The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1888-08-03

not degenerated when the civil war came,
These things ! have mentioned, and the
houses Of It's noted people, are the sights Of
Concord. After seeing these one may OK.
cusably visit Lexington.
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When the British retreated in disorder
from Concord they had to pass for several
miles along road which lay over a gener-
ally level space forming part of the great
fertile plain which is one of the peculiar
features of Middlesex county. The farmers
were coming over the great plains and form
ing in squads along the stone walls in the
brush on the Lexington road, whence their
muskets at intervals flashed out with deadly
messages. This road speaks to the passer
to-day with inscriptions cut upon blocks of
stone, showing where some of the noted
events of the retreat happened. After get
a mile away from Concord center one travels
several miles over the plain before he comes
upon the forks of the road where a
high bluff gave the tired and scared redcoats
a chance to rest and reform their column
But they were soon compelled to retire before
the Yankee sharpshooters to Fiske hill,
whence they were driven in great confusion.
From then on the country is billy and well
adapted to guerilla warfare.
Farther along is the old we'll where an
Acton man and redcoat straggler met and
sent each other to another world.
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Then ON mile or so along the road one
comes upon the peaceful green Of Lexington,
its surface looking much the same as il did on
that Hateful day. Here are buried the first
victims of the struggle beside monument
erected in 1899. A block Of granite marks
the spot where the squad of militia formed in
the early morning, and Pitcairn's men
shot them down. Here beside the
green is the very house to whose door
step Harrington crawled, to die at
his wife's feet Here is the old
Buchanan tavern, where the patriots had
waited from the time Of the midnight warn
ing till the British column approached in the
dark hour before day.
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About third of a mile farther toward
Boston is the knoll where the painting fugi-
tives that afternoon met Earl Percy with
fresh troops and two field-cannon from Bos-
ton, with which aid the survivors were able
by sunset to reach the cover of the
guns of the ships of war at
Charlestown Neck, after running the gaunt-
let of skirmish fire, heat and dust, through
Arlington and old Medford The original
detachment had marched over thirty-four
miles in about eighteen hours and left 273
comrades behind, killed, wounded or missing.
The Americans lost 95 men, and gained the
of their own power in battle. The
martial spirit still fingers, and even now
along that route one may occasionally hear
the boys shouting Johnny get your gum"
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Herbert s. Underwood, who has just be-
come managing editor of The Advertiser and
Record, has for year or two been considered
about the brightest reporter and correspon-
dent of the twin paper, and his letters and
dispatches from Washington during the pres
emit session of congress have added to his rep
utation. His advancement has been remark
ably rapid, and he is probably the youngest
man in such an important position in the
northeast; also the best-looking. He is a
graduate of Williams college. predict that
under his management The Advertisers tone
will become more in harmony with the views
Of its readers in certain important respects
5han has been the case for some time past.
WANTED-A few similar changes in the
" managing editorships of Boston papers.
A good many things it is reassuring to
Know are being discovered about the Italians
among us, owing to the stir made by the con-
yressional investigation. A well-informed
traveller who has spent much time in Italy
expresses his regard for the people as COM
pounded of esteem, honor and love. OF
hose in the city he says: "They came poor,
md you gave them the poorest, most in
and abandoned part of the city.
North street and its vicinity, a few years ago,
was sink of iniquity but these Italians came
n; they shut up the cellars of infamy, in
and prostitution, closed the
lancing halls of vice and cleansed the filthy
Houses of the streets. They have obtained
possession of these tenements for their fami-
les, many have purchased them, and the
whole region is reformed. They are abstemi-
'us and temperate; they are willing to labor,
md when they earn money they know how
o care for it. They are gaining wealth, and
lave their hundred thousands, if not millions
they are intelligent. Many are already
American citizents, and many more are
such. The are a most val
liable element in your midst Like their
ountrymen in Italy, they are independent,
LIBERAL and true friends of civil and religious !
liberty, and believe most fully in popular
government and public schools"
The police and others who know confirm |
hese good reports, and say the Italians have
great respect for the law and rarely fight,
Notwithstanding the somewhat general i'm
ression that every Italian carries a
tiletto.
Another and more mysterious class of for
igners here are the Russian Films, of whom
here are about 1000. They are suspected of
ihilism and other awful things, but may be
S harmless as lambs. They inhabit the
forth End One of them,a painter who had
cen here good many years, and died the
Their day, was member in good standing in
he Baptist church His landlady was sur
rised by the discovery after his death of
1900 in cash and bank books in his room.
xTM
The league race is now most interesting
he Detroits and New Yorks stand neck and
eek with every chance in favor of the latter
tho are to play at home while the western
Tubs play in the east. As long as Keefe,
Velch and Ewing keep in trim, New York
lght to hold the lead Keefe has won
,irteen consecutive games and his record is
ne of the best of the season in the league.
hicago has spent its wind and will find it
ard to maintain the position now occupied.
oston owes its fall to the disability of Kelly
nd Ray, to the lack of a good infielder
nd the failure of the management to provide
lch man and the unusually DOOR batting