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AH $v~nu »h- '" K -Uvnai valley? .'n<l : r^m^ntones w* * ’n v » i culminate :i. »h- i i '••in »hat !*- nw "ur l:i- j • lose tri*n4 n - told m- I lik- fhe notion thwf ,-ur iiv--1* rr»— • >vin« *-pi «. $ciu«? <! m i . .nn-rts others mer* haiku hor’ ¿-pigrams Alter twenty-five y^ar- /. - • ning m an id »rur.k I *ntly *:li"m*d 3UtobK’?r3phi<‘»l j i»nt‘ from <w* aj my ri-i— >jx, .,(!*, |(iy ifan lHth«ri Br adley M Barn-s th* Ji-r my falh<?i n jrv ey LmvUeV Their ’ nv c-f life prior to. and •.rr-.rr»—li jtely loll wing, the turn i th- century f?shion a catalogue of m -rivne that b ^ o m e their wi; ni l" - p** *ms I would like to? h,ir- ♦•v-r •, y-rses with you £«»< h i. urnqu* m ton- style and inu»-ry A: hibald MacLeish on e nd that ;<l, are 'wiring the un- p -m Perhaps in significant ■ -iys all nur ir ’es are the sam* life All our po-m? the same poem The j - - i n of great grandfather Bradley M f arnes sounds like this My g: an liather on rny father s side moved from S-.uth Ha-i.-y Massachusetts early in l? tv Baker . field V erm ont. my father Benjamin Barnes, being at that time ' vm- 3 br *» years Ald H- »h-r- grew up and at about 1A y-ais j age w-nt into the army in i Vermont lecim -nt in what is trim e l the War of 1612 I his 4th . n, was born m the town of Bakersfield on »he luth day : July : '.’ 'f At >ut l *, »0 my father m ’.tel hi, f »nn'.y to Cu. km: n Franklin , o . New York where 1 grew up Being somewhat •( ’ rover I left friends and home in 2 -fto m t^r 1 ' l l and toav-li-d to what wa;- then the Far West th - .fate of Illinois At that tune there wa > no railroad I had to go by Lteamboat by way of the St Lawren- e River and via the great chain cf lak*s Th*- only rvlroad •war the short lin* mound Niagar a Falls Th* journey occupied about to <toys huago at that nine had it. ut 25 duo inhabitants One could stand n Lake Street midway betw-»?n the lake and the South Brmt' h ‘h - Shi ago River and look upon the lake on the east and look into the open country t-y o n d in every direction The business houses t>n Lake Street were w o d en structures I have aeell teams Of hvisea Stu.k. SO fast m the mud on Lake Street that they ha l to be pulled out I have s**m th*<*ever*d prairie w*gens m fr m th - country in the fall o! the v-ar loaded with wheat hauled 100 to I/O miles and often be frvin 1 to v we^ks making the trip After paying hotel bills a few groceries and other necessary articles would be an they would have to re-tomponse them for their toa d and time Gr*at-gt*ndfath*r rambled New England -Hid the Far West poking out a living at a ieries of trades during the 1650$ shaving p n- ¿hingl*: ser”ing as fireman 3b a r ! th - ? to amt at Sultanna Buffalo ’working in a hotel in Eli;3bethtown, N T By 1055. he had ranged through mto* oi the northeastern *» S »working his trade carpentry and year rung for a parcel of land to call his own "The .Oufttry .. Wisconsin) was new ar. 1 ‘hmiy settl—1 and it w v > rr.m< n i ¿ht to see almost 'n y hour in th* l*y hunting end fi?h:n: r h u - ?! ‘be Menominee Indians in toh-ir iud- birch berk •ano-s ,di ling up • • town the riv*i In them lavs m summer the Iridims i n.? with c.arse c l.7. it- ut their :■ ;n-: and a blanket thro-wn : eiy ver th«ir *hAuld*»r; togs irm md t-y|y perfe tly r wi»h 1 r.? coarse black hatr hanging i< wn th*u to»- ks The uaws in lu - manner ex ~pt thev wore a short skirt from ‘heir wai. • > ‘h eir knees Not one in ten ‘ f then, could speak the English Lmguage Utrang* though easily ?c< un»-i tor »he *ld cries in par’i ular >uld mv viably speak the Fr-r. h vanguag? they having <. in- in ritact with the ath lie missionaries Great-grandfather B -me settled m Omro near C«hk b Wisconsin Th* 'entral leatur* . h r lito-th* war wtrn h engulf*d our nd»4on touch*ej him indelibly a* war d-^s young men ario their families 'When td»e war broke out between the N< r»h and South in 1301. the whole country was in commotion V o lu n ^ rm g in tb- Uns- n Army m the North was the :>r le r of »hings while in th - South t large army was being re:ru:*ed m the interest of recession with the avowed purpose - •! separation The quotas ol the several 1 yal state- were soon filled under th- .all vf tlie President tor volunteer > and mostly by singl- men War was upon us Its terrible results were not among us in reality until 1662*63 wtien it was visible t > everyone just what the war was m fact At th<d time the maimed and stippled -were among us to say nothing of these that were killed and would nevor retui n TL- enlistments of 166’ -4 gathere 1 ‘ the ranks the husbands an 1 father- • I the young fa m ily and at that stage the war I saw that I no longer had an - x n - for not going It had come to be such »hat my country had a greater «.laim than any or all oth-rs had A a patriot I should immediately go ‘ its rescue an1 giv- if need be my lito to it? service ‘l e n lrtM on the I4th day -•{ February I6be in Company I 7th Regiment of the Wis< onsm Volunteer Infantry to serve 3 years, or the duration I the war as a veteran recruit and wen» to Camp Randall at Ma dison. Wisconsin In March l started with others tor th* front v p Lhu aeo w Buffalo. Elmira Baltimore a:»dWashington from tiieri. e via Alexandria to Culpeper. Virginia where we icined our regiment.: h e 2nd. bth, and 7th Wise or. in where they had been m winter q u arte rs' 'C»n the -tth '-■! M ay about 2 a m m the morning w- broke camp and started in on active service W^ marched south across the Rappahannock River > >n till near dark We went m to .amp by laying down upon a road with u* fires, and had only 3 har 1 tacks for ?ur supper and the same for breakfast It W3S the last breakfast tha» many of th- boys ever ate At aN»ut eleven Oclock we were ordered to advan e through a thick growth of s.rub pines with low hanging t ranches The ground ’was •. >vered with running blackberry vine? that would trip one at almost every H urrtft un tb« s tru m ltL5 ster We felt 'ur w*v -»n lor about 1 ■ t. mil- wh-ti w»» \.arn— upon th* etwtny >tr -i.giy entr*iuh*d behind their wvika ‘h : — times str r.g ' A» sight f them -we p*-n-d fir- They -ump—1 ver »heir works an 1 'm -f r ’to 2 lin- l~*p • It t-j«.ame re- essarv a j • ’r u n lrt -ij.j. •ndi»j'-r;'. to r - f j- it which we lid by 1 -a ling and firing as w- went Th* vnemy did not pursue us. but returned behmd V :1 7’ • rr. that t • buf *h?t w a s ; nu *n ugh for us » 1 - 2o n.-n fcilto i an 1 mortally w«..und*d out t ••ur .? rr.p-any f m*n I 'was m every fight from ‘h e Wilderness to Fetor sburg i •, in all and in the fight at ‘hat p l a n June the 11 th Irr n I ’was wc un Jed ano saw n<. nr-reof fdi-war '"n April Gth 1665.1 ’was dis.harged from the tervi - ar. J returned home to- my family a p^rm an-n’ cripple ’ T h - tim- will surely • m- when the sacnfi -s made by the generation now ia-.r pa>smg away by tdiT loyal n.