PAGESIX THE DALLAS POST. FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1938
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EXCERPTS FROM
THE HISTORY S14
OF LUZERNE COUNTY
By H. C. BRADSBY
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WEE ==) NOW ENTERING
I [FBZ || ALPHABETICA
(Readers will enjoy Mr. Bradsby’s quaint,
paranthetical remarks more if they keep in
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6 ; ah Stor Luzerne County forty-five years ago, and
; the fers to Sond as he knew ind oe
TTT] ARE PAIRED FOR THE THIRD / as they are in 2) ;
INN IN -G-M's goo ;
Fe; 052 MRC EET HS e =e > ha sn IE ; 3 (Continued From Last Weer)
NE ET vA oth AT \ i Captain Dick, rushing to the aid of the" be-
THE nT / { : sieged fort, was ambushed, but after taxing the
CLOSET tT i \, |B provisions of his men, the settlers permitted them
Z to go on to the fort, figuring that their presence
would soon exhaust the supplies of the besieged. |
.. Another company was started from Philadel 3 \
(eaPRaNIE A & q AL : phia but Butler, knowing that relief was on’ the
IN HIS NAME 2 Carte id oN SFT i RENC 8 way, attacked vigorously. The gallant Ogden, ©
we Big i YOUNG- 0) 2) FLO £ who had returned with Dick, was severely wound-
LATEIT/S... Dap Bo 2\ | : 53 RICE : ed and Lieut. William Redgard was shot dead.
SIGHTSEEING BUS (§ is NESE 4 HAS THE SAME \f Negotiations were opened and the fort sur-
ARE Duce BR PARK Ww SE rendered to Butler. Retiring to Philadelphia, the
SoDENIYR. g BEFORE BREAKFAST" "Neh THE UNITED Pennamite forces met a relief force on the way to
FEROCIOUS seasr', , og | ~ Xe sES-E DR. the fort and it was ordered to return to Philadel
ae ant | IN WEF ea]
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ORAS Lie FROM Se J 11 [LEE ial : = Davenport. CLOSES FIRST CHAPTER
17041 AND SEE, aD Tes : — Lo |
WHAT IT /S -..... 2, WE This closed the first Pennamite and Yankee war
: 2 COURSE «+ : | —lasting from January, 1769 to September, 1771.
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LITTLE
Foe vou CARE |
FOR THESE &
CANDIES OR
CAN YOU SEE COLOR MAVER a SAEVENTING CAFS B These two facts are now prominently brought to
THEM? i) AO Ho A GOING MORE THAN 15 MILES PER HOW: the fore. The proprietaries realized that A, peo-
ple of the province sympathized with the Con-
necticut settlers, or had grown tired of the profit-
BE - Bruce Stuart less contention. On the other hand Connecticut
had not kept faith in backing her people in their
claims to the land that she had induced them to
settle on.
CR
; : | I JUST WANT'ER
WELL, WHAT 1S Yi ¥) SEE WHAT I WOULDER |
IT THAT You
THESE LOLLY POPS
ARE GOOD, AND
HOW ABOUT THESE
PEANUT BARS °
BOUGHT IF IT HADN'T
LOST My Dime
Very few of the “First Forty” had yet brought 7
out their families and in May, 1772, there were { }
only five white women in Wilkes-Barre; Mrs. Mc-
Clure, wife of James McClure; Mrs. Bennett,
grandmother of Rufus Bennet (who was in the In-
dian battle); Mrs. Sill, wife of Jabez Sill; another
Mrs. Bennett, wife of Thomas Bennett. mother of
Mrs. Meyers, and Mrs. Hickman, with her hus-
band;Mrs. Dr. Sprague and her daughters, M#s.
Young. The second white child born in the settle-
ment was the daughter of Mrs. McClure.
Not until 1772 had there been any attempt to
establish any form of police government.
WILKES-BARRE IS NAMED
Stewart Pearce says that “each individual act-
ed as his own sense of propriety, or his notion of
right, might dictate. Even the salutary influence
DA SH DIX ON By Dean Carr Some, i: over man in civilized society,
RY'HE SPACE SHIP RACES EB” HURRY” THEY ¥——= [ MORE SPEED, {IP 9 [THE KING OF XLO, CAPTIVE
THROUGH ‘THE HOLE MADE ARE AFTER US DOCTOR / THEIR ON THE SPACE SHIP, >
BY THE DISINTEGRATION RAY | ALREADY / _~/ GREATLY ALARMED :
IN THE PALACE WALL, BUT | = f THE FOOLS # IF ONE
RAY SHOULD HIT THIS SHIP
I, THE KING, WILL BE
WN TO ATOMS”
BLO THE BRAINLESS
“In May, 1772, there were only five women :
inl Wilkes-Barre Township. But in this year quite
a number of settlers went east for their families. / A
Lands were surveyed and assigned to claimants, and
block-houses were erected on both sides of the river.
any new faces appeared in the settlement, men
gathered their relatives about them, and marriages
were celebrated. The township of Wilkes-Barre
was surveyed in 1770 by David Meade, and within
its limits the struggles for possession of the valley
mostly took place.
