Arizona republican., 1911-05-15
PROUDEST DAY IN
 A PATRIOTS MEMORY
Henry Zeuner's EspousaI of the Union Cause-His Increasing Youth and
 His Love of Nature.

On the 14th day of May. 1861. Henry Zeuner, a young Saxon patriot. who had shipped from London as d sailor on German vessel, landed in New York city, amid the booming of can non from Fort Hamilton and the | iiuttering Of the Stars and Stripes. which were hOisted simultaneously with the appearance of his vessel in the harbor Twelve days later MT. Zeuner enlisted in the Forty-first New York infantry, served in the civil war. and is today one of the best-natured. best preserved and mildest tempered old veterans of the C. A. F.. serving his country and John McCabe at Prices Station, in Pinal county. the former as postmaster and the latter as watchman over his property at that point
 Yesterday morning Mir. Zeuner ran up the American flag on thu. big staff in front Of the postoffice. fired d salute from his private arsenal. and took the first train to Phoenix. to finish celebrating the fiftieth anni- versary of his adoption of the Ameri- can flag, an action he has never re gretted He says he is only = years young and he expects to live to be the last surviving member of the c. A. R.. and when there are no longer comrades of whose valor he can boast, he will lie down in peace for the reward he has earned for fidelity 10 his adopted flag and country.
 Asked for news of his section. he said he had nothing particular to re- late, except that the country seems prosperous, as indicated by d growing traffic over the Phoenix X. Eastern Freight trains now are all heavy and one necessitating two locomotives is not an unusual sight. By way Of Improvements at Prices station, MT. Zeuner could think of nothing more startling than that the company now has lights burning night and day, in dicating the limits of the switch yard. The reason they burn daytimes is that the extra oil is cheaper than hiring an employe to stay there and watch the lamps. and they only require fill ing once in five days.
 But. though MT Zeuner is - years old. he is not half as old in heart as many d dessicated wretch at 9. His heart still bubbles with the friendly impulses of youth; he is thorough lover of nature. and as alert as ever in noting her eccentTicities. He brought with him q couple of kodak pictures. one of which verifieS this statement. It is a picture of one of the oldest specimens of the sahuara cactuS oDp aNpr saw and nprhaOS the only one on earth of that peculiar sort. It appears to be a freak. pro duced ny local conditions rather than being distinct variety of the cactus plant.
 The cactus stands not far from his house. which comprises his home. the station house and the postoffice. these facts being set forth by an ornate sign. The cactus is very stocky. near ly twice the size of a mans body. to the height of perhaps fifteen or eigh- teen feet. and in the picture it looks like a Grecian column, made in two parts and cemented together at the height of about ten feet; rather. it looks like one cactus cut squarely off. and another set on top of it. the two being cemented together.
 But. most peculiar of all. this col umnlike growth stops bluntly at the height indicated. as though sawed squarely off. and from it have sprouted six or eight branches or limbs. each one of which is formed Of a series of from one to q dozen buttons from two or three inches to foot in