The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-23
WANDERING TYPO.
a PRINTERS ROMANTIC CAREER-HAFa-
BREADTE 'sCAPEs By LA-D AyD SEA-
STARTS A PAPER " JEBCsALAA[.
AND wEDS A PERSIAN LADY.

Little over . year ago 4 short notice vas
published IN tie St. Louis papers Of the
arrival GDG strange career OF . wandering
''tyPO-' named Isaac Smith, or, as lie was
frequently called by bis brother compost
tors, Ike smith At that time be was
Saying 1t the Friendly Inn, 1921 Broad
way. His restless, er-atic nature. however.
did not permit him to remain long il this
city, and he as suddeliy disappeared from
81 Louis IS he appeared II II. Since then
Ike has wandered 10 the golden slope OF
the Pacific. taking IN on his route Denver.
salt Lake City. Omaha, Dead wood. Carson
City and san Francisco, gaining his pre-
caTIous livelihood a. tbiz Office or that in
the various towns he passed through dur
ing his meaudeTiBgs- Last week Ike ID
expect6dlv turned up il his old baunts IN
this city on the look out for A Job. He
looked very dIlapidated auG battered and
his gray beard was uDkeUur and uushaTen.
He Is now about sixty-five years of age.
but Is st.l tolerably hale and hearty. one
cay last week be did some type setting for
the Evening Post - and managed 70 set 10
between >, 600 and g. 600 ems.
\ Post reporter yesterday met the Old
fellow, who was smoking short clay pipe.
and knowing his affection for Bourbon 80
invited bIrl 70 take : drink, when he gave
hin 4 short account Of his wanderings.
he was born n 1912. IL huskiDgum cCuu-
". IN the ueighborhood Of GAINESVILLE, Ohio.
When boy he went TO indianapolis, where
he became
PRINTERS DEVIL
and learned 70 set type. and has followed
the occupation Of a printer ever since. He
must have had al extraordinary passion
for travelling, for when be had once learn
ed his trade be seldom remained twelve
mouths II one place. II 1880, when eigh-
teen years Of age, he left Ind annapolis. and
spent the next ten years Of bis life wander
ing through the various States Of the Union,
and visiting nearly every city Of any size.
IN 1870 he worked his way a. q deck hand
On sailing vessel 70 Liverpool and began
touring ID the United Kingdom. He a.
ways managed 70 earn t0lerabIs existence
by bis type setting. After passing nearly
eight years IN England, Scotland and Ire
land he crossed the Straits Of Dover and
stayed couple Of years al Paris where he
Witnessed the cCllE q 5-Ei # Nauo leon
Thence he Travelled through Switzerland,
Span and Italy. crossed tbe Alps into Aus
tina, and went % Berlin. AJ the bIeak-Out
Of the last Polish instruction he was still
II that city, and becoming affiliated 70 a
secret order Of Republicans. lie. with some
fifty men, crossed the PTlssiaa b0uu5arv
Of POSs1 into Russian Poland. Here be
followed Che fortunes Of Gen. R0Z-Izkl Eu
many a scr5unage with the Russians. bl-
vas unfortunately taken prisoner ana sent
% > o5-Ia. His sultH-lCCS en- route 90 that
desliare country lie described - intense.
arrived there Le was kept at work iu the
IoDols[ 1iz--5G-- but was 50 fzr favored as
70 escape beng sent TO the mines After
Two years severe hardship he managed 70
escape from the Russian territory with a
friend , party Of hu-ds- whose Eaude-ings
across the desert he shared until they reach
ed Persia. where be remained for three
years, and received az Official appointment
l. :
He
MARRIED a PERSIAN LADY
Of distinction daring his second years res.
ldence amongst the polite PeEsl2ls, bat she
died ID childbirth. He then conceived 4
dislike for Persia although his position
there vas the best be had ever euioTed,
and he quietly made pTepaTa tiUus 10 leave
u be Joined 2 caravan Of Persian mer-
chants wl0 were en- route t. D0m bay. and
n their company travelled tie turbulent
country OF AfghaDistan, reaching British
Incla IN safety. From BON bay he crossed
India 70 Calcutta where he followed his
occupation as type setter Tor some months.
after which LIs love Of adventure Induced
him % ship TO Port Louis, IN the AIaurItius.
This island soou grew dis-asasf-l 70 him.
and SO he worked his way before the mast
q tie Cape Of Good Hope and passed some
tune aC1ougSt the Dutch Doors. Ee cross
ed the heppi region - Natal. From Nata.
he took passage ID an Arab leIucca % Zau-
zibaT, aud then 10 Abyssiuia. n the latter
country he a. first lid very well. until King
Theodore imprisoned al the Europeans.
and be remained il dCra-ce vile until the
Eng llsh expedition under Napier sUor-ed
Magda3a4 killed Theodore and released the
prisoners. Egypt vas tbs next cuuu-ry
visited by this restless individual. auG here
lie engaged ID the occupation OF horse
breeding on the banks Of the Nile. Tli..
however did not pan oUc very vel. bit he
made some money. A remarkable idea
oow took possession Of BIN lie determined
10 publish q
sENlI-VEEELy PAPER y TERUsALE2L-
he thought the numerous European Wis
isors 70 the Holy City would be sufficient &c
make the enterprise lucrative Cue. He
accordingly departed for Jerusalem and
issued his paper, which was Published hElf
IL English aud half in French. For aus
month he published this jourHal. Eh5oh he
called The Holy Ciry Times 5lt then
his funds gaze out Ike claims % Be the
only cOmpUsibOv who set type ia ; Jerusalem
His next adventure vas to Join company
Of Turks Oh a pilgrimage 10 Mecca where
be saw r h7aba, or the Holy Gave. One
Of these deFout Turks took great fancy
70 Ike and induced him % return with him
70 COnstauEiu0ple- IN Stamboul he re-
maiued for eighteen months working As :
printer
He Afterwards made 2 tour Of Greece,
returning 10 CouSJsutIuuple, where be re-
NAMED a few months longer, after which
be crossed the Balkans, wandered through
ROuDauIay and going into Southern Russia
IS far a. Odessa. From Odessa Ee sga-c
shipped before the mast ~ LouGlls where
ne settled 6cwu for 1tIss OF f0lr Eears.
finally
RETURxIzG TO AMERICA
IN 1872. He got employment II Nev York
or he Herald, bur b IS EacCsrlIE pro
pensities would no. permit Llra L. settle
down permanently. without reiafITes or
friends be resumed his journeys thro1EE
the Stases and Ike = seil klaEn - tie
COMPOSING rooms Of most newspapers Il
the couutTF HIS course = -p ard down o.
and fro GA the face ef tGe earth. and lac
VII probably spend fas remainder ~ liG
days ia the same egTatio. never resting
manner. Eyerv 10 y and luru -r ta.us -g