The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1849-05-19

~ v 90 NNfsi . H'fiNINlH NNHN' wy NNNNlF Jaw
For all 10 gaze on-and he died desp,scd -
kNowLrs.
"Do you think so grandmother"
"Ihnk 30, boy know IL. There never
was one Of your name That didn't Gghl yet
Why, there wasQnlghty lnJun hunters uiofe
King Philips day aud that's better Than a
hundred years ngo why, this powder horn
MhH carried lay your gteni.grnndlhiher, Jert-
mlgh Joah Hawkins, ~ them very tights. Tie
lilled his gun ont Of this whenhc shot thai
dcsp'rolo heather Chief Porgywbsseit,o ON Sn-
rhrri'u Head AHd aidn'i Ao stick lac head
on pole, and ant tho place call 'Suchcm's
Head, to this dnyT Al! them WINS terrible
days, grrnf son David, oe'uy most m bad ~
these red cont iimea But, IN me- iIs all for
liir best, NJ purson Trustworthy snys."
"And you really think ri bee hero aud
comc back with Ns mucl lame ~ my worthy
great grand, father, Jeremiah Joab Hawkins,
who slew PorgywHssett, the PequoI chief in
single cOmbai, century HPo"
"As Hurc NJ hUcklebcrrcs grow IN swnups,
David"
"Ihulr q cousolmion" said the youth M
hc gave an extra buckle 10 tlir belt round
MS waist, from which dnngrd shorg .hul
heavy sword. "And who carried this wenp,
on among my ancestors ofwnrllkc memory
"Ghni" said the old grandmother, "isn
precious hcir.loom, My gran fuhci's gran.
inthcr, lrecollcrt,on my side, you nre a Mare
chalk Ever Prny to the Lord Mnrschnlk,
was .siiain IN Cromwelrs famous rcgi-
meut Called lronsidrs and at the battle If
Worcester, IN Old England, hc performed
such wondrous deeds, thHt tradition says
Cromwell took that very sword from his avn
side, aud gave It Ia Captain Ever Pray NJ y
REMEMBRANCE
mo wonder TINT Cromwell was 30 ready
with his gin, said the ynung mnn, looking
up qui2lingly. at weighs NJ lcnsI . lou;and
va, to hin'upon whom II falls II is battle
sword, indeed
"Balhc.sword; llcI hcrl guess it Is n bat.
Sr sword md an old dccrcpid mn, bent
Hlpiost double, who had been rocking and
warming his hands OVER n FIRE IN tie huge
nllhough It WASH mild September
afternoon. "Hnllc sword, quoiln' DldfI
carry taI h"ulshurgl, under Wolcnu, Let
ne scc'' aud he pat his hand IN his hrnd
Vumbling. ~ his srcond.childhood allow
old nm lnow, OLD womnu' how old am ~
"l,mgli hvu, only eighty iv9"
said the old grandmother.
"Only eighty li,c' ilc' he rm just in
my prime. My old dad liked 10 be- owes n
hundred, mud he could move u swath with
lc best of the young fellows about. I've
= =
his WnshInpoU-.rhouTh he wsnt cut ia for. +
y five
"No grandfather it, ny Turn now" said
lac Dung nun. "Non old folks did your
hare of II, and wc youngsters must have q
,hnucc now
YES yes; perhaps ,,'s best" said the old
man, siuk ing huck IN his arm chair near the
ire side, quilo-oNhnus,ed, ~ was n mere
10Y al louishurg, only boy ofhity or there.
b0utg-1ud had nm ri,nulrilr on MY shoHl--
Ter. lie, hc,--nu opnucttc, for was an Of
iccr, md carried that very sword nj Louis
'urg. Oh'We had dreadful times ut the siege.
I raincd NJ one time for u week ] rctncm.
'cr old General Peppcrcll, Sir William after
wards riding up to me. oh, ycs--he he"
nj The old mnn laughed until ke cougbcd,
"Well, what said the gcncrul;' asked Da-
id
"lt WINS good Joke. capital Joke iic!he'
hawkins said he, have you got dry SHIRT
D lend me" Yes, general, said !; bat after
ou get it on, 1t wants wclline' 'Wcung,'
aid lac, what do you mean, Captain llawknsH
i mean, said l. 'wo nu't bad any rum aud
sntcr for four days. Il comprehend said
e. and he PIT on the dry SHIRT, but sent to
ar mess gallon ofold JAnncaand ever nf
,r, when we got my rrog, we called II wet ,,
ny the shirt lie! hc!--n good Joke"
Now, | may MS wei icl1 my reuters vino =
lcse three pcrstuIs were hnve been desert
ing The old grandfather wns an nged
'ell- o-do New England farmer, hat incnpn-
le ~ -ittAeFiaiaRding his own ntialrs.- which
ere lrit to his son, then lust returned from I
,ur OF duty IN the militia service OF his coun- ,
" on the banks ofthc Hudson, lilo was
bscnt from tho house in the harvest field,
citing in the fall grain. His mother we
81, b,I tn itpnutTpI her I
culiies in the least, and she wns the only !
rrson who could control her husband, the
aacon, when lac got over gnrruluus or cNci- =
~,
Tic youth David, n lac wns called, their
-nnds0u, was not yet ~; and Nnlc College :,
lving been closed for the present, owing TO =
IL war. he Ind spent the summer on the
run. lie wns frank, ihir,iaccd country
,uth, bold, energetic, und good scholartor T.
= mind aNd intellect were superior. Eve =,
body lhatKhrw tho youth, David Hawkins.
we'd him K
The pcriod Of this sketch wasthc early h
,rt of autumn, in the ycnr ISL II was the
,ar that the British government struggled Il
retnin possession of the. colonies, ana o
.yncrnto effort they made. Sir Henry CIIh- 4
n, AT the north had received rniniorcemen's
nm ENGLAND. aud Lord CORVALLIS was r,
nking That mnrct from Ho"'" '"''''''' w
rginin, which was to end his military career
America, in the memorable chpi,ulalion at T.
orktown the ensuing October.
Arnold, the traitor aud ingrate--the har. h,
ned wretch stcepod in crime, alike crueF at
ii reinurseless-h Mt his own request, 81
en- dispatched 10y SIR Henry Clinton WIN n
ont five hundred British regulars, beside A.
tory legion of cut tIironts on an eNpert' "
u to the Connecticut shores ofthe Sound. CO
IL virst hfuies love their naive deus aud
illnesses, and will die in defending their O
mes. Would it he believed that Arnold Ne
rstcd To destroy md rovuge the very city so