The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-10-19
his STORY OF THE YIGSaTU1ES
which Attended his Career from the
bay ho Started from the State Fair
Here with his Great Moral Assre-
CATION OF Anfmai Fresks-I.eoked
upu Liula Washington on Charge
al Larceny,

AlOQTe OF HlcaIlhg NuhNtT4W GvI'eN'ASH
OF things somewhat familiar 10 readers
OF the lSTulIorgcER, and called The
Great Moral Hippodrome aud s'upon'
dous Aggregation OF Remarkable Custos
Of the Animal Kingdom
he Plus burgh Dispatch OF yesterday
gives siooro's story. Among the stolen
goods are mentioned on the warrant;
"Oaa pair ol mules, set harness, large
wagon, ono deer, one two'leGged colt,
pea ioWl, fYe.legE. COW. duubls'Geaded
call, one jennie, one goat, harness anu
cart, one lhree'wiUgGd rooster, freak
hen and sea cow" !toore frankly at
mits THAT no ougnlto have known there
was a "He6aGo' OF some sort in the az
groga'ion. lis mistake wa, starting "on
tue ROAD" with them, lie says lac can
account ioE every one OF them, His
only asset now is a hard luck story.
lie met Boak at the Wheeling State
Fair. Doak was running side show
and hired Moore az BARKER" Moore
says he got the people in so wei! that
Doak was stuck on hi, work aud engaged
him to do" the Ohio county fairs with
the show.
After u season in Ohio Doak rugged
hhn out Tor tour Of tue south. Doak
furnished two wagons and pair oil
mules, besides the freaks, and was to get
q percentage of the net receipts. But
there were no net receipts.
Moore, with his wife and four
children, started south with the show.
The route lay through Kentucky, bat
circumstances forced change IN II.
Through the section OF the state Moore
was travelling there was nothing but
toll.roads. When the rates we're fixed
sea cows, two.tegged colts, three.wtuged
ROSTERS and the like were LETT oil the
schedule The tUll.kespOrs charged ex'
orbitant rNtca for them and Moore soon
found that lie could not stand the eS'
peuse.
So he struck across tho mountains,
away from toll.roads and beaten paths.
Hare he found few habitatlons and bad
roads. On the top OF tho Cumberland
mountains he met his first mishap. One
OF his wagons stuck in the mud and he
had to abandon IT,
lie waA in country where they had
another use for corn than feeding it to
animals. They wanted Il per busheI
for it and he could not buy. lie traded
the two.Iegged colt and the deer fol
food Tor himself aud his stock.
IlO got along reasonably well until
he struck Lookout mountain. There
his wagon fell over the side OF hill and
LETT him aud his family in wilderness.
without food for five days. A hucEstel
found them. reused the neighborhood
and they were soon started on theil
way again.
lie got to Chattanooga and eouldn'
show there without paying heavy
license. lie had to move on down the
valley toward Georgia. lie gave shows
at small towns with indifferent success
but kept on, pawuing three winged
rooster here and sea.Cow there to Gel
food.
BY the time he reached Georgia he
only had his mules, the iiYe.legged COW
| double heRded calf, freak hen and pea
fowl. All tho rest were sacrificed tc
keep the great moral show movinl
along.
Ho was losing heart when his hope:
were almost crushed by the death Of
one Of the mules. Many men woulo
have turned back, but be reasoned il
was as far back as 1t was forward, so he
hitChcd the tve.logged COW alongside
the remaining mule and started on.
Tho mula made no objection at first,
but after travelling a few miles it looked
at the COW, gave n last reproachiuI
glance at Moore, laid down and dice
The dnubio.hoaded ca.f and tho five
legged COW would not work we'll togeth'
or, because the cSIf was stated.
Turning tho COW over to man from
McGee's Mills, Clarified county, whom
ho had picked up on tito way, Moore
abandoned the wagon, aud started &c
walk with his family, taking the diFeC
ton indicated on u signboard to the
nearest town.
He struck Southern Tines, Ga, and
there had to send his ch!Idren gu. 10 boz
food. Tho southern people, ha saye,
arc chilly to PennsylYani0ns, so he told
! his children to Guy they were from Nir'
giniu. They got into the hnuee OF Cap
tain II, NJ. Clark, who sent them fol
| thOlr parents.
Captain Clark, Moore SAYS, is married
TO sister OF Il riltsburgh iournaltst,
whore former home was Brookyiils,
Captain Clark is from Brookville him.
| self, and he kept them titGra unttt they
wore ready to travel.
In tho meantime tho man from Nc.
Goes Miils had disappeared with tho
fye.loggod cow Captain Clark gNvc
Moore money and started him on his
way homa. At Newport News, Va, his
wiio took sick md was in bed five
weeks. Hc got Job in variety show
and supported her and the children.
Ho lost that job Just when she was
ablo to travel. They went to Rich.
monl and from ihDrc 10 Baltimore. In
that city Moore got bottles and labels
aud mado what no calls "lndian mod.
iCine." 10 qott It on tho street corners
and walked north, selling his stuI on
tho way.
After trials and distress too sore to rc.
INto he reached BrookvIlle. Tho first
news ho got thorO was that the fivc.
logged COW was thore awaiting him. Tho
man from MGtie8's mllll had led 1t all
the way from Georgia, exhibiting 1t on
the road and living on tho proceeds.
10 recruit his wasted fortunes he b..
gan exhibiting the COW again. lis
waited to earn money enough 10 send It
back to Doak. hut before no could NO
was arrested. llo says ho understands
that Doak is willing to settIo it II tho
costs Arc paid aud tho COW rOturued.
But hG cnnHot nay the costa and dora
not know whom Ito will ovor be obIc to