The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-08-18

and was very poor. Tousey had no chill
dren and 80 Albert was taken TO the house of
his uncle and was reared by him."
Then his uncle educated him, did he?"
"Tousey did well by Porter He sent
him to Hanover College for awhile, then
afterward sent him to Asbury, at Green
castle. Porter was q smart, studi0uI young
man. but most internal proud. He banked
good deal on his being q relative of the
TouseyS."
"Can you tell me something about Captain
Porter, the father of Albert?''
81 knew the old Captain well. He was a
man of more than ordinary intellect. He
was great lover of good stories and good
whisky"
He was not dissipated, was he?"
HE drank great deal. He was under
the influence of whisky nearly all the time
but never did he forget his gentlemanly in.
stIncts. The greater the stimulaut the more
polite he became. He was what we call
nowadays a dIgnifed drinker. He owned
and operated the ferry here for years. That
was the only business he did during the time
l knew him. Some time before he died he
was not able to run the boat, so left 1t in
charge of his son, Oliphant"
Ibid Albert ever work on the ferry"
al never knew of his working either there
or any other place. He spent the most of
his time while he lived here at school.
Young Porter was, | think. too aristocratic
to indulge IN manual labor"
"How much money did Albert G Porter
receive from the estate Of his uncle, Omer
Tousey?"
You eau see if you will go down to the
Clerks Office and look at the will record. l
think il was forty-fve hundredths of the
entire estate aud the estate, I suppose, was
valued at $500 600, which would make
$4,000. This amount, however. does not
include the amount given him before the
death of TOusey. L suppose he had given
him from Tousey, In his lifetime and by the
will Tousey, all of $175 000." The state
ment OF Mr.. Heustis was authenticated by
an examination of the Court record
said to
DAVID f. SPARKS,
now a merchant here, who had at one time
been employed in the store of George Tousey
when that gentleman was in business here
you must have known Albert G. Porter in
his young dsys~
II suppose L knew Mr.. Porter as we'll as
any other person now living here. He left
here, l think, in the early part of 1850. 1
was employed for years in the store OF
George t. Chandler and Onphant Porter.
brother OF Albert's. and became well &C
quainted with both OF them"
WAS there any difference in the two
brothers?'
II can no. now call to my mind anything
that would serve as comparison. Oliphant,
or Ollie as we always called him, was a
very industrious and Woodworking young
man. l have known him to work all night
down on the ferry; he would eat and sleep
there; be was always doing something while
Albert was quite the reverse. He was digni-
ned aristocratic self-important kind OF boy,
TO Onice TO soil his hands with labor. Omer
Tousey reared him, and from tina. suppose
he thought he was too good to work-at least
~
tional enemy to any branch OF industry,
unless 1t was to encourage the manufscturs
of fashionable coats aud high-heeled boots
He was like the Tousays. They were all
aristocratic, and thought themselves better
than other people
"lt was not humiliating to Young
Porter, with his aristocrstic ideas and
HE associations with the Touseys, to have
the public know that he was the son of
plain, unassuming aud convivial man like
Captain Porter, was it?'
1T was outrageous the way the old man
was treated by Albert and some of the other
members of the family. In the last days of
the old man he had nothing to do, but wan
dsred around the streets seemingly friend
in summer time have seen
the old man clad in heavy winter overcoat
Duttoned close around his neck TO hide a
dirty shirt, and all this since Albert Por-
ter has been living in Indianapolis in luxury
and ease. More than once have l seen Al.
bert meet his father on the street aud not
notice him. Oliphant Porter was a half
brother OF Alberts. During the time Oil
plant lived here he always cared for bis faith
er, and did more for him than oil OF the
others. Ollie received nothing from the
Tousey estate, but earned all he ever had.
When / was in Chandler 81 Porter's store,
all the money the old man ever got was
what we gave HIM from the store, and that
was small amount-just enough to defray
his necessary expenses, coupled with about
thirty cents day for whisky"
Mr. Sparks here asked ii had been to see
the graves where the father and mother of
Porter were buried over among the hills Of
Kentucky?
at is a shame" said Mr.. Sparks, "the way
they have been neglected. 1t is the worst
neglected family bnrying ground in this
section OF the country"
Acting on the above information, started
in the direction OF the river, on my way to
the graveyard.
The old ferrymsn,
CAPTAIN W. r. HUFF,
who is popularity supposed to have lived al
ways, and the most of thta time within the
limits of this city, said:
II knew the Touseys and the Porters we'll.
have known Albert G. Porter from his
infancy. You will find the graveyard upon
the hill in a very bad condition.
have often driven the cat
tie out of it, and frequently
nailed up the boards on the fence. Mr..
Parry has done more than any one else to
keep 1t in repair Those buried up there
were all friends of mine, aud fixed up the
fences out of respect l had for my dead
friends"
HAS Hon. Albert G Porter, of Indianapo-
lis, the Republican candidate for Governor
been to visit the graves, or done anything
toward keeping the yard in repair Of late
years."
Albert G. Porter has not done as much as
have. 1 do not think he has been inside of
1t since the day his urcle, Omer Tousey, was
buried, and that I think was ten or twelve
years ago. Mrs. Tousey. the widow OF 0mer
Tousey, had new board fence built
around the lot about three years ago,
and that is all that has been done to it, with
the exception of what Rees Parry and Mr..
Piatt have done, who also have friends and
relatives buried there"
did you ever know Captain Porter, the
father OF Albert G 2'
81 knew the whole family. Captain Por-
ter bad two wives. The first one was the
daughter of Thomas Tousey, and the second
was the daughter of Moses Tousey. Thomas
and Moses were brothers; so you see his wives