The Bloomfield times. [volume] (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1867-187?, 1874-10-20
BOUND TO SEE THE SIGHTS.


hills of Vermont, and were going to West
ern Michigan, on visit to their son. Af-
ter a little skirmishing around the old
gentleman pitched into me about the
"crops," "sile," and the weather, and
when found how innocent he was, 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 forget
ting that place where they it,"
The old man explained. He said that
young man who came down from Canada
with them told him to look out for the
battlefield of Braddock's defeat aB soon as
he left Detroit.
was going to reply that the young man
was an internal liar, but the old lady SEEM
ed to have set her heart on seeing the spot,
and the old man was 80 anxious that
could not bear to disappoint them.
pointed out the battlefield" and they
put their heads out of the windows and
took in the scene.
"Think of 1t, Hammer !" exclaimed the
old man, as he drew in his head "think
of them injuns creeping through them
woods and shooting Mr.. Braddock down
dead ~
"My soul ~ replied the old lady, SEEM
ingly overcome at the idea, ard she kept
her eyes on the woods until thought she
would twist her neck of.
We got along all right for about five
miles more, and then the old man wanted
to know If we were not down pretty near to
the spot where Tecumseh fell.
"Where whatP" yelled, and he said
that the same young man had informed
him that the railroad ran close to the iden-
tical spot where the great Indian warrior
fell and slept.
eth be powerful favor to me an
Samuel, il yen point out the spot !" said
the old lady, placing her hand on my arm.
How could / go back ON what that bra.
zen young man had said? The old folks
had made up their minds to see the spot,
and if l didn't show it to them they might
worry for weeks, and they might think the
young man had lied, or that wasn't post
ed in the historic spots of my own State
Lord forgive me, but about mile further
on 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, fright there il
where they got him." +4
"Mercy but it don't seem possible =
she calculated, and she had to get cut hel
snuff box before she could recover from the
shock.
The old gentleman said he had partic
ular interest in seeing the spot, because hi
knew the man who killed Tecumseh--useC
to live right by him.
SHE must have been an awful IDjun =
broke in the old lady, :" for the young maj
said he didn't die till they had cut off hi
head, and feet, and hands, and blowed tn,
body up with a barrel of powder"
wanted to get away after that, fearing
that something worse was coming; she in
sisted on my taking pinch Of snuff, an'
SO 1 kept my seat. We were just beyon'
Brighton, when the old man came at m
like steamboat, with
"Now, then, how fur is it to the spe
where they found the babes in tn
woods?"
wanted to get out of it, but how coul
/? That young man had deliberately lie,
TO those nice old folks, and / hadn't tn
moral courage to tell them so, and thu
had to make liar Of myself. It's awfu
TO deceive any one, especially good oil
man, and fat motherly old lady, on thei
way TO the tomb.
"That's-yes-that' the spotr' said
as we came to dark piece Of woods.
"Think O. that, Hammer p he said, put
ting his head out of the window, think o
them babes being found in there -
"Yes, II was fearful p she replied
"seems as If | could almost see then
stubbing about there now -
There was another historic spot of whicl
the young man had told them, but the
had forgotten It, and was never NOR
thankful.
They kept quiet until the brakesmal
yelled out, Lansing and then the oil
man bobbed up and exclaimed
lansing Lansing here's wher
they hung Tom Collins, amt itT'
He explained that Tom Collins Chics
go desperate, had murdered eleven oil
women, and drank their blood for his live
complaint, and after being hunted 70