, 1881-07-06

4 PtrnsnNt Interview vvtlts thn First
Ettl.t ts"rn EFiro After the Atak.ilcru.

2NACFHlG" SSkH iNE flFKl
Chti.t ts"rn kF4ro After the massacre.
y TEirrSl. reporter yesterday afternoon
hat! thu pleasure Of cnllt,.g ufH,,i Mrs .I,,dge
Z. Il. Phtter,.0f lflllslou'. y. H., wI,n fur
thu l,ast few days Ms been lU guest nf Mrs.
Dr. Parker, ut Mo. :t'I West Washington
street, and wl,u, as,(t front personal quail
!ira!lnns Ut stigtl order, Ia vi Interest to
Chicago clllhrus NJ beng tho frat child born
IL Chicago subsequent to tie innssM.ru Of
lst4.
Mrs. Potter was fuun.l to l,c II handsome
mud d!gnlI'ul lndyilearIl,g ~ years nf nsc, a,l
full Of Interest iM thu city wl.rro she was
bnrn nj n time When no one, even Of the mast
Imaginative tMrn. could have predicted It's
graiul g alnl G!orlnus future, ......,...,
The reporter WIS disappointed lit me lllut-
ter: Tile lady was lIut. nlIfG frnRI tit.r own
memory in s1Mali of the Cilcugu nf nearly
sixty years aso., Shn sald:
49," was born l,cre, ln new Fnrt Dcarhorn-
massacre --ttsrlnV TIM time tllai NY fatller,
ten. AcStli. wns eUmmayant OF tie gar
risnn. in lS-:'.4.sl WIS thu ilrst ctii!l ifurIl
hSre ntler t'ie massacre. tatGn frnnl llero
pcrs,aiai mciHorries Of tic l,l,,rc. remember
hearing NY fnther aud nl0lller sleni; Of thrr
lr.sssellcn here. utld III their ntptslng IL tho
hinxse family ns nltI'slts their friells. 10
tel the truth, their r1',nert .u'H,! tlc pacu
wt.s, not fAvorab!e. They referred IL II us Il
mu,'-lID!c. wish tlley. lla1 f0r,Ilpll Il ,lluru
favorable opinion VI thu p'acn a,nl l,.sl i!l-
vcstct! Inn lilslo mnsi-lioie rrat estate, which
1.an Western Investments which were l,'adu
by ttn family"
.'.,Iley evidently lid not like tllo pIacee"
,,,a, "Well. no;; t was tiien yarynew; there
and tl'e recent l,loo'ly nyrilis. Of course,
caused tl!cnl TN !ttle nnxtnty. Thu General
was alSn CnlnlI!a'nlant af irtnn Bay, AfNckt-
hnw, ntiu SaEtliaw, 1T Which hitter place We
nster. Fart Dearborn Wns his l,!st c,,iI,llnMi,
nNll after In resigned from tlln Hpryeu ll,i
was appointed Surveyor IF The Port Of lsos-
ton, WttciI pnslti9i ~ !!e!d nntii !!tS Heath
','whtcl, bHppened In, Washington III ls:o"
",rhnn your early life wis passed In tho
Eyes. ~ Euston; mud NY present residence
Y IN tho oil PIERCE homestead III 1illisbOpo,
New llnnpsl'ire. tho
who was my uncle. When we were living ut
llos1o!l, President fieren WIS frequent vls-
itor NJ thh fnlli!,, md WINS often l,ls guest
7! uLo Wl'.in it,''lse during !ls tnen'nbery.
""Wlnt VIM Judge 1Mttcr's necupatonY'
-" FOR tnn'y, years he was III, eI3tnr Il, New
Hampshire. hut he IL D.st kllowM H. tho
!ni " wi s ss: !s,n11fa' ary Tf:v, s,ry sf yM s
ll4'npShire,,' II w0rk, Which lltls l,rni co,l-
sidrvtd valuable atl,ltIoil H. lile HISTORICAL
lllrIatl'ro OF Tie Eastern part ut Tho coull.
try"
Tie iu,ly pyo.l,.cel several Interesting
portraits, IstinES ltlen bllD Ot her husband,
stre' engraving, which. tDEetller With Ills
HISTORICAL WRITINGS, tlre HOW pnrt Uf lilo
archives or the Massachusetts Historical S,,-
cirty+ Judge l'uttNrdlel twelve years tstI nj
Fl1ast, Alp!. where l,e hui guns tU lunk after
some rGnlcStatc matters Il, which liz WIS III.
Another pnrtvait WIS that of Ter mother,
AIRS. t;el. MeNGtl, II l.n,Nls0lne lu,ly Of 10,
Aresseu III Il hluCk hNtiM dress will Il t;yG-
elm WAlA, Wit i large white handkerchief
nver the shoulders, nhA u lnrgu lneu frl!t Sc.
cured AIUtll,l tho iMrk by Il Gallpu llltyprh.
Thu waist was ellclselcll by Il bruntl bolt Will
Il lNrEe cui!.c0 I'll Tho fastening. 'l'iu lutr
WA prtlf! ill trout. nnl l,a.l very liiat pu,ls
uehlhll, tllc G!llCt uf tho entire tt,AtllnlN ly-
lI!!: ut ollct graceful and tl,'cLltntlly unltl.v,
T!lcre We're aIso portraits Nr Mrs. Pres..irNt
z. ~, and his W!fe, LMtly Ei,!M.u McSnii-1
sister Ut tho Dllka OF Argyll, uutl ut,nt Of
w. NiMron!S uf l.nrnc, Tie prcsel,t t;oyer,A,r-
GEilurnl Of C;>nttn.
Mrs. Potter s.;tutl tllus sl,o Ind ulyynys
taken Il deep interest III the welfare Ut Gil.
cnE0, hlth ut Aur sGFtrhl yisiEA tO l.ur uutive
plAca littl nlWhys bGoll nl,li,zc.l ut ttS prog
russ. During her prcsulst visit sl,tt had ytS-
lied tho old Ni1D nt Fort Duurll,rp, utMt frlt
tlrc}'ly, grateful tn Ar. lI0yt fnr ereGttng tl.v
ElD!et III cuInnei,1t1ltiull Ht its existej.ru,
lcstelIhy NitHrnDun Mrs. Potter juft tl,e
r!ty fUr Saginaw, AlicEi., wi.erO slu viii s,py
for short ttnlG, MftGr which sltu will return
10 her HOMO III Massachusetts.