The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1896-05-20

the passage from England to Boston
she was sighted by three French ships
which gave chase. She reached the
entrance to Massachusetts, bay, but the
ships were rapidly closing up on her,
and her captain determined to run into
Provincetown, where he could defend
himself better.
It has always been a question
whether he m~isjudged his distance
from the shore, orfound that he could
not reach Provincetown, and purpose
ly cast his ship away to prevent her
falling into the hands of the enemy !;
but in any case the Somerset grounded
on the very outside of the cape, her
crew escaping to the shore. The
shifting sands of the cape 10 did
their work, covering the hull deep
with sand before the wreck had be-
come an old enough story to make her
an object of interest to the few dwell
lers in that desolate region.
Years went by, and the people who
had known of the wreck all died. SO
that if any one knew that the big
British s~hip-of-war lay buried under
the sands, it was known merely as a
matter of hearsay, and was considered
a good deal of alegend. In the winter
of 1885 to 1886, however, the endless
shifting Of the sands again uncovered
the old hulk.
The people of that section are so
used to wrecks, new and old, that for a
little while no notice was takenof her,
but soon it was discovered that she
was unlike anything that had been
wrecked on that coast within the MEM
DRY of the oldest inhabitant, and a
careful investigation showed that it
was the Somerset. Of course, as soon
as this became known, she was carried
off piecemeal by curiosity seekers and
summer residents, but the lifeboatmen
secured one Of the pieces and sent it
up to Boston. to the Old South %collec-
ton, where it now lies, a mute but
eloquent reminder Of the stirring
times of the Revolution.
From these relics of warfare and
wreck, one may turn to n Of an. en-
tirely different character, which, while
of little historical value, is deeply In
teresting to anyone who knows its
history. This is afan which was own
ed by Lady FARMLAND, or, as she is
better known, Agnes SURFACE. Lord
FARMLAND met her. at the time at
which he was collector Of Marblehead,
aud quite a young nan She was the
daughter Of one Of the poorest inhab-
itants of the town, and when he first
saw her, she was scrubbing the steps
of stairs in his house. Later he heard
her sing in the street, and her voice
was so beautiful that he determined
to give her a musical education. This
he did, butin the process he fell deep
ly in love with her; not SO deeply,
however, that he was willing to face
the fierce opposition of his family and
marry her. he took her to England,
where she met with continual affronts
from his mother and sister, and then
to Lisbon where they lived a very gay
life. |
Later he managed to reconcile his
family to the idea Of the match, and
married her, al there is nothing to
show that either he or his family ever
regretted it. To any one of a roman
tic turn Of mind the little fan is Of !
absorbing interest. 1t may have its
use at the balls and receptions which I
they attended in their brilliant life in
the Portuguese city, but it is pleasant
er to think Of it as having had
to do with the quieter times which
followed at her husbands English
home.
In the same museum are two pairs
of Dorothy Quinoy's slippers, which
have the same vivid charm Of their
owners personality as has the fan.
Both pairs are a good deal worn, and
look as though they might have been
used, and used hard, especially a pair
of white satin dancing shoes, which
have evidently danced many miles,
and played their part at many brilliant
assemblies. Even more interesting
than these, however. is the other pair.
They are Of blue leather, and just the
ordinary sort of slippers which a girl
of that period used to wear about the
house every day. 1t would require no
great stretch>of the imagination, in
fact, to depict Mistress Dorothy as
having these very slippers: on herfeet
on that memorable night Of the 9thof
| April, when she thrust her head out
of the window of the old Clarke
House, in Lexington, and told Paul
Revere that he must not make so
much noise. In the Old South, there
is a piece of her wedding dress, but it
is not nearly so interesting as the
slippers, for it shows no mark of use,
and gives the mind no more hold on
the owners personality than any 9th
er piece of cloth. 1t is Of heavy fig
ured satin, and rather dark in color
for a wedding dress Of the present day.
To go back to the Lyceum at the
navy yard, there is a Chinese frearm
which is interesting initself, although
there is no particular story attached
to it: 1t was captured by Lieutenant
Joseph E. Jones, in Korea, where he
was in 1871. 1t is a magazine gun,
made in 1907, and is a curious piece Of
workmanship. 1t bears an inscription
on it's side Of which the following is a
translation
"Double-aiming 6%-shcoter, IL catres
(the weight), made by the department
Of three storehouses Chat Of ordnance),
Tin the reign of Wan Lee, 3x year, 10
month. Master Workman Joo." No
one has ever tried to fire it, and no
one knows just how it works, so twill
probably remain a mystery whether or
not it is all that this inscription claims
for it.
There are also here some rather in
terestiDg relics which have been dug
up at the times of different excava-
tions in the navy yard, and without
doubt came from Bunker Hill. There
is a stock of a pistol, which was evil
IDENTIFY carried by a British officer, a
Ratchet which was probably used in
some part of the Notifications, and a
bayonet. There is also sword, which
was carried by Captain Addison, at
Bunker Hill. 1t looks as though it
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