The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1873-04-17
- RAvENNA, o. THURSDAY, APRIL II, 1878.

- c4Eof 8 a5Vf5 IL 81
1873. oa
th auo9 5j zuiaJ j
man. lie brought over Frencbnen.
lie fowght well" iss.s{ sf-.s.,s,.,f,...T
Where did yOu meet him -, 4
'sfwo Or three years after | saw
out TO me at DliI's Ferry, belvw the
| Water Gap. He had grand sword,
and every body WAS looking at him.
He got his horse shod sharp. There
was ice on the, ground and he walked
lame as if he got fall, he spoke
French and English and you coHldn't
tell which from the other. % he was
fine man, yes. l remember Well
General Sulllyan's. march from Eas-
ton to WiIkes-Barre. tie took his
army across the blue Ridge. through
VI ind Gap. aud near the Susquehan-
Iia he had a battle with the lnjuns.
1 got horse pistol from one, of his
,nen III exchange for bottle of apple
jack"
THE WHISkEY REB BELLION.
w n6t aO NO0- "a thO
whiskey rebellion?'s ; u9goEE
Very well. livery man used to
make his own whiskey, and the goy-
ernment wanted to lax it and the
men wouldn't pay it and they fought
the government There We're Two
men killed at Stroudsburg.n They
came up, from Philadelphia to seize
some stills above the mountains, and
fh<,,, 81,
did you take.a hand in xs shnjf 4
Yes, Yes. We beat 'ein, and didn t
pay d-n cent to 'em."lF blsd sgg "a
s'Whati was the real cause OF that
rumpus r. 10 lo4-4siifflssxs 3tfi .tsr %
Up this way we had to carry pro-
duce by horses, and when we had TO
carry it to Philadelpliia we lost mon
fey, because one horse could only car
ry seven or eight bushels of wheat,
but You seoald make thirty bushels
into whiskey and carry -Iit easy and
then as IL was the only drink we had,
and as we made it ourselves we did
MT see what right we had 10 be tax
Gu. f..I H4Qk .oIg.lAI aIIr 20
TOO OLD FOR SERVICE IN Il 1872. u
"Where were you in 1Sl2?oiiof 9dT
81 was right here in this county" -
"Did you take no part in the war ?''
"No, L was TOO old. They made a
call for. men between the ages OF
tweDty-one and forty-fve, and was
over fifty. - '3li3 - 7'-S''' 80 81
did on ever ride on a railroad'?Y1
Never, nor don't want to-" -
eDid you ever visit New York ?''Fo'
I. tNever. l was agoin'3 there once
when L had some money, butt sup
pose I'll never have a chance of goin'
now.' if3i mm00 99e91 9di ailW
.,s PEOPLE ne NEVER HEARD OF. - III
ssDid You hear of the Tammany
Ring. of Jim Fisk, Bill Tweed, the
Credit Mobiiier and Oakes Ames 2Yns
mo, no !; who was they, whatgdid
they do z" hoa gdGaD iG19agS9 3
fl .Well, they were young men who
had a way OF coming at the biiitl side
of other people and featheripg their
own nests. sffoliaT9qo 9TiI3R 9Ju9iaa
Yes, yes; see. l heerd ntellu of
such tnen. They beat Ned Marshall.
thought Ned bad enough, but I'm
told he wasiPta a patch on these lads in
New York" sci ,diII liTo
y "Who was Ned Marshall? H. reliaf-
sit was Ned walked the lBjuns ont
of their lands. You see, fih the old
times when Penn's people wanted
land they made q friendly call on the
Injuns, and the IHjuns gave them as
much as man might walk over while
his pipe kept lit. Afterwards, when
they were real good friends with the
Injuns, they got as much land as q
man might walk across without giv-
ing up. Penn's people got. Ned Mar
shall to walk for them, and he kept
on walkin'Rtill he walked in near q
hundred miles of land without stop.
PIN. When the lnjuns found then-
selves cheated this way they took .
walk OF their own,. and slaughtered
nearly every man, women and Child
north of the mOuntains.r Il suppose
this Bill Ames you mention is y big-
ger walker than Ned c,Marshall r. 8
HE is.i His name is not Bill, but
Oakes. He walked around O. number
of Congressmen and Senators, and ac-
tually walked off. with, the Pacific
Railroad" ."sidf ui sasfY cid bHs 400
,.You don't teilfme?" cried the old
man with astOnishment.h f.Walked off
with a railroad only wish Ned
Marshall was alive. He always brag-
ged about his hundred mile walk, but
he never did nothin' like walkin' of
with railroad. That is putty steep"
s.Oh,4 lisa common thing with US
nowadavs.s We have meni in New
York who think nothing of walking
off with a railroad, and we have men
in Washington who are constantly
walking off with million acres Of
the public land. a native of your
own State = Simon CaIneron-can
beat Ned Marshhll all to pieces. If
you live long enough you may see
him walk off with the Pennsylvania
Legislature" a'i!io2 hs5Qiioa rsoia bEt
aDear me, !" the bewildered and sim
pie minded centenarian exclaimed.
'.how the times have changed /! nAnd
who is Cameron? 2" - Dk9a sods as
"Oh, you must know him, Mr.. LIE
Barre. lie is distinguished oriIa-
ment ofthis State in Congress. He
began life later than you did, but by
uniaiiing industry fias managed TO
place himself beyond the reach Ofpov-
erty." "a -i'al''l .i5fofy 9i.I 10 sihagG
II Isee,n said the centenarian medi-
tarively 81 suppose he lives in q two
story house, with a slate root now !;
but Cameron-Cainer | can't rec
ollect him. Did he ever chop wood
for a Twin ?'' oi koGeJ -nIgG@s} iadt
al think not, Mr. LIE Barre, but he
has certainly done good deal of log
rolling" '9t f''Iiioflgs hna
-i!.s HE. GOES FOR A SMOKE. ,ai,e,,
Here the old man reached up to the
mantel-piece for his pipe, and being
furnished with some Lone Jack to.
bacco. he assumed a happier express
sion OF face than he had worn before.
In the meantime his interesting
daughter furnished US with many
points of the family history. aud
among other things told us that her
fathers diet for Years consisted OF
soups, mush and milk, hominy ''and
sich things" that he always went TO