The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1891-06-18
HsJt CHING ROMANCE.
&Eaisnf E.ove- LetteTs Eoura at
St2ae Arabia. N. Y.

&reienf E.ove Letters Eourd a.
Ss2ae Arabia, N. Y.
ffhs t3rase Es-llsh Lover Pertshcd in ti,s
= H<ttls and HIS swesthe .rt, ar Ea-
" stish Lady ct Rank. Died cf -
Broken iiesrt.
On sho snSieak battlefield OF Stone
Er7bia, In The .own of palatine, Mont
E,nery County. WAS found recently q
saletplfic box, the cont0L1s of which
Tsyeaied an Interesting romance OF long
ee. The box, says the New York Sun.
eas badly battered and bogrimei with
pho rust Of many gears. u AVS about
vdx tIohes long and two inches deep.
Zhe cxskot Sas opened with consider
kble diflcus,y. and IT'S contents were
found to- consist OF locke: and Il bundle
of tetters ~ri itter upon parchment and
sefod with faded piece of blue ribbon
The fecisst is OF goid and qf sEs 2 iss -
Eorks:snship. II haa on one side, in-
ecribed in monogram, tho letters "A II.
white on the otheg is curiously
brought hunting scene. The locliet
contafns . miniature. delicately painted
on porcelain. of q young lady of rare
Beauty.
As letters, though the writing was
somewhat fadod by tho ispse o. sin,c,
were quite easily rssd. Theg were ad-
lressed 70 Captain Lowe. an officer in
he nfttirk army during the revolution
my wnr As appears BIZ the letters,
Captain Lowo was the setrotsed ef the
lady whoss portrait Ii in the loci5et. The
jssteFs are written IN the most tender
lan9uAge.
Tho finder OF the box snd contents.
gentleman residing at Palatipc Bridge.
look much interest in hisdiscovery and
resolved to investigate the romance He
had . photograph taken from tho MINI
1aturo IN the .octet, and sent it with
9etter requestfFg Information, to the
officials of the Royal Historical Society
OF London. After considerable delay
he received letter frorl The society
officials. which completes the story,
The outline OF which is indicated by
the letters In the caskct The writer
OF The letters was Aiics Douglass.
young lady of rank, belonging TO one
of the noblest and most arsstocratic FAM
flies in Britain. She became enamorcd
of Captain Lcwo when that brave young
'ed1ccr was with his regiment at London,
ssid they wero engaged to be married.
When the American colonists arose in
sebell:on Captain Lowe was sent with
bis regiment to America.
Captain lowe served with bravery
and distiurtion in the British army in
the early ycars Of the revolution. He
was CONNECTED with the forces of Sir
John johnson when he r,ade his ccle-
DRAFTED raid through the Mohawk valley
In she fsll Of l7so Coming down from
Canada with an army of British regu-
lars, fndlans and Tories, Colonel john
son laid waste with ruthless hand the
,fair and fertile fields of the Mohawk
valley. The set tiers were massacred, |
thoir dwellings burned, and crops de-
stroyed Sir John continued his march |
of deyes.ation, up the Mohawk .iver |
'wesSxard from Caughnawaga (now
Fonds). General Robert Van Reusse-
aacr, OF the patriot army, hastily col
fecscd q body Of Albany and hohenectady |
militia and went In pursuit Of the enc. |
my. Fort Paris, at Stone Arabia, was
pomtnanded by Colonel John Brown, no
Drawer man than whom held a com,n,s-
sion Ia tho Continents, army. General
Van Rensselaer, sent message to
Colonel Brown TO leaye shn fort with Its
garrison and bead off Colonel Johnson's
troops, whilo he fell upon their rear.
Henersl Van Rensselaer, thus hoped 10
hcm johnson and his army In between
two fires and capture them. In response
20 the orders OF his General, Colonel
Brown and his little band of patriots
out of Fort Paris to do battle
~ith the enemy. This forcs n,im mbered
Jess than two hundred, whiIe the encn,y
Bad four times ~ mary. The Amoriuan
troops fell into All ambuscado, snd were
aiken at disadvantage. They hold
Iheir ground b-avely for awhile, how
sror, and desperate struggle followed.
Tue patriots we re overpowered by NUM-
'ers, and were at length compelled to
1--WE way. while their bravo commander
ell dead with q musket ball In the heart.
aptain Lowe. at the hsad OF his forces,
'ravcly led the charge up en- the Amer
cans
Rendered conspicuous mark by his
commanding presence and ofiioers uni
orm, ho drew :ha fire OF sharpshooter
nd sank TO earth Hortslly wounded. 4
omrade knelt beside him and raised ,
lim IL his arms. The dying soldier
rith his last expiring stusnSth drew the. ,
usket from his bosom and handed il to ,
lis companion. ,
: Take IT." he whispered, "and carry
to Alice. Tell her diod brayely, aad
aas nay lates. breath spoke her loved
anne"
They buried him on the field OF battle,
'itH his martial cioah. around him for
hroud. Hero: also was laid ut rest
slonel Brown. tiie brave American Z
Side by side they lie. tho /,
asriot and tho invader. as repose Wolfe y
nd Montcalm on tho plains of Abraham. !.
The companion I'd whom Captain !, owe e
itrusted ehe tasllet hastily concealed !,
by bnrying it Iear stump in tho +
eld. expecsing to return for it after the
LITTLE BUT BRAVE. il
he Sort OF Wife One Pioneer Out 8. y
Washington Possesses a
In the bacl.woods of Baker river lives :
he bravest, most Industrious and most l.
outrageous little lady in Skagit County,
ays the La Coppcy lWash.l Mail II sr
usband is man of limited means, and =,
ften has to leave home to earn money :,
support them while they are improy- :,
~ their l.vnle. .t-t y
This being ihe first year. their place :, !,
not self.aqstsining, and IN such cases =,
is wife stays AZ home entirely alone. = !,
ii the company she has is Winches- ~
.r riflo and Il three-p pound axe Every ~
lorning, after she does her houseworl,
ne takes her threc-pounG axe and goes
} clearing. chopping aud burning ,.
rush. She is determined to have. i !.
and profitable home. and -,
hen her husband is 1T home she shoul- %
ors her axe and goes to the clearing =,
ith hin, IN spite of his protests against 7.
-, I'll
She says she can chop to the heart Of 81,
tree nearly as qAiekiy as he can. This a.,
dy only weighs los pounds. but she
ls tor Of ambitioB and staying quail
es: Sh3 :::-s rocked in the cradle of
sc, raised in the lap of luxury, is we'll St
ucated and the life she is now living in
entirely foreign - her. She has had eli
experience ir' Foughing ii, but she is til
It one OF the kiHd that Sis and wiIi.r, tn
er Eags lore. She nzS strong arms l. | m