New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-10-17
JOHN BRoWys ADIRONDACK Llfe.
HIS HOME IN THE WOODS AND HIS BURIAL
RECoLLrCuoNs OF CoLoKED conPANIoS-A
QUIET FARMER WITH HIGH MISSION.


REcoLLFouoSs OF CoLoHED coNPANoS--A
QCEr FARMER WITH HIGH MISSION
LAKE PLACID Oct. Amy one Of the sturdy
drivers who bring you Ia here from elizabeth town
would regard himself as crimOsy derelict n on reach
Ing the crest OF hill five miles from Lake Placid no
didn't turn about and pointing 10 small cottage hall
way up tho hillside, across tho valley, announce;
/" There's where Old John Brown is buried" John
Browns body lies benssIh the shadow OF boulder
which Is cut IN giant letters the simple word.: Jonn
Brown, 1852" Beside that rock ne asked be
laid and utting ami beautiful memorial could
have.
called q few days ago AGED colored man. Epps.
still living here John Browns early associate
conaiant friend Few are now living who vers
Browns friends and nelghhors h-re and to this I'D
sitting in secluded cottage looking out on the
half clouded sides OF Marcy and Mcintyre and speaking
reverently Of his friend and superior John Bo~n was
not tradition, bat the reality OF departed friend.
Epps himself not slave but born and educated In
the North, and is OF thought and Intelligence mrch
oeyoni many o. his present peignoora He and his ws
1.-Two alone part OF tue original Brown farm
81 In here nrst," said the old man. spending
short tune In the mountains In the fall Of ie45.
Mr.. Brown himself oame in hrst IN the fail 40.
met hun at Wes port and nd well dressed reserved
deter mined who Impressed inc as pretty certain to
carry through what he undertook IN those days this
re- sion was wildernsss indeed there were few In
wagon trail Beyond Ksene 1t was an"st unoroken
forest At Lake PLACID. whore property costing
thousand dollars IL dotted with hotsls aud
cottages stood old barn which thrifty settler 90
casonay used q store house for what hay he could
obtain by moving between the stumps OF small ceaf-
ing WHAT Is now Saranac Lake village then col-
lection OF few nuts in OF which there were few
simple articles sale Mr.. Brown nrst hired wuat Is
now known the Taylor place the main road from
Koone Lake lacd and lived thrre on and on Tor TOO
l.in ham tHI
pocant lawsuits ana while a9sa,t MS soa 'a , Tue
ing his OF 10 aud the occupy OF 80
Gefritt mi Owued large tracts o lani la nere
aud ns deeeI forty acres ~ auy colorei would
IKE w tue land A few were tenrted III by this aud
pioyed ON tue orowL farm cnoppng IS laoorts
out II was too cold many Of the Mr. browh went
to work ike isrn-r much In earnest. He ur-t Intro
duced Devon catue Keeping number on his place he
aried a wei to-dO nsu, having about $4,000
which no hal made Ia tue saeep raising business ae
Akron, ONO, and which he subsequently, cost IN the
"Mr Rrowu Was n KIND and gsnerods neshoor;
though he Visited litt!e. aud absolutely trutht9 aug
conscientious he raised rye and potatoes cdIelr, ana
though bOut the farm like auy other pioneer III "der
ne ALWAYS woe liaen and orowa tr1rk soa.,
descen ding TO tue usual nannel snit MT srHmn
never rode horseback. ami never hunte OF nshed,
woods Amounted with .err aud tue streams
with trout Ray Brook. u0w w'l-Kdo"n trout streau,
IA swurIue with trout tdat ine cstcn WAS
simply psOpOr'iOuoI 10 tue uuH"er Que cou'd CARY
away. Mr. Brown did not stay II tAs Ino coa
n.Ouslyi be came IN AUD out suAily waNus, ,ot III
He was "a nan VI business ike habits. no. In tue
least visionary, but deeply Interested In tue WORK ot hs
"a
md a great deal VI that work Que lucdeLt connected
with II shows something Of his cnaraeter Tue mats
they are now beus tAeu however lie Insects u TUG
settlers. Wueu on surveying. tue coiorei neh and
s,sistapts would make great TO do, dancux aud sap
ping themselves ana oOmplaiuins but never a "ofu
o n Mr.. Brown. VINO wOd!d work On iunlh iIu' pue
neu tAe instrument set anc al prepa cd ior "rk
ne wOnl calmly pass his maud over his Lace neck ahu
xl oseJ parts qacky brushing All the Troublesome mes
uway, nni gu Un Win ais sOfk " Zen away on lhess
trips aud VITA those whon no kuoN ana Tu,Ioa no
takc considerably au ,lways insrdcuveiy. remem.
In
81 ting together Ia the eyouns 10 asAe ne 70 slns .,
IN. blaze wnrrs speak, Of Heaven as ret stopped
and said: do not Ike 10 tulnk of Heaven a. pace
Of rest only Heaven must oo STATE Ok ac.siv ""Spe
The better. Why Is not the tnou-ht OF po;reso IN
heaven as .pproprtts as progress on eaftu hs''on
MIR brown was IN ordinary Intercourse quito
.ay not a word. Wien, however conversms with q
friend the topic that WAS always ia Dis mai,
s sgo o. tIe nal o:s DO Been ia Mr. srSxs mind
to make tie HarVers Ferry. aud a. his other
ii self with the ground believed tIat HILLS
few could hold many al bay. People dcn,t rsaiSe.
petition WITH tue Idea OF sacrificing himself All MS
~rrs male calmly and ha "edt away as
nou<u going on mere business trip. l. 70 waom ne
,oudied DIS plans and feelings, knew that he nal
weighed II all one by QUE us piahs ana proects h.d
aIlei, and lie thought asa;rlhce Vas uecessary: he
sUuli descr 10 me Ills hopes, discuss the Latonl
tIiiiou IL then was and tUeu Say forvently; VINO
you'd not De Wiling to dance on nothing between
heaven ani eaItn free tue Nation frOw ths curse OF
llvery = do not know what his parting Win his
inily was bui lie went calmly, II thug Rather
lated, al ais plans were uhOetrsyed.
,er execution" cOGtluued Mr. Epps his voice
INK ng regecentiy, Mrs. Brosn went for tue body,
eiug accom- panied Id returning by Weniel Pbiip, aud
Joseph Mckini Tbsy arrived. think. on December q.
coolest day IN all the year We 0leaei tae oohn.
IT. Brown looked natural as II about 10 speak but
rom tho throat deep red ring where tile rope
ad We cleared away the snow and buried hun as
mad requested by The great rock llSt wiere he lies
oiay" aud the oil man paused T. gaLe through sly
yes out on the thunder cloid th.i was pouring It's
urrnnis ~ along sides OF MI Marcy au trken-
lav I'm m "a REAL 10
yer speak. IT hun ,iIOwn John Browu," hut
ways respectfully as Mr.. Brown" Aud who else 10
II tnis land Is there now honor oil john Browns
,ssa watOnle with the simple title Of Mt