The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-27
JOHN BROWNS CHILDREN
Five Twenty Still Living Jason Almost ST. and Salmon Only
73 Being the Boys

siderable success as "A sheen ranchcr
iu Northern California. but after this
prosperous period bad seasons and
sheep epidcmic- brought crushing dis.
aster, from which taken with his phys
lcal disability, Mr. Brown could not re-
cover.
But surely no man ever endured q
hnal rebuff Of fortune with "A pluckicr
'front.'. With the wife Of his youth still
Nouihtul, cOmcly, and as kindly as him.
SELL ne makes his home with his dauCh-
Ter Agnes, Mrs. Evans in suburb
"i Portland. ore. Mrs Evans. a Young
woman Of marked intellectual ability.
has her own way 10 make in the world
But her home is also the home of her
sisters, each OF whom works hard 10
contribute her share, and tho atmOs-
phere Of love and LOYALTY. sunshine and
opcn-hearted comradeship that overfiows
the whole brave little household is "a
beautiful thing 10 see.
Pioneer Tales
Mr. Brown is much respected among
the old settlers of Portland. who like
TO persuade him 10 tell at their re
unions tales OF the primitive davs of
Kansas and the West that stir their
blood and their memories His life. from
boyhood up, has been filed with ad-
venture. Like all the Browns. he Is
gifted with strong sense of humor,
and with great and fearless original
Ity Of thought and diction and he is
inspired with that rare gcnius-a knowl-
edge and unfailIng selection Of the per.
tincnt and of the true. From him, as
from all his kin. You may look for the
clean-cut fact in clean-cut words that
describe il, though the heavens fall;
and 20 him YOU must be drawn, By the
power OF hearty, sunny, honest human
Ity.
OF temperament entirely different
from his brother John s. Salmon Brown.
then powerful. high.spiritcd lad in
his teens, who had long been chaing
AT the patient endurance Of the Free
State men. welcomed the change TO "'lct
a little blood on the other side, when
the gauntlet was down. in Kansas. From
the day in May, 1886, when he dropped
his spade in the field 10 march TO thc
relief Of threatened Lawrence, TO the
moment that following summer when
tearing rifle wound deprived him Of
the use OF an arm. he fought, straight
through, with. gayety and with relish,
keen IN his JOY OF the game.
Mr. Brown 5 memory, like his elder
brother 5, is Of extraordinary power
Both recall in detail the circumstances
and sequence Of the events Of their long
years and a careful comparison Of their
statements with authenticated facts only
adds 10 tho marvel of their accuracy.
Both men, moreover. possess the rare
faculty of knowing the boundaries of
their rccoilcctions With neither Is
there any speculative, halfway ground;
they know, or they have forgotten:
and they rarely forget
His Daughter Annie.
Up in the rcmotcst hills of Califor-
MIA. around the shoulder of Cape Men.
docino. in tiny cottage in an eyric as
as il rs superb, lives John
Brown : daughter Annie. His conf
dante. his ''watch dog, y Il was often
on her wit and unsleeping vigilance that
his safety and that Of his men de
pended. OF the little company that
for so many weeks lay hidden in the
farmhouse on the Maryland heights.
awaiting the moment when they should
strike their desperate blow for freedom
when they should in striking at the
arsenal at Harpcrs Ferry, dare the
whole force of the United States, An
mic Brown. now Annie Brown ADKINS,
alone survives.
Her "reminiscences of those thrilling
DAYS. OF the little band who. for the
most part, knowing that they should
science and Of the oppressed are of
vital interest. y keen critic of human
nature. Mrs Adams 5 Characterization
of the Young men who followed her
father TO their doom are vivid as life.
To hear her describe the days at Ken
ucdy farm, or those earlier at North
Elba. when ''fathcr s plan was al
once the dread secret and the main.
spring Of every act Of that devoted,
self sacrificing family, is TO see the
scene before ono s eyes Like the other
Browns, Mrs Adams things So kecnly
that she Is incapable Of expressing her
self in commonplace words; her talk.
like theirs. has the clarity and the
wit of classic.
Mr.. Adams. very considerably his
wife s senior. and one son constitute
forest. Mrs Adams, single handed does
all the simple household work, aud when
IL is done Will often mount a horse and
20 of for a solitary ride In the glor
louS mountain air. through country So
beautiful as fairly TO seem unreal. The
Browns were ever pioneers and lovers
Of nature undisturbcd. but this one
has exceeded them all, and certainly has
found at once tho farihest and the fin.
est refuge that the continent affords.
other Daughters.
Down TO the southwark, in Santa
Clara County, near San Jose, lives an
uiN'F OAOShtcE OF the llbtlaipI. hlHS
Sarah Brown. Her home is a coy little
buried IN a pruue orchard,
All her own, y fg tree grows hy the
corner of her porch, aud from her win
iows YOU may look across To tho great,
ueffable mountains. prarly. opalosccnt.
living green, or gray. swimming through
The ceaselesS changes. from beauty 10
beauty. hour by hour.
To those familiar with the portrait
Of John Brown in his Younger years.
Miss Brown s resemblance to her IA
nous father * very striking. Her deli
cate but strongly marked aquiline fea
lures and the classic lines Of her head
seem but a feminine version of that
strong prototype. and as she talks ex
prcssions fit across her face that bring
back with almost startling force eX-
pressious of John Brown 5 own that
The sun chanced 10 perpctuate. Miss
Brown Is a lady Of the old New England
type, reserved and quiet hammered,
while full of kiudIiucSs and force. She
is fond Of books and reading and Of the
traditions Of the old DAYS, when. for
time, she lived in Concord and knew il
lt its best.
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