The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1873-02-01

/ snS SoAno, 'ooN sJ 'SS'
shot." -. 4 81 Z .a F,
did you take q hand in9' q
Eyes, yes. We beat 'em, and didn't
pay q d-n cent to EN-" a'
"Whst was the real cause Of that
rumpusT .
up this way We had TO carry pro-
ddce by horses, and when we had to
carry'it to Philsdelphis We lost money.
because one horse could only carry
seven or eight bushels of wheat, but
you could make thirty bushels into
whisky aud carry it easy and then as
it was the only drink we had, and as
We,made yourselves, we didn't see what
right we had to be taxed" ,-.
TOO OLD FOR SERVICE m 1872.
Where we're you in 1922
=, II was right here in this county"
IBID you take no part in the war ?
mo. l was too old. They made .
call for men between the ages Of TWEEN
ty-one and forty-fve, and I was over
fiftv.", ,.,.-.- ril ss.."
ibid you ever ride on q rsilroadY
Never, nor don't want to-"
b "Did you ever visit New York 2
Never. I was agoip' there once
when l had some money, but | suppose
I'll never have chance Of goin' now
PEOPLE HR NEVER HEARD OF.
ibid you ever hear of the Tammany
Ring, Of Jim Fisk, Bill Tweed, the
Credit Mobilier and Cakes Ames?
mo, no; who was they, what did
they dor
"Well, they were young men who
had way OF coming at the blind side
of other people and feathering their
own nests"
Eyes, yes; see. heerd tell Of such
men, They beat Ned Marshall. /
thought Ned bad enough, but I'm told
he wasn't patch on these lads in New
York"
"Who was Ned Marshall p
ut was Ned walked the 1njuns out
Of their lands You STE, in the old
times when PENIS people wanted land
they made friendly call on the InjuDs,
and the Injuns gave them as much as
a 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 man might walk
across without giving up. Penn's peo-
pie got Ned Marshall to walk for them,
and he kept on walkin' till he walked
in near a hundred miles oil land without
stoppin'. When the Ipjuns found
themselves cheated this way, they took
walk of their own and slaughtered
nearly every man, woman and child
north of the mountains. I suppose this
Bill Ames you mention is q bigger
walker than Ned Marshall"
"He ia. His name is not Bill, but
Cakes. He walked around q number
of Congressman and Senators, and &C
tually walked off with the Pacific rail-
road"
"You don't tell meT cried the old
man with astonishment. Walked of
with a railroadl 1 only wish Ned
Marshall was alive. He always
Dragged about his hundred mile walk.
but he never did nothin' like walkin'
off with a railroad. That is putty
steep"
ooh, it's a common thing with US
nowadays. We have men in New York
who think nothing Of walking off with
railroad, and we have men in Wash
ington who are constantly walking off
with million acres of the public land.
A native of your own Statesmen
Csmeron-can beat Ned Marshall all
to pieces. II you live long enough you
may see him walk off with the Penn
sylvsnia Legislature"
Dear me" the bewildered and sim
pie minded centenarian exclaimed,
"how the times have changed! AMI
who is Cameron"
"Oh, you must know him, Mr.. lie
Barre. He 10 8 distinguished ornament
of this State in Congress. He began
life later than you did, but by uniailing
industry has managed to place himself
beyond the reach Of poverty.
II see," said the centenarian medi.
tatively. Il suppose he lives in two
story house, with slate roof now; but
Cameron-Cameron. I can't recollect
him. Did he ever chop wood for a
liviD 2
II think not, Mr.. LIE Barre, but be
has certainly done a good deal OF log
rolling" a.
HR GoBs FOR A SMOKE.
Here the old man reached up to the
mautelpiece for his pipe, and being fur
nished with some Lone Jack tobacco,
he assumed happier expression OF
face than he had worn before. In the
meantime bis interesting daughter fur
nished US with many points of the
family history, and 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 bed early and was up
before daybresk. Sometimes he went
coon huntingin the woods as early IS
three in the morning. He always
worked very hard, and was q man OF
great strength and endurance. He was
a splendid shot, and made
THE INDIANS ENVY HIM.
With the Indiana George spent q
good deal OF his time. He was a favorite
among them. When he went to Ohio
IN 1903, the new tribes OF Indians he
met there were always friendly toward
him. II met one chap" said he, that
talked very sweet, but he stole all my
whisky and drank himself to death"
Georges FAMILY.
He saws Cincinnati then consisted OF
few houses down by the river. He
failed to agree with his father. who was
a man OF wayward impulses and con-
stantly getting into trouble. George
had fourteen children, eight Of whom
l;v;no-fbe eldest being a Young