Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-06-26
NUMBER 2G.

Cary's chickens, the Flying Dutchman.
the sea ssrpeut AMI the norman who
olimlri up the side q the ship app.T
and reapp,ar like regular aoquainianocs
In the American collection there il equal
sentiment lnd far more humor. All our
early hOro.s ~ the sea are celebrated I'm
every kind u doggcrsl and pictured In
every conceivable attitude but none 80
often and - grandilUquontly ~ Paul
Jones lie l. shown Ia every possible
and impossible attitude which the riot.
Gus fancy - the rude artists could sug.
gost. but the fayorite pose presents him
NJ dashing onto the ensmy's deck.
swinging over his head a cutlass about
nine feet long and carrying whole ar.
s,iial In hi. bolt. while bombs and hand
grcnados arc bursting all around Tho
song about his famous victory u Scpt.
20. 1919. was sum Ia all tho thoators
and popular rcsurts for 90 years AMI
hal not entir,ly Lost its hold on the
public when the civil war bcgan II
starts off by telling how
An Amsrcan fHgaie. frigais ~ fame.
With guns m0uniiug f0uy, the Richard bJ
nAms.
sailed 20 crui-. Ia The channels of old Eng.
land With . valiant commander, Paul
Jones "a. hls naue.
Huffah. huuahl Our c0untry forever, harrshl
Thcrr arr 10 .tanzas, and the aocount
~ the battle l. rmarkahly cprToct. Tho
gem II the collection Is a combination
~ stirring pp.try and humor which
CELEBRATES the destruction q the Gucr.
ricrc by the Constitution Aug 10. lsl2
Sp.,imen stauzas arr th.-c:
II Outlines has ben told
That The British sssmcn hold
Could hng ths tar ~ France - neat and
handy, uh.
But thsI never found their mai.h
TIL tLs Yankee, did them catch.
Oh. Tie Yankes lnJs Tor hgAuns ATE tie dan.
dy. y.oLl
Tie dr.t Lruadslde W poufd
Carried her maininas, b. the hoarl
which made thi- loity frigats look abah.
dopd. oL,
Tlsn Dacrr. shook NJ, heai.
And q, Die ufiosrs De- aid.
.L1rii Id.dn'i think thee Wakes we're ~
handy, ohr'
Then Darrr- came on t.Ari
To deliver up 10. sword,
fh0ugh loaih Vas h. O. part Sith n, II vas %
handy. nL'
"Ob. kssp yolf sword. /" ssys IIull.
"fof IL only make. you du.l.'
Cheer up ADD lst Ne have iitils brandy, oh
Naval War Rs,"ri..
Tho old -uul,s stir the bloui. aud We
love to think ~ the golden agr q the
American navy. hut IT'LL II j. a pleasure
a. turn from them and rad ~ the latest
cUurt,sics h'two'n the two grva' Eng.
lish sPaking natious-h0w Captain
Mahnn ~ tho cruiser Chicago TccDiycd
the british naval dignitarics On his
deck: how be- b"camc the lion n the
London s,ason. how his views were
greatly exploited Ia the Pail Mall Ca.
z,tie, and how be- has ho,n hanauctod
and fgtod and sought AZ such length
that. ~ b. SAYS, siN months would b.
too short time for all the festivities
proposed hy his hosts
Commander Rush has completed his
plan ~ publication fur the Naval War
Record. and the work j. now I'm rapid
ith-tt-- At VIII i'hf--allAe NlUfi WY
much from the s,ric, relating the events
Of the war on land. with which the
public d, now familiar IN has lsen
thought h'st a. divide n into purely
official AMI narrative sections The first
s,ric. will clltiin rcpurts. orders and
correspondence. buth Federal and Con.
fcdcraio. ~ all naval operation. during
the civil war, together with the oT-ra.
tions Il vessel. which acted singly "a.
thor ~ crui,,rs ~ priyatocrs in any part
u the world
II was great misfortune that the
COnfodomt" naval archiyc, were burned
when Richmond was evacuated, but II
l. now believed that the lus. can D.
largely made up hy original documents
and PERSONAL testimonies. ~ FAR n p~,i.
blc the Federal r'purt ~ any event will
L. followed Immediately ~ the Cunf.i.
crate Tho second -"riy- will l"gin with
the condition u the F"leral navy in
April. 1861. AMI will pr,co',l historical.
ly with the construction and outfit II
the nayie. ~ 18th powers, the statistical
data q all vessels and all other impur.