daughter. The
eldest snnis Prosoc,tinsy +foioaI for,ona oFtJe
Judicial districts in Illinois-the second son is
now in WayInesberg, assisting US in the Office
o. lne eoaotleom whist our daughter s9 and
son IRE VITA r NV nsenn
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