Mower County transcript., 1869-12-30

Judges, and so on, is the idea. The chess.
board is like drawer, with little COM
partment or box beneath each square, into
one of which the dealer slips the figure
which passes for the corpse Of Kinck.
Then every player buys as many images
and puts them on such squares as he
chooses, and when the game is made, the
person who has hit on the correct place
takes the pool, less the dealers commits
sions. A pleasing pastime this for young
resurrectionlsts at Christmastide.M
F?sy 2 : s.. - =
1 ! Historical "Reminiscences.
A correspondent Of the Cincinnati Times
writing from Brownsville, Pa, revives some
interesting scraps of local history. .,...s
Brownsville WAS laid out in 1785. It has
been quite point for bodybuilding, and
that industry is still carried on to moder-
ate extent. The first blast furnace west Of
the mountains was bnilt on Dunbar creek,
fifteen miles east Of Brownsville. There
were engine works at Bridgeport, now a
purt of Brownsville, and there, in 1914,
was built the engine Of the steamer Enter
prise, the first steamer TO- come from New
Orleans to Pittsburg. In 1896 paper-mill
called the Redstone Paper-mill, was erected.
The first indignation meeting called by
the opposers of the tax imposed by Con.
gress upon whisky was held at Old Fort
Redstone, as Brownsville was then called.
That region, was very largely engaged in
the distillery of whisky, as it is now: By
an act of. Congress, passed March J, 1871, q
tax of four pence per gallon was imposed
upon all whisky manufactured, and the
''boys wouldn't stand it," etc. - -
The State Excise Law OF Pennsylvania
has just been repealed, and they couldn't
see how Congress had any right to impose
one upon their favorite artic lie of manutac-
ture.. sThis.was soon after the Revolution
ary Wal, it must be recollected- war that
grew out of taxation, and the people at that
time and region thought, in opposing the
taxson -whisky they we're in 4 manner imi.
tating the example set them by those who
originated the Revolution. Besides, tha
section of Pennsylvania was settled very
largely by emigrants from portions of Scot
land and Ireland, were illicit distilling
was carried on, and where it was esteemed
q worthy act to cheat the Government out
of the excise. The. first public meeting
against the law was held at Redstone, July 81,
1891, and there it was resolved to treat with
contempt any one accepting Office under
the Excise Law. One Of the first men to
accept Collectorship was treated with
something rather more positive than sim
pie contempt; he was treated to a coat Of
t,r and feathers. He was Collector OF
Washington and Allegheny counties.
Afterward some half crazy man, who
and went about looking up illicit distil-
An old chronicler of the period speaks of
t>o~, nh DHlo
It must have been ''played" with him after
.'Tom and Tinker Men" They commit
ted very many outrages, maltreating and
tar and feathering the excisemen, burning
their houses, &c. One old Quaker, who
dared to speak of one of their Conventions
as "Rump Convention" was seiz.d ono
night and brought before body of them
to answer for it. He would have Jared
badly, no doubt had it not been for the
timely wit of humane member OF their
party, Hugh Henry Breckinridge, who said
to them: "He calls our Convention a
Rump Convention. Let us revenge our
selves by clubbing him . Rump Quaker. u
This proposition pleased the assembled
tinkers, and the Quaker was permitted to
20 unmolested, though the name chung to
him, and until the day OF his death he Was
known as the '.Rump Quaker. + g.
This Hugh Henry Breckinridge was a
shrewd, able, and very witty man. He
joined the Whisky Boys, evidently;so 80 as to
curb the storm that was raging, and give
better direction when it's force was spent.
He was born in Scotland in 1850, emigrated
to this country early in life, and was self
educated and self-made man. He was the
author Of book full Of satirical humor
entitled 'Modern Chivalry." The Gov vern
ment at Washington sent commissioners tc
treat with the Whisky Boys, but for fea,
that their efforts might not be successful
sent an army of Is. 600 men, which show,
the magnitude of the insurrection. -
The matter was finally settled withou
| any pitched battles (although there wert
/ numerous collisions and some bloo5shed)
the "boys" concluding to pay the four
pence tax. Monongahela whisky-as thu
/ whisky produced in this region is called
| is distilled from mingled corn and rye, ant
is said by those who have tried it to be i
very superior article when pure. .; {
/ The grave of the unfortunate British
General Braddook is pointed out on tn
| Nationalroa not far from here. The seen,
i Of Braddock's defeat is on the Monongahe
! la, about fifteen miles below here by land
Braddock had 800 men, including tn
44th and 48th Royal regulars, who hat
just arrived from England (June, 1755), au'
some Virginia volunteers. the latter unde
the command of Col. Washington, sine,
i celebrated as President of the Unitet
States, Father of his country, &c. y 1'''
Gen. Braddock was brave but very OBJ
stinate officer, who knew nothing of Indi
| an warfare, aud entertained contempt 10
! ,kr.6 N ArH k1o T.,
dian fashion-from behind trees and logs
He would not listen to the advice of Wash
ington, and marched his little army into q,
ambuscade OF 800 French and Indians, o,
July 9,s1755, with result known to ever,
school-boy. Braddocks men wero cut t.
pieces, and Braddock himself, after havin,
five horses shot under him, was mortall
wounded. > It is said that Gen. Braddocj
was greatly enraged against the volunteer
who got behind trees to fire, and actual
struck some OF them with his sword. 1t wa
believed by many that Braddock was sho
by one of them, q man named Tom Fas
sett, in revenge for his having strucl
Toms brother. Fassett lived for severa
years in FAyet.e county, and used to com
into Brownsville to indulge in q spree.
When interrogated upon the subject b
would sometimes place his forefnger upol
his lips in token Of silence, and sometime
burst into tears, but he never let in an,
new light upon the subject In the retrea
which followed the disa trous battle, Brad
dock was carried by his soldiers four days
when he died Of his wound. They burie,
his body in the center of the road the
had made through tho wilderness (since
norton of the national road), and then tn
army marched over it in order that the In
dams might not be able to find it. Subse
auently his bones, or bones believed to b
his, were collected and buried beneath
tree by the side of the road, and the spc
is still pointed out to the curious as 'Brad
docks Grave"
Washington had two horses shot unde
him and his clothes riddled with bullet.
but he escaped unhurt. In after year.
when in Ohio Washington was called ON b
an old chief, who said he was in the battl
and fired at Washington number OF time
without being able to bring him. SatisEe
that he was under the especial protectio
of the Great Spirit, he ceased firing on hil
, and euioinea his braves to do the SAM
That story would do to tell in those da;
. to Washington, but if any one attempte
a to play such o thing off on Grant, /
vonld swear the fellow wanted some offic