Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1875-08-20


gagged young fellow named Scudder as
sub-editor of the Morning Argus. On the
day before the anniversary OF Bunker Hill,
Bangs asked Scudder it he was familiar
with the history OF that battle. and Scudder
said ne was. So Bangs told Scudder he
would Ike him to write up a sketch OF 1t
/ for the anniversary day, and Scudder said
| he would Try. The next morning the sketch
/ appeared in the Argus and attracted a good
1 deal OF attention. " hen Bangs saw II he
called Scudder in and said
- Nj. Scudder, didn't you tell me you
| thought you were familiar with the Dattle
OF Bunker Hip"
L" Yes. sir
" Well, if that is the case, | will be
obliged to you ii you will mention to me
what you mean when you say
" By four o'clcck the Confederate troops
were ready to make the attack. General
Washington had the catapults put in line to
await their coming, and when Napoleon
saw them he drew a sword and exclaimed,
Soldiers twenty centuries look down upon
you
Now, Mr.. Scldder, ifyou had possessed
the most ordinary acquaintance with the
conflict you would have been aware that
Napoleon was not present, and that the
idea of George Washington lighting the
Confederate Army with catipults Is calcI-
lated to excite the derision OF educated per-
sons. And | wish to dlrec, lyour attention,
Mr.. Scutder. 10 another historical Inaceu-
racy. At the bottom OF the second column,
there, you say
NJ sooner were the battering rams lev
elled against the walls OF the castle than
the Duke OF Wellington sent word 10 his
mother by Gen. Butter that he would either
D.. H., y s.slf
ordering the men TO fire at the whites of his
enemy : eyes, be heawaited the onset With that
majestic calmness which ever distiu guished
the hesO OF Buena Vista.
- Now, don't want TO hurt your feel
ings. Mr.. Scudder, bat really. for j0urnal-
i-t, You know, this kind OF thing wont do.
You certainly must realize that the battle
of Bunker Hal was not fought IN castle
with bAttering-Tams /; and at any rate,
when YOU aliude TO the Duke OF Yelling
ton communicating with General Butler.
and connect him with Buena Vista there are
actually 10 hopes OF your forming public
opinion on those topics. The public mind
Is made up And then little further on,
IN the next column. you say
This WAS the very crisis Of the battle.
Joan of Are spying General jackson be-
mind the cotton oales, dashed at hlm upon
her Snow-white charger. swinging her pom
ierous batt!e-axc above her head her fair
hair streamed behind her in the wind As
her steed pressed forward, her hair caught
in the hJugh oi a tree. and as she hung
there, Sergeant Bates shot her through the
heart with bolt from an arquebuss. Her
last word. were. Don't give up the ship.
q" Now You see, Ar. Scudder. this kind of
thing sets people TO talking. 1t hurts the
ps per You've got AbSalom mixed up
sol 'ehow in your mind with Joan OF Are.
who died about ten thousand years before
Gcner II Jackson. who wasn't at Bunker
Hill, and who never knew Sergeant Bates
any more than Sergeant Bates knows how
IL fire Az arquebuss Gracious Heaven
I'm afraid this o.hcell be mobbed before
night. The community l. not e1citable, but
II can't stand more than certala amount
of insult Sergeant Bates will write Us a
couple of thousand letters about that aid
sion to him, and may be be II come 10 see |
US No doubt you meart well, but You We
about done the business for Us, especially
here, where You say
4" The duke could stand 1t no longer. |
The Namelukes had slain all o! MS van
guard, General Slck.es had lost his leg and |
retired on a pension, and the enemY'$ skir-
msher-. lodged IN the top OF the mona
meut, we're pouring boiling oil ON thuse (
who attempted to scale 1t. Leaplng upon /
his horse, he shouted " Up guards. and at I
them :" and the next moment. with the I
glorious hlg OF truce IN one hand and his !
sword in the other, he hurled his legions |
upon the lava beds, and crushed the savage !
Toe to the earth killing. among others, the |
well known General Harrison, aiterward /
President OF the United States
- The duke Mamelukes, Flag cf truce
Lava beds Awful, sir. awful. The Argus |
l. a goner zone up, Mr. Scddder SIAM |
But how could you have scared up that idea
a about man fighting with flag OF truce IN |
his hand And how, o hOiu could you
have killed man whom you admit was al
forwards President of the United State? ? /
No comic paper ever surpassed this 1t Is
terrible think we shall have to part, Mr.. /
Scudder. lt seems to me that Your career /
as journalist ought to come to an end /
right here. will accept your resignation.
" And if any one asks you why, you left /
the Argus. point 10 this paragraph and say |
that it was because the proprietor was /
afraid he'd murder YOU when he read your |
statement that At the battle OF Bunker |
Hill the COniederates lost so, COO and the |
Carthagenaus only 600 and that there Is |
no spot in Virginia more slered than that |
bloody hill where the homes of Cromwell lle |
with those OF Roger Williams, as If IN life |
they had never fought against each other |
in the cause of the constitution and cheap |
transportation. Point to that language, |
Mr.. Scudder. and your friends will under
stand Ibs situation.
Then Mr.. Scudder withdrew, and he is
now looking iOf another paper to ruin
Man Adsier.