The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-09-26
PLEAsANTRIEs AT THE BIG FAIR.

WASHINGTON STATE BUILDING, WORLDS
FAIR GROUNDS, CHICAGO, Sept. l1.-ISpecial
Correspondence. IAN interesting visitor
put in his appearance at the Washington
state building this week. He Is Lemuel Il.
Scott, of Galesburg, Ill. He went to Knox
county. of this state. in 1s4S. and has many
interesting memories about Arthur A.
Denny, who went TO Puget sound from
the same county and became the founder
of Washington's metropolis. Seattle. Mr..
when man was going to leave tor the
West, TO call the neighbors together and
have country vendue. On the occasion
Of Mr.. Denny's leaving Mr.. Scott acted as
the auctioneer and sold of all the house
hold effects. "Some of Arthur Denny's
books ! have got in my own library now.
bid them in at that auction" said Mr..
Scott. About a dozen years after this Mr..
Denny was struggling with the problem of
existence. surrounded by a family, away
out on Puget sound, and Mr.. Scott, the
young anctioneer, shouldered his musket
and went to the war. He participated in
thirty-fve battles, and though seriously
wounded he has never seen the day that
he would ask the government for pen
sion. At Stone River he was struck with
an ounce ball, which lodged under the
muscles near the knee. While still on the
battlefield among the dead and wounded
he drew out his jackknife and whitfield
the bullet out of his flesh. he was also
wounded at Chiekamauga and at Kene-
saw Mountain. In speaking about Chick
amauga Mr.. Scott got enthusiastic. he
said Rosecrans was nominally in COM
mand. but he shirked. and Gen. Thomas
became the Rock of Chickamauga. :"
Thomas was never fully app reciated. and
as much as I love the name of Grant |
always felt like tweaking his nose for the
way he treated Thomas"
Mr.. Scott says that John Denny. the
father of the Seattle brothers. was state
senator from Knox county, and Arthur
Denny was surveyor of the same county
for years. Aunt Martha WEIGH, who knew
the Denny family for several generations.
is the mother of Mrs. Scott, and she is
still alive. living with her daughters family
at Galesburg.
Mr.. Scott was celebrating his 65lh birth
day on September Z, when ne visited the
Washington building, and IN meeting
the Nashingtonians present he had &C.
casion TO shake hands second time with
Hon. A. A. Plummer. oil Port Townsend.
for he was also celebrating his birthday.
but it was only the 37th anniversary in his
case.
Mr.. Scott is also interested in an
other portion of the state OF Washing
ton. He has a nephew at Puyailup
OF the name of A. G. Provine, one OF the
members OF the PuyalInp Hardware Com
pany. Mr. Provine is the inventor of
the successful Puyallup hop-spraying ma
chine, and it was to investigate the ma
chine on exhibit at the Washington state
building that first led Mr. scott here. He
Is very SOLICITORS about his nephew's sue
cess IN the new state OF Washington.
Last week at least 10000 Of Eastern
capital was sent to the vicinity of sonth
Bend, Pacific county. as direct result Of
the work done here at the fair. A large
cranberry company of Cape Cod sent a
member OF the concern there 10 get loca-
ton, where they viii 20 into the business
extensively, and the other plant was firm
ftAf ar b.