Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-02-08

In his belt is his big friend. the Sin
shooter with which he talk is usually
by punctuations into the air. Cap
tain Jack is full of hurnor such as all
can appreciate and the audience is al
ways keptsin high spirits nearly the en-
tire twoRhours of his entertainment for
it is only when he turns to the pathetic
land more thrilling scenes OF his life that
the mirth does not overflow. The poet
scout says he knows nothing Of clocution.
and the gestures taught nowadays: but
his own natural movements which come
spontaneously as he warns up belle this
statement, and he has the deepest sym
pathy Of his audience. who follow him
from pathos to mirth and through thrill
ing scenes with the closest attention.
Just before Capt. Jack left Monday
morning.. Tor Togus he was met by a
journal reporter at the station and a
very interesting chat followed, The cap
tain is a striking looking man and nat
qraly attracted Il great deal of attention.
He has wonderful head Of long hair
over which he wears IA broad brimmed
SLOUGH hat He talked with the reporter
Tor SUM- Univ t'lit'if7 nm VI q pi'l'''H'N
trip to the klondike ON which he will
start Immediately after the close of his
present lecture tour. February +.
He also showed the scribe nugget
sent him by his friend. Hank Summers,
who has recently returned from the
IS iondike This nugget is used As a sam
Die of Klondike gold to get purchasers
for stock in the Jack Crawford Alaska
Prospecting ana Mining Corporation Of
which capt. Jack is president and gen
eral manager. The corporation has pur
chased NO / on the Little MYnook,
four mules above where it empties into
the Yukon. II is a 1900 foot claim, or
twice the size that is now allowed.
Hank Summers association with this
company means the securing of addi
tional valuable claims on the Mynook
ana other streams his devotion to and
confidence in his old comrade Jack
Crawford being sure to he of immense
value to the company. capt. Jack has
had good experience in mining having
been in the Black Hills and the Caribou
! Placer mines of British Columbia.
capt Jack is a temperance man. When
young he gave his dying mother his
promise that he would not drink liquor
ana that promise he has kept for ne has
never touched intoXicants - this day.
| He never misses an opportunity to speak
Il good word for the temperance cause.
/ I'm the beginning of his lecture, Friday
night. at Brockton. he referred to the
/ fact that he had read some time ago that
! the city had changed to license. and he
| said that he could only regard the change
AS the temporary insanity of the peo
| pie
! The life of this man is full of interest
! He was born in the north of Ireland 81
| years ago and when a small boy settled
with his parents in the mining district
| of Pennsylvania. When 10 years of age,
| he enlisted in 1868 in the same regiment
with his father He was wounded at the
| battle of Spottsylvania. May L, 1864, and
again in the second days assault on Pc
tersburg, April . 1860 1t was while con-
valescing from his first wound in Satter-
| lee hospital West Philadelphia, that he
| received the rudiments of an education at
the hands of a Sister of Charity VINO was
a nurse in the hospital. for owing to his
! fathers intemperance he had previously
! been deprived of educational opportuni-
ties After the war he went TO the vest
and after scouting for year became
chief scout of the Black Hills Rangers. a
body of citizen scouts. Later, IN the
Sitting Bun campaign. which followed
the Custer massacre. he was appointed
chief of scouts by Gen. Wesley Merritt.