The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-04
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As haHalready been announcedin our
columns, Weston, the pedestrian, ar.
rived in Chicago ON Thursday morning.
BE passed Wednesday night At Hyde
Park. only six miles from the city, and
attweuty minutes past eight on Thurs.
day morning, he started ont 10 complete
the small remaining fraction Of his long
walk. Hewas accompanied by an 81.
cort oftifty ofthe Chicago police. He
was very fancifully dressed, the pre-.
dominating color Of his clothes being
blue though he wore enough red and
white TO reproduce all the c6lon OF the
national dag. He wore tight brooches,
laced at The knee, a jacket instead OF d
coat, and a ruifled shirt, A belt was
fastened around his waist, having an
immense buckle In front. Below the
knees the legs were incased in red Ian.
mel leggins. His shoes were very largo
and unusually thick. On his head he
wore q light, round silk hat aud car.
ried q small switch In his hand. A
train on the Illinois Central, which
passed the party, was stopped and the
passengers got out and cheered. The
scholars Of the Reform School,, as the
pedestrian drew near the building, dis.
played flags, and band played Hail
Columbia. AZ the. Cottage Grove Ho.
tel, the policemen formed a hollow
square, Weston walking In the middle,
and thus escaping the constantly In.
ereaslng crowd. As he passed through
Wabash avenue, II seemed al II The
whole population. had turned out 10 see
him. Sidewalks, Steps and windows
were filed with spectators, and flags
waved from the housetops,. Around
the Sherman House, the crowd was 30
great that II was difficult for hun TO get
In, and he finally had to make his .en-
trance through q small side:door. His
wife and child met him In the recep-
tion.room, but the crowd were too I'm.
patient 10 endure his absence long. In
response TO repeated calls, he appeared
on the balcony with his child in his
arms. and for want Of q better subject
for q speech, cried out: Now I can got
a pony for this BABY The remark
was received with tremendous cheers,
In the afternoon, concert was held
for him at the Opera House. II was
worry slimly attended, not over eight
hundred persons being present. He
was introduced to the audience by Mr.,
]. w. She1ban. Ell. i,
wEsToN's SPEECH. M e.a
Mr.. Weston then, stepped forward
and after the cheering had subsidized,
spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: 1 hardly
know as 1 can say anything here, this
afternoon, that will be ut all acceptable,
l cannot say that can talk as well as
some people think can walk. Some
people Of the respectable Chicago edi-
torial corps who has followed me this |
last week-and Indiana mud IL good |
test-will know that am not now pre-
pared to make any remarks this alter
noon. Yesterday was obliged to do
more than 1made calculations for, and
to-day have done more than calcu-
lated for. However, will do the best |
can. lthas been announced here that |
Imade the walk from Portland, Me-, Ito |
Chicago, III. Last winter the wager |
was made between friend OF mine and |
a broker In New York. In one OF the |
hotels OF that city gentleman asked
me what ] could do. / told him l |
thought l could make 1900 miles inside |
f30 consecutive days. Nothing was
said about the exclusion OF the Sabbath
day. lam not u religious man, I am
sorry TO say. / don't approve ofhorse-
racing on Sundaysand, In the eyes OF |
some, pedeslrianism would be the same
us that. At the time that excluded
Sundays from the walking days, II was |
Understood that the 100 miles In day |
was not to be performed during the |
time. may say here, and justly say,
too, that II was u cruel thing 10 put a
tusk OF that kind into walk OF twenty |
six days; for no rest OF twenty -four |
hours could tit a man TO proceed upon |
such u journey, upon such II route as
that Travelled during this last week,
My private reasons for taking this |
walk were TO relieve me from my pc
cunlary embarrassments. People, III |
had been snccessful-as most earnest |
ly tried 10 be-would know 1t might |
have been better for me. There Is a |
time when every man will, to use a |
vulgar expression, flag out. He will 20 |
as far us he can. he Gun go no farther. |
You eau 20 no farther. A man may
walk TIL he drops; and then he remains
there. But when he RECEIVERS from the |
exhaustion heis not injured, but can
do the same thing on the following
day. People argue thut because tailed
IN my hundred mile walk, and walked
seventy miles the next day, / could
have done 1t. should have been very
glad 10 have done II II could.
Walking as an exercise Is something
that would like TO see encouraged. It
Is something that would benefit the
youth OF any man. 1t Is an exercise
not only healthy, but pleasurable at all
times. IL Is as good an exercise as a
man can have. ls..r
You will let me make an apology for
my remarks here this afternoon, that
during the last 40 or 80 miles walk,
probably through the toughest country
between here and Portland, had only
three hours sleep, and, consequently,
my mental faculties are none OF the
best. They are not at any time very
good. r t- 40
Lam very happy to say to you that
have won my race. l arrived here as l
agrsed TO do, before IL o'clock, noon, on
November %, having walked dis.
lance OF !, 226 miles-that is, II straight
had been followed. Those who
me know that l walked
l $40 miles. may relate to you, to show
how walked further than Intended,
the following anecdote: f.a
| started from Calmet at IL o'clock. I
asked there pilot whom we met TO tell
me the distance from Calmet to Chicago,
and he said: swell, 1t IL Al miles by
railroad, but A miles by wagon road
rather Il short a miles" Amer travel
Ing four hours, at about the rate OF
four miles an hour, arrived at Mil
ler's Station, some II miles from CAL
met. l asked another man, pilot,
how far they called IL from Miller's
Station to Chicago "Well," said he,
~ do not know exactly: but we cali
II ib miles from hnrnM L thnnnhI wn