The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-03-21


little old man with very broad-brim-
med hat looking very muck like the
typical Quaker. The Squire had been
described TO me and Immediately |
Judged This WAS ne.
is tlis Joseph Iieard?"
That's what they call me-"
7 am IL, sen. here to preach"
Then he called, "Dulcina, Oh. Dui-
Gina! Come back. Our new preacher
has come"
She came back Immediately and
welcomed me to her home and heart.
and ! never had better friends in my
life than old Squire Heard and his
GOOD wife. Many time / sat by his
flreside and heard him recount the ex-
periences of the past always felt
free in his home. One time he said.
\ have just one fault 10 find with our
government
What is that. Squire?"
- WAS AOO Easy WIFI tut ttOS.
woild have hung lO0 of the leaders,
DISTINGUISHED every commissioned of
iicer and coniiscated every foot OF
Land
! said "Tha would have put you
down 10 start even with the Negroes /"
4 woild 10 willing To start even
Wit them" said he.
you may be surprised. but | have
n great love and respect for the
%esoas Once during nc war gang
of hisiiwac'iers capimed NE and hung
lie ~ to ! rec and left me there 10
die, \ bunch OF Negroes came along
and took ME down before was quite
dead and thus saved me. had slaves
before nc war. Ny mother left them
TO ne. Under the laws of Georgia !
could not free them, although was
opposed to slavery: | must either sell
them or keep them myself. would
not sell item TO some one who might
abuse thec,. therefore kept them till
old ABE set them free
Once he said to me, IBID you ever
see a dog that could tell Rebs and
Unianers at sight? p
Upon my answering in the negative
he said. We'll, | did He belonged 10
Hhsm Bennett. neighbor of mine,
who lived some four miles from here
We were threshing al his place &
couple of wears after the surrender
There were both Rebs and Unioneers
in The crowd. AS we went in to dinner
old dog lay near tho door. growl-
ing savagcly and showing his teeth at
every ReD. But noticed that he wag.
ged his tail as the Union men passed
in. AS | passed in he smelled my
trousers and wsgged his tail, and /
laugh!ngly said. No Reb therel' This
story was afterward confirmed to me
by the owner of the dog.
| soon made up school of twenty
scholars and two OF my scholars. Scott
Edwards and Thomas Armstrong,
helped me 10 repair t e chimney and
fireplace Of log cabin in which 10
keep the school This building had
clapboard roof, pIncheon floor and
prncheon sets with no desks except
writing desk along the wall. and
blackboard hs feet. which made
myself Tho chimney was made of
mud and sticks The large fireplace
was built Of logs. filled in with dirt
and faced with back-wall and jambs
of rocks. we ad to be careful where
we sat TO avoid the leaks in the roof.
Ny scholars helped me get the wood.
James Armstrong. the father OF the
Thomas Arm trong previously men
Toned once told ne how he educated
a mule. He said;
II had mule colt that turned into
a pasture hat had poor rail fence
around f. Soon she mule Jumped ont.
found the place where it got out, put
IL back and laid up rais there Soon
ii was oui agSin at another place |
pat it back and laid up rail And
so ! kept doing until that mule could
janp the highest stalsed and ridered
fence in the country II had re-
paired the fence properly in the first