The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-11-08

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Ntnsty.nns me, are nst worth TAXING sbeut Tns
hundredth may BE- ons man only In sreas psu
full has him. me Aavos Of quiet old
city IT Kingston 10 the hundrsdth man. he hsd been
caught when younger BY proper aood tide he would
have been . muoh more widely known man than he IL
But - 10 he'll do and IL worth this little election echo
In bts his biography runs this way He was born In
New York city In 1882 He comes Of the eood cid
Scotch e. nncdy family. which. With the Lennox fam
n.y. was well known along the Border when David was
years old bis father moved to Roxbury. Delaware
county WHORE be and Jay Gould aesrward olass-
matss ~ school, Al Nv he made up bis mind seek his
fortune In California The bootor not exactly .
forty.nnsr. bot missed Il BY only two ysAr He starr
Cd on this long and uncomfortable journey With only
s226 In bis pocket and this he borrowed from three
good R"SbuTtans who took stock to that the
pucky young fellow. me California ,rp forty yesrs
ago was NO joke II was no ssven.day Pulmapcar
business
From New York young Kennedy took the steamer 70
Aspinwall snd then. II company With 800 other golA
seekers poled themselves In Sat the Chsgrss
River to within abou, forty niles Of Panama. and
walked the ress OF the way with outfits strapped
on their backA Arrived ~ Panama. our young friend
discovered that snce he bought his the fare TOR
passaEe on tho steamer from Panama Han Francisco
had bern raised This . David and near
~ raised him ont. But It melancholy consolation
that the majority Of the crowd were In the N.
Unable 70 BY steamer they sat down await the
repair and renttns of sailing vessel then port.
They had orty days Of thtA and weary anxious time
It WA At last tho Blondo-whch should have been
called the Brunette By rights since she old
barge-wss ready for sea. And Q very dismal lot Of
passengers she carried .
Like several other young mon in the company Ken
nedy had spent all his money. sacrificed all his bar
Exgo and most Of bis clothes for food Hts outnt
consisted OF blanket shirt pair trousers and
hat Kennedy with two other Delaware county lads
whom lie had met ~ Panama. werc among tho poorest
OF the lot 80 they pooled their bought provs
Ions for the voyage and appointed COMMITTEES 70 da
tribute daily rstiona The voyage long and rough
Al the end Of twenty days they put ON short 70.
tons OF both food and water and these growing
smaller tho days Before end Of seven
sy.t~o daya which tho clumsy Old hulk consumed 10
sailing from Panama Golnen Cats 10th food sad
water gave out and those who nveI to roach sau
Francisco landed After being without either nearly
two days Fortytwo perisned on tho voyage. snd Zen
nedy himself SICK with the lsthmus fever and 70
weak and emaciasd that oomfsde had 70 support him
- be walked foebly ashore
After short rest Kennedy started for and succeeded
in reaching Sacramento Here be secured position -
clerk and watched his ODD ortunty II soop cana far
within the nrst week he had located IoO-sore tract
along the sacramento River. at Of $50 and the
following week he sold II for $780, thus clearing $500
on his speculation This tho rst obtained over and
above the Of his living loyal son 1t once sent
home to bis pArentA snd with 1t raised tho mortgage
on their farm. From sacramento he struck into
the gold mnes OF Nevada City. and there worked
pick and shovel in the same rav,ne With McAurray
the present owner OF tho rich Delhi mine st San Juan
and Head. now one Of San Francscos miionsires and
partner OF tho late senator Hirsch.
About year and half later Dave returned TO Rox.
bury. paid the $225 loan made the old folks homo
happy with many hinge they needed, and presently
went back to the mines of Nevada But Kennedy WAS
not destined to be minor all his days. Hi brain
somehow had . medicinal and curative twist In It.
which soon ed him to San Francisco where no entered
the medical department Of the University OF tho Pa
ci'c Here he took tue regular course. and finally
graduated from tho College Of Physicians and Surgeons
in New York In 1880.
Early tho next year he enlisted acting assistant
surgeon IN tho regular army was assigned the S0th
Pennsylvania Regiment. and ordered - .repor. ~
camp "A'erioo. uear warrington. Va And . pic-
'uresque surgeon lie was Win MIS- soldiers cap aud
piece OF green oiAhke' eo around MS waist for sash.
'heSe wv" s'ceS comprising Tue nearest spprosch 70
Aunhotm tue 10" sta'e ot ais nnshces permitted him
W huuse III. no WAS ~ the second battle OF Buu Run.
also A. slAuEnter Mountain ANA Antietsm After the
oA0 VI Ahe'"n no WAS oloeroo 70 report Tor special
aHy a. Fortress Aonr"e, where he Was appointed
lIes'aeh' ot 'ne hhsmlhns boAfa Tor tue Disposition
OF eolu'eis III Hospital me duties OF his position
cac.l MIN from Fortress Monroe To Portsmouth, and
Thence Sorok ana nnaiiy stationed him ~ sattef
ioe U. A.. General Hospital In West Philadelphia In
this place no served I'LL tho OF the war In 1884,
Il s the business Of . doctor cure fever. but on 10
eating At Ttusve Pa at the clone Of the war where
he went to resume the practice Of medicine he had .
bad attack OF the oil fever that did him until
1t had run it's Upon the whole he made more
money than he ost and Invested IN real In and
shout stamford Delaware county New York. How he
came hnsliy to settle down 70 medical practice in Ron
dont IN too long, story TO tell here But he did It In
1870. and has been Identified with that lively town
ever since. Although hs came ~ perfect stranger II
didn't take him long TO mako himself felt and build up
reputation In surgery he was especially successful
frequently performing capital operations Of great risk
and difficulty. and always with the best results. Some
OF OF these IN the shape OF dissev
cred nrms hands ieRa ana 20 on sti sdoru the doo-
tors private studio shocking and terrifying chance