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CONNERSVILLE EVENING NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1916,tonetheiromfori upince, f of-*ead.By MSSS KATE HERONHISTORIAN PAYETTE COUNTY CENTENNIALrea-thethatfor,;sianbeensuretheOne of the monkeys escaped from the cage and climbed up a rope attached to the dinner bell and amused himself hy swinging to and fro. The villagers were all soon in thethe lire. The be induced tostop ringing the bell. By and hy hespied a red apple in the hand ofAustin Ola.vpool. After it was offered to him, he quickly slid down (herope.(To Be Continued.)♦menningintilInringCar-lexi-r ofwas3.(14,rnalMis,, 1 1 v'ere a n dded igo. Mis, lied was L A. 1 to andthewho 1 m a ;, of the ers, A1 e-. of , of she : M. she the that the ; of(Continued From Yesterday.)I believe the girls and boys of Connersville and Fayette county will be interested in “unknown incidents _ .......of history*’ as related to me by myj Ar~ ^ looTcVn^ foi mother, and my elderly friends, monkov coupI uot who were always pleased to have me “come to see them,” and listen to the stories of their childhood ol which I made notes years ago.When mother was a small school girl she attended school in a little red brick school house that could he placed in one of the rooms of the modern school houses. The following story she tells:The sun was shining brightly, when all of a sudden we heard a terrible noise like a dreadful wind storm approaching. Suddenly it grew, so dark in the room we ran out of doors to find not a storm, but the sky black with wild pigeons flying to the pigeon roost.They consumed more than an hour in passing. Often great limbs too heavily laden would break from the trees, killing thousands of birds in a single night.The writer has not seen them in the numbers that mother tells of, but I have seen them when the sky was obstructed from view, from twenty to thirty minutes.I have gone to my grandmother’s with my brother and his boy friends and with Uncle Will, we would go out into one of the lower fields near the river and set the pigeon nets which was done in this manner:A large net was stretched from. „ tl . .corner stakes. Then stool pigeons i ollovymg the historic route alongwere tied to stakes with cord long bennsylvanus. Avenue, me marcher:;For Preparedness is Held inWashingtonUndiluted Ameritbe the 81ONE VERY fIs But in By (lie tju He Strips His lt;For Action—1*1port HImmense Parade and Brilliant Colorings Mark a Demonstration For Preparedness.Washington, June 14.— Washington today held a mammoth Flag Day “Preparedness” parade. Citizens of the capital, including 4 0,non employes of the Federal Government turned out en masse in an impressivedemonstration in favor of adequate . l'\\national defense.s by t tor ofl toheirDod-hevthen a s-est, go-h e ra I've re her X o w r it 1 in-and n to diall i n aliespast,withlightving,t.”Peigh-theandessestimeNel-A\light,The a infed , that all of vposi-tl the lurch, 1. 10c free;f»yoseos 9Drawerise-ses,nts,.40.ion.flieryoupri-zltj.getfor•eat-lientandenough to permit of the pigeons flying about that they might attract other pigeons to the corn that had been scattered on the ground.A place was built of boughs for both shelter and that the men could be hidden from view. When the ground was covered with pigeons the trap was sprung by a man in the bough house—throwing the net over the pigeons. In this way hundreds were caught. After breaking their necks they were placed in barrels and shipped to the city markets.It is said that there is not a live “wild passenger pigeon” in existence today.Some time ago an advertisement was issued by the Smithsonian Institute at Washington offereing $5,000 for a live wild pigeon. At that time Die only pigeon Known was in the Zoological Carden at Cincinnati, it too has passed to its last “roost.”Mother tells of her cousin, Col. William Edsel, who was a greatfriend of the Indians. When they would come to the village and indulge in too much “fire-water,” they would invariably go to the Edselhome—no matter the time of night —and call oh Willum, Willum.” William would unlock the door and let in, perhaps seven or eight, big,* red drunken men. Throwing down on the floor, buffalo robes, he would? say to them “go to . sleep,” whichthey immediately did.At no time did the Indians ever attempt doing harm to Mr. Edsel or his family, but would fight for himat the “drop of