| Show Americana Americana- 4 0 8 0 4 0 By Dy Elmo Scott President Maker name may have been Jonathan Jonathan Jona Jona- H HIS than Robins American or It may have hare been Thomas Nash Nuh Englishman Eng Eng- lishman which lishman-which which history has bat never decided for tor sure ure But Dut It to Is certain that his death kept John Adam Adams from serving a second term in the White House Robins RobIna according to his hla story was a Danbury Conn boy attending attend ing school in England when he was lei seized zed by bl a British press gang and forced to serve In n the British navy nuy Oft Ort the coast of Spain he be struck down and killed the brutal captain of at his ship leaped overboard and swam safely to shore Making his wa way to Paris he be presented himself to the American minister who obtained obtained ob ob- tamed passage for him on a ship bound for tor Charleston S. S CoWhen C. C When he be reached Charleston the British consul there demanded his hla surrender under the terms of ot tho the Ja Jay treaty and his return to England Eng land lend to stand trial for murder Despite Robins' Robins protest that he was an liD American the consul declared that he be was in reality Thomas Nash a British subject Robins Nash became an interns interns- international lion figure the figure the symbol of ot a dispute dispute dis dis- dis between two nations Finally John Adams settled it by bl ordering the boy to be surrendered He lie was taken to England tried and hanged Then the storm broke The Republicans Republicans who had repeatedly repeated denounced denounced de do pounced the treaty made by JohnJay JohnJay John JohnJay Jay the Federalist seized upon the incident for political ammunition The Republican papers kept It hot hotIn hotin in n the minds of ot the public and heaped abuse on Adams' Adams head for servile truckling to Great Britain When the next election came h he be I Iwas was eliminated from the race which lay 13 between Jefferson and Aaron Burr Durr and Jefferson won Father Congressman ONLY one Roman Catholic priest ever served in the congress of ot tA CU I the United States A nail and J L hp ne even a native-born native American He Tie was Father Gabriel Richard born In La tat Ville de Saintes France on October 15 1707 Ordained a priest in 1700 he be emigrated to the United States two years later and settled in Baltimore where he be was appointed professor of ot ics Ice in St St. Marys Mary's college Then he was sent as a missionary mission ary to the Indians in the old Northwest Northwest Northwest North- North west territory He lie was stationed first at KaskaskIa III ill and In 1703 was placed in charge of at St. St Annes Anne's parish pariah in Detroit lie He brought with hIm Michigan's Michigan first printing press and printed the first books and the first newspaper published In De De- troit Greatly Interested in education edu eda- cation he aided In establishing schools and was one of ot the founders of ot the University of ot Michigan Father Richard was elected to the Eighteenth congress serving from March 18 1823 3 to March 1825 He lie was defeated for tor re election re-election and returned to his church duties in Detroit lIe He died there September 13 1832 1812 Longest Lakes L LAKE T AKE SUPERIOR Is not only lh the e biggest lake In the United States but its it's also the largest bod body y of ot fresh water in the ys world It Its It's s not the longest American lake however however how ever for tor Lake Michigan Is I. 31 SIC miles from end to end as aa com corn compared pared to Superiors Superior's miles Both however have to bow to another for tor length of ot name I East of ol We Web Web- ster Iter Mass lies ties Lake maugg 46 40 letters letten including 14 U g gand gs gB t and 10 a According to tradition this name developed from the fact tact that th the e original Inhabitants ef of the region reglo n liked to fish In this lake which ba had bad three divisions upper divisions upper middle and an d lower lower and and the fishing was best I In n the middle Two Indian tribes tribe living at opposite ends of ot the lak lake e used to dispute over which had th the e right to fish there Finally they patched up their dif and made a treaty provid i I ing those living at the upper apper e end nd I would fish in the upper lake late those thos nde e living at the lower end could use the lower lake but bat neither could coull Q fish In the middle lake From that the t treaty the lake got Its III name Char Char- Yon Yon fish on o. your you r aide side I MI flab o on n my side g Nobody fish In the middle O CI W t rn Newspaper r |
