Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-07-28

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him; but on the stone II Is made
quite unnecessarily. but immaterlally
| to read: He loved Freedom and
| did not love Oppression The senti-
ment might be construed to APP
ply not merely ~ slavery.
| but also TO religious in
tolerance, of which the good man had
some experience. | noticed that the
cemetery grounds had been much en-
| larged and improved, and was inform
ed that further improvements were IN
contemplation The location Is a eery
eligible one.
Soon my old friend William. being
overcome with fat'gne-he was then
SIS and is row 90, If living. and | have
seen no announcer emf of his death
had TO bid him no doubt last fare
| well, he however inviting me to be
present at the Bond family reunion. 10
come off in short time in the grove
adjoining the cemetery.
Here | might appropriately speak of
the Bond family. children and other
descendants of Jessie. who occupied
the broad fertile acres of Greensboro
bottoms at this point, and for many
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the humble meeting house which stood
| on this spot, under the ministratlons
of the old patriarch. Jesse had fl s.
owned the farm now belonging TO
Earlham college, bnt aft rwards es-
tablisbed himself and family on
Greensboro. How well | remember
him, his wife. Phoebe dasghter of
good old Robert Commons. who
came from Grayson county, North
Carolina-and all their children, more
especially the sons-Robert, William !.
Nathan John, Isaac and Jesse. Ma
than and William lived close together
on the creek In my boyhoo I'd
Nathan had wool carding macl inc
and fulling mill in successful operation
near his home, and manufactured
the material for the raIment for
| multitudes of the people, male and
female. of Green's fork valley. | re-
member that in operating in the full
ing mill he used large quantities of
walnut hulls for dyeing purposes, and
that it was not despised source of
revenue to the boys of that period TO
gather the bulls and carry them in
sacks on horseba some miles to Ma
therefor some cents per sack. | re-
member that ex Congressman George
w. Julian was among the boys actively
engaged in this branch of enterprise.
While engaged at the cemetery
was called on by Abner Bond, a son of
Robert ard grandson of Jesse, who oc
cupies the old homestead of the latter.
BY invitation | was glad once more to
visit the place, commanding a view OF
town and country. There | had the
pleasure of meeting his mother-in- law,
Mrs NJ j. Scott, nee Willis. school
mate of the old Charles Canaday OF log
school house period, widow of John
Scott of the Walnut Level.
Returning to the town, | noticed
many changes. | found it had grown
considerably since my last recollection
Of it, especially in the direction of the
railroad; but the older portion showed
but little change. | was please to
meet a number of old friends. One.
James T. Nicholson, stauuch per
sonal and business friend IN the past,
[ was sorry to find in very poor state
of health. Others whom | met were
Moses Hatfield, j w. Martindale,
Evan Bailey, Dorilas Huff. etc.
While sitting with them in the
shade, Jabez Beeson and other
old ssne friends e q me ve9g much fss
if were boy again, spending half
day "off," while making business
call at Mark Reeves store. The old
building where himself and brother
James made their start in business
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lures still stands, and was pointed out
70 me. The conversation naturally
turned on the past. James Beeson re-
lated some incidents of my boyhood
which had escaped nv memory. Do
rilas Huff did not fail to inform the
audience that he went to school to me
at the kepler school house in 1S4G-
fifty years previous. Finally the eur
rent of talk shifted to old pioneer days
in that vicinity-the killing of Charles
Morgan and brothers, the life and ad-
ventures of "Old j hnny Green" and
kindred topics, including accounts Of
the early white settlers, the Hattields,
Abel Jenny and others. Here found
Nose Hatfield quite at home, he
having given special attention and,
was informed, written a good deal con
corning that period. In fact, since my
return to Texas, he has favored me
with some rare and valuable manu-
scrip. on the subject. which | hope yet
to be able to utilize. Speaking of
Nose feel that | should not omit
mention of some further pleasant facts.
He took occasion to show me through
his garden and grounds in town, which
evidenced his taste for horticulture
His grapes were the best of the many
delicious ones | was permitted to sam
Pile in various localities. He makes a
specially or the black eurrant. in the
cultivation of which he is very success
full.
Though coming last in this writing,
the first most delightful impression
derived from my trip under notice was
the greeting again, after so many
years. of my favorite stream Green's
fork. Though born near the banks of
the mere considerable stream, hollands
fork. yet my life from boyhood to
manhood having been spent nearer
the river Green as it used to
be styled. renders il far
dearer TO me than any other. This,
too, albeit that when boy, | came
very near finding a wattery grave
in its noted ''old swimmln' hole,
ycleped' The Goose Pond" concerning
which incident my old friend, Major
Isaac kinley, shamefully narrates that
| afterwards declared my intention
never again TO go into the water until |
| had Learned to swim. On the present
occasion | viewed with InayDreSSSh BILE