Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-01-15
Grandmother.
ONE HUNDRED AND THREE

BY HOWARD II. JENKINS.
Or S,ip0ty-six years ago, this very nlnth month,
On one soft day Of early autumn, the dull hor-
I'D boomiugs Of fIessian cannon sounded up
and far away from the ford across tile Brandy
vine, by John Chadd's.
knypnAusen was pounding al Wayne, from
nil to hill, athwart the stream, and the latter
answering back and sheltering his men behind
his rude entertainments, was hopefully be-
ileying that this vas The Battle. and that tue
day went well enough, so ia.. for struggling
freedom,
From hall past len until TOUR these sounds of
the cannon duel came up across The fields, away
over on the road toward -ConcorG, and there
vas little Quaker girl counting them, her gen.
tie pulses hutteripg at each echoed thunder and
her little fears and hopes coming and going, as
she thought that this was war, close al hand
Later in the day, well eli toward afternoon, the
cannon ceased to roar, bat there came new
sounds of conflict, from the hills around the
meeting house, at Birmingham
Howe and CORVALLIS, toillng over the dusty
roads all the forenoon, had crossed both branch
es of the Brandywine away above the "Forks"
and hurryiug down on the liuprepared, and un-
suspectng Sullivan, had rolled up his flank.
pitched HIM backward, compelled poor Wayne
10 bundle up what he could and leave the rest,
tri scamper up the bill 10 save himself behind
he desperate columns If Greene. resisting al
-uuset tue pursuit al the victors, and hoping by
this last stand TO save something of the SKATER.
ell army.
When Grandmother Counted these cannon
peais and heard the mLskclry around the meat
lng house she was iu,t past seen vear. Ill -
-he nvtS Yet h lrll The ,tory.
IL juiv si q. ,Sa- one hundred = nd ,br,., "a,
temjfy u tAe battle is strongly impressed on
t'r memory though her fecollecr .ous ara i.,
u detail. OF yesteriays afi iirs sha knows
nothiu1 hal over this gan Of ui1eiv.stx ya,,.
nor NM os, s,.' ~ SIN ye1ls
.oTari evening there came A wo,,ndad cont
mental officer, blackened. einoly and uale car.
ried into herfather's mouse. b,,t ms un. mar re-
,rootad f,-,ta~ =, i $3.50 e.V 40 o''i neL re-
niyh be cant,iret bv tbs fda s,a .s,'.eu ne
ell the poor fellow into the WAGON aud In,
riel him IN tn aThe 'Trnni,', ,7,arn ~ -
",
Now reflect: TINS ,v,s in ,--T pa, ,,.,,.
elton OF Iudaueude1r,. was In ire sanoni ,.a,
and Gran.bnotLer was an her .,gI,th' p p,'r'
-o,na VAS str,,.5-,lt,,,, i'm e. ?. ~
1eI,s before The CoTsti,n,inY - W, le
ii Valley F3r1g lad moi VA h..,, - ~
Aafl,o.te on that yery day won HE hnrais a. =
49, 80 prs; a., "oi. us l"uieIs as
oLn served and are dead ,v,,,.' not 60, -,
md vol prandrnnthe, VI, 70 -, ~. t.
,e with unyIryIne retent,yrness her stnrr y, y,
ID, L,t1I, ~ ~ 17nal' No. hei 'toIy "i
seven wears old Wv
Has the Death Angel mi,,,ih.,. w,s o.,
forgotten. twenty O, Ibriy ve,rz a, -, 81 i,,
,tdor,i,,', 49, - my se't9 aS' Wnen' III
summouen.i Il sba h.,
Ue,onl tl.e tipg ~ m her 9,n,'tw ,, ~ ions
oversight of The s,,mm1Ea,5 F' y 'oiu'
tattul. H.. ann. 1,-, ,o.., , ,,
are da,l .ti,.i. A., \. -, oio N htl ,
uelus1 VITO we've ii l.tI Ilmr, are but memo.
ies KNOWN ia Tradition, Recorded in the month
~ messing minutes, In old deeds, aGd on scat.
!r''"' ~" ihouldanHg tonbStohe,. Husband
= dtai years gone At YES, IEd The children
III
they Yrro az. married, bowed w,th ih-
"rsht ulNrlJr, ana went one b, one. away,
N't neie g. ''''' hoiheI y que bundled aud
-" :. - tuiI Si'' = hetotne ht'iaIliin other.
t-,I 1t.o.i n' ~ 70 lri has dtsappeared.-
,t'n, !, u, riiidIeh TIA! age leaus on; il
= he daughter thai t.IaGs comforts 10 The easy
y. Ifts le .erre,,l t,., ma NV WIS IL a,9Ht
~ pa, ,.' III. nut hrir me chld
nor III III, " ,ii iest ,onS ig'binu
.nt ran +. e-t,t,,rt 80 :, - 100 "o1 ,t tiie ia 10
,ltnInnns ia, L.r la, -, ~ ",'V'ui tnal the
ur Ill ~ -, "a nesFi peeh prepaied'-
,1, ''''' '''s 'A='' '''pl ahd neglected 10 ca!
v,n,,,.
'ineS s'A's I2' NO bf@llIefs lett the old
,' q, %, i'H ,eeaeE 70 >ha st aron
,ot1s Ear VS. '" ~ " o'aei so's away
They ,al al l.. $50
-, =, ~" =" "4"d new homes III ths
.,Sa,i,,r I''' WIZ ,h'S ht' Moved out the
nor 80 wac '''e9t "'AiI"H Ahd dWel
I,,,. ,..-,
,...,s st,,,. -, ~ i N !'t"ei nal 1ied, al,
o,,o ,,,ce ~, ei,s NJ ieJehei them theN
,',,te NUM- i'a'A2 i"I Two weeks b,
tne l"lg loacs IT he lines, from Sorth Caro-
So.
~" al .tAe ih,n1 eye A. tie iva brother
~, 80 VI -uuh'other pictures them slill.-
- - a.. hl,uy stion2 Young men. She saw
~ .'.e ~ al D. anu she thinks OF them DAY
II me, as -, - CIV anu 1'lil OF Vita spr
49, Us. as 'ueF were WHEN they rode up til,
HlNh Ni tt-tT horses, n ISJla niuD tht