The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-07-05
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Across the Continent With Wheelbarrow-
On to Patagonia The Uncle Sam.

If have good luck I'll wheel her down
Broadway to Castle Garden, where | once
L. p. Federmeyer, as he passed through In
dianapoIis a few weeks ago. But he won't
make 1t. The Altoona Tribune chronieled his
arrival In that city on Wednesday. and push
York and the end Of his journey before July II.
Federmeyer is short, slim, wtry French
man. Last fall he entered q contest with Ly-
man Potter, the veritabe lunatic who pushed
wheelbarrow from New York to San Fran
cisco during the Clarkson Potter commit
tee investigation, to recross the continent
with the same vehicle, for q wager OF
$500. Both men started on the eighth Of De-
cember, travelling by way OF San Jose, Placer
Vile, Reno, Ogden, cheyenne, Denver, KAN
the objective point being New York. The
terms OF the wager require that both men
shall trundle q 124-pound Wheelbarrow and
paddle themselves across all streams and
rivers In small boats. Eedermeyer took the
lead from the start. He experienced great
difficulty In crossing the Rocky Mountains,
but met with no mishaps until hehad reached
Sheridan, Kansas. There he fell off a railroad
bridge and struck on the stones, fifteen feet
below. His rate Of travel Is twenty-five miles
red flannel shirt and black pantaloons A
broadbrim straw hat is pulled over a face that
Is red with tan. The Wheelbarrow Is orna-
mented with miniature flags and q windmill
buiItover the wheel serves as Q fan. He sells
pictures Of himself on the route Potter Is
400 miles behind, but still pressing on, with
the same hope entertained by the rest of the
world-that Federmeyer may break his neck
before he gets across the Delaware.
The walking Widow Potts. who proposes to
pad all the way from this city to New Orleans
and return In five months, has reached Mount
Airy, Ga, bound south. She left here about
forty days ago. AS far as can be learned the
widow is not walking on wager, but Just for
the fun of the thing. When crowd Of boys
trotted out Broad street with her In April she
was fresh from the handbook and so in pass
ing Chester, Wilmington and Maryland points
she gained the admiration Of the spectators by
the peach-like bloom upon her cheek. Now, II
the Mount Airy correspondent of the Augusta
Chronicle may be believed, the widow Is less
prepossessng. The correspondent says: "She
was dressed in q cheap gown, belted with
cloth belt, In which she had watch; had on
straw hat, with a pink, white and blue band
any manner Of means. her shoes were com
mon morocco, about No. 5's-fat heel. Has
badly sun burned, bold-looking. She says she
has no fear of being molested. 1 guess not,
The widow is said to think that the eyes of
the world are upon her. When she shall re-
turn to this city she expects to challenge
Weston, or whoever may hold the Ashley belt,
to a 6-day, 6O-day or 600-day walk for the
VAGA tA15 bHouRu buo SLu6S
Jog on, jog on. the footpath way
And merriy hent the silica:
a"@a A merry heart goes all the day,
Your sad tires In q mile-a
Henry st. Patrick Tudor, when last heard
from, q few days ago, was crossing the Red
river in Louisiana, still bound South. The
public will bear In mind that Mr.. Tudor Is on
his way to Patagonia. whittier he will be
borne on the back of faithful steed. He
left New York some time last February, with
the design of elevating James Gordon Ben
nett, of the Herald. to the purple of Patago-
Mia. In swimming the Red river an alligator
swallowed him, or rather his left leg. With
great presence OF mind st. Patrick slipped
out Of his left boot, and while the alligator
made his meal on leather, the gallant pilgrim
escaped. Such, ct least lis the story told by
the local papers, which seem to be painfully
unappreciatiye Of the explorers worth.
The little boat "Uncle Sam" bearing Capt.
Goldsmith and his wife from Boston around
the globe, swung off from this continent on
Wednesday and Is now fairly out at sea.
Capt. Goldsmth's plan Is to visit the Baltic
and Mediterranean Seas and to move from the
latter by way OF the Suez Canal to India.
Thence he will skirt the coast to Hong Kong
and strike boldly out across the Pacific The
Uncle Sam is not larger than The ordinary
river yacht and unless some miracle inter-
feres we are relieved Of one crank for good.
William Van Cott who left New Rochelle,
Conn, something like a month ago, to paddle
to Boston In a tub that weighed twenty-eight
pounds, has either been lost, or, giving up his
task, sneaked into the background. When
tub-tossed on the waves.