Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-03-13

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4 thgn cross tha lake ia q. boat u Detroit,
and make his way from there to Ch3ca-
4 20 on foot. That winter he chopped
1 cord-Wood af hfty cents per cord mnd
I lounds DnElnE the long winter m1Ents
i he read the Bible through by the Light
Of pine knots piled on the hearth Of 3
4 rude cabin tn which he slept Omen he
+ would lay tor hours on his back with
his head eo the fire, anG long after his
1 comrades had gene 70 sleep RouE over
he is not even to this day o plous man.
though still an attentive reader Of the
/ Scriptures.
Tla Wriise has often spoken ko- him
! about his habit Of swearing, and aTRad
4 him 20 discontinue 90 uRalas8 and ygiTi9e@
I Cd d practice, bat all in Vain old as he
I is. enrag0 hinl and he will swear IKE 8
During che Yaars 1921 and 1872 v0ung
| Wade chopped wood rolled Hogs aIld
l grubbed in the summer time, tsagataR
L b school in winter. In the fall oE1s2 8
drover employed him to assist Ia dTzv@
/ ing cattle, and Wade led q Rte4r - fFout
/ Of the herd ali the way from HQhaa to
AeW YORK BIS little pack was tied oa
4 the back 81 lhe o1l's horns, and Vith q
/ rope 70 lead hiHa by, our future states
man legged along day afteF daV.--
/ While riding ont not many -Tears ago
I with q colis8Eu8i the old Senatof passed
I n drove Of cattle, and when he heard
the boy with the lead steer cali
/ out in the nasal tWang peculiar to dr0-
Vera. ACOme boys come, a-hO-R-O, a-laa-
/ 40 ~ he laughed heartily, and said TO
the distinguished gentleman by his
/ side, ''that reminds me Of when u was q
I boy, and used to call the herd iuzE ao.3
Wade walked six times fron1 Ohio to
I New York, and on one Of these trips
ieame near losing his life. He was
/ leadtng steer aE usual in front of the
drove, when he came toR long powered
y bridge, The gate keeper; Rccofdsng to
rules, would allow only few offhe
herd TO pass over at one tiuaa, lest their
weight shoald. tnj1Ee tho bridge, Wade
started with the advance guard, but the
cattle in the rear becoming frfFhtened
rushed into the bridge and STAN peded.
Young Wade made haste to ran, but
/ fading he could not reach the other
end before the frantic cattle would be
upon him and trample him to death. be
ran to one Of the posts, and springing
I up caught hold of the brace, and drew
himself as high as possible, he could
scarcely Keep his legs out Of the way OF
the horns Of the cat6lej but he held on
while the bridge swayed to and fro,
threatened to break under the great
weight that was upon it. AT length the
I last Of the frightened animals passed
by, and our dangling hero dropped
from his perch to the astonishmenC of
the drover, who thought that he had
been crushed to death, and was riding
through the BRIDGE expecting every
moment to find his crushed and man
gled body. raa
In 1925, Mr.. Wade, having crossed the
mountains with a drove Of cattle in the
fall stopped near Albany, New York,
and taught school that winter. In the
spring he hired as a labOrer On the Erie
canal, and worked EYitha Wheelbarrow
and spade all that Bummers Senator
Seward, in a speech in the Senate, thus
alluded to this event IN Wade's life.
Speaking Of the Erie canal, Senator
fsIToy7- was that done 2 I mean .vyhenea
came the labor that did Il 2 know Of
but one American citizen who worked
with the spade and WheelbarFOW on
those works. Doubtless there are ma
ny others. but know only one, and he,
am glad e say, 1s noW q 9 memper Of
this hoor Mr. Wade Of 0htO), and one
OF the most able and talented menn-
bers.2
The editor Of leading daily paper
not long since charged Mr.. Wade with
not taking sufficient interest in the well
fa re- Of the working CLASSES, when the
Senator, in a public speech, at Clnein-
natl, took occasion to say II can tell
/ tisah aaftnu I haxa not forEs often the days
when dug with spade ON the Erie
Ggl7aA3 nor have ten the men
with w l1oEn 4 t911rselS. LaGmgh Z fegret
TO say they have nearly always YOEed
against me. They were 1riahn1en, and
as Irishmen always spend their money
freely, sometimes, when the priest came
around for his tithes, they had no mon
ey, then would loan them mine; but
I say il to their honor, that when pay
day came, they always paid me back
every cent that was due mesH
In the fall Of 1926 Mr.. Wade returned
to Ohio and taught school that winter.
Next spring, the Hon. Elisha VVhittle-
r0srl NVT1 HH7
Washington and was knOWn al over
the country for his ability and and hon-
estv, invited Mr. Wade to come and
stay with him at his law Office at Jsffer-
son, Ohio, Mr.. Thompson, g hotel keep
er in the place, who had taken q fancy
to Wade, offered to board him, Wade
hel ping him sometimes about the hotel,
and at the age Of % he began reading
law, Mr., VVbittlesey soon detected his
Students talents especially tn elucida-
ting difficult legal peintss apd not only !1z
assisted him with adVice, but Insisted
on loauing him such SHE'S Of money as
were required Tor his most pressing
wants. When, in after years Mr..
Wade reached Washington as United
States Senator, one OF the nEss men be
ples ives M. y 1lsslesey' alll ~ tlesL-
j ing between student and preepsoe. was
not only cordial but such Is might be
expected TO take place. between father
and son. Mr. Whittlesey kindly Hn-
defto0k to intrOduce his proEege into
1 the ways of political Life at the capital,
1 and for a time Mfr. Wade submitted
/ quietly enough to the formulas OF his
| good-hesrted but somewhat fastldi0us
/ friend. One day, Wade, becoming Wea-
! ry with the fornis required OF him by
/ his chaperon, broke the whole thing up
1 with 'fOh, DIN your dummery and
i fashions, Whittlesey; it's ali wen
Il enough for them that like 1t, but Il must
4 be plain Ben Wade for couldn't be
anything else If were to try hundred
years - and ever afterward Mr.. Wade
refused to attempt to be fashionable,
I Mr.. Whittlesey was not little proud
until the day of his death, Mr.. Wade
Il continued devoted to his old friend,
than whom a better man never lived.