Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-06-01

which Adam Long shot yesterday" and an
account of David Postlethwaits entrance
into den of wolves back of his place the
fall before, which, he says in parenthesis,
(was far braver feat than that OF "Old
Put he makes brief reference to certain
Colonel Egmont and his wife, who appeared
in upper Jefferson in the earliest days.
There is no date to the slip, but the Egmonts
must have arrived about 1916. This is their
story as nearly as it can be recalled.
Colonel Egmont had charge of Napoleon 8
travelling chariot and baggage van at Wat
erloo. When the battle was lost and the
fight was on the Emperor expressed the
hope that he might find passage on an
American ship. Egmont said, with the ex-
pectation of joining his chief in the United
States, he, with the help of some soldiers,
got out of the van attached to the carriage,
such boxes of plate, linen, etc., as could be
hastily seized, and, barely escaping capture,
made his way to the coast and got on a
schooner bound for America. He did
not know the Emperor had been
intercepted and put on board the
Belleophon until he landed in New
York, and as he had not received his pay
and the Emperor was then on his way to st.
Helena, he determined to make the goods
supply his temporary necessities. He wait
ed in New York until his wife arrived from
Bordeaux. He sold some things before he
left the city, and with the rest he and his
wife came into the woods. With the little
money he had he engaged, from the agent, a
small partly improved farm up the Mahon-
ing creek, but knew nothing of labor.
Some of the table linen in his possession
was Of exquisite fneness, and had the letter
an" surmounted by the imperial crown
embroidered on each piece.
SOME OF THE FABRICS SOLD.
After Madam Egmont had carefully
picked out the embroidery he sold part Of
it to some appreciative housewives near the
agency, who had seen better days. An old
lady, whose daughter still has several nap
kins, said that the outlines Of the n. and
crown were plainly visible after several
washings. Egmont, as well as his wife,
seemed always anxious and on the alert.
Their cabin was kept carefully closed, and
the contents of several chests were never
displayed; but the use of several richly
chased gold drinking cups. in the tender Of
hospitality to some neighbors who had been
kind to them, led to the belief that the
chests contained valuable plate belonging
to Napoleon. To the refined and sensitive
French woman the wildness and isolation Of
their retreat became insupportable. She SO
pined for sunny France that the place was
suddenly disposed Of, and with few leave
takings the Egmonts left Jefferson and were
never heard Of more.
The young surveyor entered upon his dis
trict by a bride path blazed on the trees of
the forest, and he remained the trusted
agent of the Hollanders for q quarter of
century. Among the people with whom he
had to deal there was "the spice of infinite
variety" that is to be found in all new coun-
tries. Among the foreign element, espe-
cially as farmers, the Scotch-Irish and Ger
mans. with large families, were the most
valuable emigrants. They were hard-work-
ing and thrifty in their several ways. deny
ing themselves every indulgence, and never
resting till the farm was paid for to the last
dollar. Then some would buy a second
farm "against Jacob or John came q, and
said Jacob or John would have to work like
a Tojan to pay for it. So the wild Cat"
district was cleared and settled.
Until 1876 there was no bank nearer than
Pittsburg, more than 80 miles from the
agency. Mr.. Gaskell's district was SO large,
four whole and two parts of coun-
ties, that purchasers of tracts remote from
the agency could not come SO far to make
payments on their land. ct was made in
eight annual installments, with no interest
till after the second year, He, therefore,
arranged to meet such purchasers at the seat
Of their respective counties during each ses-
sion of court. The amount of travelling,
mostly on horseback, and the exposure oc
casioned by this system, was very great.