The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-12


Johnny Applesced YVES not, think,
insane and he was certainly not weak
minded. lie used to come to my house
when lie passed through this part Of the
country. He was q small, wiry man.
with thin lips. dark fccc and long dark
hal. lis eyes were b,ac,; and sharp and
piercing. lie had pleasant smile. Int
Dis fac was usually sober, and as 70 his
Dire. !. vas cs fantasia and ..'o ,iI,ci
as v0l can imagine. 10 wa5 L..a p Of
cast of garments which he had gotten in
exchange for apple trees or seeds. and he
cared nothing at all for appearances. |
have Soon him at times when his chief
Carmen, was q coffee sack with hole at
dc t0pfor his head to pass through and
one at each side for his arms
"iIe never wore shoes except in the
coolest &C weather He said tina. shoes
hurt hi feet, and he could get along bet
ter without them. At one tirlo remcn
Der he was at Sandusky. en- Lake Erie,
and he wanted to go to Buffalo to the cider
mill; there for load of apple seeds. 1t
was in the depth of winter, and the lake
0cs frozen over; he was in his bare feet,
and he expected to walk. Sonc kind
hearted citizens of Sandusliy gave him a
pair of shoes and forced them upon him,
Ho started of, walking Oh the ICE. He
told ne that by he to l. Lad gotten u
few miles away from Sandrsl:y l:c found
his feet very cold, and be concluded il
was the shoes that made them so. III or
der to test it he took off one shoe. and
went with one foot bare 4 found. said
be. that this foot was much warner
than the other. and thcn tool; off tho
other shoe and threw them both as far IS
Icoald throw them. walked i'll my bare
feet Oh the leo to Buffalo, and so; along
very comfortably
AS to johnny Applesecds hat" con.
tinued DR. Dushncll. he wore any
thing he coGld get that would cover his
head, and he usually he'd pastcboard
visor, which he tied over his forehead to
shield his eyes from the sun. He usually
carried o tin vessel along vita him. in
which he cooiicA his ;lush, ald during
pa. Of his life he worc thi1 Tin vceGol On
his head bctUccI tines ~ l.s A. vas
IN ordiac9y tin pan. He N.3 plain in his
dict, and his stomach did MT troEblc hin.
10 preferred vegetable food t. animal,
am he did not believe in wasting any
ting. u one timc it is a,ii the, lotoo!.
somc brcsl ont of u alop hocl.et e.. q pic
nccr's cabin. and ro2-oycl the woman Of
tn lious, for wasting Gods feed"
lie VAS very kind to animals, was he
not"
YES; he got his seeds il western Penn.
sylrania and near Buffalo, and he brought
H. - to Ohio on horses. He would take
oil. broken down cast or Gtccds. feed
tn 4 and drive them along with him 10
the east At the cider mills he would
SOL the mash of the cider, the refuse Of
the apples, in barrels of water, and the
seeds would fall to the bottom. lie
would lay them out to dry, and when he
had gotten about two bushels he would
put them in a bag of leather and load
them on one of these broken down horses.
He often carried ono of these bags him.
self under his arm and against his hip,
and he would often bring several horse
loads of them on his western journey.
After he was through with the horses he
would turn them loose or give them to
some pioneer urging him to be kind to
them.
''As to his own treatment of the ANNA!
orcation, | have heard him express tho
greatest regret for having killed snake,
and it is said that he often put ont his
camp fire at night when it attracted the
mosquitoes and flies. 1t was near here
that he had his trouble with yellow
Jackets nest. the story Of which has been
often told. He was working, think. at
enc OF his orchards when he stepped upon
this colony of yellow jackets. One of
chem crarled up his pants leg, and, al
slough it stung him terribly. he gently
serced it down, pressing the cloth care.
solly in order that he might not hurt it.
He told tho bystanders that it would not
o. right to take the life of the poor thing.
As It did not intend to hurt him"
Where did johnny Appleseed como
sroml' Iaslied
Il talked with him about his career"
replied tho white haired doctor. "Ho
VAS born, | think, in Massachusetts,.