Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-06-29

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Il is clnm,-i That more hlorly ana de
caslye battles Lavc h,an fought IN June
and July than IN all the rest Of the
year
Il is a matter NJ common knowleIge
that al 81 very nearly all the great
riuts have ben IA til. hottest weather.
and the reason Is obvious The greatest
not crer known in London began June :.
1850. arI lasted iyc days Thirty-six
fires were q. ing NJ once. and IA sup
pressing the outbreak 2l0 rioters were
known to have t-en killed and rs
wounded The greatest riot in New
YORK i"E4n July H. lN'ii. ard the total
of killed and wounded is roughly e,ti-
mattel al @oo Ia July lo.7. there was
rotin! III almost every northern city be
tween the Elulson and the Mississippi,
and the to;al ~ killed certainly exceeded
$50 The lu,s by fire AMI otherwise has
been estimated all the way from so. CO.,
600 TO $l01. .e@opo July certainly is the
fighting month
Il j. just The same III France The
month IS th,r, - memorable that DAYS
Of july" "Cn.uma uf July" etc. are IA
mlliar to all readers The 18th Is French
Independence dAy trrau-- un that day
IN I7e9the par,Ars capture. ana sacked
the Bastl.!e ON ;Ge same date IN 1880
LOUIS XVI tops th- o..'l - sa,p IT the
new anu liberal cot~tt;uiiaA july 8,
1871. the assembly voted T. abolish the
last remains Of kinsly power July 2s.
1894. Rob.spierre and lis aIhereuts were
guillouned. and the reign ot terror ended
Thereafter the disconiented IN France
made il point tn begin their disturb
ances on one or the other OF ihesc dates,
but the government. being forewarned,
kept them down till July =. 1850 when
the second revolution began. The war
with Germany ,-an III July. 1870. but
was fought chiefly III the next month
1t Is quite III tie course of nature that
| great military movements should cul-
inmate in July hut many events Of the
| month IN American history seem to have
more than a passing significance. To
| ali patriots it viii never cease to be mat
| ter Of deep thought that the two states
| men most promlnsnt in securing the
| passage OF the Declaration Of lndepend-
| ence. after having been presidents of the
| nation they founded. died on the same
| day Just 80 years after their memora bic
act Historians Of 1890 tell us that as
the news travelled slowly over the land
| that one of them was dead the date was
taken as but an accidental coincidence.
| Dut when it was followed III few days
| by information of the others death pious
I -,..r. hs
/ of a supernal order as if heaven itself
smiled upon their great work and ap-
proved il in the most impressive Of all
methods.
Five years more passed and ex-Presi-
dent James Monroe died on July 4 in
New York city. He served in the field
as Adams and jefferson had served in
congress. and it certainly seems some
thing more than a coincidence that the
three died on Independence day. Han
nibal Harnlin is the only vice president
who has died on that date Not long
before his death jefferson wrote thus to
Adams: II have ever dreaded doting
age, and my health is SO good that
dread it still. The rapid decline Of my
strength the last winter gives me hope
that see land. They say that
Starke (the Victor of Bennington had
recently died at 93l could walk about
his room am told that you walk well
and firmly. | can only reach my gar
den. and that with sensible fatigue. |
ride. however. daily, but reading is my
delight God bless you and give you
health, strength, good spirits and as
much life as you think worth having
The death of Adams and jefferson left
but one-Charles Carroll Of Carrollton,
Md, who for five years was known as
the last survivor of the immortal S.
1t was his singular fortune to be alone
and noted in many things He was the
only Roman Catholic who signed the
Declaration of Independence. He was
By far the richest man in all the col
ouies. as rich probably as any other three
men. He was the only man in the con-
tinental congress sprung from very
old family of unquestionably noble
blood" on both sides. And he lived to
the greatest age (95) and outlived all the
other "signers." Still more. he had near
relatives almost equally celebrated in
! the same cause and founded family
which in the truly American sense Of
that word may be called noble" IN
Maryland. J. H. BEADLx