Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1921-01-14
AN INTERESTING AND APPRECI.
ATED LETTER.

SdnuaIy ON, 1871.
Mr.. Joe Scott,
Editor Tensas Gazette,
St. Joseph, La.
Dear Sir:
l am sending at the request Of
Mrs. Buckingham a clipping, which
she believes may be Of interest t.
you, and which after reading she
wishes you to give to Mr.. James Steen
She also wishes me to say that she
is indeed very sorry to learn through
the columns of the Gazette of the
death of so many of her former
friends-both white and colored.
She called to see Mr.. McCusker-
mentioned in the clipping-and found
him in a sad condition of health. She
says he made inquiries Of numerous
old and former st. Joe friends, and
that unfortunately the most of them
were dead. 1t may be remembered by
you that Mr.. Joe Moore's store was
erected by Mr.. McCusker.
She says that she lived in st. Jo-
seph for AZ years during sickness,
sorrow, pain and death, and she has
never yet found home that she loves
more dearly than st. Joseph.
She says that she has been q read
er Of your paper for q years and
that she hopes you may continue to
successfully publish the same for 81
years longer, tho to the time she may
be sleeping.
With best wishes for a prosperous
New Year, am for Mrs. Bucking-
ham and myself,
Respectfully, yours,
b. A. CLARK.
"Old Joe" MeCssksr. Weak and Sick,
Misses Crsstinss of Old Friends.
(Muskogee Daily Phoenix, January q
"Old Joe" McCusker, whose Irish
generosity fed many "bum,"
and down and out, as. freely as he
to the needs of the tenn
broke" geed- citizens, in the
old days when Maskogee was but a
among cities. is a sick man.
Revealing in the companionship Of
his fellow men, equally At home
among day laborers and United States
and bearing the general rep
utation Of having shaken more hands
in and out of campaigns. than any
other four men in Muskogee,a he is
now denied these joys of his life and
is almost constantly confined to his
bed. o.. 49,
Hi there, roughneck," was Joe
common greeting to men
Of the highest and lowest walks of
life alike. It became famous not
only in Muskogee and in Oklahoma
but was well-known to most of ths
men high in public life At Washington
and elsewhere. -
They Liksd Il.
While he was commissioner Of
water, lights and sewers Of Musko-
gee, be became one Of q delegation to
90 to Washington and met with SEN
ators on . project dear to the heart
Of Muskogee.
1t was Hi there, roughneck," &C
by hearty slap on the
back, q strong handclasp and o smile
Or a jocular remark was the greeting
be gave senators-and they liked it. 4
"Old Joe" became the influential
member Of the party, the life Of it
As well, and where "angels fear to
read" he busted in" with his gruff
and characteristic greetings,
and unrebuffed.
But this wasn't by any means the
beginning Of "Old Joe's" popularity.
IN the days when that began he was
more Familiarity known as Peanut
Joe." ,
Starts Without . Disc.
He came to Muskogee without q
lime. He got his start in. life by OPP
Grating peanut and popcorn wagon
IN Broadway. From that he went
INTO the restaurant business and Joe
MeCusker's "Rour-6tsry. Cafe" be-
anne known far and wide.
For years it flourished and McCus-
ger prospered and he had the good
viii and friendship Of nearly every
nan, woman and child.
It wasn't necessary to have money
20 eat in Joe McCusker's place. II q