Comments on: Weirdy-beardy frontiersman who gave Lincoln a mule-skull fiddle and turned a bear into a chair http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Tue, 21 May 2013 23:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: FoetusNail http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350219 FoetusNail Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350219 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Kinman pictures of chairs http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_Kinman

pictures of chairs

]]> By: franko http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350486 franko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350486 while that dude has some righteous facial hair, those chairs he made look ready for their appearance on the "texas chainsaw massacre" set. [/shudder!] while that dude has some righteous facial hair, those chairs he made look ready for their appearance on the “texas chainsaw massacre” set. [/shudder!]

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350502 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350502 bit o' mixed bag, wot? "Methodist bishop and writer Oscar Penn Fitzgerald met Kinman in California while he was on his way to deliver the chair, and he recorded his impressions in the sketch The Ethics of Grizzly Hunting.'[8] He presented Kinman as a drunkard who cruelly abused Indians and grizzly bears. His countenance was expressive of a mixture of brutality, cunning, and good humor. He was a thorough animal. Wild frontier life had not sublimated this old sinner in the way pictured by writers who romance about such things at a distance. —Oscar Penn Fitzgerald James R. Duff, a fellow '49er, also described Kinman as "an avowed enemy of the red man, ... (who) shot an Indian on sight."[9] Kinman bought 80 acres of land one mile east of the future Table Bluff lighthouse in October 1858. This was the first purchase of land in the Humboldt Land District, which was established by an Act of Congress in March, 1858.[10] During a gale on the night of January 5–6, 1860, Kinman saved many passengers from the wreck of the ship the Northerner, in which 38 people perished. Kinman was hailed as a hero, and awarded a Bible and free life-time passage on the line.[11] bit o’ mixed bag, wot?

“Methodist bishop and writer Oscar Penn Fitzgerald met Kinman in California while he was on his way to deliver the chair, and he recorded his impressions in the sketch The Ethics of Grizzly Hunting.’[8] He presented Kinman as a drunkard who cruelly abused Indians and grizzly bears.
His countenance was expressive of a mixture of brutality, cunning, and good humor. He was a thorough animal. Wild frontier life had not sublimated this old sinner in the way pictured by writers who romance about such things at a distance.
—Oscar Penn Fitzgerald
James R. Duff, a fellow ’49er, also described Kinman as “an avowed enemy of the red man, … (who) shot an Indian on sight.”[9]
Kinman bought 80 acres of land one mile east of the future Table Bluff lighthouse in October 1858. This was the first purchase of land in the Humboldt Land District, which was established by an Act of Congress in March, 1858.[10]
During a gale on the night of January 5–6, 1860, Kinman saved many passengers from the wreck of the ship the Northerner, in which 38 people perished. Kinman was hailed as a hero, and awarded a Bible and free life-time passage on the line.[11]

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350515 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350515 Personally, I very much regret that the term 'sideboards' derived from 'side-beards' has been so thoroughly supplanted by the American term 'sideburns', a pun on the name of Ambrose Burnside. just saying. Personally, I very much regret that the term ‘sideboards’ derived from ‘side-beards’ has been so thoroughly supplanted by the American term ‘sideburns’, a pun on the name of Ambrose Burnside.
just saying.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350518 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350518 "jowl-mold"? “jowl-mold”?

]]> By: sammich http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350523 sammich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350523 mandible moss? mandible moss?

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350533 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350533 muzzle cilia? muzzle cilia?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350541 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350541 Kinman lived in the house next door to me here on Tablebluff. He was not a nice man. He did kill Indians on sight. The ironic thing is that there is now an Indian reservation across the street from his old house. Kinman lived in the house next door to me here on Tablebluff. He was not a nice man. He did kill Indians on sight. The ironic thing is that there is now an Indian reservation across the street from his old house.

]]> By: jaykinney http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350572 jaykinney Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350572 Based on lighting alone, I'd warrant that this is a latter-day neopagan with some awfully wrinkly Levi bell-bottoms. Based on lighting alone, I’d warrant that this is a latter-day neopagan with some awfully wrinkly Levi bell-bottoms.

