The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-11-06

which as riae was rapid. After four years
Of successful practice il Cincinnati he came
TO Leavsnwor.h, Kansas, where he re-
msiIsc 10 the practice OF his profession
tSenty-cEa years. Space forbids the nsr-
raiicr OF the circumstances which brought
Pendery from Leavenworth 10 Lesdyille
Sometimes laep 60 up and sometimes they
20 dow. and for the life OF us Il is diff
cult to tell how it is DONE At any rate,
Judge Pendery, as he is now known, came
to Lesdyille on the 4;h dsy C: May, 1873,
with two hundred dollars in his pocket,
| which, alter thirty years of steady toll,
constituted his entire worldly wealth. And
even this sum Was raised by disposing Of s
few Law books and sticks OF furniture back
in Leavenworth. On the fourth day Of
May, eighteen months ago, Pendery, at the
age Of hfty-three, began life anew. He
came alone, perfect stranger. The frs;
night in camp he rolled himself up in a
blanket and slept on some boards over
Foes grocery store. The next day he
went up what is now known as uppe.
Chestnut street and selected site for 8
cabin. This lie built entirely with his own
hands, and here cooked his own food,
washed his own oyershirts and lived. By
the time his cabin was inished and fur,
nished with pewter plate, knife and
fork, tin cup and cook stove and his law
ofiice al his present place OF business put
in order, there was not nickel left. Bust.
ness came Glow and for the bare peoessi.
ties Of life Pendery suffered. He continued
TO be distressed for money after his prarice
became lucrative, Tor a. fast "a he received
a lee the money was used in prospecting
| He was and is an inveterate seeker after
silver. The financial condition Of the 10 an
may be inferred from the fact that but 8
few days before the fabulous riches hidden
in the now widely known Pendery mine
were discovered, Psndery pawned his watch
to raIse few dollars TO pay his men there
digging.
In referring 10 these days and nights oil
mingled hope, gloom and despair, the
Judge remarks: "I..of,en lay down on..my
bunk at night without a nickel in the
world and without reasonable assurance
that ore could be found on the morrow. A,
my age OF life You may we'll imagine that
l wss often borne down by the blues.
m ade money, but it all went 20 soon a.
earned to pay my men who were digging
l used 20 60 to my cabin at night, fry a
little piece of meat, if had it, make me a
cup Of COTE, and after estirg my supper
boiled a mess of potatoes for my breakfast
mend and darn my clothes. My living
then cost me on an average of two dollars
and ninety cents a week."
During all this time Pepdery never Dor
rowed dollar or asked for pecunisry
favor
He s.aked GU: the Peodery claim on the
nineteenth day of December, and directed
the location CT the shaft Mineral was
struck on the nineteenth day OF April
| four months later. Experts have proved
lars.
The Judges interest in paying mines az.
gregates considerably over a million OF
dollars, in addition to which, he is the
owner Of several stores and residence prop
erty in different parts OF the camp, and lie
constantly building. Last evening, as the
Judge sat at his supper table in the Clar-
endon, reporter asked mia how il felt TO
be rich:
"Oh, don't zee the difference; only that
| find it convenient TO have money to use.
People tell me they are glad Pve struck it,
ard tell them | am glad also Ii is a
pie asure to be able TO help one'- friends
| along in the world, and besides the mere
convenience of having enough 20 eat and
wear thst's about ell The comfort there il
in being rich"
In psrsonal appearance and general bear
ing, no one won d know that Judge PEN
derry WAS worth dollar to-day. He il
the sane plsin, quiet, unassuming,
good-nstured man to-day as before the
favorable turn in his wheel Of fortune.
His son and only child, now young man
about twenty five, ia his business partner.
The Judge often appears in the Clarendon
dining hall with his two year-old grandson
John Ludlow Psndery, in his arms OF
this little name-ske grsndpap is passion
a,sly ford, sind seldom appears perfectly
happy except when the little fellow is
scrambling Over his lap, climbing up his
sho llGers, and pulling HE whiss.rs AID
hair.