The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, October 4, 1882, Page 6

HISTORIC WEST POINT. Ss Something of How and When it Originated—Byographical, Ete. Theodore Green of West Point was born and brought up near where he now lives. His account: of pi- oneer times is as follows: , John Green, a native of England, was born in 1303, was brought to Mass. by his parents at a date un- known, but at the age of 15 he came to Sangamon county, Ill., and went to farming there. In 1837 he married Jane DeLaney of that place and in 1840 came te what 1s now West Point, Bates county, Mo. The land not vet bemy in market he took a claim in what 1s now the N. of Sec. 15, and proceeded to open a farm. They camped under an oak tree while building their cabim and the first night they slept in the eabin the tree was struck by lightning. They broke about 100 acres the first year and raised a crop without a fence as.there was no_ stock. about except their own. He fenced the land. the second year. They had 12 yoke of oxen so they could} run two prairie plows. At first they used a plow with a_ bar shire and a wooden mould board, but after a year or two the Kerry piow was brought in which was looked upon as a great improvement. It had a diamond shaped piece of iron over the mould board. During tbe first years Mr. did considerable work with teams for the missien at trading post in Kansas. The first stock kept besides teams was hogs. There wasa good mar- ket for bacon in Kansas to supply the Indians that, according to treaty stipulations, received annuities from the Government. The hogs were not ted at all but upon the nuts. acorns &c., along the creeks. Each settler ghad_ his stock mark and of coufse Was obliged to capture: ‘the young pigs to mark them. As they became very wild, they were taken by building log pens with trap doors and bating'the-hogs to them with shelled corn. The modus operawdi of butchering thus de- scribed: A large oak trough was prepared in which to scald the hogs. A quantity of hard limestone was collected to be heated by piling in a a great fire made of logs. When well heated they were thrown in the water in scalding trough, and _ it was soon brought co a boil. While this process was going on two mounted riflemen would hunt the hogs, shoot them down, tie them to the horses tails and drag them to the edge of the prairie where a hand with team and wagon would receive and con- vey them to the scalding trough where a set ot hands would scald and clean them. Cattle were obtained. fronr Jack- son county, and they an@ their prog- eny hvedon the range the year *yound without feed, except oce Green his ox Gern’s jonally a little prairie hay when there was snow on the.ground. ‘The hay of course was cut by hand. Avherd wouid double itself in about three years. The néxt industry was. raising mules for the southern market and atter the discovery of gold ifi Cali- fornia many were wanted to fit out | trains for crossing the plains. They sold no gram except a little | to new comers. Mr. Green was never inclined to hunt, but preterred to give his attention to his stock by means of which he made considera- ble money. Theré were many Osage Indians order of his going, but went atonce- The Indians took back his herse and turned them. grass resembled the bunch grass vf | ceeded by what is now known as the native prairie grass. Theo. Green supposes this change was brought about by ehecking the prairie fires that tormerly swept the whole country yearly, and by the climatic change that has been gomgon. He thinks there is now much more rain than formerly ; the winters more sever change 1s working westwardly, aad that western Kansas will soon be good grain-growing section, ana the plains be covered by a good growth of grass and visited by frequent rains. In 1855 the grass shot up to 4 height ‘of six or seven tect all over the prairics and went toseed. They had to select the lightest spots to mow and then got toms to t he acre. growth. ‘Lhe first school house in West Point township was built by a gather- | ing of the neighbors to rool up the fogs for the walls, im, 1845. The i first teacher was a man named Steele. He was paid by the pat- rons of his school, fifty cents per month for each pupil. The first church organized was by the Methodists.