The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-21
STRANGE PATALIrY,
Something I.auGhably Rldieulous in
the Way Of q Biographical sketch.
;. k,om the cinctnnut Ennutrnr "

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PoCKiT LIFE Nv CRlsToRRR COLUMBUS.
Cristoier Columbus wux born at the
plase Nv hiz nativity In the early pnrt
Nv biz life. He wuz the onla child Nv
hiz parents, and wuz the proud bruther
Nv q twin sister Nv hiz born a couple
Nv years or so after him. His parients
Aforesaid hein poor peple were not well
thy, and Good onla edicate ihRre sun in
the praktikal and rellgus branches,
consisten Nv eten tnacaI ony and swar.
In In 1talyun. At wun periud NV his
eventful lie Oristofer wuz very
yung man, bpt this popularity becan me
less noticeable as he grew oledr, ,wich he
did In the corse Nv time, tho he weren't
as pert In this respekt ez sumo others
in our countre. The orther NV this
wuz well acquainted with severlel fast
men Nv this swete land OF liberty, OF
whom sing, that dlde OF old age ut %.
Such men live 8 weeks in a mouth,
+ The Cullnmbus familee wuz related
to Wendle FillIps (thru Adam) and
Cristoter wuZ profoundly proud Nv
Wendle, whome he thot 10 be the best
regulated maniac In the wide, wide
wurld, as TO which this orlher declinZ
TO express an opinion, hevln had bad
luck lately expressing S3l to Boston.
But we diRress.
Crlstoier's best holt wuz discovering
things, especially Amerik. The dis.
coverin biz ut that time, wuz thot TO be
a very difficult doln, but Columbus
didn't seem 10 have much trubble dis.
cOverln Amerlk after he fairly got In
Site OF hit, an no man can discover any
thing that hn OtK FNlf mo- ola I,nta
oelterer ise than most o'people or u
tellyscope. Aud II wassent lust an Ac-
cident neither, for he Good n done II
again, best 2 outer 8. and give him the
dele. He came to this continent sever.
al times, always cummln by water,
and had q remarkable fondness
fur fish worms, thinking them supe.
rinr II not ekal to mackerony. Ma.
tur had bin kind TO Cullumbus In the
wa Nv glyin him. Fact IL he he'd an
extraordinary mind. Even Bankroft,
kerfel as be IL to not praSe any body ez
little ez posSyble, sails, "Cullumbus at
this Iuncture wuz dlshartened, and he'd
u great RIt'ld-to return TO Spain. l
consider the fact Nv his havin great
mind settled by Bankroft. III bel you
81 1 do.
But yeres rosled on, ez they hey a
habit Nv doin, and finally towards the
close ny his life Cullumbus had Sc.
we're nttakt OF suddin deth, which, after
lingerin illness, cumuity near closin
him out.
Some yeres after this hiz fatal sick.
ness seesed at last his aiged frame, and
with the lnhrmities of yeres hurryin
him to the grave he recovered with the
greatest diticnlty-principally owen TO
the hi prise Nv doclerlu truck. IN. b
to the Editur. Idon't blieve I'm goIn
10 get hum to dy at all. kin write an
l Biography, but / can't wind Il of
worth dnrn.
Finally, a dredful eppydemick which
was devastRten hiz natiy village in.
vaded the household Nv Cullumbus
aud lade Its dedly grip on his vitalest
vitals. Ragen In the untold agony Nv
dissolushen he DIDE--a thousand
deaths, and never did 10 his latest hour
git inttrely rid Of that cussed twist Nv
sickness. IN B To the EdItur. Iknod
! couldent.-I cant git hum tu. di In
the English language. ken prove by
good witnesses thet the old cuss IL ded,
and that'll sutlice.)
Cristoler Columbus of whom we
sling will always be klassed with the
good and gtate. Amung the ondying
names, writ 10 the lower side OF the
declaration Of Independents, Just one
bare line below the name OF John Han.
cock you may look fur the name Nv
Cristoler Cullumbus. You can also
look, In the same place, for eny body
elses name that you want TO.
Hee did di, pese W his asshus.