The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1921-08-06

Captain Charles Hyslop, one CT the
pioneer citizens Of Maryville, spent
his seventy birthday yesterday
in his office. As active as most men
Of sixty years, he is still attending to
business affairs. and still interested
in the big game Of life. Yesterday
was the first of his seventy eighth
birthdays that he had spent without
any of his blood relations. he said.
his wife having died two months ago.
He has two half brothers but both
live in other states.
The captain has lived to see many
changes in the city OF Maryville since
he came in 1874 At that time there
were only a few brick buildings.
among them being the one which now
houses the Maryvile Drug Store and
the back part Cf the building occu-
pied by d. L. llotchkin.
Those were tho days when Mis-
/ souri, officers were not searching the
river banks and brush heaps for
! moonshiners and corn whisliey, for
| brewerles were running wide open. A
small brick building situated just
back of the public school site was
then a brewery.
The court house and a small brick
building which has been removed
from the place where DIR. c.. d.
Koch's residence, is now were the
only other brick, buildings in Mary
willie in "a, ~.
Mr.. Hyslop is Of Scottish stock. His
mother and. father both came to
America in "a, yEPil boat when 1t took
about ninety days to make the, trip.
He was born in Penyan. N. Y. soon
after his parents landed here. True
to the Scottish tradition, his father
continued in the raising of sheep
when he got - America and It was
through this pursuit that the family
was brought farther west. ....
Forty-eight Years Before
Forty-eight years ago. young Ey-
slop came to Missouri and settled in
Maryville. That spring he and John
Shrevo. who had preceded Hyslop to
the first exclusive boot and shoe shop
in Maryville. lie remained in the
mercantile business for about two
years, when he sold out and went In
, to the real estate business. He has
been dealing in land and loans ever
since. For eight years he was public
administrator and was representative
from his district in the Forty Eighth
, General Assembly of Missouri in 1914
2 this morning when he recalled the
, election in 1914 and told how he wa,
elected to the state legislature on the
3 Republican ticket by tho bare ma
jority OF two votes
2 Although Mr.. Hyslop served in th'
v Civil war, that was not where he go
his title OF Captain" lie served a!
p a non-commissioned officer with tn,
7th Missouri Volunteer Cavalry OF
the side of the Union. He enliste,
at Prairie Grove, Ark, and serve'
i almost three years before he was dis
Il charged. During his service he wa
wounded In the right chest. Tn
wound never gave him any troubl
that ne remembered unless 1t was tn
weakness ofrthat lung which was tn
= cause OF his contracting pneumoni
y ten years ago. He served three year
in the state militia in 1882 and
D. was during this service that he wa
promoted to tho rank OF captain q
Tho Fats and Leans
=, The twilight league and the Moor
shine leaguSrs think they arc pullin
something new. says the captain. b'
he told OF the good old times tn,
they had ino tho old days when IL
Same old spirit was running high
=, the blood Of tho youths OF Maryvil
I, when the "FatsI tackled the sIeani
;, In game tof baseball r They shI
their ball diamond In tho /csnter i
what is now the northwest 'rendsn'
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