Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-08-08

Hon. Il. u. Brooke sends the "New Do
miniOn" Handsome Souvenir and
Writes Some Interesting history of
His Earlier Days-Remarkabl Vi
taiIty of the Splendid old Nan.
WHITEHALL, Montana, July %. -
send you by express one box contain
ing photo Of myself mounted on my
thoroughbred horse Old Rock is
years old in May, his rider "a years.
had myself and horse photographed
at the request of E. ii. McIIenry at
one time chief engineer of the North
ern Pacific railroad ] spent some
time showing the chief our principal
passes through the Rocky Mountains
in Montana. You will notice that |
am dressed ia common every day ap-
parel, gray canvass good to turn the
rain as well as wind. Should you have
spare room in your Office you may hang
up faithful Old Rock and his riler
with the following premium which /
offered one year ago of one hundred
dollars to any man over fifty years old
who can ride any horse in twelve hours
as far as / have ridden Rock within
the past year,
l noticed some months ago an ar
ticle in the NEW DOMINION referring
to the lives Of all your former tax col
lectors. With your permission ] will
inform you that in 1874 / acted as
deputy sheriff collecting the taxes on
the West Side and A. q. Dorsey on
the East Side of the river.
On the 1st day Of April 1852 l had
Drs Carr, Joseph A. McLane and
Isaac Scott give me a thorough exam
ination and to give me their honest
opinions which they did the next day.
1t was that my lungs were badly af-
fected aud that would die OF con-
sumption before many months, but
they were not aware of the great
amount of will power that God had
blessed me with. Had our men more
will power there would be fewer drunk
ards and had cur entire country the
same property qualifications that
grand Old Virginia had when | be-
came a voter there are thousands Of
men who would have good homes
who are now homeless. Men would
invest their wages in home in order
to secure a vote instead OF drinking
and gambling them away on Saturday
night and Sunday.
The death of Mrs. Judge Barrett has
been announced. She was my young
est sister and the last one. My broth
er t. M. Brooke and myself are the
only ones left of my fathers family.
He is eleven years my junior, though
my senior in appearance slave to
the nasty weed and lacking the will
power to quit.
expect to be at the st. Louis fair
next year and may venture as far as
old Morgantown.
AS / have alluded to the condition
Of my lungs | will state that after
serving several years as a deputy in
the City Marshall's Office in st. Louis
| had hemorrhage of the lungs and
night sweats. My medical advisers,
Frazier and Hodgens advised me to
seek a higher altitude where L would
not have to inhale the limestone dust
and sulphurous smoke, advising me to
use daily as much as one bottle of pure
Scotch porter, / resigned as deputy
Marshall and moved to Mary's Summit
the highest point between ST. Louis
and Jefferson City. In the winter of
1844-5 my brother DR.. B. G. Brooke
returning from Montana by way of
the Z. S. Mint in Philadelphia where
he had his gold dust coined. Seeing
my condition he advised me to return
with him to Montana across the plains
known at that time as the great
American desert. / consulted my
medical advisers Frazier and Hodgens.
DR.. Frazier advised me not to attempt
IL as | was too weak to stand the trip,
and that it would be calamity for
my family to be left at the mercy of
the Indians. DR.. Hodqens said that
If | remained in Missouri my friends
would bury me in few months and /
would better accompany nay brother to
Montana and live an outdoor life.
We started on our long journey and
spent three months and ten days be-
tween Nebraska City and Virginia
City, Montana, On our arrival we
learned that one OF the boats on which
We shipped our goods from st. Louis
had been sunk and the other burned
to the waters edge.
Leaving my team to rest l went to
Fort Benton at the head of naviga.
tion 300 miles aud plenty of Indians
TO make it interesting. Here | found
the facts as stated.
With love to all old Morgantown
friends | remain
Very Truly Yours
r. G. BROOKE