Ogdensburg Daily Journal - Feb 28, 1889
Adolphus Daily delights to relate how Scripture fought for him during the war. "My Jinny, boys, those were stirring times alon the line of the O. & L.C., when men were being drafted to lay down their lives that their country might life. I well remember, 'twas '61 when I was driving a locomotive on the road that a delegation of the boys gathered at the depot one evening to inform me upon my arrival of my draft. 'It's all right boys; it's all right; don't you worry; I shall never go.' I went home and found my wife in tears. Some wretch had been kind enough to inform her before I had a chance. 'Never mind, Mary, do not weep,' I said. 'Our country must be saved, but some one else shall do the fighting.'
"I knew that I could pass muster and would either have to bear a musket to the front or furnish a substitute. Besides, if I went, which I had no notion of doing, someone would have to be substituted to run the old engine, to which I was very much attached. I could not bear to think of leaving the lever to take up the trigger. A friend of mine who had the "sand" said, 'Dolph you need not "rail" over the "draft" for I have a little "bank" which we can "culvert" and thus "bridge" the difficulty.' That was the kind of railroading that suited me. We found our man and took him to Malone where he was hustled through examination, and donned the attire of the "Boys in Blue." His surplus baggage, consisting of an old fashioned carpet bag bulged out with his former wardrobe, I brought back with me and laid it gently down at the station at Stockholm Depot. The deed was done, the same thing that many a polished individual had done before me.
"A year passed by and as I was driving the engine slowly by a crossing in the vicinity of my substitute's old home, I heard a voice, 'Hi, there, Dolph, is that you?' 'By Jinny crackie, is that you Urias? The last I heard of you, you were in battle in Old Virginia.' 'So I was and got the end of a finger shot off, and here I am on a thirty days' furlough. And if the governement doesn't extend my furlough when the time i sup, I will.' When the time was up, Uriah was looking at America from the Canadian border and no longer fought for the preservation of the Union. When the war was over and President Lincoln issued his proclamation forgiving such delinquents, my man came back." "Where is he now, Mr. Daily," asked a friend. "Oh, he is located somewhere on the line of the road, enjoying life, and drawing his little monthly 'divy' which Uncle Same declares."
St Lawrence Republican - Wednesday Jan 28, 1903
Adolphus F. Dailey, who died at his home in this city Sunday morning, was widely known along the line of the O & L.C. railroad with which he was connected nearly all his life. He was born in the town of Mooers, Clinton County, May 5, 1837. He commenced work with the section on the old Northern railroad, now the O. & L.C. in 1855 and was promoted to brakeman the same year. On May 5, 1856, he began firing a locomotive and in 1863 he received his first engine. He continued to serve as an engineer until 1883, when he was appointed foreman of the car shops in this city, a position which he held until he was forced by illness to retire in 1899. Since that time he had done no work. In politics Mr. Daily was a strong Democrat and always took an active interest in the party's welfare. In 1880-81, during Mayor Parker's administration, he represented the fourth ward on the Board of Aldermen, and he also served six years as a park commissioner. Mr. Dailey was universally esteemed by all who knew him and his death deprives the city of a high-minded, loyal citizen. He was twice married, and his second wife, two sons, William Henry and Frederick Adolphus, of Gloversville, and a daughter, Mollie Helen of this city, survive him.
Adolphus Daily delights to relate how Scripture fought for him during the war. "My Jinny, boys, those were stirring times alon the line of the O. & L.C., when men were being drafted to lay down their lives that their country might life. I well remember, 'twas '61 when I was driving a locomotive on the road that a delegation of the boys gathered at the depot one evening to inform me upon my arrival of my draft. 'It's all right boys; it's all right; don't you worry; I shall never go.' I went home and found my wife in tears. Some wretch had been kind enough to inform her before I had a chance. 'Never mind, Mary, do not weep,' I said. 'Our country must be saved, but some one else shall do the fighting.'
"I knew that I could pass muster and would either have to bear a musket to the front or furnish a substitute. Besides, if I went, which I had no notion of doing, someone would have to be substituted to run the old engine, to which I was very much attached. I could not bear to think of leaving the lever to take up the trigger. A friend of mine who had the "sand" said, 'Dolph you need not "rail" over the "draft" for I have a little "bank" which we can "culvert" and thus "bridge" the difficulty.' That was the kind of railroading that suited me. We found our man and took him to Malone where he was hustled through examination, and donned the attire of the "Boys in Blue." His surplus baggage, consisting of an old fashioned carpet bag bulged out with his former wardrobe, I brought back with me and laid it gently down at the station at Stockholm Depot. The deed was done, the same thing that many a polished individual had done before me.
