The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1876-07-26

iuuog Jes~up. If Philati. hia,
~ho W., Silled III duel Ia Colorado,
Possessed rowing disposition lie
served i1 the army when fourteen
years Of aye. ia 1856. then only
twenty. be, with single compsni D.
started oa an overland triI. ago0od
the world The joarney across the
plains at that time was particularly
dangerous. The Indians were sus-
picious and sesentful Of the encrosch-
ments of the whites. The frontier
posts were insufficiently guarded.
and. as consequence the savages
had grown bolder in their raids. The
two young men left LeavenwOrth,
Kan. with canvass covered wagon
ard four light mules. For about a
mcath they travelled entirely alone,
but on the borders Of Nebraska tbey
found 1t necessary to join train for
the purpose of mutual protection.
Their party numbered thirty-four in
all, and for nearly three weeks the
party was beset by bands Of hostile
Sioux, who followed them until they
came to a a military post Arriving
at Denver, then just rising into PROM
inence. the two young men visited
the different mining camps and towns
of Colorado, skirting the mountains
to Bishops pass, aud proceeded
thence to Salt Lake City. Proceed
ing westward toward Sacramento
they made frequent detours, visiting
whatever Vas Of interest by the way,
now journrying alone aud again Join
ing the wagon trains they overlook.
In California they explored the won
ders of the Yosemite, then a compar-
ativelv unknow region, and after re-
naming here some time they sailed
for the Sandwich islands aud thence
TO China, Malacca, Ceylon and India
to the Himalayas, returning half way
back to Allahabad Upon making
the great journey across central India
by "coOlie dak"-a two-wheeled cart
drawn by sixteen natives-thev ar
rived at Bombay. Proceeding thence
by steamer 10 Alden, and up the Red
sea to Suez aud through lower Egypt
to Alexandria, their further Journey
was interrupted by cable teleg. a
TO young Jessup announcing his
mothers dangerous sickness and
summoning him home by the quickest
route. In all his dangerous and ad-
venturous journey, 10 the hardship
and exposure to which they were ex-
posed, his companion bears him wit
ness to his chivalric disposition, his
desire to protect the weak from impo-
sition and his disposition voluntarily
TO assume more than bis share OF the
hard work.
And now comes the contrast. AZ
ter having been at home but little
while Jessup went to Europe aud
made tFe grand tour. He visited all
the great capitals from Paris to Wen
ua, from st. Petersburg to Rome.
Supplied with aountant means be liv-
ed most luxurious life aud became
sated with all the pleasures Of eoati-
mental life. His sense Of manliness
and his keen enjoyment of innate re-
6nement of character that was ocea-
siOnally strongly marked kept him
from many Of those excesses into
which other young men have fallen.
While living in this Wav be insistsd
on having all The appointments of
his daily life as nearly perfect as
might be For him there was no
middle course. Unless he could dine
ca regie in the city he preferred a bit
of bacon and the freedom Of the
backwoods
Some six years ago be went into
business in Philadelphia, bat the
roaming habit had grown too strong
for him TO be long contented with the
daily routine OF Office work In 1873
be gave up his position and bought a
stock farm in New Mexico, which he
afterward transferred TO Colorado.
This sort of lie seemed 70 suit him
exactly, and on a visit to his home
last winter be expressed hi,1seIf wei!
satisfied with bis new occupation aud
his desire 20 make his home perman-
emily in the West.