Judge R. A. Thomson has quite
an interesting arch too logical collection
in his niJW' at the Court which
Jil has u,unmiiateo,MiK,o he has been
in oiiice, and has recently neatly ar-
ranged it in a new case, where it can be
seen and examined by anyone interested
in such matters. Many of the
articles are very rare and exceedingly
valuable as curious relics of the past
ages. Among them is a stone shuttle
used by the Indians in weaving bark
cloth, very few of which are now in
existence; a pair of stone bullet moulds
u ed by the old pioneers, a tomahawk
of the kind furnished the Indians by
the British, a tomahawk carried by
Capt. Church, of Col. Dick Johnson's
regiment, during the war of 18J2; collections
of Indian pipes of different
patterns, stonenxes and arrow heads,
a French dueling pistol, a book containing
the autograph of Solomon P.
snarpe, murdered by ueauehampe, a
moss agate picked up on the battle
field where Gen. Custer and .his men
were slaughtered, an immense skull
which was found imbedded in the clay
at the foot of Fort Hill when the
vation was made I'm the foundation' of
the work-house, and numerous other
articles which are well worth going to
see.
It is the purpose of the Judge to
turn the cabinet and collection over to
the Kentucky Historical Society when
he retires from office in case there is
no county organization at that time,
but why can't there bo a Franklin
County Historical Society as well as
any otheicounty society. Let's go to
work to organize one, but in the meantime
take everything in the shape of a
curious and interesting relic mid deposit
it in Judge Thomson's cabinet,
where you can get it again if you desire.
