The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1910-08-05

human hands and tools, just as it
was in the day when John Brown
used il as the watch.turrct of the
good ship Freedom which he sailed
upon the Kansas prairies.
AS you leave the town of Osawa-
tomie going on the north upland, at
the corner of one Of the last streets
great white hagpole lifts its eaglcd
crest above the many yeared trees
elms, walnut, naples and oak. The
shadows were slipping onto the
scene fast and the gloom of night
was gathering under heavily foliaged
trees. The flag lay against the dying
sky light, still and with unwaving
folds. Il was proud in Its height,
but at rest.
Within little meshed wire fence
enclosure stands a very simple
monument, not more than eight feet
high, very plain and of stone. At
its base stretches away for few
feet around concrete floor.
Underneath sleep number of men
who fell at Osawatomie. Naturally
the name of Frederick Brown, sou
of John Brown, is the one that
attracts the most attention. The
inscription is very simple. There
is nothing imposing; nothing OF
| grandeur in the monument or the
l.gend which iktslls. Don't expect
20 see something at which you will
marvel and which inspires artistic
rapture. Bas after all, lis simplicity,
its plainness, the direct story wSich
4 The names themselves tell, the blue
grass and the old trees, and the old
flag en- its high white staf--lt will
impress you if you think of the
story, of the history and what it all
meant,
One of the group, who is at
enthusiast, sod probably an ever
extravagant admire1 Of Ingalls
reckled the fact that the famous
senator dedicated that monuUcn,
and recited little paragraph from
the speech:
"The battle Of Osawatomie was
the most brilliant and important
4 episode in the Kansas war. 1t wa!
!, the high divide of the contest. 1t:
Importance caanot be exaggerated
1t was our Thermopylae, and Johr
Brown was cur LeouidaS with hi
Spartan band. Thenceforward there
was 40 sneer that the AbolitionlSt!
, dared not fight. 1t was evident tha
somebody was in earnest. The
numbers engaged were eetnpara
, lively Insignificant. No sonorou'
bulletins c1nounced the result
TbGie was little of the pride anC
pemp and circumstance of war
There were no nodding plemes, nc
haEghty banners, no stirring blast:
| from the bugle calling the warrior:
To arms. But when Freedom re
coHnts the sacrifice of her sons, sht
does not ask the number or rank o.
| hose who fell. Wlnkelried is a:
dear to her as Washington, anc
0sswatomie is as sacred as Ban
nockburn or Bunker Hill. At hel
behest we reclaim from common
, dust the sacred ashes of the martyr;
Of Osawatomie. The sunshine ot
inaumerable summers shall smile
upon this csnsecrated sward. The
hearts of the generations that follow
US shall swell at the contemplation
of their heroic devotion and guard
| with Jealous care this sacred
sepulchre.
Nor shall their glory be forgot
While Fame her record keeps,
Or Honor points the hallowed spot
Where valor proudly sleeps.
Nor wreck nor change. nor Winters blight.
Nor Times remorseless doom
Cap dim one ray of holy light
That gilds their glorious tomb
Two miles from Osawatomie, and
you climb hills all the way, is the
old cabin of John Brown. 1t is on
the Adair farm, and Mrs. Adair has
a yeIcome for Won. has q story of