The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1894-01-09


i Discovery of the Mississippi Rive
by Ferdinand de Soto, 154l. "Fo
sixteen months De Soto and his bap'
OF six hundred chosen men, clad u
complete armor, wandered over th'
territory now comprised in Alabami
and Georgia, misled by their captiy'
guides, worn out with hardships ant
disappointed in their hopes. On the
fifth of May, 154l, they stood on the
banks OF the Mississippi, seen for the
FIRST time by Europeans
MAY 80,
| Memorial day.
JUNE Ia.
Adoption by Congress of the "Stars
and Stripes" as the American flag,
1777.
"The symbol of the power and glory
and the honor of fifty millions of
Americans. George +. Hoar.
JUNE Is.
The granting OF the Great Charter
magma Charta,) on the banks OF the
River Thames, England, 1915. This
was the firstIgreat step of the English
people toward freedom.
JUNE IL.
The Battle of Bunker Hill, On this
day the .-American insurgents made
their first effective stand against the
British power.
.... JUNE %.
The gift of corn, 1921.
In the summer of 1921 Mr.. Edward
Winslow, Mr.. Stephen Hopkins, and
an Indian guide named Squanto,
crossed the Taunton River and the
Kickemunt. and came to the village
of Sowams in Pokanoket, or TO some
place near that village. They were
the first white men who ever came to,
the town, and their errand was to
beg corn of Massasoit for food and
planting. The chief received them
like father and gave them the cereal
which has become tee strong food of
the nation. Indian corn should be
put on every plate Or Thanksgiving
day, in memory of the scant ration
that once kept our foretathers alive.
JULY 4.
Anniversary of the Declaration of
Independence, 1776.
A nation was born in day. An era
dawued which was the most remarka-
BILE of any that had occurred in the
worlds history.
JULY IA.
Destruction of the Bastille, the first
great event of the French Revolution,
1889. This date is celebrated as indie
pendence day in the French Republic.
JULY "a.
Birthday of Simon Bolivar, Liberia
tor of South. America, 1888.
II ask, you nothing else than that
you preserve intact the sacred deposit
of liberty. l renounce the authority
you have conferred upon me; elect
new magistrate and forget me-"
SEPTEMBER 6.
Birth of Lafayette, 1857.
The great principle of our Reyolu-
tionary fathers and of our pilgrim
sires was the rule OF his Iife-the love
of liberty protected by law.
SEPTEMBER II.
The Constitution of the United |
States adopted by the Convention at
Philadelphia, 1887.
The Constitution secures to the peo-
pie of the United States and their pos
terity the blessings of liberty, provides
for the common defence, forms a more
perfect union, establishes justice, i'll
sures domestic tranquility and pro-
notes the general welfare.
SEPTEMBER 20.
Discovery of the Pacific Ocean by
Vasco Nunez de Balboa, September 20,
10th September, o. S., 1513.
On the 10Th OF September 90. ST.
1913, Balboa and his men neared the
bold, rocky summit of mountain.
The leader assembled it alone, and be-
fore him lay mighty sea, calm and
peaceful.
OCTOBER II.
Discovery of America by Christie
pher Columbus, 1892,
The discovery of Columbus was
made in the ripeness of time, and he
said of it, "God made me the messen-
ger of the new heavens and OF the
new earth, and told me where to find