John Teed, husband of Mrs. Teed, who keeps the popular and prosperous boarding house on Morgantown street, Uniontown, was an old stage driver. His first engagement as a driver on the road was with the Express line, called derisively "The Shake Gut." After driving a short time on the Express, he was given a team on one of the regular coach lines. He was an approved driver and promoted to the office of guardsman. The guardsman was a person sent with the coach to superintend its progress, and aid in protecting it from the incursions of robbers, which were not uncommon in the night time on the mountainous sections of the road. Thomas Poland was in every essential a stage driver, and zealously devoted to his calling. He drove out from Uniontown, east and west, as occasion required. He was a man rather below the average stature, but stoutly built and of swarthy complexion. Many old drivers were moved to grief when business ceased on the road, but no one felt the change more keenly than Thomas Poland. John Guttery, of Washington, Pennsylvania, was one of the early stage drivers of the road, and a good and trusty one. He was a tall man, rounded out proportionately to his height, and closely resembled the renowned old driver, Redding Bunting. He was a brother of Charles Guttery, the old wagoner and tavern keeper mentioned in another chapter of this volume. John Guttery, after driving stage a number of years, gave up that exciting occupation and established a livery stable in Washington, which he conducted successfully until his death in that place a number of years ago. CHAPTER XXIV. _Stages and Stage Drivers continued--Gen. Taylor approaching Cumberland--Early Coaches--The first Troy Coach on the Road--Mr. Reeside and Gen. Jackson--John Buck--Accidents--Kangaroo and Bob-tail Teams--John Mills and William Bishop--Celebration at Cumberland--David Bonebraker, Hanson Willison, and a long list of other old drivers--Billy Willis and Peter Burdine--Fare Rates--The Way Bill--The Landlords--Pilot and Pioneer Lines--Compensation of Stage Drivers--Hopwood's Row--Withdrawal of the lines--The dignity of stage drivers, estimated by an old pike boy._ Scharts' history of Western Maryland gives the following account of President Taylor's ride over the mountain division of the road, when on his way to Washington to be inaugurated: