New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-03-14

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up retorted the aidy kong. 1T is; said
Lord CORVALLIS, as he took a large
drink from a jug which he had tied to
his saddle, because he is trying to see if
he cannot hear his bed ticking.' On the
following day he surrendered his army
and went home to spring his bon-mot on
George Ill" During the critical period
of the war, "Ethan Allen and Benedict
Arnold led two small companies to I'll
conderoga, a strong fortress tremendous
ly fortified, and with it's name also across
the front door. Ethan Allen, al brave
| Vermonter, born in Connecticut, entered
the sally-port, and was shot at by guard
whose musket failed to report. Allen
entered and demanded the surrender of
the fortress.
"'By whose authority?' asked the
! commandant.
"'By the authority Of the Great Jeho-
vah and the Continental Congress- said
Allen, brandishing his naked sword at a
great rate
"'Very well,' said the officer; if you
put it on those grounds, all right, if you
will excuse the appearance of things.
We were just cleaning up, and everything
is by the heels here.'
"'Never mind,' said Allen, who Was
the soul of politeness. I'VE put on no
frills at home, and 50 we are ready to
take things as we find them.'
''Waslington was soldier in the true
sense, and, when a lad, was given little
hatchet by his father. George cut down
some cherry trees with this, in order to
get the cherries without climbing the
trees. One day his father discovered
that the trees had been cut down, and
spoke of it to the lad.
eyes, said George, 4 did it with my
little hatchet; but would rather cut
down a thousand cherry trees and tell
the truth aboutit than be punished for it.
"'Well said, my brave boyn exclaim.
ed the happy father as he emptied
Georges toy bank into his pockets in
payment for the trees. you took the
words right out of my mouth.
When Benjamin Franklin visited Eng
land he delighted in shocking the king.
He liked to go to the castle with his
brt eches tucked in his boots, fgurative
ly speaking, and attract great deal OF
attention. 1t looked odd to the English
of course, tc see him come into the royal
presence, ana, leaning his wet umbrella
up against the throne, ask the king
'How's trade?' Franklin never put on
any frills, but he was not afraid of a
crowned head. He used to say frequent
ly that king to him was no more than
a seven-spot."
| After the revolution came an era of
good feeling; then the war of 1912; and
then, in 1926, John Quincy Adams was
elected president.
"He wal a baldheaded man, says the
author, warmly, ''and the country was
given four years of unexampled prosper
ity. Yet this experience has not been
regarded by the people as it should have
been. Other kind of men have repeat
edly been elected to that office, only to
bring sorrow, war, debt and bank fail
ures upon us. Adams was called the
old man eloquent, and it is said that dur
ing his more impassioned passages his
head which was round aud extremely
smooth, became flushed, so that, from
resembling the cue ball on the start, as
he rose to more lofty heights his dome
of thought looked more like the spo.
ball on billiard table. No one else in
congress at that time had succeeded in
doing this" x x
The Florida war (1S35) grew out of
the fact that ''the Seminoles regretted
having made dicker with the govern
ment at too low price for the land Os-
ceola, the chief, regretted the matter SO
much that he scalped Gen. Thompson
while the latter was at dinner, which
shows that the Indian is not sus.
ceptible to cultivation or the acquisition
of any knowledge of table etiquette what
ever. What could be in poorer taste
than scalping man between the soup
and the remove? The same day, Major
Dade, with 100 men, was waylaid, and
all but four Of the party killed. Seven
years later the Indians were subdued,
/ ssPhrenologically the Indian allows
his alimentiveness to overbalance his
group Of organs which show veneration
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