Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1874-09-17
Posting an old Couple on Historic
Spots.

Spots.
On the train the other day were a
very confding old man and very in
ocenU old lady. They had passed away
five sixths of their lives hidden away
behind the hills of Vermont, and were
going to Western Michigan on a visit
to their son. After little skirmish-
ing round the old gentleman pitched
into me about the 'scrops," 'sile,''
and the weather, and when l found
how innocent he was, I gave him all
the information could All at once,
as we rode along, the wife caught his
arm and exclaimed:
''Look out, Samuel, or you'll be for
getting that place where they ftp
The old man explained. He said
that a young man who came down from
Canada with them told him to look
out for the battle field of Braddock's
defeat as soon as he left Detroit.
was going to reply that the young
man was an internal liar. but the old
lady seemed to have set her heart on
seeing the spot and the old man was
so anxious that couldn't bear to dis
appoint them. When we got down in
to the woods l pointed out the "battle
field" and they put their heads out of
the windows and took in the scene.
"Think of it Hannerr' exclaimed
the old man, as he drew in his head;
E'think Of them Injuns creeping through
them woods and shooting Mr. Brad
dock down dead !"
''My soul!" replied the old lady,
seemingly overcome by the idea, and
she kept her eye on the woods until I
thought she would twist her neck off.
We got along all right for about
five miles more, and then the old man
wanted to know if we weren't down
pretty near the spot where Tecumseh
| fell
"Where what!' l yelled, and he
said that the same young man had in
formed him that the railroad ran close
to the identical spot where the great
Indian warrior fell and slept.
'It'n be powerful favor to me an
Samuel if ye'll point out the spot!"
urged the old lady, placing her hand
on my arm.
How could go back on what that
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folks had made up their minds to see
the spot, and if I didn't show it to
them they might worry for weeks, and
they might think the young man had
lied, or that wasn't posted in the
historic spots of my own State. Lord
| forgive me, but about a mile further
on I pointed out hill and said:
| "Behold the last resting place of the
great Tecumseh.'
"Think of it, Hanner-just think of
it?'' exclaimed the old man, "right
there is where they got him!'
"Mercy but it don't seem possible! y
she calculated, and she had to get out
her snuff box before she could recover
from the shock.
The old gentleman said he had a
particular interest in seeing the spot
because he knew the man who killed
Tecumseh-used to live right by him.
''He must have been an awful In
jun!" broke in the old lady, F'feF the
young man said he didn't die till they
had cut of his head, and feet, and
hands, and blowed the body up with
a barrel of powder! %
l wanted to get away after that, fear
ing that something worse was coming
but she insisted upon my taking a
pinch of snuff, snd so kept my seat
We werejust beyond Brighton, when the
old man came at me like a steamboat,
with
CHOW, then, how fur is it to the
spot where they found the Babes in
the woods p
l wanted to get out of it, but how
could 1? That young man had delib
erately lied to those nice old folks
and I hadn't the moral courage to tel
'em so, and thus had to make liar oi
; myself It's awful to deceive any one
especially good old man, and fat
and metherly old lady, on their way
to the tomb.
"That's-yes-th hats the spotn
: said, as we came to q dark piece o.
woods.
"Think O. that Hammer" he said
his head out of the window, "think OF
them babies being found in there!
eyes it was fearful % she replied
"seems as if could almost see them
stubbing about in there now %
There was another historic spot O.
which the young man had told them
but they had forgotten it, and was
never more thankful. They kept gu ief
until the brakeman yelled out "Lan
sing" and then the old man bobbeC
up and exclaimed:
''Lansing-Lansing- why, here:
,, where they hung Tom Collins, amt it ?
He explained that Tom Collins, {
Chicago desperate, had murdered
: eleven women, and drank their blood
, for his liver complaint, and after be
ing hunted for miles and miles, had a
length been captured at Lansing, Gu
to pieces by the infuriated populace
and then left hanging on tree.
had to point out the tree. 1t wa
a tree near the depot, and the tail of
kite had lodged in its branches.
: "There's whar' they hung him Han
ner!" said the old man, stretching hi
neck.
"And there's some o his shirt lei
yet!' exclaimed the old lady, and as
backed out of the car, the good oil
man was remarking that he was goin!
to ask the train boy if he didn't hav'
the pamphlet life of Tom Collins, 81
that he could get farther particulars
i Detroit Free Press.
The logical capacity is one OF th'
most beautiful and touching things tC
= be seen in the modern Small Boy. A