The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-07-02

mittee of Public Safety, the sheriff -
structed to read this declaration" y
o'clock noon, July Sth, at the g.. a.
Ouse, and all constables and off,
ere commanded to be present
the hour approached the bell so. As
sent out its stirring call. At ~
bell ceased tolling and John Niyo,A
rugged patriot, read in a voice \ .
was heard by every one of the b 'nN
dreds present the document that W. W.
to become the heritage of nst was
At its close it was greeted with tbo eol
CARNATIONS of the great concource ae'
sembled, the bell again spoke a. a.
with its voice was commingIed aqd
notes of the chimes of st. PETERS, 'ae
Christ Church. aug
The surrender of CORVALLIS vo.
nOunced by the ringing of the han "l'
noon, October Oath, 1881. amid ., al
boom of cannon and the resnor. tae
peals from the church towers '"SlVe
On April 10th, 1888, the proclsm.
ton of peace was rung forth ons
thenceforth the bell was used nm %qu
most notable occasions, among tb sue
being the visit of Lafayette on Sen ,nsl
Der 10th, 1924, and the fiftieth p osui
versary of American Independannual '
July 4th, 1926. Oeuee
On the 9th of July, 1885, John NJ.
shall, Chief Justice of the Irn ,aai,
States, and one of the most prom; a nvsi
actors in the Revolutionary dram
died in Philadelphia, and two daSI
while his remains were being convevss
through the streets of the ctv Wv "
route to their last resting place in VI. y
ginia, the old bell again sent forth u u
tones in solemn requiem for the ~
parted statesman, and as if 1t had !,
this solemn duty performed its l.a
mission, it cracked asunder aud h.
thenceforth remained silent. ~
To-day 1t rests beneath the Shelf,
of the old building above which n,
many years its tones We're heard h
voice the heart-throbs of grateful aUi
patriotic nation, who have paid 4 n
greater homage than that received H.
any foreign ruler. Only three tim:
has it left the old building which i.
part and parcel of itself, the first h
Ing the occasion of the demonstratiOu|
of the British against Philadelphia n
1777, when the Executive Cc,inon
1ered the Liberty Bell, together 'r v Il
the chimes of Christ Church and wy !!
| Peters, be removed to Allentown D.
This removal was made by wagons M
! der the care of trusted band Of pstr
OTIS; and the bell was safely kent n
Zion Reformed Church until the eys0l
uation of Philadelphia by the EngIsl
7 in ITS, when it was returned to n
) home.
In 1888 it was loaned to the mans
gers of the New Orleans Exposition
and was honored and viewed by tbOrl
sands of our citizens.
: In 1893 it once more left its home n
Philadelphia to journey to the COlunl
bian Exposition, where it was gree4I
/ with - continued round of enthusiasts
: adulation, and still again in Octobe
I. 1895. it was taken from its glass case 1
independence Hall, and hauled on
: handsomely decorated Wagon to ii
railway station and started Oh ii
morning of the 4th in its journey L
Atlanta, Georgia, where it was aga
destined to be an object of interest I
the thousands of visitors to the Al
lanta Exposition. then in prOgres
Upon all occasions of these differe
visits to different points and the HON
) ward journey from the same, the d
+, relic always received continuous Ov
ton.
Through every city, town and hau
let that it passed. the citizens Of Il
locality, men, women and chldrs
: gathered along the route and vii
barred heads and frenzied acclimatiO
greeted the train as it passed alOE
with its precious freight.
Pikesville, Nd.