The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-11-06
m OHIO HARRISONS.
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4s&af tm4 o. Its SS1~&17A@"s
go No - ;s- Hear Harrison. saca3d
49, - dessrrasesi ninety years ago.
vHZ 49, - .xnnfy Yeenrss still COR ~ least
= ~sssnt Atne White House
, - - THIS sas de1Ef5, however. ho ,s
b. ~ ss..s.siIy from tss future presidents
- Esspu Hsrrsson) tegnporsry abode a,
e. sssE.sn. AMI from tie bonse. large
- =. ID rasy have been preceded by \
eaa0 - sss,s aearxr Fort FinnevA huslt sy
fssars symmes, a. toe soos e. tas naafs
u - =. frss settlement OF tie Miami
49, tA~s~ Tass noase. it seems, wss essn-
fAon 49, r.axn In shs ne ga soraood. waicn
,panA - snrn great pert o. tne ,tase 81 onao.
- = So Waite House. Ia effect iso
sssrt. af the Uuited States raay be
81 = bsss gone froa lts doors 10 tue
Ssss Hosss at Washington
- Wilsam HenrY Harrison yonng
~ ~ y,rrassn, xhoss fashsr BENJAMIN had
- 80 ~ marx somewhat distinctly and
assA&l E....ssaagIv sy sixning the DseiaSat on Of
tt..sI.-~rasnes As mem Ter Of the CONT
--ss1 congress- came Westward during
- s..t xrrads Of tue eighteenth eenfary
~ - ssslt<a xsrth Bend professionally a.
Ut ss4sse~ believe for have no biography
ss.|s % ia form me with certainty. He
.ss,. i, have been 9 soldier Of fortune:
- y 80 rae he surned out 20 be a iorsanate
yU4 sa.i,er. He soon made, by happy chance
- .sse<.axs the acaualntance Of Miss Anne
crrrss who gave that Old pioneer
sstas eeswssse Heusss the charm of her pres
.aee. ssd there grew up a mutual attach
uiNt Ths yoang lady. I presume. after the
..sssiu had proposed marriage, referred
-. - ID the good old Judge. her father, who
20 moved 10 inquire what means Of sap
.ers fpr 4 wife the young Vlrginian pos
!. - ss.ssed The latter. according 10 the pso-
- p<er tradition, pat his hana upon ms
- eAe1 s~n,d antisuasing that he fancsed 1t sut.
sa4 1flert Bot the judge thought otherwise
onr~i -. denied his daughter 10 the hitherto
, r. etseurs son of th. sword. Thereapon,
a.. ens dark, cloudy night
SKA = Tnese lovers Gsd swsy into the storrn-
2 49, fIudssne by miniature portrait which
A. snr Ioss..srne aclghbor, her grand-daugh-
ter a1,es showed US, the young sady--then
ssalu rrpsn a lovely, she was loveable, old
. - kdv-vss sorthy Of association with
ksrosns Of romance They did not 60 far,
ose r heveyer only 10 the house OF Squire
Woods. which. some distance abov. North
hsS24 fsud village sent into the Ohio river
saraeVt are. half century ago; there they had
.r..J es.i marriage. which proved happy aud
Z il r prosperous one
as6G Judre symmer. | believe, was not like
tea r "a rods hard 20 reconcile, and Ii Was not
ione before the young soldier. his eon-in-
nss6nv3 as vas the most famous figure in the
Il Northwestern wilderness. nrst as governor
sos Of the territory OF Indiana, where, resid-
&c q ~ 1t Fincsnnes, but securing large
. 5 Il property interest AT North Bend tower
\. l11 acres appeared in his name on the
ad = "a plates | have nentioned), he dis
:. rueulshed himself ia famous treaties
49, With Teeumseh and other Indians. gain
lnx immense reputation few years later
= the hero of several engagements during
MIN he Last war fof 1872 with Great Brit
T. aAH At Fors Mesgs. 10 northern Ohio. and
= = Il The battle Of the Thames Tin which
Tecumseh Was slaint in Canada.
nPrssleus to the war OF 1879 Gen. Har-
- Hsdn had returned To North Bend, making
Il hlx permanent home thenceiorth until
, Al his death. Thlthor he came after the bat
xA Gs ii the Thames, crowned with the
l Isase 'msed OF mighty conqueror. and
wearing medal specially ordered ia
n kaagr OF his victory hy congress. And 10
~ | sn there where he lived the happy and
vv~1 peaceful life of country gentieman-~''a
III Ed feHsiesaan farmer, " as our phrase is--oniy
- varying this life by holding occasional
local or national offices tho was minister
rYm1 ii Beaeta under John Quincy Adamsl that
III IL tie Nhig convention OF tsao found him
III md nsde him It's chosen candidate. There.
