Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1867-11-23

hESIOS THE w ALkER OH CatoiN"J -'0-'
reached Conneaut with sohie three hours upon
his hands for the Accomplishment of his 100
miles in "a hotS- und only nire miles remain
ing for the accomplishment of the task. High
hopes were entertained by different persons VINO
were with him through much OF The day. tna'
there was scarcely room for doubt mat ne
would make the 100 miles easily within Inc
! time, and the confidence in him, and the sym
pathy for him have been very much shaken and
dfssipated. that with so insignificant distance
before him, and with SO much time upon his
hands for making Il, he should allow himself to
be laid up, and his work left anaecomplished!
The osensible reason for this is that his feet
were swollen, and it wes feared that he might
be crippled ifthe walk was continued. We can
not but participate IN The opinion that there is
more behind the curtain than we are permitted
to see-that the movements of Weston are reg
ulated by game and gambling. The good opIu-
ion that started with, and followed him, is very
much injured by the ribaldry, passion and pro-
family in which he so freely INDUCES. He put
I'D at the fremont House, Conneaut, leaving
there on Monday morning at l:S5, making this
place at E:22, stopping Il minutes, indulging in
glass Of hot lemonade, and setting oat again
for his breakfasing point, Geneva. Notwith-
standing the early hour of reaching this place
hundrt ds of our citizens were in waiting, and
| had been since or , o'clock, TO see him and
greet him, and some of our youth walked with
him to Geneva He dined at. Painesyille at
about o'clock, and reached Cleveland at li:3O
O'Clock in the evening.
The following spriglIIy gossip with Weston,
is taken from the Clev, hnd Herald, drawn up
by one of its locals, who spent Sunday with the
walker:
CoNNEAUT, Nov. II.
Conncaut had tie honor of eBtertaining the
great American pedestrian. Afer failing to
make hundred miles ON SatuI day, Weston
| went into comfortable quarters at the fremont
! House. The good people of the village were
very kind to their dis inguished visitor. He ap
precialed their kindness, and made host of
friends by holding an informal reception in the
parlor of the heit1 Dn Sunday. AfIer retiring
to his room, he complained of sore right arm;
occasioned by Misunderstanding on the rouie. 1t
is somewhat remarkable to see hiH receiving
hundreds of visitors, and giving each a cordial
welcome, after having marched ninety one
| gliLcS But he says il does not iTonble him
any more to march that distance t].sR it would
/
est symptom of fa'igue on Sundly. To show
the extent of his powers of tndurancc, he in
forl cd The party that the difference in the beat
ings of hie rul,' on Satu day, while walking,
and on Sunday, while resting, was scarcely
perceptible. They have lhrObhcd at the rate of
from 10 to 80 per minute ever since the journey
began, notwithstanding :he s-eat agitation to
which he is subject ut times, owing % an appr.-
hensfoa of personal danger in cities, al tc bis
di, iointcd private affairs On Saturday, this lx-
citement was greater al Erie, perhaps, than at
apy place besWeSn Portland and Cunncaut. The
discrepancy between time keepers at that place
was source Of great annoyance. The same
unfortunate state OF agairs had something TO
| do So saws Wcstons with the result of the last
one hundred mile attempt The party arrived
in Conneaut al S.l2 p. NJ. He was informed
| that it was 9.I2 The mistake, hIweper,, he
continued. was not tCntiona on the part of
his Agent. 1t was caused by watches beiagteut
| of order. He had almost Iw) hours TO make
the remaining nine miles. The condition of his
feet, " hich were Lccoming chafttl and heated
IN the opinion of his attendants would leopard
ize the final result if the whole dissaDesw was ac
ccmplisheu that night. Weston says be could
have made it, anu would have done so II the
proper lic,e had been given He would nN
only have marched the IU9 lies, but would
have reached As,'tabu a, I05 rrileS, before stop
ping. TO see tie weakly Iookns apparently
magnitude of his labI.' at the same TIM, h''s
tie mind with irrepressiA," wonder. -
Weston offers another pa 'uslbe excuse Tor
the failure on the one hundre,l miles. Alter
leaving Silver Creek he marched thirty miles
before any liquor was put in his shoes. By this
time his feet were hot. The spirits haa ten
dency to preserve their natural heat, but not
being applied early enough, the feet cOmmene
ed sticking to the shoe" By favuling the left
foot he hoped to avoid the difficulty. The at
tendants having urged the imprOpriety of jeop-
al dizng the final result by going farther. he
abandoned the third attempt to make 100 miles
in "a hours, Ais miles from Chicago, after walk
81 miles of the required distance.
Conneant is fourteen Mill S asst OF Ashtabula,
on the ''old stage route" The point at which
he would have finished the journey is near the
house of Mr.. John Perew, five miles east Of
Ashtabula. Numerous citizens from that place,
from the surrounding country, and from neigh
boring towns, gathered along the road to await
she appearance of the pedestrian. A huge bon
fire was buih at Amboy near Kingsville, 10 light
the fsan upon his way genuine Indian war
dance, some war ,CItOOp@, and other crinOline,
served TO willie away The time. But Weston
didn't come sUs couple of chaps, from Ash
tabula brimfull OF fun, rugged out a friend,
who was none other than our waggish friend
tom Pcndleton, gG ta Weston, started him
up the road and suon has the whole bonfire
delegation, with many other persons, on his
track. He walked to The - House, near the
scene, entered, and proceeded up stairs, leaving
he crowd to speculate upon his wonderful aGili-
ty as ''walAist." v hen til joke was aiscov
cred, the perpetrators gave tine exhibition Of
Weston ism to avoid punishment"
During Mr.. Westons etay in Conneaut, he
was the center Of attraction. After going 10
church in the morning, (he is not r.l'gious. his
time until evening, was entirely taken Up 10y
eating and talking. He is good at both. Rare |
beefis rarely ever seen any more when he is !
about, and in his conversation, which is rapid, |
quite fuent, and marked wi b the peculiar Yam
kee dialect, he is anu ing if not always instruc
tive. The subjects upon which he loves 10
dwell, or TO which he most frequently REFERS
are his wife and chill, alias jewels, the honesty
of the match, and the remarkable JtrOre it has
created from Maine to Chicago. lie says the
result is beyond comprehension. 1t appears to
him like stepping from obscurity to place
more highly honored than that occupied by the
greatest Generals. He cannot realize thai he is
in the middle of a continent where thousands
of sleepless eyes are watching his progress day
and night, and millions are discussing his name
and fame in every corner of the nation. His
wife and child, '.iewels" in the Weston family,
will meet him at the Sherman House, Chicago.
While speaking of them, as he was packing his
c.o.hing for the Monday march, he said The men
who witnessed his movements on The home
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