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oh'ph-cWh to]U*tici uc'h a* is *ervrefs out to whiteintii.( ulln riw- luM n portion hi-toryof l»rr family, slewing that th *v • c rehjt.ftal.lt jN.ij.lr hi lumlttati* * -n-ai*l that theyoung icimw nji|«arifiz in nave done n.» harm, hut only to havemeantactedorinfun.Devons.A correspondent of the t ountrv timth -rhil.ln I. ha.l ’ man l»rag* on the I h von*; 1 test.d one live,1 , | • J**ar old in the month of June. ..n the gr»«lt;-lo' * lMUVn‘*,.lt;^nS.»l .4m- virlM forty iH.uwb of milk|\.-r «lay, thwith all the ran* that lo give. They 1. It Morgantown, Fannin comity, • re* up in, nearly five year- ago, anti reinovitl tlt;» I h.Manl county, Miwamri, where lln'V reiuaiiieti until M.»v, 1^7«. UafiliL’ lli.rt liny « migrated to M.riy-ville, M*.ne I'i.unty, Mi---uri. living there until N j.it mU r with an uncle hv tin- n.nue ofHI BlVlSt nil* .UN.Johanna. *.im* of the sintrni, heing uu-hcalihv, the lather thfi.htl to go to Kan* *a*. hoping a change w..uld l«e l» m firial. Tlicy thru removed to Qpn, llowanlcounty, Kan.a». I.ut remaiiwd then* otilv one year, when they *tarl«ti fur (olonulo. Ike family rrmristed ..I the following, aged a-given l» h.w : l ather and mother— Joliu tfcrmain and Lydia fi. ri.-rinain. The daughter—Ihhrrea, HI ; Stephen. l!»; J.k-liHiina, hi; t.atlierine. 17; Sophia, 11 ; Jii-; anti Nancy, Thic «a« the partylia. *that Martol onTUI. A*AT.VI. J.'NliNKYto lt;aalorado. They had an ordinary ct.vcr-«**i wagon. mime pro vi-ion* and an os team. When they armed at Smoky 11 ill river, altout I I uiilo -outh of the trn. k of the KaiihiiN Psi ifir, simI within mil *« of Ft. \Yalla.v, the\ . r.r:ini|*e'l. They *j*nt tlie night there, and on tiw morning of Friday, September 11, 1*74, were up early and preparing to resume their journey.I rtNil thi* |»dut forward it will lie more inteo-ting to hear the story ln»m father* mrV «»u n lije.»m\.. iNTut.nt t nito the girls, the reporter pdin lv asked of tliem the particular- of the attack on them af Snn.ky ^11 ill and the murder of their family. f'atlieriiie -j*.ke a- follows, tin language U ing lien*, with few changes:■ Jiw Ih (Ik* «uii »ai rising, and while encage! in driving the cattle up tlu- river bank toward- the wagon. 1 heard shut? and veil-, and. running cliwt. saw my fallwr fall, shot through the hack by an Indian. 1 was trrrildy frightened, hut I can never forget the «|*vlacU that thcrveti’-ued.- MY in;*'Til i.n Ti:i*ui3« half n mile away hunting up -otnc Mock, and he had a gun with him. .V* poorfather fell mother rushes! toward- him only to rccciie a -hot from another Indian who find at her head, killing her alnuwt in-Mantly. My father was not killsd at once, h*r he moved his arm almut a- he v -caljnd by one of the party. They also aralped my mother. An old mjiisw picket! up our ax and muck it in my father'* head, hating it fixedc eight day- h. r milk mi- kept scpttxale, tiie r» .-iilt w:i- -cventcen and ..m uiinrcer |Miund- of hutter at two churning*. I have another h-ifer that wa» three y.ar-old on tlu 17th ui June, 1S7J, which yicld-«d last sutqii. r tliiity-f.»ur jw.uiid* j*r day. *.f milk, aii«fw«*ry rich. I had another of the -Jim age that gave only tWentv-thiw ami one ijiurter pound* |*t day of milk, hut it was extremely rich milk for her age. My old cowi* yield* much more—ora- of them forty-eight to fitty-ionr jiouiid* jrr •lay. Average yield «.t‘ butter per cow tor tlic year h?5. two hundred and 1 Tty-ilm*. and tlire* ijiinrter jNiunds : I fid nothing hut pa-tuiv from the IHlh lt;»/ May, until tin* •*»th of f k'toh r, w hen they r**Tiv«M -..me •owed com and pumpkin- whiW they laM-•■d. I Uliere their milk ami blitter are Mijs'rifir in ijiiality. color, and fl.'vor to all other l»ived\ and -«• i- their U«f. They an-always genth*; I never had one «f themrai-4- a l*«»i to ki.*k. Thev nrv tl»«- m«»t hanly of cattle ; alway- lu*cp nice, tk wlung up in tin- winter and milking off during th** -ii miner.IN HIS SKI IX.The Fans Pm of Alexis.The t. rand I hike Ah \i«, whw*«* presence among i»#» w.me two or tbnre yearn -inte. it will Is- nmenikrwl, set the hearts of onruietro|Hlilan hi lee into a wild flutter, has •h teaied the ptirjwwe lire Cxar had in \iew in di^patehillg him on that crui-e an.und the world by eventually marrying the «•!»-ject of hi* alUction—in defiance of parental authority and the law o! the empire denying the marrying of prince* of the hb*«4l with Mihjectft. I he lady of the grand duke'-choice i-« the daughter of a wealthy baron.ki:u* a c4!«*—al «h.wry. an.I i- in civrr way tilted to home a jiritiCM; only lacking royal bbwwi in her vein* to make her an eligible mate in the eye* of the imperial jwvr. She i*. otilv nim twu—the priniv i-twenty-four—ami ol |«r--«-ing appearance, bring a blonde, with light blue eye*, a creauiy complect ion and :» wealth of golden hair, which How* in girli-ii careh^saews over her riaouhler*. giving her an extreiiH-ly youthful aj*j*earano-. Having l«cen unit«*«l in 11k* indi^duble formula of the t irvek church, which allows no divorce, any effort | on the part of the Crar U» annul the marriage would douhtlev* prove futile. In the mean time the happy pair arc re-dding in charming rimplicity at Hr»-dm. calmly awaiting a decline of the im|*erial di«ph-ai-urr.—.V. )*. timjJ.u.The Black HillsilAxiA** r»:\k. 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The Leavenworth Weekly Times
Leavenworth, Kansas, US
Thu, Mar 25, 1875
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