Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 81, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1916 — TO RESTORE CABIN [ARTICLE]

TO RESTORE CABIN

Frontier Home of Simon Kenton at Covington May Be Placed in Park Covington, Ky.—Patriotic orders here are interested In the restoration ' of the cabin of Simon Kenton, one ol Kentucky’s most celebrated pioneers. The cabin which is in Ninth street, is a rambling shack that seems entirely out of place among the excellent buildings'which are its neighbors, and proponents of the "city beautiful plan” are for removing the cabin, without reference to its historical associations. Daughters of the American Revolution are engineering a movement whereby the cabin will be ! removed to one of the parts of the city and restored to its original picturesque ruggedness. The cabin was built by the famous pioneer and Indian fighter in 1872, and has been occupied until 10 years ago. It is about 20 by 30 feet in dimensions, and has the half story, or loft, to which in early days those who slept above climbed by means of a short ladder. The logs of the cabin are oak and cedar and have withstood the ravages of time remarkably well. The building has been added to by its various tenants until it now represents the handiwork of half a dozen carpenters, but the plan is to restore the building to'its original lines when it Is removed to the park. Kenton was born in Virginia* He left his home there at the age of 16, because he thought he had killed a rival for the hand of a young woman. He crossed the Alleghanies and roamed for a time changing his name to "Simon Butler.” He heard of the Wonderful "Cain Land” called by the Indians “Kaintuckee,” and decided to visit it. He met and became a friend of Daniel Boone, and once rescued Boone from the Indians. Kenton in later years was very poor until the State of Kentucky granted him a pension. LIVED ON $16.50 A YEAR Indiana Man Built a Hut of Mud and Sticks as a Home In Arkansas. Hope, Ark.—When John Q. Cushman, 63, a hermit who for six years had lived in a mud hut, five miles north of Hope, failed to go to a neighbor’s spring for water, the investigated and found him dying nearthe hut. He never regained consciousness and died late in the afternoon. Cushman came here from Indiana. He bought a small piece of land in the woods and with sticks and mud built a hut eight feet square. It has no window and no floor. A scaffold in one corner covered with leaves, was his bed, and a home made stool and a small cook stove was his only oth er equipment. He prepared and ate his food from the skillet. He ate only a ypnah made of. beans and corn meal mixed with lard. Cushman once told a neighbor his expenses for food and clothes were limited to $16.50 a year. He had S2OOO in a local bank .and Is said to have more money in Indiana banks. ALLIGATORS HATCHED BY HEN Mother Sobn Worried to Death by Her Unnatural Brood. Tarboro, N. C.—What might sound a fish story or a fairy yarn comes from Beaufort County. C. J. Overton* decided on an experiment, so he placed some alligator eggs, which he had discovered while hunting along South Creek, under a hen. It was Mr. Overton’s idea to see if the hen would hatch the ’gator eggs. He patiently waited and one morning a few days agp. while he was In the vicinity of the setting hen, he heard her cackling vociferously. He investigated and found three young ’gators tenaciously clinging to their foßter mother. The hen was gyrating, while her peculiar offspring were sticking to her like grim death. Mr. Overton liberated the hen and she flew into the top of a tree, where she remained until she decided it was dangerous to venture below In a live state, so she dropped to the earth, dead. The young 'gators also died. HATCHING 08TRICH EGGS Spdkane, Wash—According to Supt. of Parltß John W. Duncan, the male ostrich in Manito Park Zpo is sharing with his mate the labor of hatching seven ostrich eggs, on which the hen ostrich began to sit a few days ago. The male ostrich sits on the eggs in the daytime, and the hen ostrich takes up the work at night. Besides her duties in mothering the eggs for one shift in every twenty four hours, the hen ostrich still adds to the size of the sitting by laying another egg occasionally. The keepers at the! zoo built the nest under a shed to give the ostriches protection from the weather. The* hen ostrich, however, disliked the arrangement and . with the assistance of her mate, rolled the eggs outside into the sun, where the hatching is now being conducted. •The hatching process continues fortytwo days. Six eggs from the same hen laid earlier, are being incubated In the city laboratory In an electrical Incubator. :