ID tas famous "lpg cabin" (which Eas
vel weathar-boardsd frame house OF
lxa stories. but none the worse perhaps
n fos hot beinE literally a log cablnl he be-
cane the center of the great commotlon,
notion notion" whlE soag ex-
II pressed il, ia which log cabins built for
fae occasion. and borne Ia great political
II truesssleus, with "the latch-string always
OPN eai In token OF generous pioneer hos
Etasity and good will, and barrel Of
- 6afa EAef on afAuKhA AT the door. were
leading features through the breadth OF
W. TIE sand. The log cabin was selected for
VI campaign purposes. fancy. not because
| Gen, Harrison really lived or was sup
Il posed 70 live In log cabin himself. but be-
~ cause the pioneer peopie--not yet passed
n | ssay-uho were 50 largely indebted TO
- him Tor their safety from the tomahaHks
And seaiping knines OF the frontier sayages.
had themselves Lived land were yet Ayingl
neNu u og cahius
lfft1HX Xhffa rlssn. I IN, nj aK.tnsg
ny papers al account oi great political
saeeslng AT lancaster o.. la iS39. which
nay be described as typical Of The famous
campaign referred -. 1t had been an
rill bounced tia, On a certaia DAY a monster
.sI..3 leg eahin'' would be built in Lancaster,
81 ADD monster Harrison meeting neld"
- iaeFein IN the evening. Prominent Wings
r.na3 10 various counties aud states we're invited
satms " as present and assist at the raising.
~ eos. Vance, among others. responded 90
N invitation. writing Boys. | have
!, T. heen warned 10 the raising, aud Will be
- there or send hand. -
/ NJ The day was great one in Lancaster.
CT Esch township in the county bad been
~ required 10 send contribution of logs
n From one township was seen n wagon load
sHu1 81 logs approaching. on top Of which was
= -. y sssied venerable old lsiy in homespun.
80 : ihss vas Mother Green, we'll known IN
in E he county, whG many years before.
While living on the early western
80 80 Frontier. had. with her husband
been captured By the Indians tine
srraa4 husband being subsequently Scalped and
49,. tofnahaw kcdb and had herself remained
40 - Win hef cspt0TN nearly wear aE Miami-
tesn, an Indian village about ten miles
- Rom North bend, on the Great Miami
.peeG1 Around her Mere sitting a dozen sons and
So g'andsons all voters Her great age and
ihe common knowiedSe Of her carry sui-
n fslngs made her the center of ali eyes,
aAd everybody insisted on her relating the
Very ct her captivity. and Of her hu$-
oands murder by the Indians. Standing
upon the wagon load Of logs. she comp,ied
sath ine general request closing the re-
ssaa 81 her pathetic hlstory Il wish | could
= Venture &c repeat her entire speeehl by
saying; New / tell ven people noue of
Jos Rove Gen. Harrison as / 10. Whea
| yoa de as dsa-aeves knowing when you
xeai 20 bed that you or your children
veal wake scaia 10 the world, never
earns 70 open your csbin doar IN the
hNrssang unless yoa looked everyw here
Fem poriho,es 10 see Il Indians were not
socat really So shoot you-theu you viii
I kaow why We early settlers loved the old
III Eaefsl: sn1 that's hY came with you,
nc sess, 10 see yea build tAe oid log cabin IL
spv Lancaster"
As recall Gen. Harrison 5 election ! be
IAl svae myself a. ola--,sy rather = very yo1nE
ssx haig tprobaeiy because mr father Vas
80 eae u that partyAs / had mingled ths en-
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