The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-09-06
AN ADIRONDACK TALE
Tow Hamilton County Found
UneXampled Prosperity.
as~enreeu OLD Guns OF Buel~rss 0as.
terry Are Able TO set Thi1xs
Humming End.


Ms me county Of Hamilton Greater In
arss than the state u Delaware. less n
,sot,iafion thar the wtate Of Nevada Il
!. a CONN unity peculiar in the eastern
tinted States With 3.oc9 square ml-ss and
4 ia .nns 5itargs. ~ has cot a oaak & Iax-
r., nor a railroad Two conslaersbs. set-
Elements are found IN The oatherr par O.
III county. At Wells anG indian laGs. bat
DE bulk o. Toe population In scattered "a
farms zBs logging camps through the
rt.asrnsss The. chief. indeed alnos, the
AMY. permanent Industries are numbering,
farming. guiding and the vending Of
intoxicating liquors ~ retail.
As Hamilton county Ia today, 80 10 has
besn FOR nearly 100 y=a-a Long be-
fare the days when Andrew Jackson was
u-ssgdsnt this mountain community was
/, numbers character and occupation what
d nov is. and soinx further Dscx we find
- settlements a. early az almost any IN
me history Of New YORK The pleasure
seeker among lts lakes ans mountains 10
hourly reminded that here ieoqucis ard
A,ro,asln. ard after them patrio, ard
rory. fought for These miles Of rugged for
eats sns blooming meadow.
Here /, was mat young Sam Butler with
4 ,s-ty Of Tories and Canadian Indians.
cane In the early summer Of TIT crossing
re wilderness with soldiers and artillery
by Incredible effort, TO strike the Tryon
county patriots In the rank. whlle St.
f<ger took them In the front hoping to
break aoEn that rear guard % the Revoiu-
Ton which al Orisksny foiled The British
r.sr ans made possible the browning vic
tory 0, Saratoga. II was on the shore OF
Lake Plssco that Sam Butler and the
British Major Sinclair. q few hours march
ahead Of their men. were met by Indian
rn8H NJ o.
E.rkimer'. stout ieht AZ OrisSany. and so
alarmed their followers. both white and
red ard fhe who. troop neS prec pitaiely
20 Canada. "a yinE only one and thaf the
Izhtest OF the eighteen brass cannon
which we're 20 have garr'soned the pro-
isctes Tory fort or the Mohawk: that one
fgn taken two years before oy the Brit
.sh from tao Massachusetts men al Bun
her Hi,l. was saved a. ali cosi, perhaps al
trophy. perhaps because the highest IN
weight and nos stands In the citadel az
Quebec TtA seventeen companions rlsted
IN me damps Of the forest for nearly
10 years and then discharged their voliey
upon the peaceful ga sAndaga ssitlsments
IN less force but perhaps as dangerous
4 guse "a Butler had planned in the days
o. King George
Once upon a time O. was q pleasant
sprsng afternoon ana in the shadows OF
fhs great foreso paFy Dunlap Was pick
.rg up logs with a chain. large iron hook
and pair Of horses The hook caught on
something solid. heavy, we'll sunk into the
ground. brough, up the team with q Jerk.
and broke loose again. The yellow gleam
where I, had struck caught DAVIS eye.
In an instant he was down on his knees
rrotting away with his peevy. until he
had brought to light long. round object
which. through lts coating OF rust and dirt.
showed the bright yellow color wherever
struck by IA. metal AL tho mountain
Gerles Of buried treasure and fabulous
rc,d mines came 10 Davys reooIlection-
lie sprang 20 his feet and ran for his
father. who wAs busy at the skidway. no!
far OF
In response 10 Davy's somewhat .nco-
hsrent narrative. Andy Dunlap came slow
~. looked at the mysterious sni. ana th-u
peered around him through tho tin a.s,ss
o. the forest with a rrowhar ne sounded
ere object and another half hidden under
ross and rotting logs. and found here q
srass cannon and ther. the form Of gone
.hte or wood s,st. Something queer had
happened there, and something queer MAS
en- the ground. but wasn't gold.
II the news Of Davy's find as II spreat
through the woods had come 20 an anti
sasrisn. he woutd have secured the guns
for the museum a, Albany n II had come
% the small BOYS OF a large town, tusf be-
.sr. the Fourth Of July. the guns would
soon have shouted FOR the Independence o.
The rebels that they had marched from
Canada 70 suotugate. but before either an
teUarisn or celebrating boys rad heard
the story. psvy's fn3 came 10 the knowi-
s'ge Of political econ0mist~to the
tac~isess Of Jimmy rryon. the boy ora
co. OF Pumpkin Hollow.
Pumpkin Hollow lies in small clearing
By The beautiful wooded bend ~ the ss-
oaataxs river n th- town OF Hope. and
thsrs Jimmy had grown up. watching the
wagons come ~ the road and the gcgs ~
Down n. river patti lie yss sixteen. when
as had wandered down TO Cloversviile. In
Fulton county. whore there we're 8 rail
roaa ard bank Jimmy learned that no
ere eou'd rl3s on railroad without pay
fnr ~. fare ana no one could get money
CT 81 bank unless he bad put some In.
and he beam a rnpalts, AMI wandered or
10 Albany pu' Jimmy soon learned that
ihers were greater cur,osifles 70 Ne seen
thas the Albany ones and wandered ndrth-
- aniIl h cams 20 city with big
waite ebeiisk a. one ems ara big white
eor1s 81 tbs other In IA - city there ~err
= srrat msav ISen - IN Of whom could
fas more than any 81 the rest, ans what
's.y &c 70, talk they printed In the Rec
ed
From 'he.s r'-n Jimmy learned a srea'
maay thinws Which ~ had not learned IN
TIE red schoolhouss lie learned that the
srnioer ~ COWS tails required ~ reach -
ne moon iif not a, al depend on the
length ~ he tails IFs learned that Shak-
s7eAr- vas wTsnE III saving tha; "th-
'ainr we call rose ~ sny other name
~eald smell as sweet eas that Mr. Is