The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1877-11-01

A few years since we published a
few learned articles upon Natural
History. They attracted the atten-
ton of learned scientists. Our arti-
cles upon Dogs, Hogs, Town Cows,
&C., at once became standard litera-
ture. We have determined, notwith-
standing the hard times, 10 secure
from the pen of distinguished authors
some biographies Of distinguished
travellers and other persons of emf
nence. We studied for some time
whether to first publish the biography
of STANLEY, the explorer of Africa,
or WILLIAM EsoN, who when last
heard from, was on the banks of Four
Mile, and have concluded that OR
readers will be most interested in the
details Of the remarkable travels of
WILLIAM EsoN.
William was born quite young, and
has always been of an adventurous
disposition and fond of hunting. He
adopts the English custom of taking
This horn" with him when lie hunts.
In person he is tall and slender, and
is bronzed by exposure. In fact, he
is a perfect bronze He left our viii
lage a few days since, determined to
explore the wilds through which Four
Mile wends its solitary way. His
outfit was gotten up especially for him,
and was constructed with an eye to
safety in travelling through rugged
countries. 1t has but one wheel. 1t
is no doubt, what was known among
the ancient Romans, as a hand chari-
OF. 1t runs along q very short dis
lance ahead of the traveller, and it is
a matter of great convenience that it
generally stops and waits for him
when he stops to take his horn and
wind it, as it is the custom of English
hunters to do. Englishmen are fond
of their hunting horns, and William
is very fond of hunting horns, in fact
he would not hunt much without a
horn. The intelligent and curious
reader can see from the cut that the
carriage which conveys the tent, the
baggage, gun, munitions of war, and
presents for the chiefs of the differ
ent tribes of "Abrigoines" he might
meet when exploring the river, is a
land propeller. The propellc- can be
seen between the handles iI the rear
ofthe wheel. The first capture which
WILLIAM made was a cat-an enor-
nous wild cat-Hhich he quickly do
mesticated and made his travelling
companion. He had to hold the cat
when he wound his horn. He took
his horn at the top of Bruce's hill, rs
he cast a farewell glance at the spires
of our town. He staid the first night
at q point known as Friendship
Church. He pitched his tent there /;
pitched it over the fence, then crawl
ed under the fence and slept. The
next day he passed through Sugar
Valley. In Sugar Valley he took his
horn and filled it with wind. Itwould
have kept full if the wind had not
rushed out at the other end with a
great noise. When wind is blowed
into a hunters horn at one end, it
goes out of the other with q great
noise. That is the way WILLIAMS
does. Most always when he blows
wind into one end of his horn it comes
Yankee Doodling out at the other
end. WILLIAM got out of wind this
side of Sugar Valley, but he got some
wind in sugar Valley, when he reach
ed there-a great many people raise
the wind in Sugar Valley-they are
good farmers there, and good farm
ers raise good crops and "raise the
wind" Some of them raise more
wind than others. March is a good
month for wind, and WILLIAM is
some on the march, WILLIAM calls it
forward march," because it keeps
ahead in the wind business. Here
WILLIAM fingered for awhile before
striking utinto the wild and noun
famous region of the Four Mile.
"oh stay " the maiden said. sand rest
Thy weary head upon this breast"
A tear stood In his bright blue eye,
But still he answered with a sigh
81 want my horn"
A fau nf0up nct od~uapfupouc hunt-