The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-05-14
An Old Settler to Walk from san Fran.
cisco 10 New York.

from the san francisco Chronicle, April %.
We are informed that Mr. Francis Crosby,
an old gentleman 10 years Of age, intends
to make an overland trip from San Fran
cisco to Now York on foot, starting from
the Plaza on the 10Th of May next. 70
most men OF such an age n walk of 5000
miles would seem an impossibility. But
to one like him, who came to thisstate az a
hunter and tmpper as early az 1880, and
has spent more han n quarter of a cen
tury among the Indian tribes of California
and Arizona, such n feat is but an ordinary
occupation, Though having lived beyond
the three score and ten" years allotted as
the life of man, Old Crosby is Younger.
physically, than most men of 40, and Is a
splendid specimen of the old stock
Of American frontiers-men whose ex-
ploits furnish the material for song
and story. Tall, aud straight as q hickory
napling, standing FIVE feet eleven inches in
his moccasins; every limb perfect in sym.
metry; n handsome full face. bronzed by
exposure; with a bright, clear, bluo eve,
which speaks of b~eneyolenco aud deter
mination; his hair and beard as white as
the SHOWS that crest the Sierra Neyadag.
full and flowing over his breasts and sloul-
ders, he forms n picture such as an artist
would be pleased TO study. Such is the
man who intends TO make the trip overland
without using railroads or ~lsteNnboats,
Speaking the language of most of the In,
dams that dwell on the plains, he saws he
needs no stores 10 supply his wants, as the
Indians never modest those who treat them
fairly.
MIR, Crosby informs us that i'm the spring
OF $50 he trapped for beaver on the iuba'
near the site of the present city of Alarys-
vile, At that time the whole country Was
inl OF Indians andgameo Of all descriptions.
ana california was the finest country la
me wol Tor the hunter and trapper. The
old gentleman, who has arrived within a
lew days IRON Arizona where he has lived
for nearly twenty years thinks California
has changed since he last saw il. He viii
hnd, before he reaches the end of his
journey, that the whole world has CHANGED
since he left New York, his native citv
nearly a half a century ago-before steam,
boats, railroads, or telegraphs were known.
He will be a living Rip Van Wrinkle amono
the New Workers, if he makes the trip suc.
cessfully.
A DENTISTS REVENGE. A dentist in
Vienna recently supplied Madame de r.. .
lady well known in fashionable circles, with
a splendid set Of false teeth, worth abont
$500, and waited with exceeding patienec
prepayment. Finding that the lady "madc
no sign, he applied, after three month,
had elapsed from the date of delivery, by
letter, for the discharge of his claim. NJ
answer. A fortnight later he wrote again,
in somewhat stronger language, but no.
ceiyed as little notice Of his second as OF
his first application. Determined TO have
his money, and TO be even with Madame
de b., for her d~iscourtesy, he inserted In a
small suburban paper the following adver-
tisement; "a magnificent set OF self.ad-
justing enameled teeth TO be sold dirt
cheap They are daily on view in the
mouth of Madame de b., (mll name), Stadt.
So and So street, No. -" Then he emf
out the slip, and enclosed il 10 the fair de-
taulter in al envelope. Two hours after
the bill was paid, and Madame deb hoped,
as the paper in which the advertisement
appeared was an insignificant one that she
had heard the last Of her bargain; but the
leading j~ournnis Of Vienna have got hold
OF the story, and no teeth have made such
4 sensation since cadmus's famous crop.