The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-09-13

t exposed himself. as usual to imminent danger
1.-THE bullets" says our informant. ey
whizz.ns abou. il all directions"
Posting an Old Couple on II soric Spo' $
lFrom the Detroit Ere. Pr.ss.l
On the train the other day were u yery con
hung Old man and a very innocent old lady
lney had passed away tive-sixths o: thu
hives hddeQ away behind the bills If Vernon,
and were going to Western Michigan on Il yisi
to their son. After little skir,u,llius round
the Old gen lem II pitched Mt me aboutHth,
'ciops. sile. etc.. ant wien 1oGno how
innocent ne Vas, gave him .ll the infolmi.
ton L could. All at once. as we rode along
the wife caught Iii. arm and exelai.u.d:
Loot out, Stln1e'. or you |! be forgetting
that place whore they til
HE old nluI explained. He sud that 4
young III n W:io came Il, II from CAna,lt. viii
them tod Inn TO look out for the battlefield
OF Brait!pck defeat AS soon Al. he !e't De.
troit.
was going TO reply that the youn. man was
an internal liar. but the old lady seem, d 10
nave set her heart On seeing the spot an tn.
old man was so anxious that l couldn't bear Ia
dlsa' point them. When we got down into the
wo' DIS pointed out the battle field, and they
put their heads on OF the windows and took
III the scene
Think Of it. Hannah :" exclaimed the old
| man, as he drew IN his head; "tnink of them
lnJuns creeping through them woods and
shooting Mr.. Braddock down dead"
My soul y replied the old lady, seemingly
overcome at the idea, and she kept her ewes
on the woods until 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
II we weren't down pretty near the spot where
Tecumseh tell.
Where !? yelled, and he said that tie
same young man had informed him tia, 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 yen point out the spot" urged the
old lady, placing her hand on my arm.
How could 50 back on what that brazen
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 Tor weeks,
and they might think the young man had
he'd, or that wasn't posted III the historic
spots OF my own State Lor' forgive me. but
mile further on | pointed out hill. and
said:
a" Behold the last resting place Of the great
Tecumseh"
"Thlnk 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 r she
calculated, and she had to get out her snuff:
box before she could recover from the shock. !
The old gentleman said he had ii particular
interest III seeing the spot, because he knew
the man who killed Iecumseh used to hive
right by him.
. He must have been Al awful Iniun -
broke III the cid lady, .'ior the Young man
said he didn't die till they had cut oft his
head and feet, and hands, and bloved the
body up with Il barrel OF powder.'
wanted to get away after that. fearn, that
worse was coming, hut she insisted
upon nv taking pinch Of snuff. and 50 !
kept my seat. We were just beyond Brighton
Wien the Old man came at me Ike Il steam
BOAT, with:
snow, then. how fur is it to the spot where
hey found tle Babe, in he Woods =
| wanted to get out Of it, but how could /?
| It yonng man had deliberately lied to those
nee old folks, and hadn't the moral courage
o tell m 50, and thus had to make a liar of
myself 1t $ avn to 1T ceiye any one. espe-
laly good old man and tat and motherly !
I'D lady, Oh their way to the tomb t
. That's ves-thtts the spot ~ | said. as i
We came to a dark piece OF woods. t
" Think Q that Hanner" he said his head
nut of the window think of them babies ,
ClHo lpulli Ill tutlt u
- Yes it was fearful she replied :" seems /
S II l could almost see them stumbling about
D there now,'
There was another historic spot of which f
he young man told them, but they had for. :
often it, and l never more thankful. t
hey kept quiet until the brakeman yelled t
ut " Lansing, and then the old man .obbed l
p and exclaimed:
Lansing Lansing why here's where they t
ung Tom Collins amt it? ."
He explained that Tom Coli :, Il Chicago q
had murdered eleven old women t
nd drank their blood for his liver complaint
nd after being hunted for miles and miles, q
ad at length been captured at Lansing, cut t
, pieces by the Infatuated populace, and then C
1T hanging to a tree. n
| had to point out the tree. 1t was tree t.
ear the depot and the tail of kite lad t.
,dged in its branches.
There's whar they hung him, Hammer: - n
nd the old man, stretching his neck 4.
"And there's some of his shirt left vet'"'
reclaimed the old lady, and as | backed out Of
II the good old man remarked that he WIS
o .ng to ask the train boy il he didn't have
lie pamphlet Life OF Tom Collins. so that
ley could get further particulars. >