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$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
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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! ' In- hiv « i l * ’ he
heid in he» uwp i igni
A v»dde«1
«ornati s i i .h ' io uold p io pe rts rare ai
iha i in n i' in ans ro u m rs wav
esiahHshed bs la« eai ’ m Oreg n
’ The
,s- m lu rn ia iio n » »v snppfi»d hs
ihe Ut egnp tiiv io r ira i Sor ie is and This
'tas m Oe»gon hy im i,» Vie«; r»re«« "C
Ho, SS11 E.itgeme 0» i