The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-11-06

and they went 10 look for her.
They looked under the shelves and be-
hind the -four barrel, and into the cup
board, but no kitten was to be seen.
"she's under the foor!" cried papa, in
dismay.
suddenly remembering that she shut the
drawer when she went into the pantry,
and found the spoiled goodies.
Papa opened the drawer, and out jump:
ed Topsy right into his face, which startled
him SO that he jumped back against
mamma, and made her knock oil the lamp
Topsy had dashed wildly under the cup
board, but when she heard the chimney
smash she rushed out, and under the
stove, with her tail three or four times as
big as usual. 49,
Mamma stepped very carefully, with her
bare feet over the broken glass, and lit
another lamp. Papa opened the outside
door. Mamma took down the broom, and
punched at the place where Topsy had
disappeared, while papa kicked the door
OF the tin ven on the other side OF the
stove.
Topsy thought the house must be CONF
ing down, and so she scampered out Of the
door so fast that she looked like black
streak.
"Sho there!" cried mamma, and papa
shouted "SC-SCATn
And then the clock struck twelve and
Thanksgiving was over.-Hdrrid e. Bdgg.
- L.
The wheeIbarroW Walk 10 California;
Potter's Experience by the Way.
R. Lyman Potter, the celebrated wheel
barrow man, rolled his barrow down X
street, Sacramento, yesterday, followed by
a crowd OF several hundred men and boys,
and seeming but little the worse for his
trampSoi nearly 1900 miles. To a Chronicle
reporter he told the following story:
81 started, April 10, at o'clock in the
afternoon, from Albany, n. Y, to walk
4oS5 miles, from that city to San Francisco,
in ol5 working days. The feat wasthe up
shot ola talk between myself and few
friends about Weston. l offered to wager
81 900 that would walk to San Francisco,
and wheel barrow all the way, in 2l5
days, Sundays excluded. Thebet was not
taken up, but q number OF betting men
made up purse OF 81, 900 and l started.
Two men started with me; one OF them
watched me in the interest OF the parties
who placed the 81 900 in bank, and the
other represented the people VINO had
outside bets. My barrow was given to
me by the men who made up the purse.
It weighs about sixty pounds and was
covered over during my journey. | had
TO stop several times TO have it repaired,
rs the jolting threatened to knock it to
To Buffalo averaged thirty miles day.
| followed the turnpike from Buffalo to
Cleveland and Toledo, and afterward
followed the line Of the Pittsburgh and
Fort Wayne Railroad, and leaving it struck
the Chicago and Columbus. l got into
Chicago May %, and stopped three days.
After / left Chicago I did not stop more
than day or two anywhere on the rout, OK.
cept at Plum Creek, Nebraska, where had
a sun stroke, which laid me out for fifteen
DAYS. l never travelled on Sunday, be-
cause it was one OF the conditions OF the
feat. found it hard to get over the
trestleworks. Every one on the road was
very kind to me, and would not, many
times, take any money from me. took
letters to deliver on my way at two bits
each, and got quite mail bag. Here the
wheelbarrow man exhibited neatly kept
diary, with stamps of several postal stations
impressed on its leaves. The book was
also full Of autographs OF principal
citizens in towns passed through.
"Are you much ahead OF timer" in
auired the reporter. twenty-five days;
[ start tomorrow for San Francisco, and
can get there easily in ten days. l could
have been here yesterday, but could not
travel Sundays.' "Did the trip cost you
much?" "About $500. Meals were ex-
pensiye, four bits and 81. l did not get
iootsore, but am tired Of the job and wish
it was over" Potter is fine man, Of
splendid physique and wearing o full
beard. There Is not the slightest sign OF
the mailman about him, but on the con-
trary, he exhibits the citation OF the win
ner in long and arduous contest against
timc.-Sn Francisco Chronicle October ID.