]]> By: Gorgonaut http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350595 Gorgonaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350595 To be commented on, in those times, for having a special hatred for "the red man", implies an especially intense hatred for said people, remarkable even for a society that based its existence on the screwing over of the natives. This man, while outwardly awesome, is no longer my new hero. Crap. To be commented on, in those times, for having a special hatred for “the red man”, implies an especially intense hatred for said people, remarkable even for a society that based its existence on the screwing over of the natives.
This man, while outwardly awesome, is no longer my new hero.
Crap.

]]> By: stupidjerk http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350090 stupidjerk Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350090 I would like to roll around with this man and run my finger through his lovely beard. Never has a rifle seemed more essential.... I would like to roll around with this man and run my finger through his lovely beard. Never has a rifle seemed more essential….

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350603 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350603 if it makes you feel better, he could probably have been educated by living in South America or Africa or Asia on his own for a while. Ignorant bigotry dies in the light. if it makes you feel better, he could probably have been educated by living in South America or Africa or Asia on his own for a while. Ignorant bigotry dies in the light.

]]> By: Gorgonaut http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350094 Gorgonaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350094 This man is my new hero. He sort of looks like Dumbledore! This man is my new hero.
He sort of looks like Dumbledore!

]]> By: Trent Hawkins http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350101 Trent Hawkins Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350101 I think the chair is actually made of two or more bears, that or a bear with six legs. Either way, it's something that Colbert should buy on e-bay. I think the chair is actually made of two or more bears, that or a bear with six legs. Either way, it’s something that Colbert should buy on e-bay.

]]> By: Chocolatey Shatner http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350104 Chocolatey Shatner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350104 Maybe it's just the way he is reclining on his bear-chair, but I'm going to guess that in addition to the donkey's skull, Mr. Kinman would have liked to have given Mr. Lincoln another kind of bone... Maybe it’s just the way he is reclining on his bear-chair, but I’m going to guess that in addition to the donkey’s skull, Mr. Kinman would have liked to have given Mr. Lincoln another kind of bone…

]]> By: TheRedMax http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350362 TheRedMax Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350362 On that wikipedia link, there's an image of "Lincoln examining Kinmans Rifle" What is his rifle? Its a big old thing and I was wondering if anyone could tell me any more info about it!? On that wikipedia link, there’s an image of “Lincoln examining Kinmans Rifle”

What is his rifle? Its a big old thing and I was wondering if anyone could tell me any more info about it!?

]]> By: Gorgonaut http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350116 Gorgonaut Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350116 And check out that "Come here, you" look in his eyes! And check out that “Come here, you” look in his eyes!

]]> By: Fungelstein http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-351670 Fungelstein Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-351670 Why can't more hunters do that with the animals they bag? I would love to sit in a chair made entirely out of bears. The last time I was at a hunter's house (I was babysitting), all they did with their deer antlers was scatter them over their big mantleplace. Why can’t more hunters do that with the animals they bag? I would love to sit in a chair made entirely out of bears.

The last time I was at a hunter’s house (I was babysitting), all they did with their deer antlers was scatter them over their big mantleplace.

]]> By: hohum http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-352186 hohum Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-352186 Sam Beam? Sam Beam?

]]> By: Keith http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350157 Keith Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350157 Are you sure this isn't some character made up by John Hodgman? Because if you told me he spent his free time wrestling hobos and conversing with mole men, I wouldn't be surprised. Are you sure this isn’t some character made up by John Hodgman? Because if you told me he spent his free time wrestling hobos and conversing with mole men, I wouldn’t be surprised.

]]> By: FourFiveFire http://boingboing.net/2008/12/08/weirdybeardy-frontie.html#comment-350190 FourFiveFire Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-350190 Oh, snap, the bear's reaching THROUGH HIM! Oh, snap, the bear’s reaching THROUGH HIM!

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