The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1888-03-08
Next Week.

prise in the::form Of an unique and val.
liable contribution to our national liter
ature by most celebrated author. Ar
rangements have been perfected where
by we shall, commencing with our next
issue, be enabled to place before our
readers the latest and some of the most
readable, interesting and captivating
chapters yet contributed to the Ameri.
can press. "Hours with Men and Wo-
men of the Revolution" The illustrious
historian, popular and venerable citizen,
born IA years after Washington died,
whose announcement needs no further
introduction than his name, Benson ].
LOSING, J.. L. D., will give in narrative
form "reminiscences of his experiences
and discoveries. Many years ago caus-
ual incident in his life at Connecticut
urged him, with an inexpressible desire
to seek such memories of the great con-
flict for freedom and independence wher-
ever they might exist, and before it
should be too late to make pilgrimage
to the dwellings of living men and wo-
men who were actors in the stirring
events of the long past, and hear from
their lips the story of their experiences
and recollections in the birth time OF our
Republic, and record them for the bene.
fit of his countrymen. Whereupon he
undertook q pilgrimage of many
months, embracing nearly 1900 miles Of
travel, in the thirteen original States
and in Canada, to all dwellings of all
living men and women and places of in
terest associated with the events that
marked the founding of this powerful
and free republic" How well he &C.
complished his purposes and matured
his studies and Investigations, his cele.
brated Field.Book of the Revolution At
tests. But he tells us that sin the vast
storehouse of recorded incidents and oh.
jects that he gathered and preserved,
there is much that could not be used in
detail in his published works." and it is
with this old and unadulterated wine
that we are to be refreshed.
We shall discover in this how the little
side incidents of life become important
factors in momentous issues, and we
shall be brought face to face with heroes
and heroines with whose names We had
not hitherto become familiar. We shall
find reflected in the many mirrors which
the honored historian places in position,
the heroism, valor, patriotism, nobility
of nature, genius and pathos of those
whose efforts in council and in war, as
also in peace, secured for us our country
We shall slso be favored with an intro
duction to the last survivor of Washing
ton, who participated in the great events
we shall see the last Of Sumter's men
listen to Washington's last surviving
bondwoman, and be introduced to The
last surviving belle of the Revolution
We shall admire the fair courier OF i'm.
portant secrets, take lessons from Mont
cslm's errand boy, be told of the captive
child of Wyoming, learn something new
of the last battle for independence, and
discover some interesting detail regard.
Ling the great seal Of the United States
adopted by Congress six years after thu
declaration Of independence. We shall
call upon. the patriotic widow of thu
Congaree, accompany the cicerone O
Ticonderoga, and pay later attention 4
an interesting communication concern
ing the famous and heroic Flora Mac
Donald, whose husband, the 6cottisl
General, Donald Macdonald, fought on
the wrong side. I.
Men, women and children pas in 10
view and crowd the story, which Il no
plste with matter Of highly intert stinl
character 10 the American psoplG and
has never bsiors bssn publishsd. The
litsrary dfts Of The disfinssishsd authoi
ass always happy oass; his NJ = ~
tarssqse, lusid. I'd alRoys plo6ulue. q
~ inala1ee ~ spsDaaDD hl.oIl.