The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-26
NYEs BRILLIANT CAREER.
RIl Tells the stoF Of ala Lifs-HoW he
AholIahAd slavery,

SAHHAaANA HAaNNtIf
Bill Nys was recently approached fol
o sketch Of his career, Unwilling Il
trust 10 the tender mercies Of a biogra
pher for a faithful presentation Of hi
neble deeds, the king Of humorists Is
sues the following autobiography;
Edgar Wilson Nye was born in Maine
In 1850, August %, but at two years O.
age he took his parents by the hand and,
telling them that Piscataqpis county was
no place for them, be boldly struck out
for st. Oroix county, Wisconsin, where
the hardy young pioneer soon made q
home for bis parents, The hrst year be
drove the Indians out of the st, Croix
valley aud suggested 70 the Northwest.
ern railroad that II would be q good idea
10 build 70 st. Paul vs. soon as the com
pany could get q grant which would pay
them two or three times the cost OF con-
struction, The iollowlngyear he adopted
trousers, and made Sl75 from the sale OF
wolf scalps, He also cleared twenty
seven acres OF land, and raised some
WAtermelons. In 1854 he established
and endowed a district school In Pleas,
ant Valley, " was at this time that be
began to turn his attention to the aboll'
tion Of slavery In the South and write
articles for the press signed "VeHtas,"
in which he advocated the war OF $4,000
as soon as the government could get
around to 1t,
sin 1856 he graduated from the farm
and began the study of the law, Heidi.
not advance very rapidly In this probes,
sion, failing several times In his exami.
natioA and giving bonds for his appear
auce at the next term o. court.. He was,
however, o close student Of political
economy, aud studied personal econ.
omy At the same time, till he found he
could live on ten cents a day and his rel.
atiyes easily,
"Mr, Nye now began TO look for a new
country to build up aud foster, and as
Wisconsin had grown to BIZ 30 thickly
settled In tho northwestern part OF the
State that the neighbors were frequent
ly found as near as Ave miles apart, he
broke loose from all restraint and took
emigrant rates 10 Cheyenne, Wy. I.
Here he engaged board at the Interocean
Hotel and began 10 look about him for q
position In q bank. Not succeeding In
this, he tried tho law and journalism.
He did not succeed 10 getting a job for
some time, but finally hired as associate
editor OF the Laramie Sentinel, The sal.
AIRY was small, but hislatitude great, and
he was permitted 10 write anything that
he thought would please people, wheth.
crit was new or not,
"By.and by he had won every heart by
bis gentle, patient poverty and his de-
lightlul parsimony with regard To facts.
With a hectic imagination and an order
on q restaurant, which advertised
in the paper, he scarcely cared through
the lifelong day whether school kept or
not.
"Thus he rose to Justice OF the Peace,
and finally to an income which Is re.
ported very large to everybody but the
assessor.
"He is the father Of several beautiful
children by his first wife, who isstlll liv.
ing. She Is a Chicago girl, aud loves her
husband far more than he deserves. He
is pleasant 10 the outside world, but u
perfect brute In his home. He early
learned that In order to win the love OF
his wife he should DO crratic and kick
the stove over on the children when he
came home. He therefore asserts him
self In this way, and this family love and
respect him, being awed by his greatness
and gentle barbarisln.
"He eats plain food with both hands
conversing all the time pleasantly with
any one who may be- visiting at the
house. II his children do not behave,
he kicks them from beneath the table
till they roar with pain as he chats on
with the guests with a bright and ever
flowing stream Of bon mots which please
and delight those who visit him to that
degree that they almost forget that they
have had hardly anything TO eat.
I'm conclusion, Mr.. Nye is in every
respect q lovely character. He feared
that injustice might be done him, how.
ever, in this biographical sketch, and so
he has written Il. himself"