The sun., 1882-06-18
REVOLUTIONARY RECOLLECIIONS
Old Mrs. Chnmberi rinin's story of her Father's
Adventures Under Warrington.

GLEN COVE, June 15- About the mouth OF
the creek here. in revolutionary times. many
stirring scene was enacted. and relics OF those
old exciting days still stand. and are pointed out
to visitors as the objects ofinterest The oldest
inhabi tant" here Is rich in memories. She is Mrs.
James S. Carpenter. She sits serenely in tho
house OF her sons. IA stones throw almost from
tho waters of the Cove. and lives over again. in
her recollections the early days Of the century.
when she was u child and her fathers achieve
ments in the war against the British invaders
loves to tell her children andhGr grandchildren
of the adventures of Poppy" as she fondiy
calls her father. To sun reporter she said
You've heard of the Revolutionary war;"
Well. I've known and forgotten more about
1t than you. young man. will ever learn. |
could tall, to You ali day about it. but there is
one thing dowant to tell you about old Poppy.
You know Poppy was Jesse Coles, and he was
about q years old when he first wont into the
war He had charge OF an American guard
a boat loaded With butter ana cheese, and ran
her VI, into the harhor near Roslyn. But Poppy
was taken prisoner himself. and was taken to
New York. You see, Poppy was on what would
be called the Democrat side now, and. of
course. you know, he was nGhting for his coun;
chained to the floor for three months and fed
on POISON. his 5:a;-F Used 70 take io91 q, MIN
every day. An officer asked her ono day why
.
and sho said Yes and he said Thon. pretty
the prison filled with dead bodies OF tho poi
s"nGd s"nS IHoS He and dfo9Ep 9E TO go With them
But they deilcd the onicorp, I'D told The Sol.
diors that i they were hanged thai night Kitty
e SEi %' to dT ham, 3 JaS SG
be sent aboard man ;0f-war. They dared the
officers to whip en-, That pleased the officers
AN tN ntrtg
em their parole.
" Washington, heard of this and wrote to
Poppy used to carry otters from New W. YORK rS 10
Boggy swamp lie had u big nccknd bottle
hid IN the swamp. which was tho post office.
ton from Widow Marsh in New York. scwed In
the back Of his coat An officer came aboard
and s9arehed care, POPPY, but he didn't ma the let
and he had @ to foot il Wta.9shRgton was taking
When tho letter reached him him telling H him NN"i Nrnoi
this meanY and Arnold took his hat and ran
To the end Of the war he stayed with Washing
ton, but what he suffered could hardly tell
1t would mako your hair stand ON end"
i know this story is true" interrupted Mrs.
C(ar2rntors daughter. for I've heard ma tell
ground7 said said Mrs. Carp C"rpcntdr nrH a%d 1"di''Ts hss
hasn't got any monument, think ~. ought
there one thing about MAJOR Andre that want
he WAS hanged at rappan. lie was taken t.
Philip Wley's whitcwOod tree, on the Tarry-
town turnpike. Just OH the bridge near where
the academy stands now I've seen the tree a
when passed it,"
Mrs. Carpenter talked with pride Of her
fathers narrow escapes from his CnOmics and
pointed out across the creek an old house from
which he had once escaped narrowly from
pursuit, Her father died Jan. ii, 1899 when
he WAS ~ yenrS about the present age OF his
daughter, Tho old lnly's husband Mr. Jesse
\. Carpenter, was n soldier in tho war of 1872
ana her son, jesse l., Carpenter served in tho
ln'e war In ~" TW"nty-nluth Connecticut Vol
untcers undor Gen. Banks.