Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-09-03

fact he named the vessel The Studio.
/ LIS Izsel of 20 tons, so feet long and
- 80. beam, is the work of the hands
! of himself and his wife. To a CORE
{. ,c-~ei-. - the New York Times the
skipper spun the following yarn
MY name is Samuel DruckemilIer,
and in 1889 was born in Worcester.
O., the Oldest son of Lutheran miu-
lister, now dead Father put me in the
| Dayton (O) Lutheran theological
academy, but l ran away from there
when only 16 years old and have been
tramp painter ever since.
Fond of adventure, | drifted sout..,
and joining Walkers expedition to
Nicaragua, suffered from hunger and
disease until that Inflated expedition
came to an end. At one time our little
band of 200 was surrounded by 5000
natives, but, knowing best how to
carry on warfare. we escaped. Evety
history tells of this expedition, so /
need not weary you further than 10
say / went weighing 165 pounds, and
reached the United States reduced to
! 105 pounds.
However, l soon forgot the hard
ships and then Joined another expedi
| ton to Venezuela, this time under the
leadership of Frederick Bolver. Our
party was taken prisoners by the
natives, and except for my knowledge
of Spanish and the impression / made
upon the general commanding the
Venezuelan forces, things would have
gone hard with us.
LAS it was, joined, with several
others, the Venezuelan army. was
wounded in battle with insurgents,
taken prisoner, and awoke to con-
seriousness one morning to learn that
on the entreaty of the daughter of the
'nsurgent commander, was taken to
her fathers tent, where the young
woman nursed and fell in love with
me, confessed it to her father. and he
had promised me. as spoils of war, to
her for husband.
The lady was slightly dusky, and
did not take kindly to the suggestion.
Her love-making was not quite the
pleasantest thing in the world. | was
her fathers prisoner and could not re-
sist. One day, assisted by friendly
insurgent, | managed to escape. and
made my way to the United States.
The civil war was then breaking
out, and, full of love for country,
joined the 102d Ohio regiment, which
went to Tennessee, and remained
gloriously inactive all through the
rebellion. In 1880, having been travel
ing from place to place painting and
selling the work of nay hands, | met
the lady who is now my wife. We
built boat in Florida and commenced
our life voyage. We have been all
over South America, and have had
three children, two of whom are buried
in Brazil the youngest, a child of
seven, being alive and with us.
when the Spanish-American war
opened | was in Florida. Having a
boat went on three filibustering ex-
petitions to Cuba, succeeding each
time'in making considerable money.
with this money we built the pres
ent two-masted schooner, The Studio,
and we purpose sailing in 1t the rest
of our lives. After sailing down the
Delaware river back to Ola Point
Comfort, which place we left three
weeks ago We purpose going over the
Atlantic ocean and sailing through
European waters
Aboard The Studio is a fine collec-
ton of paintings, the work of the
master, as well as an interesting
museum of historical relics. In E.o
long travels, Skipper Druckemiller has
been enabled to gather works OF art
and industry showing the growth from
the savagery to civilization in every
country of South and Central America
A genial host, the old man and his
charming wife take pleasure in show
ing their visitors the intensely inter
esting collection.