The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-01-12
NO WONDER HRl is POR SHERMAN.

The Romantic History az the Present Lieu
tenant Governor OF Ohio, brought out b.
Recent Circumstance.
Columbus EreRiHg FOa,
Among the Senate pages last winter
were three big boys who were very wild,
Tho Lieutenant Governor became in
formed as to a lot Of their mischief and
would have discharged them in the mid
die Of the session had they not begged
to be retained until the adjournment OF
the session. At the end Of the session
they were told not to come back,
Among the applicants to fll these va.
cancies was q bootblaCk by the name OF
Charlie Troop, q diminutiye lad without
friends and with absolutely no influence
except his own, Charlie Is a character,
He can sell papers, keep q dirtier face
and make more money than any other
lad in town, He is not satisfied, how,
ever, with his position, He is ambi-
ttous to get up in society and in BUSH
ness.
When the present Legislature first
convened last winter, Charlie was an APP
pliCant for appointmGnt MS page. Heidi
not know the way ofgetting such a place,
buthe thought le did, andConducted his
campaign in accordance with his knowl-
edge, Braclng up 70 Lieut., Gov, Lyon
with his backing kit swung over his
shoulder, q mammoth hat nearly cover
ing him, enormous shoes IN which his
lee tplayed hide-and-peep with the world,
and pantaloons and coat made for u
larger lad and given to Charlie probably
so that he could use them for some years
without outgrowing them, the sooty-
faced gamin said;
"Look here, gov'ner, | want dis here
Job, Dc odder blokes, wild their fine
clothes and their rich daddies don't need
dc job and / do. l know | can't trow as
high rs they can, but III do the best I
can, You get me de job and I'll give
you a fyer-hve dollars cash."
The list OF pages had already been
made up, else the Lieutenant Governor
would have given the lad q place, In
spite Of his bold attempt at bribery.
Yesterday the opportunity was offered
to give the boy u lit and he was made
happy with an appointment. A colleC-
ton was taken up and enough money
was secured to get Charley u suit OF
clothes,
In speaking Of young Troops lit in
life, Lieutenant Governor Lyon said;
This may make u man Of Charlie,
and II 1t does 1t will make me very
happy. / know what ii Is TO be in a
position like his. / was once n little
ragamufln, a regular street gamin, and,
had 1t not been for the Kindness OF John
Sherman, | don't know what would
have became OF me. He did mo a
kindness that changed the tenor Of my
life"
Governor Lyons history is a most ro-
mantle one. Left In babyhood to the
tender mGrCics Of step.parents, he was
compelled when hardly In his teens to
leave his home in the Black Swamp dis.
trlct Of Northwestern Ohio, and, with
his little brother, start out In tho world
without q cent or q friend.
After tramping for q day or two they
were taken IN by a kind-hearted German
In n Henry county village. They were
hungry, cold anil their feet had swollen
SO that they could no longer walk. The
Germans good wits washed their tired
feet, cried over them, fed them aud pct.
ted them and put them u bed. When
they left the kind mans house lie gave
them oil the money he had, and that
not much,
From place to place they wandered
and finally settled in the place Of John
Sherman's residence. The older lad did
odd chores, rubbed down horses, worked
in stables-did everything he could 10
support himself aud his brother, and sue
in being u r%agamuiin,
One day John Sherman took the pres
cnt Lieutenant Governor by the hand,
and said:
"Billie, you ought to be in school. You
not leading the right kind Of u life to
make II man OF you. You can't helpit, l
know, but / can"
Then the future great statesmen took
tho ragged lad to u store aud bought him
u complete outfit OF clothes. From there
he led the boy to the house Of u friend,
and said:
IleTe, CAkU tnlS DOy uhu DO&Tu ulul
and send him to school. l will pay the
bill"
And that is how Lieutenant-G Governor
Lyon got his schooling.
lie learned the shOemaker's trade,
studied at his bench, worked hard, and
ut the outbreak Of the war entered the
army. Ho came out OF the struggle,
after u most romantic and dreadful ex-
perience, a captain. Since then his rise
has been sure and steady. He is now a
newspaper proprietor and editor and the
Lieutenant Governor Of the great State
of Ohio.
No wonder that hC is a Sherman man.
Muscular rheumatism Cured.
Harry q. Archibald. Lyndhurst. Ber.