Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1899-12-30

ly OF Essex Co., were Joined in we'd I
lock at the home OF the brides sister, |
Mrs. Maria Scott, II 8 Vermont Ave
West Washington, ID. y. Rev. TAYLOR |
oficiated.
Mr.. Cole left Hartford, Dec. 10th |
and was married December Goth at
$3.50 P. NJ, left Washington, the 2lst
at Z :65 .. m, resching Hartford 8: 20
p. M. Mr.. and Mrs. Cole enjoyed their |
Christmas Dinner with the groom's
sister. Mrs. Lizzie Johnson, Harrison
St. Hartford. Conn. Mr.. and Mrs.
Cole now occupy fine tenement at Al
Martin st where they will be glad 20
meet their friends and acquaintances
Grand Vocal and instrumental con-
cert to be given by the Capital City
Band OF Hartford, Conn.,, consisting OF
selections by the band vocal and in
strumental solos and duets. Refresh
mems in the hall after the concert is
over Admission % cents; children.
10 cents. We cordially invite she pub.
lis and friends to patronize on that
evening.
August 20 and 3oth, 1899.
After spending three summers in
Keene valley, q small village and q
summer resort in New York State, a
very nice place which, though in q val
ley. is 1900 feet above sea level and
surrounded by mountains from three
30 five thousand feet high, / being
quite bicycle rider and hearing OF q
hero's grave about 20 miles from the
valley, where was for the summer, 1
took trip to North E ba and Lake
Placid, and to visit John Browns
grave.
It was q very hard road for q bicycle,
but got there after some 4 or hours
ride on my wheel aud 1 Learned that
there was one colored family left that
John Brown brought from the south
by the name OF EpDs. 1 stayed the
night there and learned good bit of
history from them.
The next day l went to visit the
John Brown farm and grave. The
farm ia now owned by New York State.
learned il was in the year OF 184o
that John Brown learned of Carrot
Smiths generous offer OF 40 acres to
any Of the Negroes who would accept
them and by becoming land owners
gain their acknowledgements. Appreci-
ating Carrot Smiths spirit John Brown
| naturally turned to him at this time
and offered to take one of the 40 acre
wilderness with his colored brethren
them to hold their land and at the
same time, he was planning TO use
this little colony as northern termi-
nus for his underground railway, .
sure haven for the poor colored people,
whom he hoped, secretly, TO send
North but as . colony the coIored set
Element was not success.
1t failed from Inherent causes. There
were some 40 families all coming from
warm climate. They gradually fell
sick or became discouraged, died or
returned to their former homes with
one notable exception, that of Mr.. Ly.
man Epps, q music teacher of rare
ability, who is now dead, but his wild
ow survives him and is the fore-psrt CT
so years, but still has q great memory
of the past. The children are some
three or four and all grown to man
and womanhood.
| A few rods from the farm house is a
little yard or garden with one large
bowlder which John Brown said he
wished IL TO be his head-stcne. SO
this bowlder stands at his grave as q
guard, where his body lies q moulder-
ing, whose soul goes marching on.
It was his request that ne be buried
there. There is a.eo little very old
heaG-stone at the grove which 10 kept
locked within wooden box to keep
people from chipping of pieces sc SOU
venirs.
Capt. John Brown, in whose memory
the head-stcne Is inscribed, WAS John
Browns grandfather. q revolutionary
soldier, who died a prisoner in the
cause of liberty in a barn in New York
John Brown felt peculiar sentiment
for the stone and he requested that it
/ be put at his grave aud bear his own
name beneath that of his grand-feth-
er's. 1t also bears the names of his
sons, Frederick, who wss murdered at
Ossawatomie; Oliver and Watson,
both killed at Harper's Ferry.
August 80, 1899, the Eseven bodies
that were executed at the same tims
OF John Brown were placed beside
their leader in the little grave yard.
There were some thirty hundred per-
sons who witnessed the ceremonies at
the reinterment Of the bodies of John
Browns followers. Ehe above date is
the 4Srd anniversary OF the battle of
Ossaw atomie.
The hymn. Onward Christian Sol
diers" was sung. Il. A. BramAn, pas
ter OF the Methodist Church at Lake
Placid offered prayer. The Rev. josh
ia Yourgs of Groton, Mass, who
preached John Browns funeral ser
mon 40 years ago, made an address.
The Eppa family, colored, who were
brought here years ago sang, There's
q Land that is Fairer than Day" Cap
tain James II. Holmes of New York,
who fought with John Brown and fred
the first gun in the battle of Ossawato-
mie, delivered an address. Bishop
Potter of New York al so made an ad-
dress. also Hon. Whitelaw Reid of New
| York.
| The funeral procession was under q
military escort from the 26th United
States Infantry OF Plattsburg with
Lieutenants Connen and Ball in COM
mand. a military salute was fired
| over tbs grave OF the seven men. After
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