Morning journal and courier., 1890-03-20
QUINNIPIAC.'
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 Win Munson widow and thsse are tho clews rh.z esd S ssG :1r as a scss n. Before George the Third made his policlss' crimsS, roS .oy say os or 'n'n
 CIV William Dinslow, . laborer, of him ws must tell. In pSssGM M ysIn % with sn Dst undsrTs I S,. n,,. He moved with . scythe and he hsrvested grain, As Hs pied up s the wood fsr tho srs: iiT' Cv And recoliect In the olden days, The cords of wood for the winters blaae' wSiis Si V ws %ss.srsd tSs pth of tssir hc@sy Wit.
 With the wild reese southward homing. as CvI Ts:s Ss1s @e Ssy day
 And are s siwaysS rS ccming sa ,r nro .gS gSSipe pe The The, world without them could have no goal.
 They arc always planting and sowing.
 CvII Those primitive times sing them here. "n;v With y Kind Kind of classic E T remsnbrsncs; @ The gentle storms Of . middle life, fs% eaa and Strife
 Incapable of resistance.
 OvII Have foatsd me on to the later years, Where tho sunset light of age appears
 With its mellow tints and ehadows; And often gaze where cloudy bar Rests near the moon or brilliant star, And wonder if in those worlds afar
 There are streams thro' the grassy meadows. OK The vocation of aII whether makers of shades, Or millers tanners of leather; Smiths and shoemakers or makers or hats. Or - If CarDpt9 simply or m0LS, or carpenters making and joining their slats, In pre-republican weather. OK
 rsssss e.oass shsrs n England acting the F. sh.rstsS SssH; E put all the colonies down; "
  But he stormed and he raved and he swore they He was king, they the people, and this understood His version Of royalty aid not suit them; He He di. did not impress them , as much of gem,
 If they must they would simply betray him. CXH Hs d would hs
 Nor needed at all their objection; But these yeomen instead of obeying the king, anu And n @ soar :is sSo1e s hi:s inspection. lsaSs ' "
 cxIH For having. protested and pleaded h vain,.
 so % they sSouidered d % the musket for fighting; And New Haven then, or Quinnipiac, n1 Rs.sisea e sS to s sSt Tor: for % rsh.ns .o'' 'A'T CXIv He % who had breasted the wild wolf's lairs.
 And Arnold before he turned traitor; .. They marched with determined and !, sturdy will And there in array to be killed or kill,
 They stood in the horrible crater. Tho belching guns and the rattle and din They b5eysS and they hEssstsc ;sss wh hope to win But they iaid thousand very low
 Before they stopt and retreated.
 CxvI And now have story to tel, \ truthful story of what bsiell
 One citizen of this county; County or town 1t Is all tho same With thoss who worthily have claim, sssf fouxSs xSsa snS Sonay
 CXvII I'll tell 1t as nearly as can be told, .ns % the :sr2 hss he ns ysd pass rs Ms fought himself i,L M in , that ,I early war, It was fought to conquer righteous law,
 A just as well ss weighty.
 CXvIn His story commences in seventy nine, Saying hs joined tho artillery line With Phineas Bradley commander; Tho csnturian number one hundred men, anu And & thought hht St s Greece I and sesmsndsr. can % CXIv These ono hundred mon were divided by four,
 sutsnsSns ss:h nS Squsd Iss com%ssd,ng; S nd one undsr BsnGP was whsfs They to serve without disbanding. CXx Another was sent to West Haven shore N.ssS ns..n ssiy sas slso1; AZ And f ships should come to destroy the town. sSs% ss SO they doWn | But never go up the harbor. | CxxI Another wss sent down to Norris Point, | Under Pisrrepont the three were to be cenjont, Thus they were stationed, with each . gun, Ssss s and
 Not sparinE the men or their leather. CxxII To Bradisy's division that had two guns, | Each mounted on carriage with trunnions; Under the eye of the captain to fight, | To attack by day or attack by night, And q to our haversacks they were light With few red herrings and onions.
 % .s as .s sna s : % s S; Ss .Ssss .as n; n feet. As from 9 h bridge E to eridg. T we & had to retreat, CXXIv And came up the road q thousand or nore
 With Major Campbell advancing; | Him they shot from an old stone wall, | A soldiers fate; he was seen to fall, Shot thro' and thro' with rife ball,
 The ball from the rife glsncing CXxv
 With . few rude stones aboveit; Miss s:sIS,iss I, si record q %s.i sS: date. Once friend In the summer days, Pas;!n. sion. on thos. quiet ways, M sSst to Ss h. rests aon xnd he srisvsd to thinf that mound or bone not , SssD m. marked n,s Ss by fitting ssons | But here find anticipate.
 must n properly chronicle Sas s.,n;1 snS relate | Ny story teller himself; and 50, return te where he had to go. Or he went lby yolunteering tho'D
  CXXVILI Or what might have been if the fleet had seen The boat ct the spies glide out between, Where the rocky headlands guarded; But their little boat approached 60 near They saw the huge white sails appear, And seeing their destiny full and clear, They escaped and were not bombarded. CXXIv This little incident happend before The British boats had approached the shore And before the troops were landed; 4 gun was stationed at every place, And in that running battle and race They free with every right about face, Then ran, but were not disbanded CxXx And then they fought on that saltry day, The hottest heard my grandfather aay, And he is telling the story; The hottest day in full many year, when all the town were In dread and fear, And not mortal had any ear For wars unprincipled glory. There's another story my grandfather told About the fight that occurred of old tf When the British took the city; They prepared to check them as soldiers should, | IntTench at each bridge and fire from each wood And make their retreat and their action good,