a hat.”When mother was a school girl atCincinnati, she saw Colonel Edseland Gen. St. Clair with 700 Indians on canal boats iliat had come down on the Little Miami Canal to Cincinnati, where they were all day waiting, to be transferee! to the Ohio river boats, to be sent to a government reservation on the Mississippi.The “chief” was taken to the “Gault House” and entertained with “city sights.”All day the banks of the river were lined with the curious onlooker.The Indians remained on the boats and were unhappy looking men, women and children and would often hide ihoir heads as if ashamed of their predicament.A. B. Con well was one of the early pioneers, also one of- the most influential business men and largest land holder of Connersville and to whom John Conner sold all of his business interest and real estate when he left the village.His daughter, the late Mrs. Anna Conwell Merrill, at the age of SO, could recall a number of interesting stories of early life, many of these showed the manner in which they had to deal with the Indians. At one time her mother was alone with her small children and cooking corn cakes for their dinner, when some three or four Indians came in. After watching the process they found the cakes looked so tempting they helped themselves to all she had made. To show them it was all right and she had no fear, .she immediately made more which they also Jinished and left the cabin laughing.The next morning the same Indians returned, bringing a bountiful supply of wild game which they presented to Mrs. Conwell. in payment for their feast of the day before.Afterwards when she saw the Indians “coming to call” she knew they wanted “griddle cakes” or corn pone.About the year IS 10, Newton and Soloman Ola.vpool came to the village of Connersville and built for themselves a log cabin.Some time afterwards New ton Claypool went to Ohio for a visit, and returned with a wife. The wedding journey was made on horse back, stopping at night at cabins along the wayside.At one of the homes they were given the spare chamber—in the loft —which was readied bv a ladder. They could see the stars shiningFlags, jNew York, Jut Hughes yesterdaytoward German-A one of undiluted the lirst statemo acceptance of tin at.ion for PresideI staled myin my telegram Mv atl.it.nde iAmerican ism. atports me is tmppA merican poiim, j ,* tThe nominee’ devoted aimedin*-; callers. 11numerous tin were so many i line \vapast to shake moment instmi rived alone! leaders and Bsii- or muuiiVniT'-'lV'D A'1;’1he rfiviowi...- , l’-vf,,.’,fU ,( •bearing miniature American Flags, and to the musj airs passed before j stand in which wore Presidem Mil- !’ son, members of his cabinet and foremost otiidals of the Government. 1, , . ...The- President has aslcd iho J(ini (I Progress] \ eml duringwho placed1 i nation for (lie Progr-i ' *Id*country to give an cspei cance to this Flag Day ana ilils Washington’s way of doing if.Employes of the Department marched in units, Joseph Tumulty, secretary to the President, headinga delegation of twenty-live White House officials and newspapermen assigned to the Executive Mansion.Invitations to former Roosevelt and Taft to man h in t he j 1 T1 parade had been sent out. in add it ion ; 1 *‘b-e. to about one thousand special invitations to men prominent in the preparedness movement.luncheon, would retn liver in peport.Oscar F from lt;Tev«lu*es:dcnijf0‘l0'VJ 5I late t inIinbc-ni of Mr.The city mail service was suspend-! of wested so employes of the Post Ollieej Department as well as those of the city post ofliee might march.a ieu on otie Fan ing, is iMETRO PICTUTwmAIIthrough the cracks of the clapboard roof. Awakening the next morning they had added one and one-half I inch of snow to the covering of home-made blankets and quilts. When they arrived at the previously prepared cabin home, Soloman Claypool went to the farm north of town, a portion of which is now Maplewood.After Newton Claypool had completed his two story frame building and named it “The Claypool Tavern” a show came to town, consisting of an elephant, camel, black bear and a cage of monkeys. The owner and animals all stopped at the “Tavern.” The elephant was tied with ropes and securely fastened in an old shed.
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Connersville Evening News
Connersville, Indiana, US
Wed, Jun 14, 1916
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