Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1860-02-18

iTheophi1us lle-RenainI-
sciences OF a Portion 81 Ills Harry
History.
Mr.. Covert noticed in your paper
]of the 4lh inst, an article from the Madi.
Ison Journal, sketching briefly some If The
incidents in he life of THEopHLus LACHA.
eELLE; who, it seems, is now AMI has been
Tor several years past, a unatic and in con
lhnement. Az matter that may be of
Interest 10 some of your readers @lio have
had personal acquaintance with the indi-
lyidual in question, allow me to narrate a
few particulars connected with his edaca-
tiohal history.
lie received his education at Cumber.
land College, Princeton, Ky; which insti-
III ION he entered when quite youth in
the year 1880 or 1881, and remained
there some three years. He entered college
in company with Rev. DR.. Scott Of the o.
,. I. Church, now stationed at SanFran-
cisco, Cal. DR.. Scott WAS also young, and
some four years the senior Of LsCHAPELLE
--ihc latter was regarded in some form as
the protcge of the former. They left
Prairie du Chen together and descended
the Mississippi as far as St. Louis ID bark
canoe, al which place they shipped on
board steamer and were landed on the
Kentucky shore, whence they travelled on
foot with their packs on their backs, some
Thirty miles, to the college. DIR. Scott
graduated at that institution, but LACHA
PELLE think did not; four years term
being required to obtain the usual literary
honors. His education in that institution
was wholly gratuitous, and his other ex-
penses TO q considerable extent, were
mainly provided through ae instrument.
atty Of DIR. Scott, in the shape Of charitable
donations. He being of Indian family,
land, as was understood, without any pres
ent means, and greatly desiring an educa-
lion, the sympathies of the community
were much engaged in lis behalf. Al.ho'
at that Time wholly destitute of the mean
to pay any part of his educational expenses
| it was understood .hat when he attained
his majority, a respectable, moneyed estate
would come into his hands, and that any
arrearages that might result against him
would be faithfully and honorabIy satisfied.
When be left college there stood an IN
deb;edness against him for boarding, books
and clothing, of some 5000 or more. -
While at college he was distinguished for
his studious and moral habits with strong
religious proclivilie,) and rapid advance
meat in the ditfe-eat sciences, particularly
lin mathematics. This avidity for the
acquisition Of knowledge, greatly enhanced
the sympathies of the college officers and
the community. Such was his devotion
ito his studies that he was almost recluse
Iibeing rarely seen outside the college
premises unless called by special business
Some four or five years after his depart
lure from college. DIR. Scott who thet
resided in Alabama, acquainted those who
held claims against him, that LACHAPELLE
lead, or was about to receive I'll e estate
spoken Of while he was AT collage, and If
1.-The claims were sent on to him At Prairie
du Chen they would doubtless be paid.
Accordingly they were placed in lac hands
tof COL j. b. g., then citizen and distin.
lguished lawyer of ST. Louis, Mo-, with
instructions TO have the same presented
for payment. In due time Through a
special agent the claims were presented,
and the response WAS a long letter Of some
five or six pages Of fools cap from LACHA-
pELLE to Col. c.. written in the most
Eeaustic language, commencing as follows:
PaAIaIE DU cnIEss WIS. TgRRlTogY.
tx O'clock. P. NJ. 8
SIR:-Having just returned from a
lgame Of euchre with party Of my friends
and mol feeling inclined 10 sleep, ! have
concluded to devote an hour or two al
this Time in answering your letter handed
me by Mr.. Il. =
I He then goes on in TRADE of abuse
land denunciation, couched in the harshest
terms, against DR.. Scott, the officers of
1.-THE college, and all others directly OF
Indirectly connected With that institution,
and concludes by assuring those who held
the claims against him. that. lst, He had
no money to pay them; Cd, that payment
Icould not be coerced by law, AS he had no
property that could be reached, and Sd, if
he was ever so able TO pay them, it was
never his intention to do so.
There the matter stopped, and has
remained SO ever since. | truly regret to
hear Of his mental calamity.
The foregoing Incidents are stated Of
my own personal knowledge, and upon the
most reliable authority, and may conclude
by saving 'sThe most of which saw and
part of which was" j. H. r.
Potosi, Wis. Feb. 7th, 1860.
Eg The oldest Congressional fracas
we know of is thus described in paper
of the date of January 20, 1911:
(" AS the members were coming out Of
the Representative Eall,aftef adjournment
4 rather disagreeable fracas took place
Mr.. John Randolph was attended by two
fSvorite dogs, who, in their haste TO get
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