Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-03
A NOTABLE MARE.

A NOTABLE MARE.
rot. Jouu m. Whailen's Famous Mare
Msxsfe Locust, Dead-COl. Whaliens
Pretty story OF Her CARRIER During
the war.
Louisville Argus.
Yesterday afternoon, while an Argus
reporter was engaged In CONVERSION
with Col. John Whallen, In hls priVste
Office, at the Buckingham Theatre,
Young man stepped into the once ana
ssftly said to Mr.. Whallen: maggie
Locust 10 dead"
"Whatp exclaimed Mr.. Whslien.
dead@
ayes; died st o'clock this morn
Ing" -,
swell, Well! the poor old thing"
said Mr.. Whallen, and with an express
sion OF deep regret on his features. he
turned to the reporter, saying; MY
poor old mare, thai was such q good
and faithful servant throughout my en-
tire war service, died this morning"
The scribe, of course, was anxious for
an interview on the spot, but Col.
Wballen did not appear to hear this In
Quiries, for turning To the messenger ne
ash Ell what had been done with her
body. The young man replied that
rail Zen had been built around her
where she died in the barn yard OF MIR.
Miller, five miles from the city. Toe
10 pulsIYe Col. Whallen immediately
b. gan making preparations for trip 70
the farm. He sent for DR.. WycoIrt, q
veterinary surgeon, then ordered his
horse Larpessed aud invited the Argu-
s1nian to accompany him to the place
where lay the dead animal. The re-
porter accepted the Invita- Oh, but as
they came out OF the door, they were
met by the veterinary surgeon, VINO IN
substance said it would be Impossible
for him to accompany them, owing 10
other pressing business. MIR. Whailen
then informed the surgeon that IL was
his desire to preserve the hide anu
skeleton of his mare. The surgeon,
howe yer, informed him that 1t would
be very tedious undertaking to save the
hide, as he would be beset with obsta-
eles fora year He therefore advised MIR.
Whallen 10 let the hide go, and save
the skeleton. This, the kind hearted
manager reluctantly consented to do.
After the agreement had been settled,
he concluded not to make the trip, but
instead told the reporter the mares re-
markable history. Said he: "SIe was
little dark bay mare, fourteen hands
high, foaled in Campbell county, ken-
lucky, and raised by Salmon Abbott. 1
nsm ed her Maggie Locust after
A Kind Lady
who gave me q Confederate suit, just
after the first Morgan raid in Brscken
county. i rode her during the three
wears and seven months of my service
in the Confederate army with General
Morgan, for whom Irode her "a courier
most of the time. She was hitched
back Of the premises where Morgan was
killed, in Greenyille, Tenn, and l es-
capped with her during the stampede
which occurred that morning. She
went through the fight of Cnickamauga,
both raids in Kentucky, both battles OF
SaltviIle, Marion, and swan her across
four mile bar, nine miles above Cincin-
matt, during the big Morgan raid Of 1868,
i'm Ohio. She was also in the Bulls.
Gap and Mt. Sterling fights. At Rich
land. Virginia, Captain Bart. jenkins
and his men were surrounded by
ushwhsckers From New Garden
They pressed US very close, aud we were
about to surrender and asked quarters;
they offered quarters to all OF Us but
Captain Jenkins, who was already
wounded in the shoulder, and who they
said they would kill. Captain Burt,
said, Well, boys get the best quarters
yeu CAM l saw chance to save
Maggie, but you bet wasn't going to
leave old Capt. Bart, so / said, We'll, if
YOU are going to sell pll sell, too, as
dear As ] know how So We just lay
low in the attic of one of one of those
log houses, and l loaded for Bart. while
hP biazfd away at them through one OF
the diamond loop holes peculiar to
those log houses. Well, we were pref
ty near run out of ammunition, had got
down to pistols, when the daughter OF
the man who owredthe house handed
ME up an old double barrelled shot gun
loaded-CiOd only knows when 1t was
loaded or what il was loaded with. l
ran heI muzzle out through the da-
mOnd hole Just rs Bart, had about
gwen out, and | let both barrels Off to-
Gether. Well! | didn't know what
hsppt ned me for few minutes. When
came TO my senses again was lyng
fiat on the floor. | Crawied to the loop
hole, and saw
Five or Six Dead
and ten or eleven laying wounded on
the ground, but that last shot had
routed the main body of the bush
whackers. We soon slipped out to
where our horses were hltched, and
escaped with Maggie and three others.
We surrendered to Buroridge at
Mount Sterling in 1865, where Maggie
and got separated, and | didn't see
her again for ten years, when L met her
In charge Of 3 niger at New Albany
Ferry Dock. / recognized her at once
by my brand on her hip, and don't you
know she recognized me? l gave the
Niger fourteen dollars and new side
saddle for her, and have kept her on
old man Miller's farm ever since, where
she has been kindly cared for. She
was - wears old, and just twenty. six
DAYS older than myself, but she has
| h, en- 80 deaf for some time L used te
have TO shout in her ear to make her
hear. She was very intelligent. Why.
OIL Fourth OF July, at Lion Garden, we
MS on a piece called "Craile of Libsr-
iy.D She heard the racket, broke loose
| rem the stable and ran up the steps,
but " hen she saw 1t
| Was q sham,
she drank q bucket of water that was
on the stand, and quietly walked back
TO Eer stable. am going to have bel
skeleton wired and placed in 8 room 10
NY house, where she will remain as
! lorV as live, l tell you. Why, when
sla got through foraging at night, she
wouldn't be content until she came tc
where l was lying, and lay right down
beside me. intended to have taken
her to the Morgan reunion at Licking
ton, last year, but circumstances arose
which prevented my attendance, and
the brave boys of Morgan's command
were thus deprived of the pleasure Of
seeing one OF the noblest and bravest
participants in the raids made under
| the command of that brilliant leader
FUN m THE FAMILY.