The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1883-12-08
General Crooks WOOilg.


Now that Gen. Crook is SO coaspicu-
ously before the public, it is with pecul-
lar interest that friend recalls the ro
mantle circumstances which Immediately
preceded, if they did not actually pro
mote, the marriage of that gallant officer
with his present wife, formerly Miss
Mary Daley, of Virginia.
The preliminaries of this interesting
event occurred during the last year OF
the war at Oakland, Maryland, charm
ing mountain resort. $500 feet above
the sea-level, that was discovered by the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad in its explor-
alton of primeval forest track along the
border line between Maryland and Vir-
ginia. AS the railroad became, in course
of time, a grand fact in the history of
engineering, the company built hotels at
various points Of the route for the ac-
commodation of their passengers. Oak
land before the war consisted of the few
cabins and cottages and church and ex-
press Office about one of these large and
well-ordered houses, called the Glades
| hotel. The place was already famous as
a deer-hunting and trout-ishing ground,
band the hotel register became interesting
as an autograph alum filed with the
signatures of more or less distinguished
foreigners (notably Englishmen), whose
love of sport had led them to cast their
lines for a season in these pleasant
places. 1t was in this neighborhood
that Brownius, the famous backwoods-
mln and hunter, pursued for so many
years his perileus calling; and. then in
homely but vigorous language recorded
his successes in one of the most original
manuscripts ever submitted to a pub.
Usher. Here. too, his brave daughter,
an unfailing shot, roamed the forests
and the hills alone day after day with hel
trusty rifle, until laden with spoils, She
returned to her fathers cabin.
A Virginia family of the name o.
Daley came to spend the summer a
Oakland the year before the war. Tn,
father was genuine specimen of th,
Virginia country gentleman of that da!
courteous, jovial, hospitable to fault
the mother quiet housewifely lady, de
voted 10 her son and two daughters Th
day came that made sensation even il
Oakland-the hotel was to change hands
there was to be sale by auction. At th
!. appointed hour Mr.. Daley sauntered II
to kill time. When be went home t.
dinner be gave his wife great shock b
saying. MA, I've bought the hotel owe
yonder! 1t is possible that the difficult
of keeping hotel was not then S
profoundly impressed upon the popula
conviction as in this later day. At al
events, Mr.. Daley brayely undertoo
the task and succeeded to the comLIet
satisfaction of all whom he entertained.
His own corps of family negroes wer
brought into requisition, and notabl
among these was Cyntby, the old fostei
e nurse of Mars Jim, a young man still i
e his teens. This tall old yellow woma
e had assumed the duties of cook, an
# with them all that this implied of absC
$ Lutte despotism in the kitchen. 1t wa
g matter for much amusement to the guest
q at the Glades TO see the troop of colore
&c walters rush with suspicious simultanC
Is BUSINESS from her domain back into th
e dinIng-room when some unwelcome oi
der had been delivered by one of then
: But this was on Cynthy's bad day,
y There were often one, two, three in sue
ii cession, when the mistress of the hous
10 found it very wise to absent herself froI
n the kitchen, aud when she confesse
Is herself in moral terror of her own il
dulged slave. At these times it wa
II recognized that no one but Mars jim
h her idol, could do anything with the ol
2 woman.
Of The central figure of this family ri,
., 'uAS hha thS bAbNhl 'NAuBult Dilhs NluI
u Daley, now the wife of Gen. Crook. I
7, 1.-THE, elastic, beautifully rounded fl
,o ure, somewhat under medium size,
y bright face full of animation, blue ey,
and light brown slightly curling
locks, Mary Daley added q charm. {
1t ready wit. always good-natured, an
n generous impulses of hear! that mad
her universal favorite. So admirabl
g. was she fitted to be soldiers wife tha
NJ NJ when the marriage was announced, b,
friends expressed themselves to this e
/. feet without a dissenting voice. Il W,
3 by these exceptional qualities she VT
ls enabled to play well very difficult ro
n in these troublous times. Her ftmil
were ardently "secesh" in all their syn
pathies and Civilizations. while the lo,,