The Farmington times. [volume] (Farmington, Mo.) 1874-1902, 1902-03-20
RELICS OF OLD LOUISIANA.
Sontheas, MissOHri = Rich Field for the
Collector Of Historical CIries.

FARAINGTuN. Mo Mar. - This
section OF Missouri has a special inter.
yss i; she Louisiana Purchase ENposi.
ton for several rca,uus. The town of
Drl.ls-us, the station On the Iron
Mountain railroad, wts laid out In
1868 10y Col. Auguslc dc Lassa., the
only son Of Carlos dc lllull de i.ls.us,
the last Spanish governor of the ter
rilory, Of land granted 10 bis father by
the government. Col DrLas,us lived
IN this town. which bore his name,
until hi, death IN 1888 lie had three
son., one ~ whom never lived In tho
uiird States, but mnde hi, home
with his mother r. rari., France. One
son. Charles, lived ia New Orleans,
where he reared large family The
youngest son, placidr, lives Ia ST.
Louis and has two sons, Charles Pla
eide and I.c.lio Angusic
below thi, town Of DrI.assus Is Mine
LaMotlc. which WAS worked by span.
i.h miner. ~ crrly As 1920. The
lif,i shovel Of dist for the World Is
Fair was turned by a wooden shovel
that was uncar,hcd q, this mine, deep
in the earth, supposed TO have been
usrd by these Spanish miners, aud
which j. now ;hc T:aTStly Of 4 former
owner Of the niue, Rowland Hazard,
Of Rhode island Another OF these
historic shnycls i, in the collection 20:
/ M. " rabor II FfcirTcktown. II
WAS found - feet below the surface
Several other utcnsils were found Al
the same place. Both Mr. rabor and
| his wife are enthusiastic collectors,
| especially Of things connected with the
Louisiana Purchase, sud they expect
to make a good exhibit Of interesting
and historical articles at the World Q
1 Fair
The PAburs have an oak chest, in.
Laid with cbouy aud lockwood,
black with lgc, with - heavy, wrought
iron spring lock, which was brought
from Spain by some ui the caIly uin.
crs One of the curiu,i'ics is .pron
mold that belonged to the lIogy fam
ily aud was used for making pewter
Spoons for the families Of the early
settlers. One OF the gems Of the col
lection is a grandfather click. 8 fee,
I inches high, moro than 200 years
old, which belonged to Frederick BDi.
lngcr, who was a member Of the firi
territorial assembly, which met IN tie.
tobcr, 1872. Frcdcricktown Is named
for him, aud the county below Mad.
icon, BuIinger, also bears his name.
The clock is calendar clock aud still
keeps excellent time
There Is much fine oil china IN the
collection, cNqusircly decorated aad oi
great beauty and value. Pitchers,
cup. aud stucrrs, sugar bowls and
plalters, are all represented here.
What Mrs pabor considers the gem ot
the china collection is what size calls
h'r Washington pitcher. Il may be
thus described: II Is two quart
pitcher, low, narrow at the top aud
bottom, bnIging in the middle with a
back ground Of white almost covered
with blue decorations. On the sides
of the pitcher are Washiustnn's por-
trait aud the residence ut Mount Yer.
non, The figure ot Justice having on
Masonic apron holds up the picture
Of Washington, and the figure OF LTD
erty kuccls under the residence. Tn.
dernealh all these Is the inscription,
"America aud independence g" The
names of the States that were In tho
Union At that time are on u ribbon
that is fcstouncd around the tap Of The
picture, Ohio being the last. As OHIO
was admitted nto the Union in 1903,
tho pitcher is very nearly 100 years
old. Mrs Pabor has never heard II
n duplicate of this pitcher, aud thinks
that something might be done 10 m Ike
its duplicate very worthy souvenir of
lha Worlds Fair.