-r. and w men vi that tim- win ^tanl out upon the pages of history t ‘1. written and unwritten, as sublim* and will be read with re v -t-ru - by those coming after Biddi-y Barnes grandson Harvey Lindsey was my father His account of life in rural Wise nsm -at the turn of the century will appear in next months Upper Left Edge 1235 S. HEMLOCK Cannon Beach 7 AM — 2 PM Breakfast A Lunch Closed Mon. A Tues. Mitrr Dum fu»t Hrr^kfatt - Grrat Luiu hf» Too' • Season*1 Fare • • Vegetarian Entree» • • Ere»h Fi»h • • Organic • on \ EVERYDAY 132 W c»l 3rd Ave. Po rtland 222-3187 I look upon the u 'h n lu u 'o ih l os mq fo th e d o n d . ond e n e iq u»or has to me the h o rro r of o fo m ilq feud Helen K eller PATHETIQUE AESTHETIQUE C O M M I.K C IA I I Y \ 1ABI I PRINTS I O R THE ARTISTICALLY CHALLENGED A MEMBER CORFORADON OF OSBORNE STUDIO & GALLERY UMK.INAX UN» AMI SM A U . H H IIO N M U M S (ik A M U C V C lIM M hK t IA1. AMT. A M lH I I M -n MAl MINI)» MINGS « C V SIU M »MAMING S i t M A N /A N H A A V t.N l» H I IIIIX *JI M A N /A N H A UKEGUN » 1 1 » HV A lt - XNTMtNT » 1 4 1 * 2 4 » M-M. W t I*« 551» and g e n ilv laX u iM aie ps ih » ai m sa-d ta p 'a m gnnd r *p ia in no ¿oH no io aiiamlon 1 m w a r d is i »s n lv e u car d pla>in< lu i ev»i Sept 17. 191 I l ndet m» pros-iwion ol a w iil t» li os Simon R*o 'o bis » nlow Heed College was louuded th is das m I-ai i keed T B i t M a a lb i a O r a g a a M ie n »« V Sept 9 1 9 1 b ! io n i T h e O r eg a m a n Ken llu r I . a a p a a n Mo* 0*poe Has ^ a v Samni There is no :ai r> mg p i* <■ on i! v Ûre»CH> i uavtiine mon- popula) * i i h moloi ists than is Oepoe Has !i is an jsionistitn>*rii the secret liit le h a ib o r Sheiiei e.] »)\ loi 1-sl * r d se» ]t!| * n h its nai i -i* 1,11 en aatet ■ hannei lo in * ih u n lei ,, . , m -an lin s I m iolu . .muís smalt n «li • ai bo- » t>. .»meC (or one ol the ni m inai pi .»oi le io i s .4 ih» lii-g o n .‘ ounto V !h »n* Depoe a is » Sileiz Indian me »Me oi U il I tain Oepor » »s M ali Id * of H.e c i '•«<? people m illo these tw ain ri-ai Is smems seáis age Ute G ira l U hU e f ather *|loiie<l certain lands 4i ouiisl anil ahoin III» s » (i» l has Sept I I . I M S Jael F a ls e r « Jaor nal The (h ie l I liiq u o t bs name. *h<> had •oiaeil a t i o n -rthei ensampmeiu ¡ ni 1.4.1 pi»iS'i»<J th is Jas s mui in . in oikpaus ’-.ad p tifh e d his tern some three hundred sa id s m the ie» i o| om - amp In the ere nng » onsei s.i ion shrunk up between ilie old tuet and ins self m » h i- h he -¡jok r . asnwi io tsk m» it i * e ie a f h i it lia n ol ro u ise I answered in ihe * ffu m a tis e on ms i —is»» n in u ui i anni sume oi uni pai is pioposed t e s’ ’ - ild a h ile t» as an h mi o rs o m a »ani» ol . ai ds * n ir h was - id ils jsse n e d ’ o Ue had t ul en, agen m nui ainuseoieui w hen old hief A'djuo’ mad’“ hit apj'-v nue In v i'Itile as il * is ¡ ir s i ra lle d openrd u lt i invi» u< lu i s ain. vu siudents sei», i r ’ iio m |Su appi» an’ t »he e i. do* meni ol t ini llio n dui lai s and i * ai les plus in a d d i'io n a i »0 arres l ’ om Mi Uni I add r i e a i e o a s< h o n , w hei e 'he arts m u tir. I le i »ture s fie -.fe a n d »1 ' ,ed rout se im u d ne leai ned l i e» ol sei lai i an m i ¡tieni e The it is lilt ile s p resideni U ni i l ula ni i-»si et in tin tili l'e d a s s s i-m ol s e " fiQverninent and siud en i r o u n r il «nd enr-nir iged s’ ndenis to - mi * issuev li om a ll s id » s Sept 2 9 . IM S# S hdiils a lle i Oregon b»f ante a (» n iio is vam uei k Ih u rv to n w a s eie ted delegate m Congi*ss lo» ih * ne« le im o is In 'Uashinlon f) l he * >s i< lise .ri p re pa nn g thè tes» 1 -h* donaimn (and t, i ol lS?n w liu ti piosided ' u i . m i of land to se: Mei s in ()i-c o n ¡he iaw p re s*nb ed i esiderii e tu. and , n i' saitou of thè land in tu dei lo «er m - a pai eoi and »»)» 1 ?ii a< re , i- e»rh single man and r> »') ar ; es lo a mai t ied roo ple One nati io» inveir and oh» h i! 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