The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1883-10-20
A WANDERER.
A yERITAB BILE BA YARD TAY.
LOR IN OUR MIDST.
Milton N. Everly Regales the
Readers of the ssNew DO.
InlnfOm'' with the Story
Of his Travels.
Written for the New DOMINION.


been requested to give the readers OF
NEw DOMINION a sketch of some OF
my travels; so / will commence by
saying that / was born in Taylor
town, Greene county, Pa, in the year
1862. My parents moved to New
Jersey when l was but four years old.
My father was in the carriage bust
ness there until 1874, when he died.
My mother, with her four children,
came back to Bobtown, Pa, where
she and my youngest brother died a
few months later.
My uncle, who was my fathers
Junior partner, came from New Jer-
sey after me, and ! lived with him
about two years; during which time
he moved his business to Winchester,
Va. followed painting in the sum
mer and in the winter went to school.
The school that ! attended in Win
chester stood on Fl. Hill, one of the
famous battle fields of the late war.
We used to roll the shot and shells
down the Hill, that still remains there;
and sometimes we would muster up
enough students to form an artillery
squad and then play with the guns
that still were on the field; some of
which were half covered with earth.
had now arrived at the age Of
fourteen; and that was when / made
my first trip alone. ] came from
Winchester to Pittsburgh over the b.
d .. K. Il. and then up the Monon-
gahela to Greensboro. remained in
this part of the country until the
summer of 1878, which was two
years, and then went to Forest Grove,
N. j., again.
went to school at Pennington
Seminary the next winter, and in the
spring went to New York. That was
the first time that l had been in the
Great Metropolis, and you can inn
agine my feelings as l viewed the diff
fcrent fine buildings, and above all,
my attention was drawn to the large
vessels that surround this great sea
port.
As ] stool upon the big stone
wall inst below Castle Garden, /
looked down the bay and saw the
ships coming in and out of the Mar
rows, which can be seen in the dis
lance, and thought how nice it would
be, if were only on one Of those
fine vessels, bound for some distant
country.
| made up my mind to try and Sc
cure position on one of these ships,
SO went to the shipping office and
succeeded in procuring a position on
a coaster, as cook. This was the
first cooking that | ever did, but the
jolly old tars thought / did splendid.
Our fine little Betsy, (for that was
her name) sailed between New York
and Boston most of tile time, and
some trips to Norfolk and Charles
ton. left the wonders of the sea
behind in the fall of 1879 and re-
turned to this part of the country
again and settled down for the
winter, near Waynesburg and attend
ed school.
In the spring l started for the
Great West, via. Wheeling, Cincin-
natl, St. Louis and Kansas City to
Denver. / herded sheep for r. r.
Wright, most Of the summer, twenty
miles east of Denver came back
from the West by the way of Cheyenne
City, and then over the U. p. r. r.
to Omaha, thence to Chicago. l re-
manned in Chicago over a week, as
the Knights Templar were there,
and stayed to enjoy myself among
them.
After leaving Chicago I came to
Pittsburgh, then up to Waynesburg
and Morgantown to see my friends
before going east any further.
In October 80, / went to Balti-
more and stayed few days, to help
the Baltimoreans celebrate their
150th anniversary. / then went to
Washington, d. c. l took in all the
sights that, were to be seen there,
going through the Capitol from top
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U. S. Navy, for three years, but only
served six months. / applied to the
Secretary of the Navy, and having
good character, and giving sufficient
reasons for being wanted at home, /
finally got my discharge.
While in the Navy I had the pleas
ure of visiting the West Indies, Port
Royal, Charleston, Norfolk, Halifax
and st. Johns, Newfoundland. 1t
was in the month Of February when
we were at st. Johns, and it was
cold. We got frozen in while there,
and had to remain for two weeks;
this gave US blue jackets an oppor-
tunity to go ashore and have some
fun. We soon got acquainted with
the young ladies of this place and
would take them sleigh riding, drawn
by large Newfoundland dogs, some
times four and sometimes six dogs to
a sleigh.
I visited the big Cathedral and
other places of interest while in St.
Johns, and was sorry when the ice
went, because we were destined to
have a rough voyage to Norfolk.
When we left St. Johns, twenty other
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