The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1870-03-01
PALLADIUM CORRESPONDENTS.
Trip TO sookum in Oiden Times.

In my other letter promised to tell how got
away from our trip into Sockum. On starting from
the Friend house where we stayed night, we
met with some delay the way But to be plain,
we probably got a little bewildered or lost. This
was not an uncommon occurrence in those days. /
heard story in early times in our county, Of q
grown boy who went out little ways from home
with gun to shoot wild game, but got lost, and
made for the first cabin he could find. On entering,
he found the amIy all seated on the floor around
large pot, out of which they eating their fru-
gal meal. He recognized them to be his fathers
family. Il + y H
Our case was little similar. The sable cover of
night ca me on US. The borrowed silvered light of
the moon not falling on this part of our hemis-
phere at that time. We deemed it best to stop for
the night. Our situation could be better imagined
than described We had provision with us for
ourselves or teams, and no means of striking
light. In this die NINA my youthful brother dis
covered q dim light in the distance. Surprising it
to be from one os those squalled huts alluded to- he
ent toward it, and found the cabin and its inmates.
But all the assistance they could render us was to
let us have some fire for the night, and show the
road in the morning-there being road to the
cab.. My brother Obtained torch of them and
returned to Us. s5S8ks 4e1Sz S&4 $3.50 3
We set about making ourselves CO info rtab;e
the circumstances would admit. We soon had =
blazing fire. took teams from vehicles, tied
them to the trees, and began to devise ways and
means to pass the night. My brother tethought
himself ofthe crab apples and sugar, and happen
ing to have tin cup with us, he set about acting
as cook, stewing the apples in sugar-more sugar
than crabs. We thought it was a luxury.
Wild animals then abounded in tt csc regions.
The howlings of the wolves, the cries of the panth-
er and the hootngs of the owl, saluted our ears,
raising the precaution characteristic and neces-
sary with all early settlers, which manifested itself
by Keeping up blazing fire all night. Had it not
been in the aes of November, might have had
added to the sounds which startled our ears, the
croaking of the frogs in the pounds near by.
AS the sun in her course cast her glimmerings OF
light from the eastern horizon, we tackled up our
teams, and when it sufficiently daylight, We
discovered that we had missed the road-such as it
was-a short distance by avoiding those frog ponds
which abound in Sockum. We soon gained the
road and resumed our journey. After travelling
few miles to the house of Jesse johnson,
another Friend. We were fortunate in being among
Friends. Here we were kindly treated to good
breakfast and our horses and cattle fed, which no
doubt refreshed ALL at least [ testify to the
good it did me, for it the first meal had par
taken of in twenty-four hours. The crab apple
stew had rather intensified my appetite. This, my
first pilg rin1age from home, enabled to apprecI
ate the Society of Friends, especially when trav
cling excursions. as ~
From that point pushed for home ami found
all WE'LL This adventure, believe, cured my fathers
penchant for going in quest of crab apples.
~. "a sF FEE OLD SETTLER.