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(Continued from Page 1)!building was built exactly on the sits of the former old frame Jerauld store building, so that location is not hard to establish for the old blacksmith-shop and yard.Immediately ■ to the west of the Jerauld store building stood the office of Dr. V. T. West, at that time the leading practitioner of the town. This office building occupied a front, age space of about 16 or 18 feet and there was a vacant space to the west of that.of about, fifty feet, which was the “front yard of the Ewing blacksmith shop. The shop prpper stood back trom the street some fifty feet. The first building to the west of this lot was occupied by John (Stumpi Kolb—father of Grant and Will Kolb, now living here—as a shoe store, though previous to this it had been a saloofl. Now that we have the lav of the land,” I will relate what happened, and how it happened.Dog—Tin Can—;Pandemonlum.It was a. warm summer day and Harrington and Adams had worked hard all morning and when noon came they were taking their rest, after eating their dinner. The horse rack around the square was pretty well filled with horses hud teams, and the boys were looking idly at them when a stray dog came trotting along and as he—'the dog—acted in n very friendly manner, these two boys allowed an idea to creep into fheir beads that bcded mischief to some one. The dog was patted and petted bv one of them while the other bunt ed up a good-sizedi tin can—.empty, of course,_and a strong piece of twine. They then gathered up small bits or iron which they put into the can, and then i rocseded to firmly tie the can to the dog's tail; after which he was given a kick and sent toward the street. The dog went, and considered not his going. The tin cans and its contents made racket enough to almost raise the dead and did raise noise enough to put ihe poor dog into a frenzy of fright. He made a dash for the middle of the street and from there in among the horses and teams hitched around the rack. The yelps and howls of the dog, together with the rattling of the can, fright encd the horses and they began to break loose. Then pandemonium began. The first horses to break loose naturally excited the others, and as the dog few around the square, the excitement increased. It wa» a. general stampede of every “critter” that was hitched to the rack and even some of the thieving cows were scared almost out of their hides While the* excitement was at its highest two very innocent young men—Harrington ’ and Adams— walked out to the street and expressed surprise and indignation that any one would so mistreat a* dog and cause all the damage and commotion. WattvAdams says their part in that escapade never became known, but as he is now getting old, lie thinks it best to tell the world just who caused that stampede and get it off his conscience.“Underground Railroad” Workers.I believe that I have in a previous article made some reference to the way Bam Green, who had an office just above the I. Leibshutz clothing store, once ran that poor man nearly crazy by “snaking” all his display of clothing—which in those days stood outside the front of their place of business—nip into his window and nearly running the poor Israelite wild. Mrs. Elizabeth Howe, of this city, now in her 87th year, tells of another prank he, Green, was guiltv of just before the war. In those dayv there v.ere certain residents who not only did not believe in slavery as it then existed, but on every occasiondid all they could to help escaping slaves on to freedom. Amoug rhdse who were active—but silent—in .this work was Uncle Charlie Keys, who lived down the state road just below Enon church. He nevep let an op portunity go by to help an escaping slave. They would come In the night to his house and he would put fhertT in his wagon, cover them up and take them on down to Cherry Grovo, west oh town, where there were plenty of their own color to give them assistance and help them on toward Canada and freedom.Sam -(Ji-een and one of the Shannon boys, both living down theEvansville road, knew somethingabout the plan followed by Unci”. Charjie Keys and they set thhir heads to have some fun. Theyblacked themselves carefully, dressed up iii the most disreputable clothes they could find, and* late at night went to Keys’ house and begged for assistance to get further north. The ltind-hearfed old man readily agreed to take charge of them. He fed them and getting into his wagon took them out to Cherry Grove before the trick was discovered. Naturally he was pretty warm and the boys were made to walk all the way home while Keys drove, along by their side, tl was a good while before the two boys could escape the jeers and taunts of their comrades, who called them ‘ the escaped niggers.”The case of RlaTe vs. Martin Easley a charge of criminal assault upon I Daisy Martin, young dangliter^of Sam-! s wl Martin, this city, was continued! yj today by Circuit .Judge R. C. Bnltzell nn.il Friday. April 7.dfMany people are wanting rooms— furnished and unfurnished. If yon bare an.v rooms to rent, advertise .hem now. 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Princeton Daily Democrat
Princeton, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 29, 1922
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