Show r OLE BULLS BULL U COLONY L L I Wilds Wild of 01 5 Romance o of 01 a 0 Community In tho 5 S c Pennsylvania 5 5 W when Ole Hull the cr great at Norwegian violinist during tho Iha tall full of ISM IW fiddled his WilY wey Into the hearts of or groat audien audience cos ces ce in n New York 1 Philadelphia Moslem and other larGe larce American cities thorn there were tow foil of its enraptured Routers who I I knew Imel that much of ot the money he thus earned Vont ont to 1 01 a colony of Ills Ids countrymen In tho wilde of ot van In from starving Today rodn at ns a n a Ili link between those troublous times find and the thu present time there remains on n a wooded hilltoP In Potter county count len II S 1 In Inthe the tumbled d wall of what shat w nn hulls Dulls Castle t while In tho country round about within a n radus of six titles miles are re it II number of low roofed log lair hoU that remain as nl mats yet eloquent reminders of a i philanthropic lo undertaking which though facetiously ly termed lanced Ole OIl hulls folly embrace features and details that make a most moat pathetic nod and Interesting Though the tho ruins of Oloa Ulus castle aro aronow now flow lIo a 11 resting place for fur chipmunks and gray chatter saucily In ht the tho trees trec that lint tho the famous violinist t planted there Is with the tho an hir of ot romance and ami tn ter that Is III must Built on the lice crest of a n hill hillIn In to the Kettle lettle valley war near the neuter center of the acres that Ole Olo and Mil his III countrymen thought they the owned they hey having hating paid for them the castle was to have hae been beon the tho lordly lord homo Immo of Mr Hull whose whoso dream It tens Im to establish for Cor his countrymen n a settle settlement went anent all nil their own owna a colony colon thrift would beget prosperity and pros prosperity perky peace nut hut ns as truthfully said by b Robert Hobert Hums the best bent laid plans o u mice and inert uen n gang oft agley so 10 o fate with witha u a 1 ruthless hand cast the hopes nf at Ole Olo Hull Bull nud nut liln IQs colonists Into the pit ot or d Beet twelve twelvemonth Nr and oon after the tho first lIrot twelve twelvemonth month hind had a I startling fact stud sud suddenly deity denly onset t their fondest plans and tut turned tumid ami their happiness and und Into Kidneys und unrest It known to the that the title to their land worthless that nil all the money thoy they had paid out was WIlS as If 1 It IL hud had been thrown Into hate the till lire and they tho were left et lit till the very vt TKO of starvation without even een u it tilt t of hope hOllo In the cloud of des oles despondency Many of the iho colonists had hall put Into tho the property every ever dollar Collar that they had Others OthelL used money that had been borrowed from friends the colonists gut over their heir th lr firs great disappointment anti and grief there thero were vere those among omans them ready to kindle the lire fire if of resentment against Ole Hull Bull At hl h hid door was stua placed the tha blame for the dis disastrous lamination of ot tho the colonists ro They forgot that thaI In ha the till shrewd name game of the thc land owners In III which the title to their 1200 acres hud had been heen swept s away any Ole Hull was by far Car Carthe the heaviest loser JoseI He Hc like Tike they was wall left almost but hut they thought only of their own losses and the thu lard hard hardships ships slips that the future held hull In store for tor them Hut But Ole Dull Bull hough almost heartbroken over tho the cruel fate tuto that had overtaken his Ids own on fortune and ond the colony plan which bid so fair to be he boa a tl blessing to his countrymen did not dos des despair pair It was time limo when something had hud to ho bo done llano and that tha t The Tho stores atoms tor 8 of tho the colonists were about exhausted discontent was manifest upon every hand winter was coming coining on and sue lIue car must bo ho had somehow somewhere It writs lien thon th 11 that Ole Olo took up his violin again and aM for the tho next few mouths nearly nil tho the mono money ho he made mad with his clothing for tot the lift Oleona colonists It 11 ItIs ItIs Is III said Baud that when he lie left tho the colony clony on this occasion ocell tori lie he II walked through tho the fOI t to Lock Haven thirty miles die dis distant hint tant carrying the ease ili containing his precious ous under his bin hi aim grit At Lucia Lode Haven Hoven to give his hi first Oret concert the tho see sec ond and vf WilS given nt at Williamsport and 1 from earn of wagons loaded I with II were sent back hack to the dis die disheartened heartened colonists colonist In the Kettle Creek Crook valley Of OC those who took ja rt In the Iho settle Bottle meat m lIt or of Ohioan and Yew Nw Jorgen there Is but hut one of tho the number numb r living In the locality today This canton Is Mrs Ir Mary Mury Anderson widow of Henry 11 e Ill An n who was Ole Hulls Butts secretary and un manager er Mrs Anderson 1 I found foun In a n house houle for tor back In ht tho the hills where she ho now lives 11 OS with her adopted son lion Sho She Is III past SI 81 years of age uge and the history of her caner Is III quite ex exciting exciting citing dUng enough tu to make most Interest Interesting interestIng ing In reading Sho She won Willi Indeed a n woman for Cor besides being heln a U successful trapper U tt wielder of ot tho the ax and a tiller of at the soil soli oho die distinguished herself as Of a 11 log driver on Kettle Cr C Creek ek k during tho the easy early years of on that stream Having tho the strength of oC two to ordinary men Inn this woman with pike piko polo julo and waded In tho the turbulent stream wresting tho the stranded togs logs Into the tho water anti and breaking Jams with un ml Intrepidity seldom Heidorn displayed by b the men