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/lt; •- -AN OLD RELIC.HISTORY OF AN OLD WARRICK HOUSEGaines Kobcrts, Father of-tlie Hazen Boyg, Constructed it When the Place Was a Weird Wilderness.■ Evansyiile Courier. ■*kdkik*'LA*..1}- r. r -* * *'W ?***Justf%two1'and one-half Smiles east ofNe w bur gifestan ding upon-a hiU overlook-ingltiie broad andi\viiiclinTOhio, is an old1 vl:‘--7-V^-.i V-i VJ *::stone hduse tlVatdias' been.tested by stormsand high water for dort^-seven long years.It is a queer lookingkbulidi ng iu these days, but was al;magni ficent structure in■ ;:.i r. s“lt; • i •• » ■the days that V have gone,;-' The dowers that once, bloomed around its feet and the, ?■: -.4: - ^children's merry'laugbteiN-tliat once added grdgj*t-^** have all van-isheclkivitli time If tlii#oldkhousel;liadtongue what weird tales it could tell and what pleasant w ord s :it; cqu Id .speak pfjdi ejgood old man t h at .bhce inha hi ted i t.%S:This strange’lopk in g o 1 a • b u 11 ding which is rmw^attractin^hundre(lsrof people’s at--r • •• •• -*NjJ.•i-i. *J.. — ^tention, waskdectedkih^the year of 1844 by 4Gaines:;Rpbertsg.^i%ndfather of the Hazeibbbys-^dibmr^Jvcllkkiiown jq coal miningppirclesjJSn^|ie^ttsfalso the grand-fatiierk)f5S[riliJam^0IcGill of this city.Thedathim^hd|i)liisterihg was done by r.®rd oh Pat torsoMortw hi cli h e rece i v-• . . v-. ---;-jc^i -.-VJ.; - •’V? v'fe- -i • ••■: - c' ^*fr\?acres of land.'PI wvlt;''4 o n d-.'/S jVv-it' 1 i i/-]n!-. 1 »n i 1 rl i r\r* nrvn»T1 fhldandlw)iicEWth(M building now stand^waskliceh^edStoffiufus Roberts inthecrn.s t lll-bwhed :bykti11 is said!bwpid inlVabitants of Warrick and Spencer^cmiiitifhrfliatraiband of thieves once made ithisk^hcir lhhadquarters and made mKUiy^a^niui;;^ pon the citizens of Ne\vbui;gh:ktahdrpdjoming villages, but they .were tinalIhciitedkaiid routed bv a comp an y ofHofiiekGuhrds. But all this 1 raPpened long|iiftgr■ rv|Roberts died and 11isichildMnhadkidihndbhecl the old home-stead, andaiblOhemlse-11asmver lived in it,:4T •’■si nee tli a *'skd’liedib use is surro uudedTi-ic-'-ivP'5lt;^41 ■?•••. vvby grow111rbUMbkindsaiid the many hills aud^alieys- thatditr at*itstsilt;le make it a i)ictures4uqjspot0^ words, it is ahunter’s paradise^^p^,At the foot of the hill and just at the**. J .*•• V • / : .. • ,.J *r,fside where the tront gate once stood is alittle sprihg^Cbubblihg'fforth its cooling necter \vbic!i%1 ihstquenchcd the thirst ofc-«nmany a, we:ii%raycdeip@Yhen that eoun-trv wife alhmsllafHvildefhess. and even now wlven^klitni^lers^pusstuis oui lana-maikrink from the•• arte .r-^t-^rinerely;kept$asronetpPttl]e many relicsof“NewbufgAi)tiSthe dii 1 ls#f It is now and;--- !\lt;U HI v V4 »'A H * -H I /'/II ,W|* \l4v/ A 1 * 1 w » * 14 I/I* A O \y ft U I I »/■ • • .iZ if--.x* * ■*$* . j; ‘Oln()v :'4Bufr^redbhg^tIve :oid house will■ :'■■' ..y-0 A4 •,b e;aiadiib ref if of#;i t¥i s as tfeuccoinbing to the ravages^f?\tinuq^buti- never will the.. .'44414,- .,lustoiw ' be-, erastal drouv^memory of tne•■■-'A . • .-■ 4; '.'{jr.: ^Good^ilU^mamwap.fonce:. matle tins his.■■ -W‘4 T • ' ■••' -.-r'*. •• .'.lV .. *. .'4' -4■ ■home.r -4 4-b;-
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Boonville Enquirer
Boonville, Indiana, US
Sat, Oct 03, 1891
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