Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-08-10

and his cranllines9 came from being
crossed in love. lie used TO refer
indirectly to this at times and he was not
particularly fond Of the society Of women,
though he was always respectful to them.
It was after he had been Tilted by the girl
to whom it was said he was engaged that
he took to walking about and reading
Swedenborgian books, and later on he
came westward on his mission. This mis-
sion was to circulate the doctrines Of
Swedenborg and to plant apple trees. He
carried lis books In q pocket, made by
pulling his shirt half way out Of his pam
falcons, and lac stuck these back into this
place through the open bosom Of his shirt
when he was through He would tear
book to pieces, leaving fragment at ono
cabin, another at another, and so on, and
he called his books news fresh from
heaven He would often read them aloud,
lying down on the floor Of the cabin as he
did SO, and he always slept on the floor
with his feet towards the fire. | have
often offered him bed when he was here,
but he always refused it. He was q good
talker, too, and he was nobody's fool"
"Was he man Of culture?"
"Well hardly that, but he had good
common sense as to many things, and he
undoubtedly did great good. He was
something Of doctor in his way, and he
had one cure for sores and bruises which
he considered infallible. If he bruised or
wounded his foot he would apply red
! hot iron to the afflicted part, and thus
made burn which he could heal. ] re
member a man here who had very sore
leg, the shin Of which was broken out in
| boils, and which he had tried for years to
cure Ife told Johnny Appleseed Of it,
and Johnny said he could cure him. He
asked to see the sores and the man rested
his leg upon q chair and laid them bare.
II was in front of the fireplace, and
Johnny snatched up burning ember and
before the man knew what he was about
he had hrasped his leg by the ankle and
rapidly rolled the redhot coal over the
sores. The man squirmed and yelled,
but Johnny held on until he had com
pleted his work. Whether it cured The
man / am unable TO say
Johnny Appleseed,n DR. Bushnell went
on did not seem to feel pain. have
seen him thrust pins into his legs and
arms without quivering. He was a crank
on the subject Of dog fennel as an
ague cure, and he planted the seeds of
this weed as we'll as apples"
How did he plant his trees?'
HE usually chose the most fertile
spots, and he sometimes cleared the land
and at other times used elearings which
tho Indians had used He saved the seeds
at times, and sometimes put in bushels
to the acre. After he had planted q
nursery he put fence around it and he
generally engaged some pioneer in the
vicinity to look after it on condition that
he should have part of the trees. When
his trees were grown he sold them to such
pioneers as could afford to pay for them
and gave them to those that could not
He sometimes took notes, but he never
asked man to pay him any money that
was due him, and he would take ole
clothes or anything else that lie might
need at the time in exchange for apple
trees. He planted trees over fully a hun
bred square miles Of territory, and III
first came into Chic in 1901. IN 1906 h
had two canoes on the Ohio river, anC
brought them to this state losded witt
apple seeds. lie did great deal Of gooC
among the pioneers, and he several time
warned them Of the approach Of the In
dams. He was treated well by tn
: Indians as well as by the whites. Ant
0 his orchards arc still in existence All owe
G this state. He believed that trees shonl
/, be raised from The seed and not grated
( and he thought the apple was the mos
1 beautiful thing iii fruit
t GLOW did he die?"
5 "IIc was in the western part Of Indian
d when he overdid himself in trying to reae
t one of his orchards which he was told tn
n deer had entered and were eating tn
Q trees. Typhoid foyer followed, and h
| died in Indiana at the age Of ~. He fel
+ that his day was passing away with tn
i march Of civilization, and don't think h
d was impressed with the improvements Z
modern times 1t was here at Mansfiel
q that he took down the circuit ridin
8 preacher, as has been published in til
Y history of Richland comfy. This preachc
l. was denouneing the sins of this life an