The Greeley tribune., 1910-08-04
|MANTLING OF
|0NlTORS OF
COUNTRY

tba Greeley IiAou
Ta,,ev runs a dry Iarm west
hton, between that city ana
,e He said that 1t seemed
hat last year the dry farms
~ than the irrigated farms.
.e,lev was born in England
me- trade OF a machinist.
sea in his youth and visited
of the world where ships
in 1876 lost a leg while dis
:, monitors in Charlestown
I'd and now he walks about
v creditable way on a leg that
;oned for himself In place OF
the manufacturers OF arti-
,,hs a hundred or two dollars.
bemory of the skulduggery
saw practiced at the Charles
avv ward Mr.. Kelley still
with Indignation. The costly
IS used in the Civil war were
bsposed of and a ring OF men
their business to buy them
ere song as old junk. Kelley
xpert mechanic, was the one
kee the removing OF the great
Upon inspection he found
ese old junk engines were OF
kst workmanship. They had
red for in the best possible
and we're really in superb
IN The engines from the
onitors weer removed from
els and sold to Harvey Flag
the Continental Oil Co. at a
tent price and shipped to
phia, to be used in the works
company. In these several
Is were beautiful oil paint
ery costly. and furniture and
property of she very finest
{ IN sold as old junk. and these
liter resold ct great prices. But
as not the only way that our
Samuel was cheated. While
|g in the Charlestown navy
h,S77 the grating practiced
WAS so raw ns to be almost
Ilief. The chicanery was OF the
transparent kind. Even the
bdore in command was mixed
h the rascalities.
kn men wished to draw their
Is pay they had to secure the
|dore's O. *. Sometimes a man
present a bill Tor seventy-two
kork IN single month and the
wouidNAy: s.-s-
you mad worked every day and
hour, night end day. you could
ave put in all this time in a
month. You deserve to be put
! pen for this"
then he would 0. X. the bill.
fnclnsion was unavoidable that
ne way the commodore was
F a rake-off from his dishon-
because he certainly knew he
fitting his o. X. to a fraud.
comes a pleasanter part OF
filey's narrative. 1t has to do
with recital OF the Kindness
OF the greatest of American
pen, namely. Harvey Flagler,
Continental OIL company. Mr..
would come to Mr.. Kelley
Tor certain measurements OF
ines or to have certain sbafta
"a so that he might instruct
kmen In Philadelphia IN re-
the laying of the foundations
ere TO receive the machinery.
ar, flagler would hand Kelley
dollar bill and tell him that
himself even If he did not
en- minutes getting the desired
rms was always his way.
oay Mr.. Kelley and his men
hsaged in raising one NJ ~.
engines weighing some four
us when the spirals on the
we're stripped Off and down
ne engine, catching three of
~ cutting of Kelley's leg be-
Knee and a leg each from
er men above the knees. The
. .eh We're taken to the Mas
US General hospital where
Two injured companions
E sause, the surgeons said.
lere habitual drinkers Of in.
VS., out Kelley being a life
ro aneer to both booze and to-
re, recovered although IL was a
[ha [a''. he had lost SO much blood
1 a surgeon killed chickens and
~, ,ne blood into his veins. He
= A,s cot unable to speak or
turn his head.
a,.l uoIe said that Kelley under
"''no"sh he was un BILE to
10 your eyes. Kelley" he said
IL pa''ent moved them from
~ on,' ,e't' Thereupon the surgeon
(&ys & He is all right and he
ks,s ~ see all kinds OF things at
sAnlal Exposition" And he
men s.er t was greatly afflicted
inr +. ""a been SO In jured while
1orso "a his employ. He said he
bolo 'nan he would to have had
e Wv. end OF his business houne
ba,s He was going back and
'"een Boston and pb,,oao,