Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1893-06-08
ONE MORE LIBERTY eGLL.o


Old Philadelphia Pioneer Neing Repro
duced by DAughters Of the Revolution
ALBANY, N. y, Juno AT the foun-
dry Of the Cliaton II. Meneely Bell com
pany at Troy the moull for tho great liber-
ty boil, which is b,ng cast for the Daugh-
ters of The Revolution, is rapidly approach
ing completion.
Yesterday, under the personal supervls-
sion of Mr.. Clinton II. Meneely, bell
founder of world wide repute, skilled work
men were cutting into the bell the lottors Of
the inscription and within "a day or two all
OF the mould will have been completed and
only need TO be hardened to be ioady for
the casting.
The bell is, excepting in the matter OF size
and inscriptions reproduction OF the
famous Liberty belln of 1II5.
The ''liberty bsl,' now in course of con
struction will woigh 1900 pounds. The
Daughters Of tho American Revolution
originated tho plan Of reproducing the
"hborty bol'' six months ago, and three
months after the work wns put into the
hands of the Clinton II. Meneely Bell COM
pany, and since then the work has gone
merrily on.
The bell ia designed FOR exhibition at
every large exposition. Its permanent
home will 10 at Washington, where it will
be used u sgnalizc dat IS OF national i'm
portancs. On tho Fourth Of July lis tones
will always sound. and on the birthdays OF
Washington, Lincoln and other famous
Americans it will ring forth to mark the
day. TIE committee in charge of the found
ing of the bell has for its efficient chairman
Mr.. William o. Mcdowell OF Newark, II. Js
The bell will be cast on June s, and the
ceremonies attendant will bs interesting and
/ impressive. On June the Daughters Of
the Revolution will meet In lndo pandence
hall, Philadelphia, and in the afternoon will
| leave for New York city, where thoy viii
| leave on the boat for Albany. In Albany
a meeting will DO held in the State capitol
on the morning of the casting. In the sf-
tsrnoor, after the meeting, the Daughters
of tho Revolution assembled in Albany will
20 to Troy, and there about 3 or O'Clock,
witness the casting of the bell.
Mrs. Cleveland, the wife of the president,
will touch n button at Washington which
will be connected by wire with the spout at
the foundry furnace and start the metal in
to the immense mould. None but the
Daug hters of the Revolution will be allo we'd
to be present at the casting Of thu bell.
Hundreds OF applications for admission to
tho ceremony have been made, but al!
have been refused.
The bell will bo finished production of
the bell founders art. 1t will contain hun
dreds OF interesting relics OF colonial revo-
lutionary and modern times, al with bit
of history attached and all contributed to
the composition by persons interested.
These relics will form about 500 pounds OF
the 81 tons OF metal entering into the bell,
and the contributors number over 2jO, 600
persons. These relics have come from all
over the country and include bullion in all
shapes and Gmcuuts, gold welding rings
and othor jewery, historic pieces of old
owcrd hits, military buttons, gold and ell
YER spoons and an in:erminaGle assortment
OF odds and ends from time TO time accu-
mulated by descendants of revolutionary
heroes. Each contribution was accompa-
MED by n brief history, which was filed
away. and aztec the bell is completed his
tory of it will be written and published.
Some of the more striking of tho contri-
buttons are of more than ordinary interest.
Julia c. Parker of New Brunswick, n. j.
sands surveyor link and tag owned by
George Washington during his lifetime.
One Montgomery, an ex-slave, and now 6
prominent man of tho South, s,nt two key.
of the house of Jefferson Davis, which vii
go into the bell. There ara two medal,
which were given to heroes of the battle Of
Waterloo, one OF the medals bestowed OIL
the captors of Maj. Andre during the revo
tionary war, and piece of a sat Of silver
plate belonging to Jefferson Davis. Lille
ID. Blake gave the pen with which the frs
woman suffrage measure ever adopted il
the State was signed by the governor. Be
side the endless list Of relics, thousands o.
persons have sent coins of copper, gold anC
silver of modern and ancient times. Til,
school children OF Brooklyn are now collect
ing -, 900 pennies which will form part OIL
the bell.