. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . he box about exhausted. While standingon the box to rest before the next ordeal the grandmaster gave a lecture on the importance of know-ing how to swim in case he got shipwrecked goingto Cuba. After this lecture he was told there wasa large tank of water before him and he mu
. Memoirs and recollections of C. W. Goodlander of the early days of Fort Scott, from April 29, 1858, to January 1, 1870, covering the time prior to the advent of the railroad and during the days of the ox-team and stage transportation. And biographies of Col. H. T. Wilson and Geo. A. Crawford, the fathers of Fort Scott . he box about exhausted. While standingon the box to rest before the next ordeal the grandmaster gave a lecture on the importance of know-ing how to swim in case he got shipwrecked goingto Cuba. After this lecture he was told there wasa large tank of water before him and he must jumpin and show his swimming qualities. Now, thesupposed tank was a large tarpaulin some twentyfeet square and held by the members. As the vic-tim jumped into the tarpaulin he was tossed upseveral times, as high as the ceiling. After going-through several more trials, too numerous to men-tion, he was pronounced a fit recruit to attackCuba, and he passed through the ordeal so wellhe was eligible to a seat of honor. He was takento a seat and told to sit down. This seat of honorwas a wet sponge about the size of a half this he was told to sign the register whichproved to be an order on Race Harkness restau-rant for a supper for the members of the he was told to read the bv-laws. A card some. Major Wyllys Hansom, born in Vermont, came toFort Scott, December, 1857, Now living- in , Mich. The founder of Sons of Malta Lodgein Fort Scott, and who originated the court of un-common pleas for the celebrated Victim Cripen and(^awkins mock trial. EARL Y DA YS OF FORT SCOTT 55 twelve inches in diameter was shown him. Thecard had a large figure of an eye in the center andaround the circle of the card had letters placed asfollows,—by reading one way, using the eye in thecenter it read, I am a Son of Malta. then read-ing the other way, using the eye in the center, thewords read, I am sold. At one of these initi-ations A. R. Allison and Race Harkness were th
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