The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-27


who died at an Almost equally advanced age,
came to this country from France about the year
1880. He was HngueDot and Q man OF great
physical strength and prowess George says ne
Louis XIV at sSvres, passing In his gded coach
from Paris to Versailles.
TAKES DRINK.
After we had been talking In an Indifferent kind
OF way for some little time the Old man took q
and remarked with smack OF his lips a. he put
AWAY the empty g h,s ~ Ike that Yes yesm In
beverage we made over to MIN the entire OF what
remained witiout the smallest scruple OF con-
science that we were fastening his existence to
"And You shook hands with General Washing
ton 7" asked OF the Old after his disposition
70 become communicative evinced itself.
RECoLECrIONs OF WASHINGTON.
YES yes" ne answered, and his eyes frightened
iowght them 1.-THE BRITISH at Trenton. He towght
them three days and he made 500 Heasans prison
memory '1Good many HessIans was brought to
ana when they was liberated tney Set. b
dren he e me mes is here r' still" ill., v ''
WAS It about that time you saw washington !"
"a ows Old Did were you then ~ nA go
III was young man. suppose about nineteen
or twenty. went down from Mount Bethel with
stopped at the oaks Tavern. There was only about
ten or dozen houses in East0n ut the time.
auS nSss WITH HR az the the ssy
He shook hands with me first, because
nm "a noa the his no rst he o up
mind that the Niger servant on black horse as
black as himself would do that. And so he did. /
horse the boys got about him and made fun out
OF him. General washington went into the Oaks
and had somethin' to eat and drink. lie wore .
yaner Dreeches and long boots and only one spur.
o. he was fine man. He toek on hs coat, ana
vancampen took It into the kitchen to dry. HIS
boots was all wet from the snow, and his pistols
"How IL it you did not join the American armys''
and one fellow ii in Easton drew pistol to shoot
me- and got mad and ! swore would not nght
with tAem but IL never sSEs fought axs sga1n
"Did you ever meet General Laiayetter'
.s was He gsssSt he
where did you meet him ~ MA. q
1.-TWO or three years alter saw General Wash
ton he was pointed out TO me at Dils Ferry, below
the Water Cap 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 a fall. He spoke French and Eng
lish and you couldn't tell which from the other. o.
he was a., line man, yes, iremembsr , wei General
took his army across the Blue Ridge, through Wind
Gap, and near the Susquehanna he had a battle
his men in exchange for bottle of appejack."
THE WHISKEY REBELLION. ',|
What do you remember OF the whiskey rebel
Every well. Every man used to make his own
whiskey, and the government wanted to tax IL,
government. There were two men killed at
Stroudsburg. They came up from Philadelphia to
seize some stills above the mountains, and they
'"Did you take hand in % gc3e % .n
Eyes, yes. We beat lem, and didn't pay d-n
"What was the real cause of that rumpus ~
Cup this way we had to carry produce by
phia we lost money, because one horse could only
carry seven eight bushels OF wheat but you
i easy and then as It was the only drink we
and as we made it ourselves, we didn't see what
right we had to be taxed"
TOO OLD FOR SERVICE IN 1872
"Where were you in 1872 ~
al was right here In this county"
'Did you take no part in the war 2"
'.No, was too old. They made call for men be.
tween the ages Of twenty one and ferty-bve, and
=" ibid id You ever ride on railroad ?"
"Never, nor don't want to-" ,.rp .u
"Did you ever visit New York ?" .l.u
some money, but suppose III never have chance
OF g0in' now"
sDid you ever hear of the Tammany Ring, OF Jim
Fisk, Bin Tweed, the Credit Mobilier and Cakes
mo, no; who was they, what did they doy'
"Wel, they were young men who had q way OF
coming at the blind side OF other people and feath-
t.Yes. YES; zee. heerd tell of shch men. They
| beat Ned Marshall. L thought Ned bad enough,
but I'm told he wasn't patch on these lads in New
"Wh6 was Ned MARSHALL,
at was Ned walked the Injuns out Of their lands.
wanted land they made friendly call on the In
| juns, and the Injuns gave them as much 40 man
wss s GysT w w4e re as fsg
Injuns, they got as much land as man might walk
across without giving up. Penn's people got Ned
till he walked in near hundred miles Of land with
out stoppln'. When the lnjuns found themselves
cheated this way they took a walk Of their own
| and slaughtered nearly every man, woman and
| child north Of the mountains. suppose this Bill
Ames you mention Is bigger walker than Ned
sNe Is. His name is not Bill, but Cakes. He
| walked around q number Of congressman aud
senators, and actually walked of with the Pacific
"You don't tell me ~ cried the old man with
establishment: walked or with a railroad !
Dragged about his hundred.mile walk, but he never
did nothin' Ike wakin' OF with railroad. That
'Oh. it's q common thing with us nowadays
| We have men in New York who think nothing Of
walking of with railroad, and we have men in
Washington who are constantly walking of with D
million acres OF the public land. A native OF your
own statesmen Cameron-can beat Ned Mar
shall ali to pieces. II you live long enough You may
see him walk OH with the Pennsylvania Legisia.
ture."
centenarian exclaimed, chow the times have
changed And who is Cameronsn
.On, you must know him, Mr.. lie Barre. He is q
| distinguished ornament OF this State in Congress.
He began life later than you did, but by unailing
industry has managed to place himself beyond the
II see, = said the centenarian meditatively. az
suppose he lives in two story house., with slate
! roof now: but Camer0n--Cameron. 1 can't recOl-
| lect HIM. Did he ever chop wood for livin'r'
| al think not, Mr.. LIE Barre, but he has certainly
done good deal Of logr0lling."
HE GOES SMOKE.
Here the old man reached up TO the mantelpiece
for his pipe, and being furnished with some Lone
Jack tobacco, he assumed happier expression OF
face than he had worn before. In the meantime
his interesting daughter furnished US with many
points OF the family history, and among other things
told us that her fathers diet for years consisted OF
i soups, mush and milk, hOminy ''and SIGH things
| that ne always went TO bed early and was up be-
| fore day break. Sometimes he went coon hunting
| in the woods as early as three In the morning. He
| always worked very hard and was man OF great
| strength and endurance. lie was splendid shot.
and made
| THE INDIANS ENVY HIN.
| With the Indians George spent a good deal OF his
| time. He iavorite among them. When ne