The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-02-21

Historic SnlIilInmntnn.

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az n.,,,aarl and E,vland.. King. now
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Sonthamnton. wa. originally surround
nd hv - ,1a0 FRAGMENTS Of which. to-
,ctbar witb several gateways. and
to,yrrs sill remain. IN "A good state Of
rr,.rrvatfon A. reminders of the time
,vhpn il VA. necessary for towns to bc
fortified AGAINST attack. This town was,
dnrin,, H. Middle age. the scene of
,n,n,. .tirrin0 events i'm English history.
n,riry fb4 rfigu of Edward |. the de-
t,ntinI, NJ .ernr .htps belonging to
South,mntnn by the King Of France. led
ia q ,urti,re hefNrrn Fu0land and that
rnu,t,,r nbi,.h continual during the
roi,,u of Edward III who commended for
rhr' .uerr.sion 10 thr crown of France.
vim philio of Valni.. in LBS. "A raid
was made upon the town by II French
nnnt Fifty 1allrys descended upon the
to,yn and = largr number of the inhahit
ami. y,ere slau@htrr,d. many OF he prn-
,i,.I nnes ,,ere HANGED and 4 larpc part
Of the town reduced 10 ashes. but before
thn, could retire the Inhabitants rallied.
rnundi,,y ronntrv and slew nearly three
huudred If The Invaders. including a son
If Tho KIM of Ciilv. Til misfortune
lnd ia tho STRENGTHENING and repairing of
thn foititte3tions ooain.f future attacks.
f. US from Southanpton that Ed
ward III and the Black Prince. embark
ed win his army. Transported in 1900
war oallpvs and ,yon the famous battle
of Creey. Henry Y. also set sail in lil5,
from here ON his renowned invasion of
France. with , 600 archers. and 5000 men
alarms oainlnp the brilliant victory of
Aoin court thus we fell. when we set
omt to view thc town. thai we were
trra,ino historic yro,,nd and every urw
discovery vas fr.uUht with interest.
brinoino 10 orr minds. with vivid dis
tinrfnose the events of ENGLISH history.
which WE had studied in the past. We
.hnll road with renewed interest AT our
earliest ounortunitv the history connect
cd with S6nthamptop. and the person
aUrs who were connected with il,
Another historical departurp. of "A
very different character i also connected
with Solthamntou. for though the Pill
grim Fathers. in the Nayfiowcr. finally
sailed from Plymouth. there i no doubt
that the now famous vessel. WIS fitted
ont. and took her first departure from
the Western BAY in 1G2O. Tor the new
cmpirp of the west. Portions of the old
Town wall. are vet standing. aud
thither we lirst turned our steps.
Within n few minutes walk from our
hotel. we stumbled upon an old ivy
covered toAer. rrav aud mnuIdy with
ace, bearing a tablet informing Us that it
belongs 10 thn l2th century; near bv il Il
large SQUARE tower. formerly one of the
corner lowers in the city vail. it, walls
cgumhling away under the ruthless
tooth of time, but it is still in A rood
state of preservation. though built GOO
wears a0a. This i, called WIND Whistle
Tower" why thus called we did not dis
cover. Following the south shore round,
we find Two other towers. named re-
spectiveIy s.Prince Edvardsn or sArun-
del Tower" and a large and very HIGH
SQUIRE fortress. called "Catch Cold
Tower" Down narrow lane. we pass.
with only room pnouph for two 10 walk
abreast. till we come out nj the .sWest
Gate" still in an excellent state of pres