The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1890-12-20
JOHN BROWNSGRAyE.
WHERE THE REMAINS OF T HE
OLD MAN LIE.
Barred At his Ola uons With q Hure Adirondack
Dowldsr for a xsssnent-ne Selected
the Place Hinself-Naay yIsI.
tors Fssrf Year.


points OF interest, but they are not
historic, says the Philadelphia Item.
People go about TO look at beautiful
mountain and lake scenery to witness
the attractions OF this or that summer
hotel. TO see flne camps. aud for other
purposes. but the region appears 10
have no history except It's natural his
tory Columbus did not discover the
Adirondacks, the Pilgrims did not
land In them. no important battle OF
the Revolution. nor even Of the war OF
1912. was fought In them. So far "a
men are concerned. these mountains
appear TO be comparatively new
ground.
Perhaps II is because OF these facts
that so many people visit John
Browns grave. He was the object OF
a good deal of interest In this country
thirty-one years ago. but IL Is proba-
BILE that comparatively few OF the pres
ent generation know or care what he
did that made him famous. They
have all heard that
John Browns body lies a-moldering In the
grave,
But his soul goes marching on.
But the general belief is that no Is
not the only man in that condition
that. In fact. he Is hardly exceptional
enough In that respect to make him
worthy OF such general mention as he
receives. Nevertheless. whatever may
be the reason. great many people in
that region make pilgrimages TO John
Browns grave. and visitors TO the
mountains arc apt to get the idea that
IL IL a duty not 10 be left undone.
The visitor In search OF John
Browns grave is now guided to il by
finger board at tho point whore the
road TO the farm branches from the
main road. That point is two or three
miles from Lake Placid. The sign on
tho inger-board roads, John Brown
farmhouse, ! mlle--meals served"
The road thence to the farm bears
evidence OF good deal OF travel.
though there is no other dwelling near
IL except the Brown homestead. and IL
ends there. IL leads through piece
OF woods and then energies into a
clearing. which IL circles through and
door 1t Is modest house. and no de-
scendant or relative OF Brown is now
In possession. A country lad whose
trousers hung by one suspender, WAS
giving Information and Offering photo
graphs and relics for sale TO two
Marriage loads OF visitors.
About fifteen yards from the house
aud nearly In frost lies great bowl
der of nearly rectangular form and
perhaps fifteen feet broad by 20 feet
long. It's surface Is nearly y plano.
slighuy inclined. and Is 1--WE or six
feet above tho surface OF the ground.
Beside this bowlder are two mounds.
one Of VIII ich is said TO be tho grave OF
John Brown and the other that OF his
son Watson Brown. At the head OF
one of the mounds Is headstone, APP
parontly OF slate rock. on which are
inscriptions giving dates OF birth and
death OF Captain John Brown. father
OF the hero, OF John Brown himself.
and OF Watson Brown. his son. There
10 no culogy The John Brown in
scription merely says. after giving tho
date OF his birth. Executed at
Charleston. Va. Dec. 2. 1889" The
headstone has been badly SCARED by
relic hunters. and evidently to prevent
damage TO IL wooden cover has been
made for Il, which Is fastened over II
by paddock. The boy Of one sus-
peuder unlocks aud removes the
cover whom visitors wish 10 see the
headstone. but never leaves the cover
of, though he has 70 take IL OF and
put IL on again many times day.
But this neadstooe Is not the memo
rial. The great bowlder beside which
the grave is has deeply cut in it'
upper surface Ia Letters and ngures a
foot loug. John Brown. 1859 " The
visitor may ascend this bowldor by
wooden steps. aud he will hardly fail
10 be impressed with tho idea that
when the mouHds shall have sunk,
when the little headstones shall have
crumbled. whom. perhaps, tho spot
shall cease 10 bo inclosed by fence ne
now and visitors shall cease 90 seek
a. the bowlder will remain with SUN
Client tracing OF the nnmo on It's sur.
face 20 commomorste IL for centuries.
IL IS said that it was after Brow n
had been condemned TO death and bis
wife visited him Ia tho fall iu Virginin
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