Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-12


right and when The old thing busted to
pieces he was killed. Handsome picture,
amt it? Taken from photographs all of
Fem are; done specially for this work. His
clothes are kinder odd, but they say that's
the way they dressed in those days.
"Look here at this one. Now isn't
that splendid? William Penn; one of the
early settlers. I was reading the other
day about him when he first arrived he
got lot of Indians up tree and when
they'd shook some apples down he set one
on top of his sons head and shot an arrow
plumb through it, and never faxed him.
They say it struck them Indians cold, he
was such a terrific shooter! Fine counte-
nance, hasn't he? Face shaved clean-he
didn't wear a mustache, | believe; but he
seems to've let himself out on hair. Now
my view is that every man ought to have
a picture of that patriarch SOS to see how
the first settlers looked, and what kind of
weskits they used to wear See his legs,
too! Trousers little short, may be, as if
he was going to wade in a creek, but he's
all there. Got some kind of paper in
his hand, l see. Subscription list, l
reckon.
"Now, how does that strike you9
There's something nice. That, | think, is
-is--that is-a-a-yes, to be sure, Wash
ington. You recollect him, of course.
Some people call him Father of his
country George Washington. Had no
middle name, believe. He lived about
200 years ago, and he was fighter. l
heard the publisher telling man about
him crossing the Delaware River up yer
at Trenton and seems to me if recollect
right I've read about it myself. He was
counting some girl on the Jersey side, and
he used to swim over at nights to see her,
when the old man was asleep. The girls
family were down on HIM, l reckon. He
looks like the man to do that, now don't
he? He's got it in his eye. If it'd been
me I'd gone over on the bridge, but he
probably wanted to show off before her;
some men are so reckless. Now if you'll
go in on this thing I'll get the publisher
to write out some more stories about him
and bring 'em around to you, SOS you can
study up on him. know he did ever so
many other things, but I've forgot 'em,
my memory's so laundering poor.
+" Less see, who have we next? All,
Franklin! Benjamin Franklin He was
one of the old original pioneers, think,
Idisremember exactly what he is celebrated
for, but believe it was flying a-oh, yes!
flying kite, that's it. The publisher
mentioned it, He was out one day flying
kite, you know, like boys do nowadays,
and while she was Pickering up in the
sky and he was giving her more string an
apple fell off tree and hit him on the
head, Md then he discovered the attrac-
ton of gravitation-I think they call it.
Smart, wasn't it? Now if you or med a
been hit it'd Just made us mad, like as
not, and set US a cussng But men are
so different! One mans meats another
mans pisin. See what double chin he's
got No beard on him. either; though a
goatee would have been becoming to such
round face, He hasn't got on a sword,
and reckon he was no soldier; fit some
when he was boy, maybe, or went out
with the home guard, but not regular
warrior. amt one myself, and | think
all the better of him for it.
"Ah, here we are. look at that! Smith
and Pocahontas! John Smith. Isn't that
Just gorgeous? See how she kneels over
him and sticks our her hands while he
lays on the ground, and that big fellow
with club tries to hammer him up! Talk
about woman's love! There it is Mo-
docs believe. Anyway, some Indians
out West there somewheres; and the pub
Usher tells me that Shacknasty, or what
ever his name is there, was going to bang
old Smith over the head with that log of
wood, and this girl here she was sweet on
Smith, it appears, and she busted loose
and jumped forward, and says to the man
with the stick: Why don't you let John
alone? Me and him are gong to consoli-
date, and if you kill him I'll never speak
to YOU again as long as | live or words
like them; and so the man he give it up
and both of them hunted up preacher
and were married and lived happy ever
afterward Beautiful story, ain'tit? A good
wife she made him, too, | bet, if she was a
little unprecedented. And don't she just
look lovely IN that picture? But Smith
appears kinder sick Evidently thinks
his goose his cooked, and don't wonder,
with that Modoc swooping down on him
with such discouraging club.
And now we come to-to-ah-to
Punam-Gen Putnam He fought in
the war, too, and one day lot of ZEN
caught him when he was off his guard,
and they tied him flat on his back on a
horse, and then licked the horse like the
very mischief And what does that horse
do but go pitching down about four hun
dred stone steps in front Of the house with
Gen. Putnam laying there nearly skeered
to death. Leastways, the publisher said
somehow that way, and onct read about ii
myself. But be come out safe, and |
reckon sold the horse and made a pretty
good thing of it, What surprises me is
he didn't break his neck; but maybe il
was mule, and they're pretty sure-footed,
you know. Surprising what some of these
men have gone through, amt j.?
Turn over a couple of leaves. That's
Gen Jackson. My father shook hands
with him once. He was afghter, | know.
He fit down in New Orleans. Broke up