Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1898-08-03
GRANDMA.S STORY.

events \ COWafNIN attempt To tlSiTln lHe
ctrfzens of Texas had resulted in the battle
If G,,za1.s which had been followed hv
tho l,attIc Of Concnreinn and the capture
Of Gnliad and SAN Antonio
,,,,,rs,,tio, hoI mot md drawn nm y
ao,,,a,,d for , sonor,te state and Santa
49,, ,,.as NOW L,irr,.il7e, n ,,oycrful or,1v
i,,ta Toxas IN aycn,ya his defeat and mn
hlla his unlawful authority The shirt
nf frnado,n was 10 he utterly crushed
Tvs tbe,, n ,,5r1 Of f6and "tnnt bouso'1
r,-,,,, f.,tbar and brother at the ranch ON
tho -,r,ir;n Zaf1rallp my life was very
,,ifrarant from mat If the oirl Of TODAY.
a,,5 il may enrnrise some If Won To learn
+bat INV nr;ncipal ACCOMPLISHMENTS were
NV, ohiIi+r N rho any horse IN the stable
sbaat a rtfIe AZ we'll As Brother Ben and
dr,-s n door r., ,,erfnction You girls who
Snr,,a,,, NJ ;, ,,6nso ,vonld have had oujte
a hard time of II thcn
Dnrine the first months Of the wear we
bcord vaq-uo runors of the immense force
WHICH So,t, Ann, was nrenarine, 10 burl
o,r,inst tho rabeIlions Trxans brt as fa-
tbnr nn1I, lanebed NJ Them and assnred me
thor the war was already over never
+rn,,blod NV, boad about then
was therefore very ,opch s,,rnrisad
~, a,,t, 5a,. 1ato IN March fa+b.r Who
had boon off to the settlement came GAL
LOVING home and told mo that tho Alamo
had fallen that Fannin and his brave
hand had heen mt TO death and thar
Houston and his I;ttle army wore in frll
ro+r,ot across rho country closely followed
nv santa Anna w,tb o0o mon
Fo+be, hprriellv saddled bis best horse
and merely taking time ~ oct his rifle
81 o,,,,,,,;+;o, roIlo,od o,,,t 70 f,b,
for bis country Ron was ar Galveston at
tho tino but father axnacta,, him 10 ~.
tnrn within three dovs and as I had of.
ton ramainad alone for three DAYS at a
tive roitbar If nc fe,t INV nnaasin.ss
Rnt Ron had hoard NJ the fall of the
AI,,no eve, before f.thar did and Md AZ
o,co b,rried 10 ,o;n Houston and nc n
cbonead tbat no and father did NOT ,peet
ooh of tba,,, sInno-ad tho other was Win
,'Io
Ron had mot a family of refne,ees on his
WOW, ord Ioornin, tbat tbav wo,,ld mss
,,nar tbo ranch hed induced tbor 10 do,
livnr a ,,,nssa,rs n fatbrr The arrivaa
-. +ha 80 I b.,r,,,, ., ,,,, ,,,,,,,.,,
oh,nt Ron and delivered tho ,,essorrS
,,birb informed me that vras ~ ra,nain
a1r,,e rnti1 tho end of tho xv,tr
Tba rafncrss seemed frightened and
.r,,,I}ed ar,i doelir.d nv ir,ita+i,,, -
s,o,, so,.in,,,h.,t vroIIid t,,ry,. 5,,, md
- III. t..,,i!1a f,,I,r+ry Thax tnId mo
+h,. car+ ,,.-t,-;,[, on a6n' ,-[7r,
,r,,.,. tI',,,s+,,, y,.t,.,. 49,. Gov.
t,i1'1,. 'on,,5l,ila,ad I've ,bis ,i,,,o md ,hat
l.-,,t, ord -ra, aacb WITH nnn -,,,o,,a
,rors b,,rr,.ine, ,}on,, rho nortborn and
s,,7tber,, r,,,f7,s r,..,7,ati,al,, ,lt,.rlx, do.
stro,.in,,- all il, tbair NH
"a ~, o,-,,1,,tb ,++a,,.ic,,, 70 +basa
s+ori.a AZ saw. Inn +ba,. ,,,,r., ,,oor
s,,ir;tod Io+ s,,d ,,.a. ,,,,,.o., fI- w..
ne ho5 ,,rs,,-isi5,,s .,,,,5,,,b =, -
a,,d ,ha r-,,,.h ,ra. +1(, e. r,,1'+ba
80, Ii,o. ~ +ra,-aI 70 at+r,c. o., ero,,,,.
Rn+ vas ,.,,r,, ,,,,,cb aIar,r,oI for fa+La-
ard IN ard ,r,itnd o,xil,,I.,,. f,r no,,s
aIrboI,,b 7 Scarr1lI, e,,,,..c+q1 - hc,r frn,,
- - ,,-.r ~ h,,. fr,,,,, - asa ~,
q Wv, rod No. t,,rr,ai,,ad far
one ,nnrnine, in Anril ,rhila was on.
e,aead in NV bonseboId worl was star.
ia hr +b., I,ottar ~ boofs and ,,o,, ,,,a,,
i,,,a,,ino INV. s,a,,isbn,,,t ~ ,a,i,,,, -
-, d,,oslt,5 w., 1If,ioNrs oiilsbtN,,S
enf,.,, the hons
corfasS ,bo, bod NV. ritla hao,, ,-i-bi,
roacb should ,,rohably bave sbat ono ~
49, h,,t ~ = ~. Ta,ida 80 -. 49,
yrara bar,Eaar1 r and mo bafora 7 sayy
49,, =, ha Nlvica,s
~. ~. ,.1-I- -1I,ob s,r,,risaa .. coo
-, -. 49,. IA Ia,;r,-1,I ~, hT,,,,(, -
,r,,1,,a,,+od ~ ~, aI,aS+ ~ +bn ~
aV,lITr,i,a1l tom +hair ir+r,1sio,, ond ael,od
,,fo 80 Lreal.fa.+ fnr bi,,1saIf ard co,,,,,on,
;nns A. no,,ia no, ,,.aIl rof'1sa 7 ip,.it
cd ,ba,,, 70 he seated and cor ohont ,renar
NO ,,,aaI Gov So,
+ 7 can sn.,at Snanisb and lis+ane5 CLOSELY
70 tba;r ronvertation as onlv Thin mar
ti,ion soraratad ,,e fro,n thew Fro,,
What cnn1d overhear 7 understood tina,
Tho r.trea, Of IIonston,e ar,ry md leud N.
onnos;n +, forces into onr rart ~ tho conn
nv and that NV nnwalcome onests ba5
disnatcbes for Sasma's army
slinned 70 the from ward 70 take loot
ar tbeir horses and noticed that the lar
cost n Fne aforementioned Ind a leatbe
case stranne5 IN the noInme, Of his saddle
which CORRECTLY indeed 10 contain th,
disnatches mentioned
snsnected that tbase disnatcbes wonl,