Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-01-14
FRANK DREHER TRIES
INITIATING SHERIDAN
interesting Experience Of Wond Con.
test Manager Around t4arpers
Ferry Told BY Himself.
From The World Of WEDNESDAY,

| tfoH iue NoFld or wednesday.
General Phil Sheridans Wild ride TO
Winchester has aever been squalled
IN this famour territory of battle
fields, but sequel to it, in at least
same OF the characteristics which
gave that heroic ride historical color,
may be given passing reference bs-
canse OF the fact that its occurrence
Mas along the same pike upon which
the illustrious federal general made
that brilliant dash across the border
iine Of Virginia.
The principal of this sequel-occur-
renee was ]. Frank nreher OF
stroudsburg. Pa, a tour manager on
Tie Evening World, and the happen
ing lacks few thrilling details OF n
genuinely wild ride. Such was that
IS hich Mr.. Dreher had over the Sheri-
dan road He was headed for Hall
town and Harpers Ferry. bound from
Charles Town when patent shaft
fastener IN the carriage In which he
Was riding gave way and released
one end of the shaft. The carriage ran
into the horse and thereby hangs a
tale. Dashing along the highway. at
tached to the carriage by one end Of
the shaft, the horse made a bold break
tor liberty. Mr.. Dreher has been ask
&c to describe his own experience,
ard that OF his trip, AID while The
Evening World win not vouch for the
alleged manner in which the RUM
way horse was stopped, it will give
20. X" marks to the news story, to
which phone calls all day long have
given ample veriflcation. Here's what
Mr.. Dreher says.
In giving explanation as to how
escaped probable serious Injury in my
runaway of yesterday, there is little
upon which may base an opinion as
to what was the true preventative Of
disaster. had a driver along by the
name of Stone, and Stone was cross.
eyed 1t is my belief that the excite
nent of the whole affair SO unnerved
Stone that his eyes became more SER
iously crossed and instead Of keeping
the steed in the road he steersd il in
to the gutter. Stone denies this, and
says he pulled the horse to the ditch
with good purpose aforethought. BE
that as 1t may Sheridan's pike fur
rished me about as interesting a little
experience followed IN the wake of
patriotic quadruped as | care to have,
st was livery horse and that's all
the more confusing, as most critters
that leave their stalls for daily hire
lift their dropping ears only at meal
time. This horse was originally
white. Yesterday it was a stable
brown, the variegated shades Of that
color being intensified as you gazed
over the beast from the gallery end
He had been perfectly good until the
patent went wrong, except for occa-
sional feeble outbreaks of rebellion
when the driver reminded him that
there were To be no ornaments in the
party. Ordinarily Charlie--that's what
Stone called him---would 60 a nile in
four days, If used once every other
week.
w uCu gwen tit SsAlA ltNll
the rear all the pent-up animation and
vigcr which seemed to lie dormant in
Charlie came to life. AS he stuck out
his tail. took the bit in his determined
Jaws and made a bee-line down the
road welcomed the change with audi
Bile smokers of delight--until found
out that Charlie meant harm. ! was
forgetting all about Phil Sheridan and
the pace | was setting for him when
cross-eyed Stone yanked the aforesaid
Charlie into the ditch at the side of
the road. Phillip may have gone a
good speed but to have beaten the
combination CT u3curried Charley and
that oddly-eyed Stone he had to go
soa.c. Part of this, same road Is that
upon which John Brown, with a load
Of ambition but little judgment, was
hauled by a mule-team to Charles
Town after he had been captured at
Harpers Ferry in SO. But that is his
tory which has been reiegated to the
eternity of the pasta part and par
eel OF the rag-bag Of the distant yes
tcrday
"Harpers Ferry is anything but in
vlting in winter time--take that from
me. II the limitations upon entertain
ment were SO severely narrow when
John Brown. with his handful CT men,
captured the Ferry arsenel, you can
hardly blame him for falling into the
hands OF 500 men and a mule-team
who were good enough 10 haul him to
Charles Town whore the gallows put
hasty end to his misery. In Harpers
Ferry the streets seem TO me to be
chiseled out of cliff. The native, in
giving you directions. will say that
Lizzie Jones lives so many steps mp
this way and then 50 many out that
way Any incorporate man OF sound
mind would never think OF taking a
drink in Harpers Ferry anywhere but
down at the shore waters of The POI
tonac. There is far more danger 10
drunk who rolls down hill Of steps
than to one. who just rolls down a hill
/ II OTIS of poOd argument in HarDerS