The Morning herald., 1876-06-12
NOVELTY OR PATRIOTISM.

NOVELTY OR PAT81OT1SM.
1t is hard to tell whether it is novelty
OF patriotism that actuates people to make
trips. on foot hundreds of miles to attend
the Centennial. If it is pctriotism then
some Of onr people still retainin 1S76some
Of that spirit which infused the honest sett-
lers insl776. First it is a company of SOL
diers tramping hundreds Of miles, with
shining muskets, and glistening bayonets,
and making ravages upon all the victuals
Of the country through which they pass !;
then we have instances Of little boys who
have left their homes determined to see the
Centennial, who tramp all the weary miles,
camping out at nights in very romantic
manner, getting captured and handled ina
very un-romantic manner under the in.
huence ofthe slipper or birch. All are
bent upon the same errand, and drop down
upon the Great Centennial Exhibition and
the people with the glory of dust and hun-
CRY stomaches for their trouble. The latest
of these trampers is what is known as the
Wheelbarrowman. The newspapers state
that he is to come from Missouri, place
called Joplin, Jaspher County, over
thousand miles away.
He is over fifty years efage, and isnamed
J. G. Temple, and is accompanied by son
thirteen years of age, who is to assist him
up the hills. Accompanying him is an
Englishman who is similarly eqnipped as
Mr.. Temple, with wheelbarow and con-
tents, and they are travelling together as
Johnny Bull and Brother Jonathan, to
show the good terms of the tive nations.
Mr.. Temple left Joplin on the 2Sth Of
February last, accompanied by his son Otto
and an Englishman named Wilson. Some
time last winter he made proposition,
that if the Oronogo and Joplin Mining
Company of Jasper county would give him
fifty pounds of meteorological specimens
from tfeir mines, he would wheel them on
wheelbarrov all the way to the Centen
NAL II was first thought that Mr.. Temple
was .esting, but it was soon found that he
was in dead earnest. Some beautiful speci-
mems of ore were brought to him, and he
at once set about making wheelbarrow
that will be suitable for so long journey.
Several models were made and one OF them
selected. 1t was only one wheel, which
is under the centre or the body of the box
and the load is on it,so balanced that when
it is moved comparatively no weight Is
carried by the man who pushes it, but all
rests on the wheel. The box is 4 feet long,
| IS inches wide in front, 2 feet wide of the
rear end At the rear end it is s inches
deep, and 4 inches in depth at the front
end, and is divided off into compartments
covered by separate lids. The wheel is 80
inches in diameter, extends through the
centre of the box, and is covered by acir-
cular box or lid. The entire barrow is
handsomely painted in carmine and blue,
richly ornamented with gilt.
The lad, in going up steep hills assists
hisfather by attaching a handle to the
front. The entire weight of the barrow,
baggage and specimens of minerals is $50
pounds, and the cast of the outfit 1925.
Thus equipped Mr.. Temple started on
his tour in company with the Englishman,
who had similar wheelbarrow, in which
their scanty baggage was to be carried.
They travelled as Brother Jonathan and
johnny Bull" On reaching Pacific City
Mo-, Johnny Bull was taken sick, and had
to abandon the journey. They have made
rs high as 27 miles a day and rarely
less than 20 miles, though they have
frequently stopped off at convenient points
to recuperate.