The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-07-14
JOHNNY APPLENEED."
THE QUAINT PIONEER VINO PLANTED
ORCHARDS IN ONO.
\ striking and Most Interest "a. hirt'tsf
Who Wa. the Earliest toIr"rtrur
the tbid Nau.

one of the most strikin. AMI in fact in
tere>tIhs pioneer characters 81 l~H VI,
Jonathan Chapman, a man who, uWluS 10
his odd &c, uIatIou wa~ generally ku"Wn as
Johnny Aptiese~i tie made tis irNt AZ
I-arance IN western Irnn,y iSanla, coming
from Hu,ton, Mas. lie I">S's~'t strong
passion lur RAISING ami rultI atin- aipie
tres froih the s's4t, claiming tn II ttat ma
the only Fru.~r way Ia pant AN or'htrL
la th SPIN, Of i~Ii huphlan m.tr bis
Nay IL mo, AT which tI.ue h. apI~'trrt on
tn, tor hers OF LIcktn, creek IN what y
noa known rs Licking county, wttha Lo.N''
bad ui app.e els, which he panfrt an
various lltcv, on AMI ubuut the tsinNs II
that stream There Is no auth ntIr ac "uEt
ct his movement, during thu i've >ucy'e~tinS
Years, aitaousI he MAS undoubtedly follow
lng tn. sam. strange vo'ttinu
Early IN the spring OF iN'r' plnnf'r N"t-
tier oi Jefferson county hoticci - isNulIar
craft with a curious car, 20 AMI "A r'iuarkatic
occupant moving down the ohio river wtth
the current 1t WAS johnny Apfle>,SI,
10y which name Chapman WAS known from
lNUi until tho time OF hI, drath, which oc-
currei IN l>ii, In every loS canIn from tha
ohio river 10 the great lakes on the north
and Ia far west us tll1 present eastern
boundary of Indiana with two cannes
dashed together, trans ortIns lntl of S''"iS
H. the th'n Western frontier, tor the purpose
of planting them on the mot rrnIutest verge
OF white settlements
SCATTERING TltE fEuIr SEEh
In following his favorite pursuit he
always kept On the outskirts ut tho s"ttl~
ments cleaning spots III the loamy lands on
the banks OF streams, where h. wuuli plant
his SEEDS, place n Sill hit inrlosurc around tho
grouni, and then have tho place until tn
trees hal become sufficiently large to h"
trausI lautd settlers begun to flock IN AMI
open bearings To those who wanted an
orchard ON their places, "Johnuy wnuld
furnish young trees Ito hal no Idea ot
making any money out oi hi, occupation,
generally giving tine trees away or - ling
them for u tribe such rs an old coat or amy
article vi which hc could maze some Nv.
In thu, way h. proceeded tor year, until
thu country WI, in a measure s"ttl Il and
>upliici with apple tres,
Chnpman's personal appearance WA, II,
striking rs hl> character he was II small
man, quick and restless IN his motion, his
eyes We're black and sl,arklcd with II p.cdliir
brightness whil' his hair anl b'arl were
long and dark lie never shaved AMI lived
tho toughest Nir often sleepn. IN the
woods in preference To- accepting the hosp
tally Of u settler HIS clothing was OH
AMI ragged lclng generally given him IN
exchange tor apple trees. Tie invariably
went barefootrd, and frequently Travelled
mites through the snow that way unly
,ur,, Nit. Ina, ypi lunktn Ia Wtttr ,utt ,tttN-
crlns OF amy klni \ settler, vino happened
H. own pair shoes that were too snail for
Ia, own ,i,e, forced thom upon johnny
who reiuctantiy put thcm ON The reNt day
johnny overlook "A blrctuutrd family
moving westward, ard rs they appeared to
io III greater nec,d ut footwear than he w,lo
he gave them the shos
lie was IA follower of Swlnhorg, took
no Thought of the morrow and lci "A moral,
tlaniclcs- liin Ii was his custom To circu
lat" Swed,nbor, ian works wherever h.
went ami IT short of them would tear II
TOOK into Two or tlIrc" part-,
giving each Part to different
persons, In that WA h. supplied
IL neis hhurhool with n religion, literature,
although those to whom h. gave the latter
part OF tho book To rrad first, must have
found it difficult TO conprchenl tn, author
lie was very careful not to njurc any ami
NAL, and thought hunting morally wrun.;
Among the settlers h, was AWAY, welcome
anil ho wa, treated with great kindness oven.
by the Indians, who regarded linn II, a
great n,edi IN man
VERY rErrLIAR AND ECrIN1HIr.
Chapman wa, peculiar and eccentric IN
ccxtrrIne, us the few anecdotes which !
give heluv will Illustrate Tn one cool
uutulnnal night, Will, lying by his amp
fire in the woods, he ohNrvod that the
moslultoc. tiew in the halo and WE'RE
burned Johnny, who wore on hi. head a
TN utrn,ii which answered both II, u cap and
u mtlsi pot Hlledit with water AMI qtrnchel
the ire. aud then remarked, God forbid
that should build "a tire Tor nay comfort
that should io TIM means of destroying amy
If hi, creatures Another time h. made
his camp i,ro at the cnd OF u hollow log III
whl,h ne INTENDED to pass the night, but
inding IT ulol by "a t"lr and her rutS,
he removed hi- fire To- tho other end ami
slept on the snow in the open air rather
than disturb tn i~ar He VA, one morn
ng IN "A Ilalrc and Vas bitten 10y an rltte-
make som" time after friend inquired
about the matter Johnny drew "a lon
SIGH an reptile t. Poor fellow h. only
Just touched mo when |, in an ungplly
passion tut the heel OF my scythc' n him
and went home Some time after went for
my s,yth,., nui there lay the poor irl oN
daL IN Inherent preacher was hoiiing
forth on thA public square in the present
city Of MnnsiieIi, and during the course OF
hl, Remark exclaimed ~ here is the hare
iootsi Christian travelling to heaven
"Iolnny,' VIII was lying On lh, tack ~
-utno TIMBER. taxing the Iue tIon ~ IT.
literal srn>t, raised hi, bare tot IN thu an
ani vucifcratol, Here hc /,
Ia lo..-thirt seen years after his mp
ttolanco mt Ii kin. ,rrrk johnny ob
,,-v,,! That 'Iyill>atIon AMI wealth wrr'
last trans ornnng The widrrn.s, Of bhr
mtoa dcnr,ly lopuitt'i state. Ia ia"
w,re iakluS their appearance, and tn.
sttgrdrtvrr- horn broke tn silence of Tia.
forests. ana ~ BE- hal away, kfpt lU.t II
ai,an.e If tt,r wave OF I'll ment, he TEL
ttIat his WolN wits done III this reg On II
wh Il h. had ,al,or. i 80 iouL lie vl-itc
AL the houses 4 til" Stttl. r. took a 50! mi
ia vel at every family AMI turned hI
step, further west again g. rursIe lis -
cuntrls location. In the SUNNI ~ o. ~,
at tn clos, oi warm day, a'ter trt,,.in.
,vrnty mi - L. entered the hUl.s. 90 . set
tier N A lea county, IL hama aad w., a
u.uad Warmly welcomed Declining jthn
accommodation b. lay down on tn" to
tor the nj ht In til" mo. niu- Ae "N' dead
and thu, .nicl the MISSION Il a man VII,
wa, both b"nefa tor and a hero hap
man Is untou,te i,v entitled ~ tie ia go