The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1921-06-09

+ too-tbe best there is. She's Betsey- II
INV little toy woman-half past seven !
years old--blue eyes--helps her moth
er get tired every day.. Here's my
| toy man Josiah--yes, brown hair and
brown eyes like Sarah--heart O gold
---helps his mother, too-six times
one year old"
aWhat pretty faces!" said the wo-
man as she stopped and kissed them
eyes, ma'am, Got 'em from the
4 fairies" Samson went on. "They
have. all kinds o heads for little folks,
an, / guess they color EN- up with the
blood O. roses an the gold O butter
cups an the blue O. violets. Here's
this wife O. mine. She's richern
am. She owns all Of us. We're her
slaves"
Looks as young as she did the day |
she was married-nine years ago."
said the woman.
"Exactly!" Samson exclaimed.
straight as an arrow and proud!
don't blame her. She's got enough
to make her proud, / say. l fall In
love again every time look into her
big, brown eyes,"
They had a Joyous evening and a
!. restful night with these old friends
| and resumed their journey soon after
daylight. They ferried across the
lake at Burlington and Jared away
| over the mountains and through the
Z deep forest on the Chateaugay trail.
X Since the Pilgrims landed between
I. the measureless waters and the path
\ less wilderness they and their des-
3 cendants. had been surrounded by the
! lure Of mystery. The love of adven-
It ture, the desire to- explore the dark,
) infested and beautiful forest, the
Il dream Of fruitful sunny lands cut
# with water courses, shored with sill
20 yer and strewn with gold beyond it
: these were the only heritage Of their
: sons and daughters save the strength
! and courage of the pioneer. How true
y was this dream Of theirs gathering
= detail and allurement as it passed
l. from sire to son. On distant plains
a to the west were lands more lovely
y 4 and fruitful than any Of their vision
- in mountains far beyond was gold
- enough to gild the dome Of the heav
- ems, as the sun was wont to do >at
~ eventide, and silver enough to put 8
~ fairly respectable moon in 1t. Yet fol
generations their eyes we're not to see
", their hands we're not to touch theS'
NJ things. They were only to push thei
~ y frontier little farther to the ives
~ ~ and hold the dream and pass 1t Of
la, to their children.
a. Those early years Of the Nineteenth
,at century held the first days OF full
fillment. Samson and Sarah Traylo
~ had the old dream in their heart
nv when they first turned their faces t
,or the west For years Sarah had n
~ sisted it, thinking of the hardship
~ and perils in the way Of the move
,oe Samson, man of twenty-nine whe
I'D he Set out from his old home, was sal
m. to be es"always chasing the bird in I'll
,tIv bush.v He was never content wit
1T the thing in hand. There were ce
bov tain Of their friends who promise
m to come and join them when at las
IN they should have found the land
are plenty. But most Of the. group tn
VAN bade them good-by thought 1t a fot
an .ish enterprise and spoke lightly
rho Samson when they we're gone. Anne
ara lea has undervalued the brave sou
.orv who went west in wagons, witho
III whose sablime courage and enduran
: II the plains would still be an unplow
The wilderness. Often we hear them
,oon down as seedy, shiftless dreame
.ded who could not make living at hon
q They were mostly the best blood
= : the world and the noblest OF Co
The missionaries. Who does not hor
v,or them above the thrifty, 'comfort-l'
! ~ ing men ana women who preferred
!. of stay at home. where risks were II
reat the supply OF food. sure and sui
gful cient and the consultations Of friel
emo. ship and religion always at har
raw Samson and Sarah preferred to enl
lve,v and take their places in the fr,
battle line Of Civilization.
a,,ed They had read little book cal
y Il The Country OF the Sangamon. 7
Y IN latter was word Of the Pctta'
ther tonnes meaning land Of plenty. II
Mn the name Of a river In Illinois drs
ing ''boundless, flowery meadows
~ unexampled beauty. and fertility. b
,r,Ies ed with timber, blessed with sh
groves, covered with game and mo-
60, level, without a stick or stone
Scor - yex the plowman.' Thither 7
were bound, to take up q section
,,,,,,r government land
They stopped for a visit with Ell
=. Z, Howard and his wife. old friends
V theirs, who lived Sin the village
=. ...,.,, M Malone, which was In Franklin co,i
. 49, 49, New York. There they traded Z
Z. SsJ MA oxen for a team Of horses 4
" - - were large gray horses named Pete
Colonel The latter was fat and 8
4, Y nafured. His chief interest IN
was food. Pete was always lool