The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06

member TO have seer airn ort once o. twice
aursag snes4 visits. ne nrst tine. psraars.
nearly tgenty years ago. he mas f7xaik-
larry known then among the GA nssea-
boTs and friends o. the family. bis cay
associates ard companions. 80 Sen hAr-
rssan- HIS only living SISTER. Mrs. Essss-
beth Eaton tEAs SsGos Of pr. Eaton b
whom I aase nore than oace nsentsoH-3
wsthssz. naming her. sgS long enc u oar
ktnaess resga pors. and some OF our most
pleasant memories o: the soeasltv 10 which
We Age1 for many rears are associated VITA
Der. | ws< indebted 20 her younger
brother. or half brother tsenfy-STe years
$40. for information k3nd Y given previous
10 sac % bis fathers land, snich en-
abe1 me 10 cas-. "a anchor-wnaeA thus
ious has he'd fast although ne have
Grlfied gsdrsy-tn the os9 estate OF bis
grandfather. on "the White House tract :"
But il Is now many years since ! was
personally familiar with tie atmosphere
az North Bend Long before / ielt The
2! are. IS | nave said. the features of the
Old Homestead Of Gen. Harrison haa grad
lskly changed. OBa or t@o oui-no0ses or
offices long sarvlved the 'siog cabin itself
and the tall chimney which. after is de-
struetion oY IRE. remained its monument
As ate a. ten years ago traces OF the oad
dover beds and garden WALKS were seen
about the grounds. with struggling sppie
and pear trees here and there. | doubt II
now there IS anything recognizable lett OF
the famous Old WhIg Homestead except
these fruit trees. which must blossom
freshly each spring time in company vita
many which remain OF an old orchard
grown wlia-~stii available for hard cider
-on the hillside and hilltop opposite the
little mound upon which stands Gen. Har-
risoa' s tomh.
A public purving ground now disused-
Congress green. as Judge Symmes fondiy
named at--contalns. IN a sElaG private EN-
closure near It's center. the majority o. the
Hsrrisons Of North Bend. Judge Symmes
himself is buried there, and on the face OF
the horizontal stone slab above the grave
/ conld read. twenty years ago. this IN
scrlptlon: Here rest the remains OF John
Cisves Symmes who, al the ;oot of these
hills, made the first sc element between
the Miami rivers. Born on Long island,
state OF New York. July II, A. d. t7s2 Died
at Cincinnati. February -, ~ ID. 1914"
Sons and daughters of Gen. Harrison,
several of them born at Nlncennes, IN the
old Indian territory, are still lying there,
Hon. John Scott Harrison was buried
there oy the side OF his first wife. the pres
idents mother, II | rightly Tecoaieet.
Graudsons and anddaughters-great-
grAnasons and great-eranddaughters OF
the old Iaaian-hghging presldent-aiso rest
there. some of the latter | knew and re-
member. THIS old graveyard, lying On the
hilltop and sioping east ward, commands
from every point charming views of The
OHIO for several miles above, as tar as
Delhi. Only a stones thro. agay-aeross
a little wooded hollow or ravine--Is the
cedar-topped mound, itself an Indian
mound from days remote, where IN his
little las. Waite House, which l see on
my wall mere in a foreign land. the war
rior and statesman OF the early west
sleeps by the side of his good and gentle
Wife