OUTSIDE A FLEET OF
UNDER-WATER CRAFT
TAKE UP THE PURSUIT
Ee = oa
“The union of the names of John Wilkes
and of Col. Barre, two Englishmen, the latter a
1 brave and accomplished soldier, well known in
America, and both celebrated as distinguished ad-
vocates of the rights of the colonies against the
encroachment of the crown, formed the name
Wilkes-Barre. But the village or borough of
Wilkes-Barre was laid out until 1772. This was
the work of Colonel Durkee, who formed the town
plot on grounds immediately adjoining Fort Wyo-
By Richard Lee | ming which, as has been already stated, was sit-
uated on the river bank, near Northampton Street. :
During that year the people were so busily en- .* 5
= tery A gaged in preparing to live that there was no time
NL En ey to think of a regular form of government. When
ME To TALK Be difficulties arose in respect to land rights, the dis-
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: Y pute was decided by town committees. Those were
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THEY'LL LET THE WATER
RISE UP SO FAR AND
THIS TORTURE WONT SCARE
ME ANY! THEY HAVEN'T THE
GUMPTION TO GO THROUGH WITH
THIS AND LET ME DROWN LIKE
CUR HEROD IS HELD CAPTWVE IN
THE GANGLERDERS SEALED CHAMBER!
WHICH 1S BEING FLOODED WITH WATER!
IT'S A BLACK PIT OF HELL, FROM ~
WHICH THERE 1S NO Escrre
UP To MY WAIST,
ALREADY I! SURE LOOKS
LIKE MY FINISH, BuT
TREY'LL NEVER BE ABLE
To SAY. T GOT CHICKEN-
HEARTED AND SRUEALED!
| halycon ‘days, for there was order without law,
and peace without the constable-—that was the
golden age of Wyoming.
LOCKED IN TIGHT, '\N THIS
BLPCK HELLHOLEW. BUT
THEY CAN'T FRIGHTEN ME
NTO TALKING! THEY'LL /
NEVER LEARN FROM ME
WHERE WE LOCKED UP THEIR
OTHER HENCTHMEN UL /
Joe
“Ferries and mills were provided for the peo-
ple and finally, toward the close of this year, as
soon as practicable, that is, December 11, 1772,
provisions were made for the permanent support
of the gospel and of schools. Nor was there an
exhibition of religious intolerance, but the views
: : and feelings of the Baptists were consulted by the
BUT THE RISING, SEETHING EDDIES Presbyterians, who formed much the larger body.
. IN TRE DARKNESS Do NOT HESITATE!
T= werER 1S GETING LAWS BECOME NECESSARY
ALMOST di HS CHIN IL BG eT
— re Be ie “At length, as the population increased, and
the interests of the community became in some de-
NEW!!!
Y NEVER K By H. T. Elmo gree conflicting, it was deemed necessary by the 3
FACTS OU ! En ly Susquehanna Company on June 2, 1773, at Hart !
f SSIS 5 oa J br AIAN a) 3) en ford, Conn., to adopt a code of laws for the gov- 3
B AM 2 AR A= j y= Cc t of the settlement. This code punished
R J i ernment oO se j A pur
i i aE. A AS A crime, enforced order, provided for the election of
directors, peace officers and other officers who
might be found necessary in every township. Every
settler was required to subscribe his name to these
| regulations, to abide by and to support them. All
males of the age of twenty-one years and upward
i were allowed a voice in the elections.
WOMAN MUST MOT" SPEAK
TO HER FATHER-IN-LAW
OR SIT DOWN IN HIS
PRESENCE 1)
“It may be noted here that at an early period,
= dh | even before the code of laws, settlers soived 7
Weed 4 ARs” A n: oi any person who sold liquor to an Indian shou
N 2 = hE / 2 He Aq or , | forfeit his goods and be expelled from the colony.
ans sawmre SI, ANE 0 IR TH mi - J) TIPPING: ones oh It is unlikely that this order was observed. Ane
ND , 7 Nk ~~ 27% \ WAS ORI 1763 there were few Indians in the valley and in 3
THE MIDDLE 4 = / Pag \ KNIGHTS as | a short time almost the entire body of settlers be- ‘ +
ne evo : I 3 Rr iva, INDICATE. i came drinkers. Whisky and rum were consumed 7
itn in astonishing quantities.
gi RIENPDAIGIESS | in astonishing q ies
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