St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-04-30

will, which moved before the colonies !
pillar of cloud by day. ii fire by night
People of Massachusetts, yonr proud
and grateful hearts outstrip my lips IN
| prOnOuncing the name of Samuel Adams
Elsewhere, to-day, nearer the spot
where he stood with his immortal friend
Hancock, hundred Years ago thi>
morning, Il son of Massachusetts who
bears the name of Il friend of Samuel
Adams,and whose own career has hon
orably illustrated the fidelity of youl
state to human liberty, will pay a fitting
tribute to the tue American tribune
of the people-tle father of the Rev
| olution, as he was fondly called. But
we also are his children and must not
omit our duty.
During the ten Years from the pass
age of the stamp act to the fight at Lex
lngton and Concord, this poor man in
an obscure provincial town beyond the
SEA was engaged with the British min
istery in one of the mightiest contests
that history records. Not word in
Parliament that he did not hear, not an
act in the cabinet he did not see. With
brain and heart and conscience all alive.
he opposed every hostile order in coun-
ell with British precedent, and arrayed
against the government of Great Britain
the battery of principles impregnablc
with the accumulated strength OF centu-
ries of British conviction. The cold
Grenvllle, the brilliant Townsend. the
obsequious North. the reckless Hills
borough. the crafty Dartmouth. all the
ermincd and coroncted chiefs of the
proude>t ariStOcracy in the world. de
rided. dcclaimed. denounced, laid un-
just taxes, and sent troops to collect
them: cheered loudly by Il servilr Par
lament. the parasite of Il headstroug
king the plain Boston Puritan laid
his finger on the vital point of the tire
meudouS controversy. and held to it in
eXorablN kings, lords. commons. the
people of England and the people OF
America. lntrenched in his own hon
rsty. the kings gold could not buy him
Enshrined III tn" love of his fellow cit =
izens, the kings writ could not take
him.
THE ALARM.
1t was brilliant April night The
winter had been unusually mild ami tie.
spring very forward. The hills were
already green. The early grain waved
III the fields. and the air WAS sweet with
hloS>oming orchards. Already the rob
ins whiStled, the bluchird sang. and the
henediction of peace rested upon the
landscape. Under the cloudle>> moon
the soldiers silently marched and Paul
Revere swiftly rode. galloping through
Medford and West Cambridge. rotl>im.
every mousse us ne Went sPuiilhg Tor
Lexington ana llahc"ck ana Adanls'
ana tN'"'''S 'ne hil''>h Pa'fhs wa"
li''" ptf' seh' ""I !" >."P 'he news
H'"P 'he news Altel"E III" village
'n"''"e> were ,"SlhillhS l" llh% tht
a"'ihl' aN 'iit p''l'itS "hth'h 'h"lil itu
been ringing II ior many Il year. In
the awakening houses lights flashed
from window I" window. Drums beat
ihinti\ iIr away ana on TN, side sig
'a' guns HaSheu an" ech"th. ne
M'i''h, ""Ss h;irhtd' the cocks crew
sop 'll' news H'"p thc Suhll>t ne
inllmirIh% hl%ht tremhled with the
summons :" earnestly eAptctth' :"
ureaue"' :" ueSifeh.
THE RETREAT FROM Cu>CoIip.
When Col. Smith ordered IN, retreat
aIihnuuh he and his officers may have
had som, mi>riviu"s they had urnl,.,-
bly lost them in the cnnrrmrt of rrru-
Lars for the u,iIitiu. Hui from The. mo
mcut of IN, ti;iu,r It NrriI.im'S tu,u,I
they were uurecriycd. The Lud,rore
WAS alive with :umrd mon The,
svalmed rIlrnuuh every ,,u,J-n,tL and
h,-wnv. acrn,. th, ua,rm,s. and owe,
the hills. som, came u,, il, order alamo
the roads. rs from R,,Jiliu and I;iII.,.i,.t
from, East SudhurI. H.dtnrd. and .Jnhr
p,lkcr'> comp1uy from L.c>iuyto,,.v,il-
ed in a woody drtil,. tn ayru"e the death
of their comrades. The Hritish culuu,
marched .teadiI, ON. Will, from tlr,>
rocks. and fences from h,u,es ham,
and sheds hI.z.d the vith,,i,,, Au,,i
can fire. The hill. echoed and flashed
Tn. v,nds r.,ru TL,. ,,,d I,,..,,,,,. .,,,
endless ambuScnde of flame The Amer
leans seemed to the appalled, British
troops /" drop from the clouds. I" ~rlil"
from the earth. With every step the at .
tack was de'dller.lhr dang"rm"rr Inml-
ntnt. For som" time discipline and the
PLAIN extremity OF the peril Sustained
the "rjcr "f the lilltlSh line. But the
sitting clouds OF dust. the c"mSumn"
thirst. the exhaustion of utter fatigue.
the wagons full at wounded men moan
ing and d} ing. madlN pressing through
the ranks to the front. the constant
falling "f then comrades. officers cap
tured and killed. and. through all. til,
fatal and lnrtSSant shot of an unseen
foe Sluotc with terror that haIIrhtN col
umn. which. SIN linking. bleeding. WAY
crimg. rcclcd through Lexington panic
stricken and broken. Their officers
seeing the dire extremity. fought THEN
way to the front. amd threatened III,
men with death if they advanced. Th,