Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1896-09-24
THE HAUNTED CONGRESSMAN
BY Hezekiah Butterworth'
pARr l.

ME 1 never HUM uPpit
and excitement Of such q poiltlcal So
son, when personal character - nK"y
n he most unjustly assailed, and tie
most crafty receptions pracused 70
effect the Imagination Of the people,
without recalling strange ghost stoly
once told me by an old physician ana
which now relate for the sac OF tue
impression which II may convey u
our ouadriennial political campaign.
will repeat this curious story IN
the irst person, much as the Ola doe-
tor told it TO me-
began my practice, his narrative
run as doctor in ali old Rncde lslai.a
town. near Providence, r. |, there
hecane interested in nervous diseases
and wrote Il course Of lectures on Mol
al Force as a Preventative and cure III
Cases Of Emotional Insanity. ihe lee
lures secured for me an appointment
as an assistant in once famous nos
pital for the treatment Of ire insane.
/ afterwards sought a place as VII
lage physician.
+ can never forget a scene that was
presented To me on the day that INST
entered the village where | began my
professional life The place was War
rem. in the state Of Rhode Island,
state that was famous for exciting pei
ities from the time of me o-called
"Dorr War to the acrimonious con
test that made William Sprague GOV.
ernor. in the thrilling days Of the arm
ing of the North The village Is boT-
cry and beautiful AMI ricn In histo ic
traditions. Here the old forest king
Massasoit protected Roger Williams 10
the dreary winter when TINT exile WIS
evolving those principles Of soul lib
erty that have entered into the pot 7
zeal constitutions of all enlightened
nations
Here, according to a fine but qJ"s-
toned tradition, John Hampden 9f
whom Gray speaks in his famous
'Elegy"
Some village Hampden that with
dauntless hand"
the great English comm ner visi "a
Massasoit and helped EDWARD Winslow
nurse the chieftatn in 3. dangerous Ill
ness, and 50 studied the country, pre-
sumably as 4 place OF refuge in care
the parliamentary cause should fail.
Beyond the village Is he old town 81
Bristol with its Mortimer tradiuons
and Mt Hope. the ancient burying
ground Of the Pokenokot race
There was In this town, which was
once d part 81 old swansea, large
colonial building, but lately taken
down, that was called THE Ark.
On the occasion of my first visit as
| walked from the city OF Providence
towards the town. an incident aap-
,ened a well dressed man in an open
carriage met me on the wa7 and drew
The rein, and asked
Us 1t far you are going, str niger?
1t was one Of the hospitalities Of the
old Rhode Island wagoners 70 oHef
foot traveller a ride
ITO Warren. sir Some miles | am
told"
"That far GET in and ride a man 5
carriage is his house III these parts, and
the door Is always open. like come
pany Going TO the funeral sup
pose Everybody is 'Talnt often there
happens such a funeral as this one )"
mo, my friend, ! hadn't heard saat
anyone was dead peculiar case
infer What Is the persons Nance
mounted into the ariage as !
asked he question
Plaeide | tell you Whist politics IS
poor business, new, ain tt2 1t was
too lad. TOO bad Every body liked
Placide till that story formed Itself
into a demon and, went around
He was talking in an unknown tongue
TO me, and | asked
Who was Placide, my fend2'
who was he2 Haven't you hear9?
Hayen't2 You must be kind OF stran-
ser in these parts lie was the defeat.
ed candidate defeated going ON Two
years ago L Was NOT the defeat that
caused hs death, but tile ory So .e
people die strange YOU have noticed
that, as you are a doctor
j am going to The town to live.
have been 50 busy with my studles
that haven't Kept the ram az polite
much 81 late
Il heard that, they were going 10 have
u new doctor thare Mayae that y9u
are he"
MY ua9ao Ii Brown
pr BROWN 4"
Young Or Brown
1 would have known dat it au
hadn't told me can sec that You