The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1875-05-20

Gen. T. r. Toole, advance agent
for Hows's Colossal Menagerie and
Circus, billed for Des MONIES for the
26th Of May, has seen moro OF me
than any ordinary twenty men OF al:
are. He is Z native Of Maine, and
With genuine Yankee unrest early be-
came . wanderer. At the breaking
out of the Rebellion he was . clerk
in the custom house At New Orleans.
Refusing most tempting offers o.
commission and place from the South
ern Confederacy, he was placed I'M
der military guard as . spy. Prior
| to that he had been boarding at the
| ST.. Charles hotel. Among the guests
was the daughter of a member OF
Congress from Texas. She had be-
come deeply enamored Of the young
clerk, Yankee although he was, aud
if it had not been for the war, the
present advance agent might have
been . peaceful planter on the no
Grande, with a plethorio purse, two
hundred darkies, and dozen little
Tooles, But the Fates made him
different path, and he landed 10
Confederate prison. Here he remain
ed nearly 4 week in bondage, when
one evening about dark the doors
were opened and the young lady en-
tered. BY the influence of her faith
er she had been able to procure ad-
mission. After remaining half an
hour the guard was called and the
lady retired. When the officer OF
the day made his final round ne dis
covered in Toole's cell young lady,
but not the prisoner he had left there
in the morning. She had brought
duplicate of her own dress and given
it to her lover, who made his escape
under its disguise. !,
By devious routes Toole reached
the North and became Captain in
New York regiment. Four years ne
was in the army, being mustered out
at the close Of the war in the very
CITY where he had been taken prison
er at its commencement. The young
lady had long before that vanished
from New Orleans, nor was the Col
onel. for with that title he left tho
army, able to ascertain where she
had gone.
Having had some experience in the
show business, the Colonel accepted .
position as manager of large me-
nagerie and circus fitting out at New
Orleans for tour in South America
The expedition sailed in November
/ When near the South American
t coast it was wrecked on a bidder
: rock, all but twenty of the two hun
9 bred attaches drowning, togethe
9 with all the stock except three seals
J. On the back Of one Of these animal
Il the Colonel made 4 safe landing O
e the shore, about three miles distant
4 1t was an uninhabited mainland, an
8 he pushed onward int the interior i
n search Of food. Several days marc
9 brought him to a small town wher
d he was mads a prisoner by the n;
:, tives and charged with being sp
e for an opposing faction in one of tn
J. interminable wars that are CONSTANT
e being waged among the sewers
h South American States. To prov
le hi. innocence the Colonel offered
lie do battle for his captors. He ws
,e released, placed in the ranks, wher
d few days later, he did valiant dut
T. in a battle Of unusual stubborne'
and ferocity. From that time he b
q came \ favorite and was regular
st commissioned Major General in tt
IS Native army, which rank he held III
', til January 1870, when the longin
h for home became too strong and h
l. resigned, intending to return
le Maine. iii luck again waylaied hi
er and he became q castaway on Il
ID coast of Cuba by the wreck of h
le vessel. Hero he was again mat
. prisoner by the insurgent army, ar
I, kept in close confinement for sever
h months, being finally released throug
n the mediation of the American mil
le lister.
v Another more fortunate sea vo,
8. age landed him safe in Penobsc'
r. bay. After visit among frient
It and relatives, he again became = r.
n yer, turning up last year in the Japal
X ese army in the attack on Corea.-
b Here he left leg, although no or
t, would suspect from his quick, actis
II motions. that one of his underpil
e. nings was made of cork. In Sout
n America he had an eye shot ava.
n but glass optic, SO perfectly forme
< and colored that it is not distinguish
II able from its real mate, does duty
K. its place.
Of Early in 1875, the General arrive
= at San Francisco, whence he WI
1, summoned by telegraph to take Il
It place he now has. That's livel
II record of events Cor q man not "
1t forty years of ags.-,State Register.