"A year passed by and as I was driving the engine slowly by a crossing in the vicinity of my substitute's old home, I heard a voice, 'Hi, there, Dolph, is that you?' 'By Jinny crackie, is that you Urias? The last I heard of you, you were in battle in Old Virginia.' 'So I was and got the end of a finger shot off, and here I am on a thirty days' furlough. And if the governement doesn't extend my furlough when the time i sup, I will.' When the time was up, Uriah was looking at America from the Canadian border and no longer fought for the preservation of the Union. When the war was over and President Lincoln issued his proclamation forgiving such delinquents, my man came back." "Where is he now, Mr. Daily," asked a friend. "Oh, he is located somewhere on the line of the road, enjoying life, and drawing his little monthly 'divy' which Uncle Same declares."
St Lawrence Republican - Wednesday Jan 28, 1903
Adolphus F. Dailey, who died at his home in this city Sunday morning, was widely known along the line of the O & L.C. railroad with which he was connected nearly all his life. He was born in the town of Mooers, Clinton County, May 5, 1837. He commenced work with the section on the old Northern railroad, now the O. & L.C. in 1855 and was promoted to brakeman the same year. On May 5, 1856, he began firing a locomotive and in 1863 he received his first engine. He continued to serve as an engineer until 1883, when he was appointed foreman of the car shops in this city, a position which he held until he was forced by illness to retire in 1899. Since that time he had done no work. In politics Mr. Daily was a strong Democrat and always took an active interest in the party's welfare. In 1880-81, during Mayor Parker's administration, he represented the fourth ward on the Board of Aldermen, and he also served six years as a park commissioner. Mr. Dailey was universally esteemed by all who knew him and his death deprives the city of a high-minded, loyal citizen. He was twice married, and his second wife, two sons, William Henry and Frederick Adolphus, of Gloversville, and a daughter, Mollie Helen of this city, survive him.
Ogdensburg Daily Journal - Feb 28, 1889
Adolphus Daily delights to relate how Scripture fought for him during the war. "My Jinny, boys, those were stirring times alon the line of the O. & L.C., when men were being drafted to lay down their lives that their country might life. I well remember, 'twas '61 when I was driving a locomotive on the road that a delegation of the boys gathered at the depot one evening to inform me upon my arrival of my draft. 'It's all right boys; it's all right; don't you worry; I shall never go.' I went home and found my wife in tears. Some wretch had been kind enough to inform her before I had a chance. 'Never mind, Mary, do not weep,' I said. 'Our country must be saved, but some one else shall do the fighting.'
"I knew that I could pass muster and would either have to bear a musket to the front or furnish a substitute. Besides, if I went, which I had no notion of doing, someone would have to be substituted to run the old engine, to which I was very much attached. I could not bear to think of leaving the lever to take up the trigger. A friend of mine who had the "sand" said, 'Dolph you need not "rail" over the "draft" for I have a little "bank" which we can "culvert" and thus "bridge" the difficulty.' That was the kind of railroading that suited me. We found our man and took him to Malone where he was hustled through examination, and donned the attire of the "Boys in Blue." His surplus baggage, consisting of an old fashioned carpet bag bulged out with his former wardrobe, I brought back with me and laid it gently down at the station at Stockholm Depot. The deed was done, the same thing that many a polished individual had done before me.
"A year passed by and as I was driving the engine slowly by a crossing in the vicinity of my substitute's old home, I heard a voice, 'Hi, there, Dolph, is that you?' 'By Jinny crackie, is that you Urias? The last I heard of you, you were in battle in Old Virginia.' 'So I was and got the end of a finger shot off, and here I am on a thirty days' furlough. And if the governement doesn't extend my furlough when the time i sup, I will.' When the time was up, Uriah was looking at America from the Canadian border and no longer fought for the preservation of the Union. When the war was over and President Lincoln issued his proclamation forgiving such delinquents, my man came back." "Where is he now, Mr. Daily," asked a friend. "Oh, he is located somewhere on the line of the road, enjoying life, and drawing his little monthly 'divy' which Uncle Same declares."
