The Centre reporter. (Centre Hall, Pa.) 1871-1940, June 30, 1904, Image 6

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When Liherly was born,
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Insiead of wheal and corn
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Was firsl upon muy fanpue,
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And trembled 3 |
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The dust has gathered in
Dut nol upon my fame,
A relic of fhe gloridus past
To Charlesion’s fair | came,
With 4 ands of galiand
o 19 guard me an he
“apd DADNETS Waving 1)
yd marfial music gay.
Where Marion rede the British
And every rocky nl . down,
And Whispering Waedland bough
Mis deeds of daring Still, “repeals
With palnolic memories
{ feel my clapper shir,
rabian dreamy
more of whip and spur.
y deadly bh He mel
De ry 5 OF _Qray an Mug,
Boll North and South unile Today
oO read my legend (rue
roca sweel liberdy,” il rugs,
Ny melal nm above, :
the land, and vols all
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A RELIC OF 'SEVENTY.-SIX,
Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia Pa.
First Meeting Place of Congress.
“News from the front that he Is so
anxious to hear, perchance. Poor
fathe?! it fs a sors trial for him that
he is unable to go to Washingion's
aid, and has no sons to send. If I
were only a boy now!’
“Her black eyes sparkled and her
chooks grew rad ot the thought,
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‘ ‘What ne
Nothing. Nothing except
that English, led by traitor,
Arnold, have been raiding the country
That is old now, but a runner
just came ‘with a fuller story.’
“Elizabeth's eyes flashed fire at the
mention of Arnold, for the colonies
were very bitter agains: this man that
had been false to them.
“1 wish | could go.’
“1 wish thee could, ch do,’
a3 he
new,
the the
! aAnawer
00K his place at
the table
“The next morning after doing the
“sual workl Dorothy took her Knitting
and sai by the door, while Elizabeth
the wheel from the corner
“'When these are finished there
will be six pair, sald Dorothy. az she
held up a sock she was working on.
‘They will help soma poor soldier next
winter.’
“Yes, we can help that way, and
giad they will be, [| am sure’ an
swered ner sister, as she started the
wheel buzzing.
“A few moments later the door was
darkened, and as they looked up in-
surprise at the breathless man that
ood there he gasped out:
“*The fort a attacked, and If it falls
the town will be sacked!’ and betora |
Was Rone
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aned
King to
1 X00
Elizabeth
sHizabeth
Datroit Free
UTE MAN" HONORED BY A
HEROIC BRONZE FIGURE.
Mass, on Taurs
4d and
reary of the battle of Lox
gt ted
remonieas the
Park Br,
en ia tha: hi
stands on the old
I #xington
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Lexington
the
fay
one hundre twenty
vel with ap
statue of
ieader of
stor nflict
tows
Common, ti
ile
The figure is
john the
DOW
pitie
and
a base of rough boulders, gazing
down the road to Boston, The entire
memorial rises more than twenty feet
from the ground, water ‘tumbling
down from under the topmost rock
into a great granite bowl, where
horses may drink. In the rear are
seats and a deinking fountain, with
old fashioned powder horas for drink
ing cups.
Francis Brown Hayes gave the
monument to the town. The dexign
Is the work of Henry Hudson Kitson,
the sculptor of the Admiral Farragut
statue in Marine Park, Boston, and
of the Dyer Memorial Fountain ia
Providence, R. IL.
Canada Is an Indian word, meaning
“collection of huis”
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A June Foreboding.
has five fingers
each boyish hand:
likewise has ten
which to
a doub! comes o'er
Teardrops dew ea
Will he have so many
On the 6th of next July?
Willie
Upon
ut
Ley
stand
us,
1 eve
two
ACH In proper
Has his e and
f his
Safe
Aad Willie
ars
upon
we fondie
Boston to Revive Faneuil Hall
"TONY POINT LIGHTHOUSE.
And now the lonely sentinel
acrogs the water.”
eye of the old light
Point attracts the at
Looks out
The blinking
at Stony
of
ntiod wie
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HALL,
j toric battlefield where on July 16, 1778,
General Anthony Wayne routed the
British and captured that stronghold
the Hudson. This bold dash
{against such odds as seemed to make
it almost foolhardy, and other equally
daring altacks, won for General
{ Wayne the epithet of “Mad Anthony.”
| There are the outlines of the old
§ Of
{ breastworks still visible upoa this
{ hill, which projects ita stony point in
{to the Hudson, and as oha gazes upon
{this bold promontory, and realizes
| how the caarge was made from below,
{the fact that It was successful is al
moat beyond belief.
The attack was made at midnight,
with General Wayne in the lead, and
was considered one of the most thrill
ing and decisive victories of the Revo
lution. SBixiythroe British soldiers
and fifieen Americans were killed in
the battle, all of the other British sol
diera, with the exception of one lieu.
(tenant, being made prisoners.
On the 16th of last July Stony Point
became a State park, and thereby an.
other credit mark was added to the
Boclety for the Preservation of His.
toric and Scenic Objects. ~FourTrack
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Nothing to be Ashamed of.
Lady-Ain't you ashamed to be ty
ing fireworks to that dog's tails?
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Boy-—~Asbamed? Huly ges! Ain't
he an Boglis bulldog and aia dis de
Fourth of July ?~Puck. ;
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