The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1874-08-29
Posting an Old Couple on Historic
SuOtS

On the train the other day were Il very
confding old man and a very innocent
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 visit to their son.
After little diminishing round 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 fiji"
The old man explained. He said that
young man who came down from Canada
with them told him to lock out for the bat
tie 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 seem
ed to have set her heart on seeing the spot,
and the old man was so anxious that |
couldn't bear to disappoint them. When
we got down into the woods l pointed out
the battle field" and they stuck their
heads out of the windows and took in the
scene.
Think of it, Hanner!' exclaimed the
old man, as he drew in his head think
of them lnjuns creeping through them
woods and shooting Mr.. Braddock down
dead y
"My soul !" replied the old lady. seem
ingly 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 then the old man wanted
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the spot where Tecumseh fell.
"Where what" | yelled; and lie said
that the same young man had told him that
the railroad ran close to the spot whore the
great Indian warrior fell and slept
eth he powerful favor to me an Sam
uel if yell point out the spot" urged the
old lady, placing her hand on my arm.
How could | go 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 it to them they
might worry for weeks, and they might
think the young man had lied, or that |
wasn't posted on the historic spots of my
own state. Lor' forgive me, but about a
mile further on | pointed out hill and
said
''Behold the last resting-place of the
great Tecumsehw
"Think of it, Hanner-just think of it y
exclaimed the old maa-'right here is
where they got him."
"Mercy but it don't seem possible, she
calculated, and she had to get out her
snuff box before she could recover from
the shock
The old gentleman said he had particu-
lar interest in seeing the spot, because he
knew the man who killed Tecumseh-used
to live right by him.
she must have been an awful Iniun -
broke in the old lady, ''for the young man
said he did MT die till they had cut off
his head, and feet, and hands, and bowed
the body up with barrel of powder.
| wanted to get away after that, fearing
that something worse was coming, but she
insisted on my taking pinch of snuff, and
so kept my seat. We were just beyond
Brighton, when the old man came at me
like steamboat with
snow then, how fur is it to the spot
where they found the Babes in the Woods?
wanted to get ont of it, but how could
L? That young man had deliberately lied
to those nice old folks, and l hadn't the
moral courage to tell em so, and thus had
to make liar of myself. It's awful to de-
ceve any one, especially good old man,
and fat and motherly old lady, on their
way to the tomb.
"That's-yes-that' the spot !" / said,
as we came to dark piece of woods
Think O. that, Hammer" he said, his
head out of the window, ''think of them
babies being found in there,'
"Yes, it was fearful :" she replied,
''seems as if could almost see them stub
bling about in there now! !"
There was another historic spot Of which
the young man had told them, but they had
forgotten it, and | was never more thank
full. They kept quiet until the brakeman
yelled out Lansing" and then the old
man bobbed up and exclaimed
" -Lansing-why, here's where
they hung Tom Collins, amt il"
He explained that Tom Collins, q
Chicago desperate, had murdered eleven
old women, and drank their blood for his
liver complaint and after being hunted fol
miles and miles had at last been captured
at Lansing cut to pieces by the Infatuated
populace, and then left hanging to tree
had to point out the tree. 1t was g
tree near the depot, and the tail of kite
lodged IN its branches.
There's whar they hung him, Han
ner!" said the old man, stretching his
neck.
"And there's some o his shirt left yet =
exclaimed the old lady; and rs | backed
out OF the car the good old man was re
marking that he was going to ask the trair
boy if he didn't heve the pamphlet life o.
Tom Collins, so that they could get fur
Their particulars.