Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1871-07-13

with sky lark; but she lived to be tn,
wife of a Chief Justice of the United States
and ! never heard that either repented 0
their marriage. Mr., fancy was strc
Catholic, and Frank an Episcopalian, no
considered very Jealous and sharp in hi
profession, and much given to dreaming
He went to Virginia, and brought home /
wife much larger and taller than himself
went to housekeeping on Market Street
and had n couple of little children when
left home in 1909 to seek my fortune il
Lancaster, Pennsylvania"
"Thep you little thought you had beel
daily seeing the man whose inspired sonl
would become the national anthem o
America 2" | asked.
"No more than Abraham was aware thai
he was entertaining angels. Yet the wal
cloud, through which the light of his ge
MUS was to burst upon us, was even thcr
gathering. You have read about the EN-
barge which was declared in 1906 wher
England, jealous of the naval power of tht
States, fired into the United States shiI
Chesapeake, and behaved otherwise 50 rude
ly we were compelled to close our ports
against her vessels and imports. Those
were the days"-and here the old gentle,
man involmtarily drew up his bowed form
-"when even the proudest city bellies
were wooed and won in homespun rather
than be dependent on foreign iinery,
have danced with many an elegant woman
in linsey-woolsey and tow frock those
times, and well remember that Governor
Simon Snyder, at his inauguration in 1908
wore suit of broadcloth manufactured
in a loom in the borough of Lancaster
Patriotism was strong when it could con-
quer even woman's vanity"
| forgave the malicious twinkle of his
eyes at that last "hit" out of honest rev
erence to orr grandmothers, who inspired
it.
"Well," he continued, "England kept
growing more insulting, the whole country
was clamorous to punish her, and war was
declared on the 18th of July, 1912. had
gone down in the stage to Baltimore to
buy some type-metal for my father, who
was an Observation-Disclosures maker
and witnessed one of those outbreaks OF
popular feeling, growing out of the state Of
the times, which gave that patriotic but
impulsive city the temporary title of 'Mob
Town
"a newspaper called the Federal RepuJ-
licNn, which had been published in George
town by party of rebels to the admins
tration, was removed to Baltimore, where
its issues contained violent articles in OPP
position to the war, the government, and
loyal citizens of Baltimore. The people
determined they would not stand it. So
they hurriedly got up procession, in
which they were joined by number OF
sailors from off the Bay, who, drawing af-
ter them huge cable, encircled the print
and pulled it down. The rebel
party procured new material, and, remov-
ing into a large brick building, defed the
mob, and continued their publication.
Anticipating another attack, they wrote to
Roger B. fancy, at FrederictOwn-who
belonged to their uarty-to come down to
their assistance, bringing with him lathing-
hatchets, pitchforks, and any other imple-
ments of warfare he could obtain. Roger
was sober citizen, who thought discre-
ton was the better part of yalor, and staid
at home. The Baltimoreans renewed their
attack upon the building, from which many
of them were fred on and killed. Cover
nor Winder then ordered the military to
rout the mob, which they did; and the
sheriff entering the house, the offenders
surrendered to him, and were put in the
Jail for their protection. All seemed quiet
until the following night, when the pcpu.
lace re-assembled, broke into the Jail, killed
a General Lingan, in the doorway, and
cruelty beat and wounded many others
They then threatened the post-oilice, il
which several Of the obnoxious papers were
said to be deposited, but the civil and mil.
itary authorities again interfering, they
were finally quelled. Thus you see how
history reproduces itself.
"You have heard of Admiral Cockbum
who commanded the British fleet? The
attrocious scoundrel Words can never
paint the miserable coward and boaster il
his true colors. After his depreciation,
along the Eastern Shore of Maryland, there
followed the sacking of Washington, the
battle of North Point, and the attempt O
the enemy to take the city of Baltimore
by water, as they had failed to do it by
land. You know all about the lombard
mcnt of Fort McIIenry, September 10
1874. haye gone ever it again, in fancy
hundreds of times, and Pll tell you Frank
Key, patriotic as he was to his hearts core
could not help composing that poem. II
was forced out of him. Just think. He
was prisoner on the feet, which was an.
chored two miles from Fort McHenry, the
city's main defense. He could watch all
the enemy's preparations, and he knew the
danger they foreboded. Through the ter.
rife cannonading Of that midnight fight
while the sky was lit up with the fiery
courses of the flying bombs, do you think
he could sleep? As the struggle ceased
upon the coming morning, and he looked
through the dim twilight for the flag o.
his country, his heart sick with fear and
doubt, could he help the grand outburst o.
that first verse? And then, as through
the mists of the deep the banner doomed
dimly in the morning suns first rays, and
he exclaimed,
g IT'S the star-spangled bannerl OH long may i
wave
Ger the land of the free and the home of III,
brave!"
it was prayer and praise all in one; anc
there has never been anything like it since
Mr.. Hendon stopped to wipe his sweat
ing face with his red bandana handker
chief, and take few rapid strides across
the floor. He had forgotten his cane anc
the weight of his eighty years in this rem
iniscence of his strong young manhood; anc
if Admiral Cockburn had that moment
stood before him, in. the fesh-and- blood
insolence of his real self, | would have beer
the chronicler of his fate. ...
"Where were you during all that excite
ment, Sir 2" asked, to waken him out O
his reverie.