Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-06-09
A GOLD BRICK.

worthy events VI IeCeHt u''" o.
cd together because of their similarity
Three smooth. constituencies swlnd-
lers met at the city of Wheeling by APP
pointment; one went into the Short
Greek hills carrying with him beau
tiful supply of confidence, which ne
presented to a prosperous farmer; an
other disguised as an Indian TOOK tenn
porary residence in a secluded gieh
near the farmers residence. Here by
the aid of a mattock kindly loaned by
tho said farmer. the Indian eXhumed
a gold brick which his ancestors had
buried long years before, and when
he had finally located by time-worn
map handed down from father TO son
in his tribe. The third member OF tins
splendid trio secured a room at the
Hotel Windsor and posed before the
unsuspecting public as an otncial as
saver in the employ of the government
of the United States.
One summer morning shortly there
after the farmer came to the city carry
ing in a satchel the innocent Indian
brick, guarded by man OF commence
and together with the man of conf
dence and the brick the farmer nnally
came into the presence Of the counter
felt assaver. This officia! was grave
and deliberate, he tested the brick by
the accurate method known to MS
craft and pronounced it pure gold,
whereupon the farmer fastened to the
bank. secured $4,000, paid 1t IN GOOD
sonnd money to the man of confidence
and taking his brick hurried home TO
see his Indian locate more OF this
pri1cely treasure hidden away SO long
ago. but the Indian had vanished like
new year resolution.
Now the brick of gold is curiosity
at the Bank of Wheeling, and the
f1rmer-the smooth gentlemen divided
his money-and the farmer, well he
has fifty cents worth of brass, and
about $4,000 worth of confidence.
In the autumn Of the year 1896, GER
tain sage men-whose necks were sup
nosed to be clothed with thunder-ap-
neared in the commonwealth and an
nounced that great prosperity could be
Immediately had if the industrial peo-
ple would but lay aside for time their
political inclinations and join together
in a great effort to restore confidence.
These were glad tidings. Times were
not good. all admitted this, the future
so far as could be seen was unpropit-
ions: clearly something should be done.
These sages pointed out with great
gravity that the condition of business
resulted from q lack of confidence, and
if this confidence could be restored, all
would he well. The looms would
weave. the furnaces would spout their
sharks ND into heaven-and all would
be we'll.
This proposition was not quite clear
10 the industrial people, but the sages
were wise. it was urged, and the opln-
ions of the wise are ever entitled to
honor. besides men were sometimes
id.e and their families were not infre-
ouently hungry-so methods by which
nrosperity might be had were of deep
interest. Hence the people listened
while the sages talked. They finally
agreed to obey-because men were
sometimes idle and their families were
not infrequently hungry-whereupon
the sages advised a gigantic demonstra-
tion in which the industrial people
should appear. in great divisions ac-
cording to the similarity to their trades,
with mighty display of music and ban
ners and bv the sweeping moral effect
of such a gigantic demonstration coax
GOV confidence from its hiding-so
prosperity would return, the looms
would weave. the furnaces would spout
their sparks up into heaven-aad all
would be well.
On the second day of November, IN
the wear Of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and ninety-siX, the IN
dustrial people of the commonwealth
by the advice of the sages' gathereo
and formed in great divisions on Chap
line street and the side streets north
Of Seventeenth street, in the city oil
Wheeling. The Chief Marshal was
man of presumed skill in matters OF TINS
nature. About four o'clock in the al
ternoon the head of a mammoth column
turned into Market from seventeenth
street. the marshal came first with his
staff mounted upon gayly caparlsoned
horses. decked with flowers and haunt
ing ribbons: then came the industrial
neople-as advised-in great DIVISIONS
waving flags and broad yellow badges
a. the sages had said would be the
mart Of wisdom. Mingled with these
vast SQUADS of men were bands and
drum corps in superb uniforms dis
coursing martial music. The divisions
were in the following order: Business
Mems Club, Wheeling Pottery Com
nanv La Belle mill, Aetna-Standard
mill mechanical department. bar de-