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70 Plvmoalh. la The thirf erahaftatiott
from Eagland iaihe monta III Nav. l6a9
The gun was brbust;Ito this country ID
that time. Ii $50: Tie following deIcrSp
lion, The hole length Of tie stoek and
baIel seyen'feet to1irIana hslf inches
-tAe length etthe barrel, six feet ona
inch aud half-the size of he calibIe
wifi carry twelve halls 10 tbe ponnd-the
length Of the face Of .hs lock tep inc hea, i.
The Whole. weight of the. gua tdentyE
pounds. twelve ounces.
sit he conln4encemehto s phii;p.s War.
in'i6a5. The Indiaps Became IS mdrose.
The people IN thS month Of June. fel tor
saiststo the lori near what Was calleaIt the
iourIcqrhkrs IN Middleboro.s The Iadi.1
ans VOID daily sppearon The south east
elIS Yde= Of the flvef and ascend what ii
callep the haad rock, because tslere| ii al
The Impression pf5 mans hand alentea
on III There they would be. ID faif $isht
OF the Fort Here. imthe words efan aa u
'afoallan author, the Indians wopla pre-.
seEt1sihe Sc n otihonorf 10 tie psOple I'LL.
me fort. and ia anrinsuliing nannea ,spu
Slap their band Oh il The peSsaat ses
can tired Of such daily insult,l i.lSut.
Thomson, The commander ID chieg oa.lef.
~ Isaac lio@land d disbnguishe u al is !.
man, 10 tske the gun and shoot 10 Iirti.
an ID the altitude otnsulling then, This
ne did aad be gave the Indian d. mortal
wound lufhat.nari, sqiasultingly pre Sent.
ed as target. Filled sith revsnge ior
their wounded conp2nion. the Indians
took g The woods-fnnning dcwn4 the
the bill . The mill inst below Tie tori,
where the miller was at kefk-he diseoy.s
cred them @seized bis coas, and fed. gItlae.g
ins his hal on the end Iol d stuck, al be
ran through The brush othe fo1t, and bold
ing bis coat ever his head, The Goa, was
perforated bs sevstal balls The Indians
dragged their wonnaed companion two
miles and ,hgee quarters, to lhe deserted
house Of VIM. Nelson ,sthe farm nov oc-
cupiad by Major Thomas Benne..s The,
ipdlan died thai might and was sbuFscsl
With their accustomed ceremonies and
the house wds burnt In the year. 1891
nearly one hundred and fifty seafs atter
lhesIndian had been bafied Msisr Bel
net 10 ploughing the laad. disietebred+
some b. his bones, pipe. stofe lug.
aud d knife, all much decayed, 1y tie
kloM.=b1t The all.aexQuring hand ot lime.
the distance from Tue fort To- ths rock
where the lndias> was and made Ihe as
iohisbing -distanee l55 rods-nearIy half
"a mile Barre Ga-Rte1 i.
Tie B1aek Horse I'VE were madh /.
unused a iew days SINCE with hearing the.
anecdotes Of an old soldier. who was one !
ofthe defenders 81 our city during lhe
late war. He states that " hilsy his Regis
ment which was forming. for haftfstI and
each individual mind vas bent Cd the
of#the1 event about 10 ttans;-
.piie an old man, with a remarkable red /.
face. and white h5fr, came riding ub The
fine. 90 very large black horse, His
appearance was hat Of one OF our aardv I
Datch farmers from York county, which 1
be proved % be on further enquiry. The 4.
''tofse On which he was naoun,ed was Jnq-
Fually large, heavy and black, and sce en-,
ED Conscious that be vas bearing one
y hose P9ckels, Fatfiotism aud impoli4Rce
were Sufficient tocommand respect. He
dew uP fis heavy charger a lew. phces
rom whereamy informant stood, and was
Immediately recognised BY two ruddys
looking young men who stood near inc,
Jana Who. inmetIi ately ecognised liial az.
their falher. The ffsi saldlalion was
'rotn,lhe Old faIme II " ell, BOY ), Il 8u ii
dare ! see. Now you Is going 10 Fight
IHor youreouniry-dal' s righi-sp d.d Your
father al Yorktown and since dat lnne
/ have earned two Of tie finest FIRMS ID
Yoik county, wh1rh Iintend for yaa. bur
re you disgrace yourselves as cows1ds.
| don't CONG hone 70 my house any more
for The farms shall not Be youIs- I'll
sre ihen both.ioI Kit So stick 10 your
I guns and saveIyour country; Goai bye,
boys, good bye" -RaHt Repah1 81
Sermon f6r old Bachelors. H The tIaufoId Mite
ffor CONTAINS lay sermon for Old baehfloFe.l
i iounded on the follo4Fne text:
And. they called Rebecca aud said III
Eto her Will thouIgo with this nMs and
she sail twill GO Genesis xxxisA, 53.
lslthose times, ceremony, .otmality. !:
4 slshing aud sentiment, were altogether
unknown Rebecca was d good girl and
Jumped al the first good offer,
The editor OF .he Norwich Aurora Says
he could have picked outIa much Sbftter
text ID preach from before The hoap1abfe
and venerable fraternity, WIS
Jacob kissed Rachel ~
That's something substantial lafsba bach
1 elors 10 say grace over The othef4tex5
Mas for The benefit Of Rsbecca sltege lher.
jacob kiSsSd RacAelr.. /
ind he lifted ZIP his roice end nspk Y
How pathetic. The fact IS (says the.
Aurora. lin { and fashion make S:rl rye
linTosGs on human natufe.. Here aak ja-
COB securing rhe county 70 leok for q
wife, and on fine sunny day IN The val
ley Of Padanaram, be saw her al dls.
[tsnce, drawing water lrom we'll, being
n baselooted; and without eere mony PEI ran0
Towards her. and In tie language 81 the
good book, kissed he's. and lifted pp his
voice and wspt.' We have no account
HthaiI1achel boxed bis ears foe big rude
lness. as IN those daysoi simplleityanH 4. il !
|. ooteilee she should have done, paFticHs
lfsfIv IL good scelsl5
ll @
II Paszfe - Is ~ia5fx 20 elildfea,
. man sad his a4fsana Their two caIlfSeas