Omaha daily bee., 1874-09-16
SOM FUN.
By Max Adeler.
A LEGEND OF WILLIAM PENN,

the Indians. That treaty particu-
larly deserves to be celebrated, for
under it William gouged over three
million acres of lands out of the
savages in exchange for a couple of
hundred dollars worth of hatchets,
plug tobacco and tenpenny nails.
That was the beginning of our pres
ent Indian policy. We carry on
the same noble system yet. | ha sc
been furnishing up my antiquarian
studies for the anniversary, and
among other things l have resur-
rected a legend of William, which
may be valuable. Never MUD
where | dug it up. Here it is:
Soon after landing, Penn is sad
to have inspired. a tender passion
in the breast of a beautiful Indian
maiden, and for some time it was
considered probable that the two
might possibly be joined together in
maurimony; but this was not to be,
and the eas why it was not to be
is explained in the following con-
v%ersation, which occurred between
the lovers one evening while they
were sitting together upon the bank
of the river. The maiden said TO
HIM.
dearest, l long to have you be-
come as one of my people; end |
want you now to let me adorn you
with earrings and to fasten this
ring to your nose, 50 that you may
appear as noble as the other braves"
Excuse me, darlin'," he said,
"but L daresn't wear jewelry. The
yearly meetin' won't allow i;'n
"But you will come to our council
fire tonight, dear, will you not
and join with the chief and warriors
in dancing about our captives, who
will be tied to the stake? / know
you will come"
"Well, if it makes no difference
to you, | believe l won't. | don't
dance; it's agin our disciplme.'
"Ah, then, 1 will tell you what
you shall do. You shall sit by the
great tree and beat the war-drum,
and make the fierce music of battle.
You can surely do that ~
"Upon the whole, really don't
think | can You see, I'm down
on the fierce music of battle Pm
opposed to music of any kind, and
particularly to that which is ham,
mered out of n war-drum. No, I'll
have to beg off,"
"But, at least, you will go with
me to the lodge of the medicine
mar, and see him perform hIs Won
derful feats of magic ?"
I'm afraid I'll have to contradict
you again, my love. Our folks have
le.ii.ied agin' goin' to places OF
amusement. I'd be disciplined, sure
as fate, if / was to do it. Can't do
j., sweet, anyhow you fix t."
"TJo bad! too bad! But you
will Mt object, l know, to letting
ME t"y with your tresses, and fix
them into such a crest as our braves
wear proudly upon their heads.
This you cannot refuse me?n
"Now, see here, my dear, do be
reasonable. You know 1 can't lei
you do that. You certainly must
know that / amt allowed to take
off my hat. Why it's absurd"
81 do not understand the ways OF
your people. But / am willing tC
submit to you, if know that YOU
love me. lou do love me, VIII.
liam, do you not? swear that you
love me. Swear by yon mOon-no,
the moon is not Out-swear by Won
stars that you will never It
love me"
"Tm afraid I'll have to get out
our book of discipline and read it tC
you. When you have perused it /;
couple of times, maybe you'll under
stand that l meyer swear. l affirm
Then sac rose, looked at him {;
moment with ineffable sc0rn, ant
hAed ito the trackless forest (; so tina
match was off, and William Penn
was LEFT discOnsolate. This is a
much of the legend as | have scarce
up thus far. If it seems TO interes
antiquarians, maybe | can eXcavat
the rest of it.
COOLEY'S ROOSTER.
Shakespeare, you Will remember
says that "The morning cock GREY
loud" / do not know that tn,
divine bard intended this remark t.
refer especially to Cooley'sfrooster
but it fits him with singular exact
ness. / do not know what IT,
breed was-Black Spanish, i believ
but he was the most animated
earnest, whole souled and vehemen
rooster anywhere around. III
: turned out earlier and crowcd loud
er than any other rooster in til
! State of Delaware. He could crov
T oftener in 4 minute-he could hOl,
2 on the last note longer and begin
? again quicker than any know
: barn-yard fowl; and he would Otter
wake up in the night and emit hal
5 a dozen yOciferous screeches in orde
to make sure that he had not los
t his voice since sunset. When h
: began to run up the scale in til
morning, he SOC had every othe
rooster within ten mics hard /,
; work, and | used to lie abed listen
t ing to the vocal contest. and observ
ing how Cooley's bird always go
l more noise out of his larynz thai
: any four of his competitors.
: shouldn't have minded it if he hat
t been a little farther OF, and slep
I later; but when | live alongside o
a rooster that is an earlier riser an,
has a voice that is q cross between
g fog whistle and a steam coffee mill
the matter becomes serious. Il wa
: useless to complain to Coole,
: about the chicken. He owed m
a grudge for banging mis- bal
. loon to slithers. So, in self-de
I Tense. j procured about n dozer
I small torpedoes and pasted then
5 carefully over with flour. Then
+ strewed them on a bed in my gal
den wherever the bird was wont t
disport himself in the early morn
ing. He crowed a good deal tina
e morning before / came down, bu
u toward breakfast-time Noticed tina
, his voice seemed somewhat soften
: ed, and his vocal exercises less fire.
: quent. When l went out l foun
him standing on one leg, lookin
7 abjectly miserable, movigg his hea
Q from right to left As if he had some
!: thing in his mind; and L observe
e that the torpedoes had disappeared
= L moved toward him with the in
tention of jamming him agains
n something, when he suddenly al
Q tempted TO jump over the fence. H
! fell short and struck the post. Their
was an explosion, and the rooste
y oh, where was he? a couple c
q drumsticks were found by someb,d