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punish you, I want you to be a good man; don‘t try to be a great man, be a good man then. you will be a great mau& She got a switch off a peach tree and she gave me a good. switching. I never forgot heing caught with the berries and the way she talked bout my two sins ~ That hurt me worse than the switching. I never stole after that.“

	ni stayed with Michael and Mary Blue till I was nineteen. They were supposed to give me a saddle and bridle, clothes and a hundred dollars. T1~ massa made me mad one day. I was rendering hog fat. When the crackling wc~ild fizzle, he hollo and say ‚ don‘ t put s o much fire s ~ He caine out again and said, ‘I told. you not to out too much firet,and he threatened to give me a thrashing. I said, ‘If you do I will throw rocks at you.“

	“After that I decided to leave and I told Anna Blue I was going. She say, “Don‘t do it, you are too young to go out into the world.‘ I say, I
	t t care, and I took a couple of sacks and put in a ~ few tltthgs and walked to my uncle • He was a farmer at NewCreek • He told me he would get me a job at his brother‘s farm until they were ready to use me in the tannary. He
V	ge~e me eight dollars a month until the taimer gbt ready to use me. I went ~ tothe tarjner and worked for eight dollars a week. Then . came to $teubenville. I got work and stayed in Steubenvil].e 18 months. . Then I went back and returned to Steubenville in 1884.“



NORD pIC TUTRE OF John William Matheus .

	1~Ir• John William Matheus is about 5‘ 4“ and weighs about 130 pouzids. He looks smart in his bank messenger uniform. On his sleeve he wears nine stripes. Ea~‘h stripe means five years service. Two years were served before he earned his first strip, so that gives hint a total of 47 years service for the Union Savings Bauk and Thust Company, Steubenville, Ohio. He also wears a badge which designates him as a deputy sheriff of Jefferson County.

	~r. Matheus lives ~ith his wife at 203 Dock Street. This moderate sized and comfortable home he has owned for over 40 years. His first wife died several years ago. During his first marriage nine ôhildren caine to them. In his second marriage one child was born.

	His oldest son is John Frederick Matheus. He is a professor at@hrlestoni~Y~ State College Institute. ~ He was born in Steubenville and graduated from Steubenville High School. Later he studied in Cleveland and New‘ York. He speaks six languages fluently and is t1~ author of many published short stories.

	Two other sons are employed in the post office, one is a mail carrier and the other is a janitor. His only daughter is a domestic servant.

	Mr. Matheus attended school in Springfield, W. Va., for four years. ~VIhen he caine to Ste.~benvil1e he attended night school for two winters. Mr. Dorhman J . 4 Si~ao1air who founded the Union Savings Bank and Trust C o . ‚ employed Mr. Matheus from the beginning and in recognition of his loyal service bequeated to Mr. Matheus a pension of fifty dollars per month.

	Mr. Matlieus is a meniber of the office board of the (~uiim M€morial A. M. E. He has been an elder of that church for m~y years and also trustee and treasure. He frequently serves on the jury. He is well known and highly respected in the community.