lOon It Ilia Is la no wonder that after lifter it n life of this sort ont oni finds her today a n sufferer with rheumatism and scarce mirce ly l I able to leave leavo tho the cumbersome arms chair that was mode made especially fJ for her use But Dut her tor memory Is yet quite good trod and II nil she told mo nip many interesting things thinKS concerning Ole Hull huhl and un his colonists Those of oC the latter hatter who unable to leave the country countr after otter tho the downfall of tho the settlement now lie llo burled hurled In a little graveyard Just below helow the old Oleona Inn lair Mrs illS Anderson Ander on told me of the coming coining of Ole Hull Dull and his countrymen how boisterously happy they Kere how they the danced the tho nights away o 0 the enchant enchanting Ing notes of Dies Olea fiddle and how they the built castles In the air all during their quiet moments One Ono night nt lit a merry tanking held at nt tho the Oleona Inn the Nor Norwegians danced so o lustily that the tho floor door save gave way and the dancers were thrown Into Inlo a ft promiscuous heap heal on the be below below below low AH All escaped Injury however anti nd after ill Inking to tin till b bruit II f Ole Oil Hull Bull Hulland and atad the success of the colony rolon thoy tho ad adjourned adjourned 1 to and con call continued th their lr revelry Ole Olo nulls Hulls ensile coatis though but hut a n two story etory tramp structure wa wag looked upon UIn u on onas ns as a quite extravagant feat feut In architecture ture Except for COl tin till wayside tavern tavernOles Oles was the tho most boost pretentious structure In the country roundabout for the colonists lived in log houses house so mi timed as Uti many ax as live families under one roof After Arter the tho building of at Mr nulls Hulls castle rand tho the erection of tho the tavern the tho colonists colonials constructed a concert hall haU wherein ln were wera hold nt at regular Intervals rousing ou Mrs MTH Mr Anderson told me meun meun metat un tat Interesting Incident In connection with Ole Olo Hull Dull and flits concert hall hell It U soon poon after r Ole Hull huU had left tho colony to earn money for fot his peoples When he h had played concerts conceits In New York YOlk Boston Phila Philadelphia delphia anti and other places It wits ore ono day announced by h n a colonist who had just returned from an nn Interview with Mr Dull Mr Ir Bull bringing eviden evidences ces cn of ot the solicitude for his hili countrymen that Ole OJ pull hull would on a II given glen date return to and he ho wished to 10 meet all nil the colonists st at Ii t tho the concert hall It was waR to be n II renewal of friendship and nil an as the power of Oles fiddle to SOD tho tuna recognized d more readily than among his hid hl country countrymen men a n concert by the famous violinist was vas to be he n purl part of the great days daf program Tho The news of Ole Olo Hulls con contemplated contemplated return was ws scattered far f l and wide and not only did the Norwegians prepare to give Io him hum welcome but also tho rho populace for twenty miles around Mrs Anderson says Mya that on tho the morn morning lug bug of ot tho the day upon which Ole Olo was IM to appear among them fully people had hall gathered at nt Oleous Men MIn women and children come cumo for miles and miles through lie tho forest to hear the great fiddler and to listen to the tho words of cheor cheal that ho he was exl to spook speak to III O Ohis his disheartened countrymen Hut But the theda day da wore away and Ole Hul did lid not come cone Tho The assembled populace nt ut sundown wended their way wn homeward Two days Inter later there camo came n letter Into the post at Oleona from Ole Hull It was mark ed ell 11 h N Y and In III It Ole Olo ox ex explained the failure to 10 lacer keep his meat ment The TIlt cay tay before bore the HIP ono OliO upon which ho ha was to depart for Oleona h his s fiddle had been heel at It for nn an unpaid hotel bill Ho Ito hind had had no to It nail amI without his hll violin he h knew his hili presence ut nt Oleona would be he of little good goal consequently nth ho lie not to como came Ole Olo Dull Hull never noor visited tho the settlement after that lint Ho lIu continued Westward on Oil his hire concert tour lour subsequently Rub marrying n a ful rte woman In hr Wisconsin Wl Yen re after afterward afterward ward through h tho the mystic charms of hits his violin fortune again stalled smiled upon him and ant It Is hi said lint when ho he died In III Norway In Im 1580 lu hn was again quito wealthy wealth Within n II stones throw of ot tho the old alit ditch are two of tho the quaint log loir 10 houses hou e that flint wore were built by h the Ille colonists colonist The tho larger lor er ono one of oC the two was nn an Important factor In Inc Now Her gens ten history In It woe kept the p t and Its It roof many a n gathering of was wan held heM hare too tall Ole lull Hull mid his riddle fiddle have en on livened the populace and the merry dance line has been enjoyed The Th Tit other building was teas occupied by b Ova five families of or Norwegian settlers settlors and juicing front root lie Its abbreviated proportions on ou IK Is Isled led 1111 to believe that Un its occupants must love have been like Ilk packed sardine In lu a n box boxAu lox Au And thus was Ole Dull Bull deposed from the exalted position of Ideal which h Ii held two years ears before to be embarrass embarrassed H Hc ed c and by the very Ir men for whom he hind had sacrificed much In another er el decade the old Norwegian log lag lo hour s swill will have totted rotted down the th remaining rt walls wails of the tho castlo on the till lull hill will have b been n razed by the elements and the Hie story of oC Ole Olo nulls Hulls starving i col oli ny ay will wili Iw hI known knon only In history Phila Philadelphia delphia Times |