The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-10
L0cHREi's DAUGHTER.

N ntNi ~ NltlH, Eflnu uhlNni'fF nl
the aged lady OF tho mansion were ~.
sembled for their usual summer Visit nj
the old Beatty homestead. Acting ont
child nature oyorywherl, they bosci
Grandmother Realty ono evening for a
story. and whom she nsscnted. aud gave
them ihor choice Among several Incl
dents Of her early days. they naturally
preferred tho following, ~ n relates TO
n wedding and . baby; TO suliccti OF
particular interest 10 girls OF thor ago ~
twelve 10 sixteen,
She always began this Oft told talo
IN tho same words Of half apology:
81 heard II so many timos when |
WIS n Oh Id. and have told II so often
since | became old, that il does sccm
n II remember IL though that can not
be, for ! was only fifteen months old
when II happened. nut II is Just ~
true, girls. MS II | could rccoIlcct It my
self. for ! heard my father aud grand.
mother and Others tell il over aud
over ever so many times. And 80
YOU will forgive mo II | tell ii Just IA
though | remember all about Il. for In.
deed ! ran not tell IL In any other way
al was born in my fathers little
log cabin just n fortnight n ter II was
built, the fifteenth OF April, 1881. and
my cradle was a roll OF bark with two
crooked sticks for rockers. That was
In Westmoroland County, Penn. ut n
place called Miller's Station. two mi es
from Hanna's Town 10th these places
were destroyed by tho Indians and ney.
err rebuilt ttey were not far from Tho
present village OF ~Greenburg.
"Those wore years Of war all over
America, but tho frontiers had the hard.
est OF IL, for British agents kept tho In.
dians stirred up and supplied them with
guns and ammunition, but the colonies
had all tho lighting they could do along
the soaboard. and SO had no help to
spare 10 tho borders. Countless muir.
ders Of women aud children were com.
mitted by the Sayages. and hosts Of
people carried into captivity. Those
were awful times on the frontiers.
well, the incident you have asked
mo to toll occurred on The 18th OF July.
1882. whom | was n baby just running
alone nicely. There had been many
settlers farther into the wilderness than
Miller's Station and Hanna's Town, but
gradually they had been driven back till
our places were the last on the borders,
Among the settlers thus returning were
two Scotch families who stopped aud
built cabins near ours. the Couflas and
Dunlaps. Others also settled down nj
Miller until, with the great double
mansion OF Mr.. Miller. the tine house Of
John Browulec. and several smaller
ones, we had quito a village.
"Mary Courla must have been n
beautiful Scotch girl. for her praises
were In eyerybody's mouth. and as |
first recall hor, though thirty years old,
she was a lovely woman. And James
Dunlap was worthy OF her. few mon |
ever saw cqualing him in looks and
bearing. IL seems that love. Ike wild
violets, blossoms in the woods as vol
as In the folds, and perhaps il Is sweet
or there than In the towns where Il
makes so much gaudler appearance,
like over-eultivated pansles. AZ any
rate. James and Mary courted, low d..
married and lived = great many
Of welded love. all In the borders.
They were general fayorites In our III.
tie settlement and v hen Il was whispered
about that their wedding day was SGT,
MIR. Miller went 10 James aud invited
him 10 have the wedding at tho man
sion and AK in n h%ouseiul. James
aasented. and whom the day came, July
II. II was n goodiy company that
gathered 10 sec tho lovers united.
Numbers came from Hanna's Town.
chief among them being Mrs. Hanna
herself aud her two beautiful daughters,
the aristocrary Of wostmorcland.
"ln old times the wedding day was
tho bnde's day. and tho next was tho
efoom's. and was called tho Unfair
and this was a morn festive occasion
than the marriage itself. So YOU see
my story happened not at q wedding,
really. but n The Unfair.
~ !" Everything went merry enough
unia the middle 81 the afternoon.
Thcru had been dancing. and PLAYING.
and great CLEO after dinner. when aud.
denly. like a clap OF thunder a of
. clear sky. n terrible war-whoop burst
On their ears. aud q host of painted
savagcs rushed into tho mansion ID
seems they had attacked Hanna's Town
about noon. most OF the people escaping
into the fort; aud then. before ANYBODY
could got away 10 give u warning Al
Miller's :. thsy had coma unawares upon
our place.
'Most Of our people were captured; a
few men who were moving grass in The
msadows. and some who we're al home
IN their cabins. fed into the woods and
escaped. AL the wedding compan,
were taken the bride and groom. Mrs.
Hams and her daughters. John brown
he and al his family but one littl,
child. which was rescued by q youn,
mar and hid in a rye.hsld. In all forty
nso sou1a. Most Of them were released
and enc home within = couple 0
years among them the young marrie'
<oonj6: ~ 6uue Were tonshawked O
~ Drownlee vs. one Of thes<
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