§ They were tol- lowed by the old Baptists. Meetings were not very frequent and not much attention given to preaching. The first store at West Point was kept by a man named Arnet and the second by Sheuster. Slater was the ist blacksmith. . There was no shoe shop. ‘the settlers tanned their own leather and some of them could work it into boots and. shoes. troubles ot 1856 to 758, but when the civil war came on they favored the cause ot the Union. “Theodore went to Kansas in 1861, with most ot their horses and mules, and thus saved them, but the cattle and hogs were left in Missouri and went the way ot the stock generally at that time. Mr. Green remained at Lome till the order caéme to vacate the county, when he went to Kansas. He died there in 1864, and on his death bed told his wite where, in different places on his farm, during the war, he had buried $3,800in gold. His family have succeeded in finding $2,100, the other $1,700 still remain- ing to tantalize all those who are in- clined to search for ‘‘treasure trove.’” The family returned home in 1865 and are now numbered among the prosperous and substantial citi- zens of the township. Mrs Green is still living. They raised five children that yet live. 1st. Theodore, lives at West Point, he marred Abigail Scott, they have five children. 2nd. Sarah, marned a Mr. Kyle, lives near West Point. 3rd. Lucy, married a Mr. Gwin- ne. 4th.. John, lives at Liberty, Clay county, Mo- 5th. Artemesia, married a Mr. | Phillips, lives in Clay county, Mo. Bucklen’s Arnica Salve. world tor cuts fever ! The best salve in the bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, sores, tetter, chapped hands, c ilblhins, corns and all skin eruptions, aad _posi- It is guaranteed to j tively cures Pile about, but they were not apt to be troublesome unless they were drunk. It was unlawful to sell whisky to them im Kansas (that being then their terriory) and traders would establish themselves in Missouri, tlose ‘to the line, and sell to them. Mr. Green's family flee to the brush to escape them. On one occasion some drunken Osages came to Mr. Green’s houre during his absence, and, to amuse them selves, puta cat im the fire. This caused the children to scream out, and@’soon an Indian’ ‘seized ‘one of them, aboutwyeat dle, and.threw i in the fire also. Itwas rescued & Mrs. Green. The screams of the children had attracted the attention of a Cherokee Indian, who was living on Green’s land, and he cam running in just at this armed with a wagon neck-yoke, and were sometimes obliged to | i moment, j had to be arrested in Calcutta to prevent riot. Mich., | ' work at the old scale. The j iron mills have returned to il at Detroit, Minn-, burned and an incarcerated wite-beater per- ished in the flames. i ald, was ned with bi- fatally pc | chromate of potash yesterday. i ee eee . Another case of forged pioxy at | the Saratoga convention | discovered. The Austnan emperor has given |‘r00,000 florins to the flood sufferers { ot the Tyrol. wagon, but the chiefs afterward re- , When Mr. Green settled here the } ithe plains, and was afterwards suc- ; that the soil is better, and that this | The grass has gone up to seed twice | since, but did not make so great aj They took no part in the border | And there is honey in the Gum. i —o The HIVE can be found at the old stand of PARE BROS., on the “est Side of the Public Sauare —o—— BREWINGTON & BROUGITS, Is the place f you wish the running gear of your body to last you ten years longer youwill «ay your ROCERIE of B. &B.the B’s. ro Double the largest and nicest stock in the city. —-—o give perfect tistaction, or money re- funded. Pri 5 cents per box. 32-tt i For sale by F. M. Crumly & Co. Members of the salvation army | The strikers at the Wyandotte, | has been } ordered the, Osages out-, -Thev> re- | Sienna sisted him and he killed tke *Teader | The crew of the wrecked English witha blew from the neck-yoke. | war ship Phoenix have arrived safe at The settlers were apprehensive that | Halifax. i troubleavould arise. from this, but eS the Usages concluded, as he was a} bad Indian anyhow, they would do nothing in the way of revenge. However, the sober Indians wanted ; the dead bedy taken to the Mission, ; © 20tuntes away, der -burial, and Mr. | Green took a team, of “horses,and wagon aadcarried it there. Ono his return he observed Ladians stealthily | following hii, and, believing they intended to kill him, he took out one 6t his horses and: mounted it, leaving the other and the wagon standing in | the road. ‘He stood not upon ‘the | Sullivan, M. P., was received at | Waterbury, Conn., with a procession | and speeches. At Pensacola the epidemic is on the increase. 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