The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-05-16
OLD ossAwAToMIE.


Passing Away of His Oldest son-Anecdotes
and Incidents Related by Him of His
Fn;lier.
All visitors to the vineyards of Putin Bay
gslsnd Lake Erie O.. called upon John Brown,
eldest If the - children OF Old 0ssawRtoBie."
as the Ohio Elijah, the terror Of the Border
Ruffisns. aRd the hero OF Harper's Ferry, was
called.
And those who saw John Brown second
massive powerful Of build, with strong fea-
lures keen eyes, and kindly fsce-wers not
slow TO realize the manner of man his nsrtyred
father was.
John Brown was built to he an octogenaran,
but heart disease, developed by the savage ex-
periences of early Kansas days, cut him off at
the age a.
Rumor had reached the Browns that the
Mssourians had attacked Lawrence, and they
went to the relief of the Free Sellers there.
They soon found that Lawrence had boon
burned, and that those whose lives were spared
were in the clutches Of the Border Rufiians.
John Brown thus told the story: when my
company disbanded after our Intellectual march
20 the relief of Lawrence i found my wife and
child and Jsson's family ut Uncle Adair's,
about mile out OF Ossawattomie. Tho follow
ing day small body of troops followed by
mob of Misseurihns, appeared at the beuse.
Marshal exhibited a warrant piled ne into
wagon drawn by mules, and took me TO Paoll.
There found Jason and three or four Of our
neiRhbOrs under arrest
Jason had beer made prisoner while en- route
20 Lawrence TO surrender himself TO the United
States authorities. for safety thinking. as we
NIL did, that the United States trecPs were
merely being used as posse. The mob that
arrested jason was headed by Rev. Martin
White who asked Jason If he YVES not ore Of
the Browns. Jason said no was. Rev. White
told him to rieht-about face and move on.
1T was the evdsnt intention to give some
Of the mob a chance to sheet Jason in the
back as he moved away. Jsssn barred his
breast and teld them TO shoot him there and
make clean Job of il. Rev. White then took
Jason to Paoli, where i feusa him.
Next morning came 20 oavslrynsn, under
Capt. Wood. from toward osgawstosiie. j was
called out. Weed tsld his Sergeant 10 briRg
rope. The Sergeant brought 15-foot rope
about the size Of hes cord. Tss troopers
were lined up. Capt. Wood drew back my
arms until the elbows touched. ] told him he
was tcrturisg me. he answered by giving
harder pull on the rope. Ihes be gave the
end of the rope TO tse Sergeant, and We set out
toward Ossawatomie.
About q mile est the order to trot
given, and. in order to keep frsm beneath the
horses heels, ] had TO run. Eight OF those
nine awful Gies i ran. j was b1reheaded.
Tho sun beat down f~cely. The dust arose
in cloud. ] was psrehcS with thirst. was
eaten into by tho rope, but ny enemies did
not snare ma. i feel the effects Of shat terrible
journey to this day, and believe the trouble
am now hevins with ny heart, and my iii
Guilty in breathing are due 10 that fearful
strain upon Eay powers Of endurance.
up hin ssd Down we went 10 0sssratomie.
At the camp there we fsnne Jason and several
of our nsighbers CHASED to the tsnt-psles.
With my arzns still bound fell hssdlsnr npsn
my face and slept the sissp of csnplcts az
hsustion. j was awakened at about o'clock
next morning. Ny arms were enormously
swollen. MY hands were black. when they
took of the rspe. rings of Skin and fssh caele
of with IL. aud bsrs the scars fer mere than
20 years aftorward. For weeks ] was subject
10 all manner 81 halluciEstions"
PUT YOURSELF Ir ELS PLACE
"Ossawatonie" Brown brought ND his chill
dren to risidly respect the rights of others.
The following incident. ted by John Brswn,
second, illustrates that he gave his own chill
nren exactly the same CON pensation they after
ward hOiped bin TO administer TO the border
ruflaas and slave autecrats:
One day father was shaving himself before
small mirror that was hung on the wall. Ny
brother Owen, who was O little fellow then,
was down en- the fssr playing with a cat,
while little Frederick, the baby, was slseping
IN cradle near by. Pretty soon, Owen teok
the cat and held il up 10 Fred's fsco. dent
remember whether it scratched the baby or
rot, but father sew the operation reflected in
the mirror
"'Owen,' said father, now put the cat up
% yOnr own face
Owen whinpersd. and at first refused 10
obey; bat father kept commanding, Put il
nc, Owen and Owen finally did so.
Years and years sftsrward. whenever we
got Owen Ia corner We wsuld say TO him,
Put mp she cat, Owes and we usually had
our way with him. You see, father was
man who believed in people taking their own
medicine"
yIcARIoUs SUFFERING.
John Brown, second, frequently related n
whipping given him by his father when he was
about AZ years old, aud which several writers
have dweit Baon
u wanted 10 play, and father wanted me TO
work" said John Brown, land had his way
about II. We ground tan bark in a ssrt of
NIL wAich was larned By our old blind horse,
AID was ordered To see TO il that the old horse
kept a-poinr. There was q window in the
tHnne'y ~hrh could just roach by stepping
on sap tfoHes. j looked out at this window
npon the oiliti boys at play, and AZ such times
the old horse wsuid stop. Father could hear
when the grinding ceased, and. il seems. began
keeping hook account on me. One day he
took ne Up iuio the drying-room Of The iannery
'J0in, my SON be said j have al account
against you which We will now settle Where
upon he read from a slip of paper that he owed
me five ashes with blue-beecb CAD fer letting
the horse stop 10 ashes fer lying to mother,
and 30 on 10 the extent Of perhaps 20 lasbes for
one Elm or another.
=" lie made me take or my shirt, got blue
beech switch aud gave me &c good, smart cuts.
wa sqneaing harder in anticipation OF the
% iAshes stu cue when, 10 m y astonshG IN en- {,
De sionpea. took OF HE own shirt, and, seating
himself on sefi oil wooden horse which we
dressed leather. ordered me TO deliver The 10
lnshes upon his own back. ] loved nv father
with my whole heart. j struck lightly. but be
ordered. Harder bardorl' and had 70 whip
him ill the hood actually followed the blows.
u sirnosi btosc my heart, and it was a long
tlme before 4 aisobeyea him again"
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