St Lawrence Republican - Wednesday Jan 28, 1903
Adolphus F. Dailey, who died at his home in this city Sunday morning, was widely known along the line of the O & L.C. railroad with which he was connected nearly all his life. He was born in the town of Mooers, Clinton County, May 5, 1837. He commenced work with the section on the old Northern railroad, now the O. & L.C. in 1855 and was promoted to brakeman the same year. On May 5, 1856, he began firing a locomotive and in 1863 he received his first engine. He continued to serve as an engineer until 1883, when he was appointed foreman of the car shops in this city, a position which he held until he was forced by illness to retire in 1899. Since that time he had done no work. In politics Mr. Daily was a strong Democrat and always took an active interest in the party's welfare. In 1880-81, during Mayor Parker's administration, he represented the fourth ward on the Board of Aldermen, and he also served six years as a park commissioner. Mr. Dailey was universally esteemed by all who knew him and his death deprives the city of a high-minded, loyal citizen. He was twice married, and his second wife, two sons, William Henry and Frederick Adolphus, of Gloversville, and a daughter, Mollie Helen of this city, survive him.
Adolphus Daily delights to relate how Scripture fought for him during the war. "My Jinny, boys, those were stirring times alon the line of the O. & L.C., when men were being drafted to lay down their lives that their country might life. I well remember, 'twas '61 when I was driving a locomotive on the road that a delegation of the boys gathered at the depot one evening to inform me upon my arrival of my draft. 'It's all right boys; it's all right; don't you worry; I shall never go.' I went home and found my wife in tears. Some wretch had been kind enough to inform her before I had a chance. 'Never mind, Mary, do not weep,' I said. 'Our country must be saved, but some one else shall do the fighting.'
"I knew that I could pass muster and would either have to bear a musket to the front or furnish a substitute. Besides, if I went, which I had no notion of doing, someone would have to be substituted to run the old engine, to which I was very much attached. I could not bear to think of leaving the lever to take up the trigger. A friend of mine who had the "sand" said, 'Dolph you need not "rail" over the "draft" for I have a little "bank" which we can "culvert" and thus "bridge" the difficulty.' That was the kind of railroading that suited me. We found our man and took him to Malone where he was hustled through examination, and donned the attire of the "Boys in Blue." His surplus baggage, consisting of an old fashioned carpet bag bulged out with his former wardrobe, I brought back with me and laid it gently down at the station at Stockholm Depot. The deed was done, the same thing that many a polished individual had done before me.
"A year passed by and as I was driving the engine slowly by a crossing in the vicinity of my substitute's old home, I heard a voice, 'Hi, there, Dolph, is that you?' 'By Jinny crackie, is that you Urias? The last I heard of you, you were in battle in Old Virginia.' 'So I was and got the end of a finger shot off, and here I am on a thirty days' furlough. And if the governement doesn't extend my furlough when the time i sup, I will.' When the time was up, Uriah was looking at America from the Canadian border and no longer fought for the preservation of the Union. When the war was over and President Lincoln issued his proclamation forgiving such delinquents, my man came back." "Where is he now, Mr. Daily," asked a friend. "Oh, he is located somewhere on the line of the road, enjoying life, and drawing his little monthly 'divy' which Uncle Same declares."
St Lawrence Republican - Wednesday Jan 28, 1903
Adolphus F. Dailey, who died at his home in this city Sunday morning, was widely known along the line of the O & L.C. railroad with which he was connected nearly all his life. He was born in the town of Mooers, Clinton County, May 5, 1837. He commenced work with the section on the old Northern railroad, now the O. & L.C. in 1855 and was promoted to brakeman the same year. On May 5, 1856, he began firing a locomotive and in 1863 he received his first engine. He continued to serve as an engineer until 1883, when he was appointed foreman of the car shops in this city, a position which he held until he was forced by illness to retire in 1899. Since that time he had done no work. In politics Mr. Daily was a strong Democrat and always took an active interest in the party's welfare. In 1880-81, during Mayor Parker's administration, he represented the fourth ward on the Board of Aldermen, and he also served six years as a park commissioner. Mr. Dailey was universally esteemed by all who knew him and his death deprives the city of a high-minded, loyal citizen. He was twice married, and his second wife, two sons, William Henry and Frederick Adolphus, of Gloversville, and a daughter, Mollie Helen of this city, survive him.
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