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Show Lcuriosa Curiosa CuriosaAmericana ass asse ] - Americana e ric a na naBy = = = - : < e ) > (0 0 ( (0By By Eimo EJmo Elmo Scott Watson WatsonPresidentMakerTTIS WatsonPresidentMaker President-Maker President Maker President-MakerTTIS President MakerTTIS PresidentMakerIS - HIS Jona-Ll Jona Ll IS name nume may ba\Q ba Q bn\o bn o have \ been J'ona Jona ' - . than Robins Uoblna , American , or itmay It Itmay Itmay Nasb.Eng.llshman NasbEng.llshman NasbEngllshman may have been Thomas Nasb Nash . , Eng . lIshman-\\ lIshman llshmnn-vv llshmnn vv lIshmanhlch - \ ' which hlch hitch , history has never decIded neverdecided for tor sure . But Dut it te Is certaIn certatu certatuthat certaInthat certainthat Adamsfrom that his bIs death kept John Adams Adam Adamfrom ' ! from serving a second term In the theWhite WhIte House . . Robins nOblns , according to his story storyVa storywas , \Va Va was \ . , a Danbury ( Conn . . ) boy attend . ing lug attending school in England when he was wasseIzed wasseized wasseized seIzed by a n British DriUch ; "press press "prus prus " gang " " and andforced forced to serve in the British navy . Oft O/f O f navy.Off navyOff / the coast of Spain he struck struckdown down and killed hilled the brutal captaIn captainof captainof ; or of his ship , leaped overboard and andI andswam andswam andswam I swam safely to shore . Making hissay his hll hisay ) \'tay 'tay tay say ' \ ay to Paris , he presented himself I I'tay to himselfto the American Amerlcnn minister who ob obtained . shipbound tained talned tamed paSS passage ge for lor him on a shIp bound for Cor Charleston , S C . . theBritish theDrlUsh When he reached re'lched relched re'iched reiched ' ' Charleston , the DrlUsh British consul there demanded his hissurrender hissurrender hissurrender surrender , under the terms of the theJay theJay theJay Jay England treaty , and nnd his return to Eng Eng- En ; - land to stand trial for tor murder . DespIte murder.Despite murderDespite Robins ' protest that he was wasan wasan wasan an American , the consul dechtred declared dechtredthat declaredthat declaredthat that ho he wis W1S w'ts wts ' in reality reaIlty Thomn3 Thomas Thomn3Nash ThomasNash ThomasNnsh Nash , a British subject subjectRobins . . Robins Nash became an interna interna- lnterna- lnterna international lnternatlonal international - tional tlonal flgUle-the flgUle the flguie-the flguie flguie - - the s symbol mbol of a dis dispute dispute dispute pute FinallyJohn rmallyJohn between two nations . rmally Finally John orderingthe orderlnJtthe A Adams ams : settled cetUed it by orderlnJt ordering the boy to be surrendered He Be lie was wastahen wastaken wastaken tahen taken hinged.Then hingedThen to England Dngland , , tried and h1nged hinged . . Republicans Then the storm broke The Repub . ] licans IIcans leans , , " who vvho ho had repeatedly de- de denounced denounced de denounced - - nounced the treaty made by John JohnJay JohnJay JohnJay Jay , the Federalist rederallst , : ; seized clzed wized upon the theIncident theincident theIncident Incident for tor political ammunition ammunitionThe ammunitionThe ammunitionThe The Republican nepubllcan pipers p1pers kept It hot hotIn hotin hotin In the minds of ot the public pubUc and andheaped andheaped andheaped heaped abuse on Adams ' head hend tor for tor'lservl1e ' for"servile forservile " 'lservl1e lservl1e "servile servile truckling to Great Britain Britain"When BritainWhen . " When the next ne'tt nett ne4t ' ' election E'lectlon Electlon came , he heW'lS hewis hewis W'lS WlS wis ' eliminated from the race which whichlay whichlay whichlay lay between Jefferson nnd and Aaron AaronDurr AaronBurr AaronBurr Durr Burr and Jefferson won . Father-Congressman Father Congressman ther-Congressman ther FatherCongressmanNLY FatherCongressmanO Fa - ONLY O " \NLY NLY \ NLY one Roman Catholic priest- priest prIeste prIest priestever priestever ' - e ever er served in the congress or of orthe ofthe ofthe the United States , and he lie wasn't wasnt wasn'te wasn'teven wasn'teven wasnteven ' e even en a native born AmericanHe AmericanHe American AmericanHe He was Father rather Gabriel Richard Richard.born Richardborn . , born In Li L'l Ll ' Vllle V11le Ville de Silntos S11ntes Silntes , . , Franceon rrance France , on October 15 , 17G7 . . Ordained a aprIest apriest apriest prIest In 1700 1790 , he emigrated to the theUmted theUnited theUnited Umted United Stitcs St1tes Stites two yeirs ye1rs later and andsettled andsettled andsettled settled In Baltimore where he lie was wasappoIntec1 wasappointed wasappointed appoIntec1 appointed professor of or mathemat mathemat- mathematIcs mathematics mathematics - ics In St St . . Marys Mary S collegeThen college collegeThen Then he was sent as a mlslon mission mlslonary missionary ml&slonary mlslonary & : , ary to the Indiins Intlhns Indians In the old 01d North Northwest Northwest Northwest west territory He lIe IIe was stationecJ stationed stationecJfirst stationedfirst stationedfirst first at KasLiskIa Kaskaskia KasJ . 