The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-10-31

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fDix and others to run in the Gumber-
land river trade, and is lao feet nlength,
274 feet beam, with feet hold. With
cabin, engines and outfit on board, she
will not draw over Is inches water.
The Life Of a Live SteamboatmGn.-We
clip the following scraps from the forth
con,iag az biography, of Captain Josh,
Throop, from the Cato DemecatS Josh.
| is we'll known in these "diggins," and
the Scraps may interest some Of his
numerous friends:
The life of Captain josh. Throop, who
is now in our city, has been varied, In
teresting and wonderful. Forty-two
years ago he kept ferry at the mouth
of the Big Miami.THAt the age of nine
teen he could read the names of steam
boats, and eat more maokerel than any
young man in all that region of country.
He never boosted about sucking eggs,
but he could beat anybody cracking
whip, and ut the fascinating game OF
"bull penn was perfectly fearless i.'E
When in Cincinnati he commenced
the manufacture of backing, his friends
became solicitous for the preservation
of his high moral character, and bor-
rowed his money as fast as he made IT
to prevent his indulgence in habits OF
extravaganza. At the age OF twenty
the charms of fat woman who sold
cracked hickory nuts on the corner cap
tivated him. He ''doated" on her, and
when to his proposal of marriage the
gentle creature creature said "Yuba
dam" to him, he became utterly miser-
able, forgot to csmb his hair, and de-
.spairingly refused all food during
period Of five hours and quarter.
At the age of twenty-five he tried to
swim flock of geese to the New Or
leans market; but the peryerse fowls
leaving the Ohio and swimming up
Laughery creek, he became discouraged
and traded them off to Dutchman for
some empty barrels and pound of
shoemaker's wax. The barrels pro-
duced him half dollar, which proved,
OIL inspection, to be viliainously bogus.
This circumstance embittered his whole |
life-indeed she never smiled again.
but with the coin in his palm, would
ruefully gaze at it for hours, and then
"burst out a crying" AT the tender
age of thirty a lottery man sent
him a confidential letter, in which |
he assured him that the manager
had selected him as the proper person
to receive $4,000 prize, and that all
they asked in return was that he would |
remit them SO to pay expenses, show
the SO, 900, and tell how he got it. BY |
Clearing" four acres Of land Jack rails
ed the $40, made the remittance, prom
Used to "show the money" and express
ed great qualification over the fact that
he had been born lucky. All this was
twenty years ago; so, if the lottery
man" is still mad because Josh didn't
"show tho money" he ought to remem-
Der that the boy was young and rather
unsophisticated.
At later period Jssh taught sing
ing school, having his attention direct
ed to that calling by letter received
from New York gentleman, who ad-
vertised that he would tell anybody
show to make fortune" for one dol
lar. AS singist he was success, but
the court indicting his class as nuis-
ance, he became singularly exasperated,
and plunged madly into the steamboat
business not caring a cent what became
of him. He is now master and prirci-
pal owner oe one Of the finest boats that
floats, and enjoys q reputation as one OF
the cleyerest, biggest. hearted, Jo-
vialest fellows known on these "interior
arteries of commerce"