The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1897-03-02

sJEnn,cal OF his, In which Lyman j.
case ilEurcs, says the New York Nah
and Express, 1t fell to hls lotto put TO
Air. Gage. c. T. Herkes. Marshall Field
and Samuel .Ailcrton this question:
IN you should suddenly LOSE every dol
ar Of your property. find yourself de-
rived OF credit. health and friends,
aud could mot get work anywhere,
what would you dog" ~
10 this question Mr.. Gage answered:
u should hunt 4 job, OF course"
but suppose nobody woul0 give You
a job?" II was suggcsted.,-
Well that Is hardly posSlblc-but
granting that II is--whg, In that case.
IA get shovel aud clean sidewalks.
or set up Il peanut stand, or do some
ming Ike that" Mr., Gage replied con-
idcntly. ~
But, Mr.. Gage suppose you hadn't
even capital enough 10 buy 4 shovel or
a LOT OF peanuts, what thenHI
We'll. then, suppose, said Mr.,
Gage thOughitully, I'D have to beg on
on the streets"
And suppose. again. that nobody
would give you a cent, same as thous-
auds are refused ON the streets every
ulEht?' ta
Here Mr.. Gage waved his hand im-
patiently and remarked: "oh, well, In
that case suppose ! would steal, and
you tell the editor who gave you this
iuol assignment that believe he would
TOO, under the same circumstances"
The gentler side OF James A, Gary's
character Is shown In the following in
cident as related by William c, Har-
den. Baltimore gentleman. He call
ed TO see Mr.. Gary one evening. Din
ner had not yet been served. and the
two sat talking in the library. Mrs.
Gary came In to invite them into the
dining room. The remainder OF the In
cident Is In the words OF Mr.. Harden:
We entered the dining room, and /
was never more surprised in all my
lie. There were seven or eight OF as
pretty girls as l ever saw in my life.
They all SpTanE up and ran TO greet
and kiss their father, After merry
greeting 10 him, one Of them said;
Papa, we've got bad news for you
she then went on TO tell him that
one OF the neiEhbor's little children
was III OF scarlet fever. When he heard
this Mr.. Gary turned around said he
ala not want any supper and walked
out Of the room. We went back to the
library, and, while l remained Mrs.
Gary came In twice to ask her huS-
band TO so out and have something to
cat
He refused each time He was 50
broken Up over the news Of that
chlld's illness that he positively could
not cat anything.
Here is another stevy about AIr
Gary for which there Is .1ot such good
authority; 40
In conversation with an intimate
friend Mr. Gary Is repOrtHt to have
said that he had spent during the past
thirty years an average OF 10000 a
year for the benefit OF the Republican
party in Maryland. The friend, who
was astonshed, exclaimed;
That is Sl5O00O.'
Yes" replied Mr.. Gary, that's
about what It amounts to-,
We'll, how In the world did you ever
do it?" the friend Is said TO have asked.
To this Mr.. Gary is reported US hav-
ing said:
you see. l don't keep yacht and l
don't keep racing stable. Politics Is
my one diversion. and ! delight In
spending my money for the benefit of
my party"
IN MS UleIIlulTHs JUN 1NSil AhEi NElst
without comment. except TO say that
he was not feeling well az the time, an
incident in which he figures as a rebel
llouS RchoOlboy of fourteen asSaultlng
his teacher. The scene was laid in the
school room OF Matthew Move at Lam
caster, Ohio. The boys, he remarks.
did not like his domlneerlng ways"
Neither did young Sherman. He was
sent to the blackboard one day TO de-
monstrate a problem In Euclid.
Il went" said Sherman. "and. as
believed, had made the drawing and
demonstrated the problem. He said
mad had NOT: that had failed to refer
20 a corollaTy. answered that he had
not required this In previous lessons.
some discussion arose. when, with the
Eerule In his hand. he directed me TO
hold out mine. | did 50. but as he
struck my right hand l hit him with
all the force l could command with my
left. This created great excitement In
the school, all the students being pres
ent, my brother Tecumseh among
them"
The result was, OF course. that John
was expelled. He concluded the ac-
count with the remark that later 1--WE
had friendly correspondence with each
other, but neither alluded to our sklr-
mish over n corOllary In Euclid"
About the only unsuccessful bust
ness venture In john ShermAn'S career
T. also credited to the period Of his
youth. Il gets a paragraph In his me-
nloIrs He had been chairman for sur
vcyOrs on the MuskIngum river gov
crnment Improvement, and when the
approach of winter caused work to
shut down he decided to pay n visit
10 his brother Lampson, then con-
nectrd with Cincinnati paper,
''As an excuse" he says. "nnd TO
procure means OF paying for the trip.
! purchased. partly on credit, q barge
aud loaded II with barreled salt, apples
and other commodities. intending be-
fore the freeZe-up TO avail myself OF
the usual rise In the river 70 float to
the Ohio and thence to Cincinnati.
Both the Musklngum and Ohio rlv-
ers were very low that season. and fl
Hally froZe up before the freshet came.
THIS closing OF navigation created a
great demand for salt In Cincinnati,
as that article could not be obtained
from the up-rlver country, and 1t nd
vnnced 90 price that would have
Yielded me little fortune had my boat
not been among those thus detained.
undertook to carry some OF the salt
b. fiathoats. but they were frozen up.
Finally the freshct came, some time
In January. think, and then, with
three men on the barge, iloated down
the river, tying up at nights for safety
md stopping occasionally to sell ap-
pies to the Kentucky farmers"
Salt was down In price when young
Sherman reached Cincinnati, ana he
sold out boat and cargo at loss OF
800. One OF his fathers friends.
Charles Hammond, he said, "was
much pleased at my adventure anu
especially with my rough shoes and
warm Kentucky Jeans. He told me
nnt ~ hn ,lIscniIrn cod md nnttnred me