Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-28
A NEGLECTED RELIC.
THE MONUMENT ON THE SITE OF
THE PENN TREATY TREE.

The Trouble u Party of Tourists Had to
Discover II Down on Beach street,
! Somewhrr-,' Found nt Last Target
for Neutrality-suspicious.
\ party of tourists from Chicago started
out the other morning to see the city. One
Of them said, quoting line from shake
speare
Shall we 20 and see the relics Of this
town. and tht others said Yes Chief Clerk
Cormack told EN- how to go to Ind pend
ence hail, the Historical society buIlding
and several other places Of interest e.
strangers, whose archives are stored with
mus'y parrhmentS ard puntngs of de
parte heroes Afte- visiting the rooms of
the Historical society the tourists ", mt to
Independence hail, ami while there a relic Of
William renn's time. with a card annuunc
ing briefly its history. referred TO the treaty
with the Indians at the great elm tree of
kenslngton, Professor Woo lwdrd inquired
of the ancient keeper of the independence
Hall museum the way to tho SPOT where
Penn made the famous dIrker with the In
dianS The museum keeper s'ratchel his
white head and otroked his grillled beard
buJ lti'' tluHNllOH was bfO uAu lbl nun Ilt
knew that the Ian lmark was up in Ken
singtOn, but he didn't know exactly where
The tourists were little surprised at the
lack of the museum keepers knowledge re,
garding the relic, of the late Mr. Penn al J
started out on the street
Down ON REACH STREET, SOMEwHERF&
When they got to Fifth and { hestnut
streets they asked old "Uncle an, the re-
ser,e Officer. but all he could say was up
in kensingtun somewhere At fourti
street Reserve Officer Stout told them t.
take a red ar on Third street and TO te |
the conductor where they wante to go 1t
was car No :, an as the rondu tor jerks
the beIl-stra;' ho "a Il, An right The ar
WAS crowded and the TOURISTS hunG 10 the
Eand straps during the wnor sOurney.
When the car reached Second and Brown
streets four old fat women with bIg baskets
full of pro visions cam, out of the Second
Sire t market and got on the car They
crowded. inside next Ia the tourists Their
baskets smclleI Of fish After hanging t.
the STRAPS 70 fifty MINUTES the cOuIuctOr
annOuucei l. the car reached tn, Port
RIchmond depot, { hhu-r cars for Brides
burg
we want to 90 to the. Penn monument,
said one of the tourists. me"kly. as the ION
du.tnr sayay-Iy hustl.I ,u.. OF the fat
woman M the nl,, ,rnr
Say, Billy, where the Penn monument!
,skaI tb. cnn,Iurto- Of tia. driver
~noxxn nm H.a, II Il ,.,t .,,,,,a,yb..ras Sc said
the driver
THE conductor told the tourists they
xouId b,y,.tn ~, h,rL ann tb, ,,,v tn,v
,,a,,a aLo,t bolT 80, Il,.,,..,, o,,,tb.r ,,d
oor \, - ,nI rola for tyy.rtv ,,,iput..-
1,L ori,.,,r toll IN -, 70 va, ~ .t paI,,,,.,
.,rs..t and walk t. E,a,.n stra
Thy found Ra,,.b s,rs..t ard an iron
ro,,niry .birv,rd and 81 INN. ..r v,ri
n,opurn.rt hi i,Ian Iatwe.n i, nil. of noar *
and half nuri,,I l,sn.,th nm old tenre tina,
LIa,, ,Io,vn tbr.a or four vaa,s o.o
"C,u this Ia. the uonuT,ent asked Pro
fassnr Woodward in ustonisbm MT tine
,f tn. nthar,s shuoL his head -, ,.,,,rIv, and
s.iJ.
"i eyuass il i Int it,s a horII IooLin g,
casa
AT.pGEr FOR LOOSE YgIrsToYFs
Ss,sr,I n.ti,sS ,r rb, land of catfish al, /
n..nr.rnot ,or,moniv known As Fi,htnwn
s,areI from the other sil of the wav at the
wall -dr,sssd strsnr.,. ,xhn stool ln0tin , an
the weather stained most Of msrhl. A
croxvd ~ hovs ,yar,. rIaving hail to th.
-iOpt of the Innbar varI ami one of than,
v,IIai In his ,,onuaTio,s
~Say- feIIei-s look at the guys lookin' at
EiIIv PAM : to,nlston,. III. LaU Dayiny