The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-10-11

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LEGENDS OF NEwBERRY AND
VICINITY.
BY PROF. F. MUENCH.
No. s. Kate billiards. Ride-An Episode o.
the Revolutionary War.
Who rideth mid darkness Of tempes,
and night,
Mid the peal OF the thunder the flashes
Of light,
Through the blast OF the storm and the
downpour of rain,
On charger foam-eoyered on head
fanks and name?
'Tis woman!-A woman? Heav'n
watch DER her flight!
A woman? And out at this season OF
night?
But the sorest distress could have
prompted her race
Mid perils, that none but the bravest
would face!
No, no! you're mistaken! no motive,
no need
Of saving her osun life hath counseled
her deed!
No, no! to save others from danger and
fall,
Such, such is her errand, at the risk OF
her all,-
At the risk of her fortune, at the risk of
her ease,
At the risk of her homestead, her shell
ter, her peace!
And we'll she hath reckoned tho cost OF
cfher fight;
For gazing behind, what confronteth
her sight?
The armament Redeemed in the direc.
ticn she came
By dread eonfagration, by fire and
fame!
"Tis our cottage!" she muttered; "well,
let it burn;
The safety Of hundreds is greater con-
cernv
"To reach them, to warn them, afore
it's too late, ..-
I escaped from the foes, while at sup.
per they safe;
And rode to the southwark to foil their
pursuit;
But returned to this highway by a
roundabout route.
"But hark! to that clatter! They're Fer.
guson's men!
Down, down in the vale on the road to
the Glen!
By the time that you reach there, ye
lords of the torch,
Mine host, to receive you, shall stand
at the porchw
And onward she galloped for many q
mile,
Tillstopped by challenge from wooded
defile;
"Who comes here?"-a woman, 8
Whig and friend,
With tidings whose purports sll scru-
Piles forefend"'
Her message scarce heard, not an in.
slant was lost,
And dummies, full many, were dressed
and disposed
Like soldiers asleep and of life-like dis
play,
While the men hid in ambush till the
break Of the day.
And then in the bushes q rustling was
heard
AS if by the breezes the foliage were
stirred;
Then followed whispering, and then
a command,
And forth on the dummies, rushed
Ferguson's band.
"Surrenderr' they shouted, but not a
reply:
"Surrenderw then thundered far differ
ent cry,
Prolonged and re-echoed by voices Of
men,
Who, weaponed for battle, arose from
the Glen.
And 80 the surprisers themselves were
surprised;
To route and defeat them, few minutes
suffced;
Full hundred were captured, full hun
dred were slain,
Full hundred were scattered through
forest and plain.
And ali through the battle, like a sec
ond Joan Arc
Maud billiard was leading beside Colo
mel Clarke,
But an Angel Of Mercy, when the COM
bat at end,
She attended the wounded Of foe and
of friend,
Our Public Schools
Are the main-stay Of our republic. In
them are being cultivated the minds
which are to be our future lawmakers
and leaders in every walk in life. How
essential it is that these minds should
be united to strong, healthy bodies.
So many children suffer from impuri-
ties and poisons in the blood that it is
8 wonder that they ever grow up to be