The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1872-11-01
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, ,,onl1 be rather hard for mo to tel
~ u sCu how learned to do it! 7
~ ,c SS !, came to nc natural You sec
s sp,iS litel worked ina quarry, in one
: 1%s New. England States, and had the
!, ", d Of The tackle we used to sling round
y: ..'I 10 ,tones with. Ropes would be get
~: !" 4 Sul in the derricks, and / being a
Mn M and spare boy, l used to have the
. N. q them 10 but them 10 rights,
i n. rlsCe itself, on asleep mountain side,
10 mighty PERCEPTIONS, and when there
"a SIast It used to be my job to SEE
w ,bO stones lay around. That, sup
s NV taught me how to climb and get q
isroNi1c. Trees was nothing TO me;
IN, Tssu wSs fourteen l could go up most
,.v,bipr lust like a stairs. Alter while
iI:,,Dl 10 be rough kind ola mason, and
hand, was rather obliged in the section
4 country was born In, which was
Mime, 10 be kinds Of Jacks OF all trades
JnrIers Of none, | got 10 dong bits Of
r =, csrpentering. Railways was good
an letting up scalioldlhg, and generally
TEsmCp used TO rely on me for that kind
# sOrk You think, Sir men don'tcare
S,s lbey trust their lives on a lot oil
.c,,,lipr 100 Iect up,ia tile air? There
NAV be some fools amougem, but they
n.,,y takes a good look Ut where they
5gt work before trusting themselves.
Nel | worked at house building until
Es nineteen, then-wby l can'ttell you,
,rIes, it was to spite girl that l was
,seet on, who took up with another man
! went to sea, and what with q voyage
% Clins and back, il didn't come back
FOOD sailOr, at least Igot a good know.
Ike OfknOlting and splicing, and hang.
tgon by your eye.lids, When l came
sck | did a stroke Of work in one OF the
government shops as u rigger, and that,
suppose, helped 10 made me cOol.headed
.ai steady in the nerves. IaIn't exactly
temperate and don't belong to any society.
When jobs all over, don't mind Ia
inga glass Of ale, but l have passed
tlDnIh all my life, so Tar, without ever
.Ning been tight. My business won't al.
bEOiiL A man that's the least bit shaky
A!beler not try my line Of work, which
/. Ginning up steeplCs and fixing things
which i. out Of order, arranging weather.
o.ks aud yanes and lightning rods, and
FINISHING up such ornaments as they
iOcontes the top Ofhigh buildings with.
Snetimes the telegraph people calls on
me- aud six years ago worked for them
Esaiy.
got into my first job by accident. l
saow'da man as boarded in the same
lol,e as did. lie was u painter and a
!;hkng man, and was . grumbling one
aInins over the job his boss had put him
CO. which WAS 10 paint u pretty high
EyepIe in Boston. Says he, "lf the wind
bows the least bit to-day I'll see the boss
nt'he whole church congregation further
hist wasn't, Sir, exactly what he did say,
but it expressed pretty much the same
tajDg,l atOre | ventures my life again on
that old rotten s,ccple," "Bill "says I.
ii stint II nice day for your work l0r it's
bOvirc now" Saws he THAT'S 40. and
strikes work for today: and. what's more
there amt man in The sbop Tint willun.
!rnaSe TO do, it." Saws I "Bill I ain't M
painter much hut snnnose nennIc isnit
refy particular how n fellow danbs on the
mlor IN on a stecplc il they ," ~Not a
bt," SAYS he. II lust work NJ Quick Ns I
sa to ret through. Its niece. work. and
when your IN 80 feet there Amt no snec.
!tcaIi6u as holds good No hiDh IN 40 that
But what arc YOU asking ol1 these ones-
tons Tor? Ifyou want Inc iob of naming
hSt steeplc, yol'rc welcome m itS
That's lust IT, saysI "rhcn vo,, NAV
ake ii of nv hands md welcome I cant
lolhe wor; without three or lour stiff
kinks to start on and whilst I'm naintinG
gets the horrrs up there" Strairht9
Ways We went around 10 Inc boss and I
got the job. All | barCaiued for was SOS
lthai | was to select nv own rome and
,ps, which he was 10 nav for. For a
lant job Of the kind II was an urly one,
I4shtd to a window frame, with plenty
oigoOl three. eighth rome n snrinpv snar
Is thick round as nv lcr and TO lie End
otihN reeved a puliy and TO Tint a
ding It wasn't far | iad To- 20 ont on
aNpOlc, not more than eight feet, bul
Tat bad to be done by taking the sna,
.al going along II hand over hand: but j
!iln't mind it much, though to settle nv,
SItdOwn in the sling, and get the paint
poIsad the brushes all right without IN.
letting them, was a lob. i managed quite
veil, and did it all without a helper, craw
log back 10 the stecplc for more main
TAsn | wanted II Tho wind did sbnr
SINE, for when them uortheQstcrs blow
Eolld Boston il makes thiprs howl: anc
iatbos comes up, and heard him stinr
t"loglve up The lob for the day, for /
vas killed thew would read him Ont O
church Tor exposing another mans IND
Npsy." lie was n RELIGIOUS man wa,
tie boss, but | pretended not 10 near him
Anyhow, in three dsvs | got throu0E
Paintings the steeplc, and The boss gave
ne s!jin addition 10 what he had nom
sd, and kent me- on steady work 8
picking out the tough iobs ior me when
hey offered on there arc nIentv
e'ueu who do this kind OF thing, who
HeFeal bosses in tho line ri working or
iPos where most hands is afraid to VEN