'lsl.la lsl.la lslla ' . , 111 Ill , and In 1703"as 1793was 1793 1703 1793as "as as was " as placed In cinrge eh'1rg-e eh'1rg eh1rg e charge ' - of ol St Anne's Annes Anne'sparIsh Anne'sparish Anne'sparish Annesparish ' parIsh in Detroit . . He brought with withhim withhim withhim him Michigan's Michigans l\IlChlgan'q l IlChlgan'q IlChlganq Miclilgan's Miclilgans \ ' first printing press pressnnd pressand pressand nnd and printed the first books boohs and the thefirst thefirst thefirst first newspaper published pubUshed In De De- Detroit De Detroit . - troit trolt Greatly Interested In eL1u edu eL1ucation education eilucation cation , he aided nldec1 In establishing establishingschools establishingschools establishingschools schools and nnd andvis n \ \vis vis \ 1S is one of or the founders foundersof foundersof of the University of at "I1chlganFather MichiganFather " Michigan "I1chlgan I1chlgan MichiganFather Father Richird Rich\rd Rich rd Richard ' \ was elected to tothe tothe tothe the Eighteenth Lighteenth congiess congless congress , ser\"ln ser "ln ln serving servingfrom servingfrom \ " from Mirch M'lrch Mlrch Mirth ' , 18 1823 1523 , , to March Marcie , , 1825 1S25 1825He 1S25He 1825He He was wns defeated for Cor re-election re election - - andreturned and andreturned andreturned returned to his bls church duties In InI InDetroIt InDetroit InDetroit I DetroIt . . He IIe died there September SeptemberLongest I 13 , 1832 1S 1SLongest . Longest LakesAKE Lakes LakesMAKE MAKE LAKE AKE SUPERIOR SUPDflIOR Is not only thebiggest tbe the thebig blgJest big , est lake in the United UnitedStates UnitedStates UnitedStates States , but hut it's its ' also the largest largept large t body bodyof bodyof ot of tre fresh h water in the't the Scor \'t 't t ' \ orid odd d . It's Its It'snot It'snot Itsnot ' not the longest American lake , how how- however however - . ever , for Lake Mlchl Michigan an Is 316 316miles 316miles 316miles miles from end to end as com com- compared compared . - pared to Superior's Superiors ' 254 25-1 25 1 251 - miles Both Bothhowever , however , ha\e ha e hate \ to bow to anothpr another anothprfor anotherfor anotherfor for len length th of name I Eist E1St of ot Web Web- Webster Webster Webster - - ster , Mass , lies Lake Chnrgogga Chargogga- Chargogga Chargoggagoggminchauggaggchaubttnagaunga Chargogga-goggminchauggaggchaubunagaiinga-maugg Chargogga goggminchauggaggchaubunagaiinga maugg - . goggminchauggaggchaubttnagaunga- goggminchauggaggchaubttnagaunga goggm 1 ' neha ug'gaggc uggaggc ' ha 11 bu nagau nga - . goggminchauggaggchaubttnagaungamaugg46 maugg--46 maugg 46 maugg-46 - - 10 letters Including IncludJDg 14 g'aand gaand g's gs g'sand g'sand ' and 10 a's as a'st ast a'stAccording ' I f IAccordIng fAccording According to tradition , this name namedeveloped namedeveloped namedeveloped developed from the fact that the theorIginal theoriginal theoriginal orIginal inhabitants of ot the region regionliked regionliked regionliked liked to fish in this lake ls"e lse Jake ) " which had hadthree hadthree hadthree three divisions dIvIsIons-upper dIvIsIons upper - upper , middle andlower and andlowernnd andlowerand lower-nnd lower nnd lower-and and - and the tbe fishing was best In Inthe Inthe Inthe the middle . Two Indian tribes tribesliving , living at opposite ends of ot the tbe lthe lake lakeused : , used to dispute o\er o er over \ \ which wblch had the theright theright theright right to fish there . Finally Fin any they patched up their tbelr dif dif- differences differences differences - ferences and made a treaty provid provld providing . ing Lag those living at the upper end endwould endwould endwould would fish in the upper lake Jake , those thoseliving thoseliving thoseliving living at the lower end could use usethe usethe asothe the lower lake Iake , but neither neltber could couldfish couldfish couldfish fish In the middle lake lahe . . From thattreaty tbat that tbattreaty thattreaty treaty the tho lake lal.e lale . got Its name : Char Chnr- Chnr Chnrgoggagogg"You Char-goggagogg Char goggagogg - . goggngogg-"Yon goggngogg "Yon Yon goggagogg-"You goggagogg "You You - "Yon Yon " fish on your yoursIde yourside yourside sIde " ; ; Manchauggagogo Manchauggagogci- Manchauggagogci Manchauggagog- Manchauggagog Manchauggagogo'I ManchauggagogciI ManchauggagogI , - - 'I I ' I &sh sh fish & on onmy onmy onmy my side " ; Cbaubunagaunggamnugg"Nobody Chaubunagaunggamaugg"Nobody Chaubunagaunggamaugg Cbaubunagaunggamnugg Chaubunagaunggamaugg"Nobody -"Nobody "Nobody Nobody - "Nobody Nobody " fish in the middle . " . " e @ < Q Western zoewpl1per irewapsper , I wpapr , * Union Unloa Unlo4 . . |