Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-03-26
A German Patriots Lot.

The vicIssitudes Of life are well Illus
trated in citizen Of Atlanta, Geor yis, who
now makes an humble living as a barber.
August Schelpert was the son of well-to-
do German parents. de vas gwen a
Thorough military education. one of his
Classmates beng Franz Sigel. On their
graduation, out of class of fifty, Schel-
pert stood nth and Sigel forty seventh.
They were assigned as lieutenants to The
same regiment. Then came the trouDious
times Of lS4s, when Germany was rocked
in the cradle of contention. The young
men of the Fatherland were longing for a
Government which would represent the
greatness of the German name, and were
anxious to get rid of the innumerab,e
princeliDgs who devoured the fat OF the
land. This feeling spread to the army,
and the younger Cfdcers almost Without
exception were ripe for revolution. Their
desire was not 30 much TO vindlcate the
spirit OF liberty as 1t was to see a grand
German Army, whose number and prowess
should reuder it invinciDle. About this
time young orator, Carl Schurz, began
TO attract attention, and the three, Schel-
pert, Schur1 and Sigel, became insepara-
BILE friends. The eloquence of Schurz
played havoc with the discretion of the
two lieutenants, and the three found it
necessary to seek flight under cover Of
night. After several narrow escapes from
capture the three took ship for New York,
where they had TO begin the tattle of life
under new influences. Sigel went Wes',
where his countrymen welcomed him, and
wv hau bn Ua fpr ha TInfn- hsano IL
name became the watch word tor the thou
sands of brave Germans who raliIsd to the
defence of the land OF their adoption.
Thus fame and comfort came to him.
Carl Schurz also sought the great centers
of German population, went to Missouri,
fually reached the Senate and from the
Senate Chamber he still advanced to place
at the council table Of President Hayes.
He was the only man who ever held a seat
in the Cabinet as the pc 3ulIar representa-
tive of the foreign element Schelpert,
the brightest and most promising Of the
trlo, went to Madison, Ga, whittier some
relative had preceded him. He soon found
himself to be stranger In Q strange land. |
Backed by no constituency Of his own race,
as were his two companions in the West
he was spoken Of as the only Dutchman
In the town. As temporary expedient
he resorted 10 the razor, and for years |
shaved ex-senator Joshua Hill. He was
alone, with no incentive to spur up his |
ambition, and timorous of seeking more |
congenisl surroundings. In bis solitude |
he INDUCED in his love for natural history, |
and never allowed day to pass In which |
he did add to his cabinet of insec.s. As |
q result he has now three large frames !
containing such a COLLECTION and variety |
OF shade, Size and subject az is not to be |
met with elsewhere. 1t has cost HIM |
thirty years of toIl and thirty years of such |
as but few men possess. He |
has been offered large sums for his treas
ures, but with childlike devotion he Ie-
fuses to part with them. They now
adorn the walls Of an Atlanta barber shop, |
where the least fortunate Of the three |
young rebels Is employed. He is poor,
but feels rch in the memory Of his short
life In Germany, and does not repine at
the good fortune OF his two more fortunate