St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-06-09

ongahela house few years ago. He asked me
about men and things that I had forgotten until
he recalled them'' There is not a
| stump rack on these hills that Blaine don't
KNOW" Mr.. William Britton said to me to-day.
81 have talked to Blaine frequently, and he
knows the country about here better to-day than
| most of the people who have never lived any
where else. / came here after Blaine had gone
| away, but judge from conversations have had
| with him that he must have secured these hills
| while he lived here, From others I hear the
| same thing, and it is easy to see how much they
ike 1t and what an unconscious pride they take
| IN it. l asked Mr.. Britton. who is Democrat,
| why the people here were SO strongly for Blaine,
and he answered: ''It's sort of pride in the
thought that we produced president. That, 1
| think, is why we want him elected" Mr.. Brit
ton, while an admirer of Blaine, thinks that Ed
munds would poll more Democratic votes in
Fayette county than the Maine leader would.
MEMENToEs OF THE BLAINEs.
| If Brownsville and West Brownsville are with
| out Blaines and Gillespies, they are well sup
| piled with monuments of them. Get genuine
| old timer for guide should you visit here, and
he will show you the old house where Capt.
| Blaine-frst of the name in Brownsville-lived,
frame building, since enlarged by the erection
| of brick addition, near Redstone Old fort. He
| will show you the site of the log cabin where
| Mrs Gen. Sherman's mother first saw the light;
| the house was destroyed by fire two years ago.
| He will show you, way back on the hills above
| West Brownsville, the house where Ephraim
Blaine was married to Maria Gillespie. He will
| show you half-doz6n houses he lived in after
ward, and at least two houses where James G.
Blaine was born. If he is real energetic he will
CHI ~. 49,
event took place.
HIS BIRTHPLACE.
| However, Senator Blaine was present when he
was born and neither Robert or the authorities
| on this question were. A man who was on the
| ground is always good enough for me, SO stand
in with the senator on this question. This after
noon | visited the house. 1t stands on the one
| street of West Brownsville, and in former years
its grounds ran down to the river. Now a saw
mill occupies the water front. 1t is two-story
frame building placed few feet off the road,
with little grass plot between the house and
fence. Its present occupant is Mr.. John S.
| Pringle, whose wife greeted when called
| The hall at one side of the house is
| large and well lighted, three windows letting
in the and air. The parlor, opening off it, is
a spacious apartment, with low ceiling and a
| huge chimney, whose deep throat although now
bricked up to meet the requirements of modern
| base burner, still tells of roaring fires when
| Ephraim Blaine's old friends gathered in while
he was in his palmy days. In an ''L'' extension
are the dining room and kitchen, and on the
| second floor are the bed chambers. The ceilings
are low and the windows small, but the house is
staunch and comfortable yet. ''My father said
Mrs. Pringle, thought this house from Senator
Blaines father in 1S43. 1t was when Mr.. Blaine
| was elected prothonotary and went to Washing
| ton to live. Yes, Mr.. Blaine was born here.
Some people say it was house further down
town. but my mother said it was here and Mr..
| Blaine says this was the house,