The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1912-12-03
BERT ZABRISKlE WELCOMED
BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS
AT M0NTVILLE, N. ].
Long Absence Seemingly Only
Had Made Hearts Grow Fond
er-Share of His Fathers Es-
tate Waiting for Him, With a
Welcome From the Grand
daughter He Had Never Seen.

~ e. ONTVILLE, N. J.-The ROY
EWEH Ing fever had got into Ber
WE Zabriskie's blood, and It mad,
AV "a him fldget. He dreamed O
the wide-stretching prairies
and the valleys lying snug and warn
at his home here. became pitifully mar
row; he thought OF the lofty peaks o.
the Rockies. and the wooded ridge
back OF Boonton shrunk to an ant
NIL; he pictured the distant great wa
ters reaching down q thousand miles
10 the sea, and the prattle OF the
Rockaway river winding In and out
among the swales above the old mil
sounded like childish mockery.
Ihese were symphonic.
All the thirty-odd years OF his life
Bert zabriskie had lived in one neigh
oorhood. There he had married
There two daughters had been born
But the fever reached its height, az
all fevers must. and he struck out.
de didn't take his family with him
Other men have struck out that way
Boonton and Montville gossiped. 9th
er towns have done that, too.
And this ends chapter one, except
to say that some OF our best doctors
nave been trying for years to fnd
some sort OF blood purifier that would
allay the rowing fever In country bret
boys. and they haven't hit the right
thing yet. Dosing doesn't seem to dc
IL any good.
Descendant Of Patriots.
When George Washington, Father
OF His Country. and consequently o.
New Jersey. was In camp at Morris
town Heights and his soldiers were
ull or patriotism but otherwise empty
times being hard, a squad of Cont
nentals were sent down the Rocka way
river to pick up supplies by fair means
II possible. but to get 'em.
Even at that early day Zabriskie
kept the mill. He stood at the grain
hopper
You may tell General Washington, .
he said, as the incident is handed
down, that so long as water runs and
wheels turn and millstones grind III
dc oil can to relieve the distress oil
ZIG uBuleTb lot uDerty.'
This shows tho kind Of people the
Zabriskies were, however.
One gray bearded Zabriskie after
another slipped into the iour-dusty
oVeralls. The last was Albert James
ZaDriskie, father Of the rover and OF
TWO daughters. both married.
BY hard work, long hours and incl
dental thrift this miller Zabriskie had
Iready become well-to-do as Jersey
ok measure savings, when an oppor.
tunity came to him to make some big
easy money.
Deal That Meant Wealth.
Jersey City was down In the Rocka
way river country to establish a water
system and bull great reservoir. "a,
briskie owned the water rights on the
river and Jersey City had to see him
hrst. There's more money In water
rights than there Is In grinding neigh
borhood corn. Zabrlske drove a
harp bargain and became rich at Jus,
the time OF his life when he wanted "a
knock OF work for good. II looked
then as II he would live out his years
In contentment. but you never can tell
bout such things. Son Bert took the
ever and struck out Months passed
and nothing was heard from him.
Ono day Lawyer Nelson 8. KitcbeIl
was summoned opposite the mill. lie
found the old man rather poorly and
anxious to have his worldly AFFAIRS
set in order, for he felt that his end
vas fast approaching.
will had been drawn dividing tha
estate into three parts, but as the
royer's whereabouts was unknown q
odicil was added providing that Bert's
hare should be held IN trust BY the al
ministrators until his young daugb.
ter should reach the ago OF "a 7,
ue absent son should return before
that time ho could claim bis share
n not the two granddaughters were 10
divide II.
Done With Earthly Troubles.
This provision being set forth IN
detail to hts liking, tho miller scratoh.
cd his name % the document and wit
nesses appended theirs.
There being no further call % %.
grist bin, and enforced idieness hayins
added It's burden 10 the weight OF hi'
four times twenty years, the mile,
fell into rapid decline and IN MIA
January, four years ago. crspe An,
tered at the door Of the homestoa6
and the death hush was in the spar,
room.
The rover did not return for the m
neral He sent no word. Ills where
abouts remained unknown 10 Mont
Vile. Years had piled up since no ba1
struck out The old mans VIII bo
came operative.
And this brings the second ebants,
20 its conclusion.