Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-04-23

as it was the only drink we had, and
as we made it ourselves. we didn't see
what right we bad to be taxed"
TOO OLD FOR SERVICE IN 1872.
Where were you in 1922"
was right here in this county"
Did you take no part in the war "
"No; was too old. They made q
call for men between the ages of tWen-
ty-one and forty five, and I was over
fifty
Did you ever ride on a railroad ?u
Never, nor don't want to-"
Did you ever visit New York ?D
% Never. I was agoln' there once,
when ] had come money; but sup
pose I'll never have a chance Of goin'
now
PEOPLE he NEVER HEARD OF.
Did you hear of the TAmmany
Ring, of Jim Fisk, Bill Tweed. the
Credit Mobilier and Oakes Ames2n
"No, no; who was they, what did
they do?"
Well, they were youug men who
had q way of coming at the tlInd side
Of other people and feathering their
own nests.n
Yes, yes; I see. 1 heeFd tell Of
such men. They beat Ned Marshall
I thought Ned bad enough, but I'm
told he wasn't q patch on these lads
in New York"
Who was Ned Marshall!D
"a II was Ned walked the Injuns cut
of their lands. You see, in the old
times when Penn's people wanted
land, they made q friendly call on the
Injuns, aud the Injuns gave. them as
much asa 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 Civ
/ ing up. PENIS people got Ned Mar
shall to walk for them, and be kept
on walkin' till he walked ia near q
hundred miles of land without stop.
PIN. When the Injuns found them
selves cheated this way. they took q
walk of their own, and slaughtered
nearly every man, woman and child
north Of the mountains. I suppose
this Bill Ames you mention is big
ger walker than Ned MRrsh3ll2"
4" He is. His name is not Bill, but
Oakes. He walked around a number
Of CongressmeIr and Senators, and
actually walked OF with the Pacific
Railroad T..1.a-.
I" You don't tell me?n cried the
old man with astOnishment. "He
walked off with q railroadl 4 only
wish Ned Marshall was alive. He al
ways Dragged about his hundred mile
walk, but he never did nothin' like
walkin' off with q railroad. That is
putty steep"
"Oh, it's q common thing with US
nowadays. We have men in New
York who think nothing oil Walking
of with railroad, and we have men
In Washington who are constantly
walking of with g million acres OF
the public land. A native OF your
own State-Simon Cameron can beat
Ned Marshall all to pieces. III you
live long enough you may see him
walk on with the Pennsylvania Leg
islaturs.n -e2
"Dear me-" the beBildered and
simple minded, centinarian exelaim.
ed, "hoW times have changed And
who is Cameron ?'
"Oh, YOU must know him, Mr.. LIE
Barre. He Il 9 distinguished orna
meut of this State in Congress, He
/ began life later than you did, but BY
unfailing industry has managed to
place himself beyond the reach OF
poverty" ---
Z" I see" T" said the centenarian medi
tatively. "I suppose he lives In atwO
story house, with q slate roof now I;
bot Cameron-CamerOn. ] can't rec
OBJECT him. Did he ever chop wood
for hvin ?' ..-..- ---- ~,
~ think not, Mr.. LIE Barre, but lie
has certainly done good deal Of log
rolling"
HERE GOES FOR A SMOKE. ia
Here the old man reached up TO the
mantel-peice for his pipe. and being
furnished with some Lone Jack TO-
bacco, he assumed Q happier express
sion Of face shan 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
soups, mush and milk, hominy land,
sleh things" that he always went to
bed early and was up before day
break. Sometimes he went COON
hunting in the woods as early as three
in the morning. He always worked
very hard aRd was q man of great
strength aud endurance. He was .
splendid shot and made .srasl|
THE INDIANS ENVY HIN. 1
With the Indians George spent a
good deal of his time. He was q ia
vorite among them. When be went
to Ohio in 1903, the new tribes film
dians he met there were always friend
ly towards him. 81 met one chap"
said he, ''that talked very sweet, but
be stole all my whiskey and drank
himself to death" -ot- l q,
GEORGES FAMILY. ai- 81
He says Cincinnati then consisted
of a few houses down by the riVer.
He failed to agree with his father,
who was q man Of wayWard impulses
and constantly getting into trouble.
George had fourteen children, eight OF
whom are living-the eldest being 3
young buck just turned ninety. -l
"He has the asthma" observed the
daughter and don't think he'll live
to be an old man, ---- n
George said, II built one house fOr
my son David and another for my son
Hugh. 1 lived with both OF them for
awhile. but could never agree with
their wives, 50 ] left them. Ny sou
Htgh Thoughts the house I Quilt for
him not good enough, 50 he put mp
one himself--R grand house with
slate roof" The old man looks upon
a house with slate roof IS something
akin TO s palace. a
My children now" be uttered in
4 plaintive manner, saTe nearly all far
away. One in this State and another
in that, and I SUPPOSE some Of them 1
may never see agsin.n
ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT. -
He has always been Democrat and
voted for every Presidential eandi-
date since Washington except at the
last election. Horace Greeley was too
much for him and he refrsined from
attending the polls. ~
THE RULING PASSION.
In the summer Of 1869 he feIled
trees and peeled with his own hands
three wagon loads Of bark, which one
of his grand ehildren-a lad OF sixty
years-hauled TO market. He has
lived to see his great-great-great
grandchildren.
AN INTERESTING CALCULATION ]
Has been made by local statisti-
clan that ne is responsible for increas-
the population OF the United States 70
the number OF Il, 210. The local sta
tiscisn goes to work in this way IF
we take,the family Of Mr.. George lie
Barre, spelling it corruptly La Bar
IS 4 rule for the rest we find that he