Helena weekly herald., 1889-11-14
PERRY'S VICTORY.

September the tenth, full well ween,
In eighteen hundred and thirteen,
The weather mild, the sky serene,
Commanded by bold Perry,
Our saucy fleet at anchor lay,
In eafety, moord in Pat-in-bay.
Twixt sunrise and the break OF day
The British fleet
We chanced to meet;
Our admiral thought he would them greet
With welcome on Lake Erie
old Song.
Perry's victory of the battle of Lake
Erie was fought September 10, 1913, with
In ear-shot OF Cleveland or at Put-in-Bay,
about 80 miles north of this city, the BOOM
ing OF whose cannon was heard by the peO-
pie composing this little hamlet, who had
assembled on the lake front and who
kne ! that Perry was victorious, because 1t
was the booming of his big guns that
brought joyous sounds to their listening
ears over the waters from Put in-Bay.
Putin Bay Island, with Pelee and other
islands nearer the Canadian waters (Only
thirty miles distant, form a chain clear
across the lake, nowhere more than eight
miles from island to island and shore land
Here was line OF the underground rail-
road in slavery times. 1t was along the
shelter of this chain that COmmodO
Oliver Hazard Perry with hls fleet con-
uuCtCu thO VI OCiCid dl dlAicoA iA
September, 1873 from Sandusky 10 Nal
den In Canada, 10 carry ont the master
stroke which resulted in the defeat OF
Proctor's British army on October 5, at the
battle OF the Thames.
1t was fifteen miles beyond the shelter OF
these islands, Ill nOrtherly direction, that
Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry whipped
Commodore Barclays British fleet, and
W,II, 10
his famous dlspatch-"We have met the
enemy, and they are Ours-twO ships, Two
brigs, one schooner and one sloop" 10
refresh our memories on school history
| have thought proper TO republish the
following Official report OF 70. ID. Perry,
captain and senior officer" to Hon. William
Jones, secretary of the navy" which gives
the forces of the two squadrOns as follows:
Buush-Ship Detroit, 19 guns, l on
pivot and 2 howitzers; Ship Queen Char
lotte, II guns, on pivot; Schooner Lady
Provost, Ii guns, on pivot; Brig Hunter
10 guns; =, loop Little Belt, guns; Schooner
Chlppe way l gun and swivels Total,
63 guns. note stated that The Detroit
is new snip, very strongly built and
mounting long 24s, 10s and 12s."
United Siates-Brig Lawrence, 20 guns
| Brig Niagara, ~; brig Caledonia, .
Schooner ARIEL, lone burst early IN the
actlon); Schooner Scorpion, 2; Schooner
Somers, 2; Sioop Trlppe, 1; Schooner
Tigress, /; Schooner POrcupine, l. Total
54 guns
EUCLID AVENUE.
As it would seem discourteOus for cor
respondent writing from Cleveland not tt
mention Euchd avenue, the great fashion
able boulevard OF the Forest City, l must
say that for Its extent (fifteen miles long
it is the most elegant thoroughfare in the
United States, Michigan averue IN Chi
cago not excepted. At this season when
it's umbrageous. elms and sugar NAPLES
colored il the golden tints of Autumn
spread their branches from lawn to lawr
on opposite sides of the broad avenue
where commo 1iOus and costly mansions
rear their castellated towers, there can bs
rarely ever found more enchanting scene
than that met with on Euclid avenue
Cleveland, when the very trees whisper to
each other, the melancholy days have come
the saddest of the year." HELENA.