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Have been a freight and passenger brakeman, fired and ran a locomotive; also a freight train conductor and check clerk in a freight house; worked on the section; have been a shot gun messenger for the Wells, Fargo Company. HAVE BEEN A FREIGHT AND PASSENGER BRAKEMAN FIRED AND RAN A LOCOMOTIVE ALSO A FREIGHT TRAIN CONDUCTOR AND A CHECK CLERK IN A FREIGHT HOUSE WORKED ON THE SECTION HAVE BEEN A SHOTGUN MESSENGER FOR THE WELL SPARGO COMPANY
TO BOSTON WHO MARCHED IN SIXTY-ONE Life Sketch of Author THE author was born in Virginia, on a little patch of land, so poor we had to fertilize it to make brick. Our family, while having cast their fortunes with the South, was not a family ruined by the war; we did not have anything when the war commenced, and so we held our own. I secured a common school education, and at the age of twelve I left home, or rather home left me--things just petered out. I was slush cook on an Ohio River Packet; check clerk in a stave and heading camp in the knobs of Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia; I helped lay the track of the M. K. & T. R. R., and was chambermaid in a livery stable. Made my first appearance on the stage at the National Theatre in Cincinnati, Ohio, and have since then chopped cord wood, worked in a coal mine, made cross ties (and walked them), worked on a farm, taught a district school (made love to the big girls), run a threshing machine, cut bands, fed the machine and ran the engine. RVE THERE IS A BRIGHT SIDE TO EVERYTHING SINCERELY YOURS COW STUART LIFE SKETCH OF AUTHOR THE AUTHOR WAS BORN IN VIRGINIA ON A LITTLE PATCH OF LAND SO POOR WE HAD TO FERTILIZE IT TO MAKE BREAK OUR FAMILY WHILE HAVING CAST THEIR FORTUNES WITH THE SOUTH WAS NOT A FAMILY RUINED BY THE WAR WE DID NOT HAVE ANYTHING WHEN THE WAR COMMENCED AND SO WE HELD OUR OWN I SECURED A COMMON SCHOOL EDUCATION AND AT THE AGE OF TWELVE I LEFT HOME OR RATHER HOME LEFT ME THINGS JUST PETERED OUT I WAS A SLUSH COOK ON AN OHIO RIVER PACKET CHECK CLERK IN A STAVE AND HEADING CAMP IN THE KNOBS OF TENNESSEE VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA I HELPED LAY THE TRACK OF THE M K AND T R R AND WAS CHAMBERMAID IN A LIVERY STABLE MADE MY FIRST APPEARANCE ON THE STAGE AT THE NATIONAL THEATRE IN CINCINNATI OHIO AND HAVE SINCE THEN CHOPPED CORDWOOD WORKED IN A COAL MINE MADE CROSS TIES AND WALKED THEM WORKED ON A FARM TAUGHT A DISTRICT SCHOOL MADE LOVE TO THE BIG GIRLS RUN A THRESHING MACHINE CUT BANDS FED THE MACHINE AND RAN THE ENGINE
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