The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1874-10-02
THINK OF m HAMMER"
An Ola CoupIe On theIr TraV.
elS-H0VV u Lying Young
MAN Posted Them ON
RnfuG0EfG. NDOtas
From enc Detroit Free Pres

MAN Posted Tkem On
Historic spots.
From the Detroit Free Press.
On the train the other day were
q very confiding old mau and very
innocent old lady. They had pass
ed away fiYe-sixths of their lives
hidden away behind the hills of
Vermont, and were going TO West
ern Michigan on q visit to their
son. After q little skirmishing
around, the old gentleman pitched
into me about the "crops," "sile,"
and when 1 found how ignorant he
was, gave him all the information
i could. All at once, as he rode
along, the wife caught his arm and
exclaimed:
"Look out, Samuel, or you'll be
forgetting that place where they
ftp
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 as soon as he
left Detroit.
l 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,
| anu the old man was SO anxious
that l couldn't bear to disappoint
them. When we got down into
the woods, pointed out the "bat-
tle-field," and they put their heads
out of the windows and took in
the scene.
think of it, Hammer" exclaim-
ed the old man, az he drew in his
head: "think of them Injuns creep
ing through them woods and shoot
ing Mr.. Braddock down dead ~
any souli" replied the old lady,
seemingly overcome at the idea,
and she kept her eyes on the woods
until thought she would twist
her neck off.
We got along ali right for about
five miles more, and the old man
wanted to know if we weren't down
pretty near the spot where Tccum-
sch fell?
"Where? ?" 1 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'll be powerful favor to me
an Samuel if yell point out the
spot" urged the old lady, placing
her hand on my arm.
How could 1 20 back on what
that bragen young man had said !
The old folks had made up their
minds to see the spot, and If didn't
show 1t 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. Lor' forgive me,
but mile further On, I pointed ont
q hill and said:
"BehOld the last resting place of
the great Tecumseh."
"Think of it, Hanner-just think
OF itw exclaimed the old man
fright there is where they got him !"
mercy hut it don't seem posi-
BILE ~ she ejaculsted. and she had 10
get out her snuff-box before she
could recover from the shock.
The old gentleman said he had
particular interest in seeing the spot,
because he knew the maA who had
killed Tecumseh-usedt to live right
by him.
,"He must have been an awful
Injun ?" broke in the old lady, "for
the young man said he didn't die
till they had cut of his head, and
feet, and hands, and bowed the
body up with barrel of POWDER"
1 wanted to get away after that,
fearing that something worse was
coming, but she insisted upon my
taking q pinch of snuff, and SO ]
kept my seat. We were just beyond
Brighton, when the old man came
at me like q steamboat with:
"NoW, then, how fur is it to the
spot where they found the Babes in
the Woods ?"
wanted to get out of il, but how
could /? That ysung man had de-
liberately lied to those nice old
folks, and hadn't the moral cour-
age to tell'm so, and thus had o
make q liar of myself. It's awful
to deceive any one, especially good
old man and q fat and motherly old
lady, on their way to the tomb.
"ThAts-yes-that's the spOt,' i
said, as we came to the dark piece
of woods.
"Think o. that. Hanner!" he said,
his head ont ofthe window. "Think
of them babies being found in
thereI7
ayes, it was fearful !" she replied :;
"seems as IL l could almost see them
stubbinE about in there noWw
There was another historic spot
. of which the young man had told
them, but they had forgotten it, and
was never more thankful. They
' kept quiet until the brakeman YELL
ed out, Lansing" and then the old
, man bobbled up and exclaimed:
"Lansing-Lansing-why, here's
: where they hung Tom Collins, ain't
. it?'
, He explained that Tom Collins, a
a Chicago desperate, had murdered
!. eleven old women and drank their
} blood for his liver complaint, and
g after being hunted for miles and
;. miles, had at length been captured
4 at Lansing, cut to pieces by the in
t furiAted populace, and then left
!, hanging to tree.
VI had to point out the tree. 1t
II was 6 tree near the depot, and the
il tail of q kite had lodged in its
O branches.
+. There's where they hung him
It Hsnaeri" said the old man, stretch
h ing HE neck.
!. "And there's some o. his shirt lefl
}. yet I" exclaimed the old lady, and
e as 1 backed out OF the car, the good
) old man was remarking that he WA
/. going TO ask the train boy If hG
} didn't have the Pamphlet Lite o.
J. Tom Collins" so that they could
r. get further particulars.
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ing the year 1873, is indicated In th,
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