The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-02-11
LONE HORN CANNON"
THE END.

LONE HORN CANNON.
A Short Story of the Revolutionary War
In New jersey.
Time, which has woven a mantle of
forgetfulness about so many relics of
the American revolution, hiding the as
sociations that give to tattered flags
and rusty gun barrels value beyond
price. has dealt kindly with the old can
non known as 'One Horn" This weap-
on stands On an eminence in Fairview
cemetery at Westfield, n. j. Beside it
is the soldiers monument, and above,
OF lofty fag-pole, perches an Ameri-
can eagle, symbolical of the liberty the
cannon was so active in achieving.
Compared with the ponderous artil-
lery of our time, "One Horn" cannon is
but plaything. 1t is less than four
feet i'll length. and weighs with it's
carriage barely $50 pounds. But in its
day the gun was regarded as a formula
BILE weapon; and it's capture by the
Americans from the British in 1880 &C.
casioned great rejoicing in the patriots
camp.
Prior to June % of that year the can
non was used by Gen. Knyphausen in
campaign intended to destroy the pa
triots and the cause for which they
were struggling. On that eventfuI
morning, the British commander di-
vided his force of 5000 men into two
columns, and advanced westward from
Elizabethtown. One division marched
to Springfield, and the other took the
road through what is now Crawford to
Westfield.
The citizens of Westfield awaited
with intense anxiety the arrival of the
enemy. Their ,forebodings were not
quieted by the news from Springfield
that the village had been pillaged and
burned by the invading soldiers. One
detachment of artillerymen visited the
old Baker homestead on the outskirts of
Westfield and promised to protect the
family from harm, provided provisions
were set before them. Mrs. Baker ac-
cepted the terms joyfnlly, and prepared
for the unwelcome guests generous
meal. which included key of very
hard cider. One of the soldiers drank
SO freely that he forgot his manners.
and began amusing himself by chasing
the farmers family about the room at
the point of the bayonet.
But minute man named Capt. Little,
who had been watching the proceedings
from behind bush, interfered at this
point by sending a well-aimed bullet
through the brute's thigh. The report
of Titles gun brought other minute
men to the scene, and a skirmish en-
sued. The British were compelled to
beat a hasty retreat, leaving their gun
behind, in the possession of the Amer
leans. During the encounter the can
non had been upset, and one of the horns
or arms which held it fast to it's car
riage struck a stone and broke it off.
This accident suggested the name Zone
Horn," and SO it has been known ever
since.
During the same hour the division of
the army that had marched for West
field reached the town. The first thing
done was the removal and confiscation
of the Presbyterian church bell. This
bell, in addition to it's office of summon
ing the people to devotional services,
was used as a fire alarm and to give
warning of danger from the hostile In
dams who infested the surrounding
country. The soldiers, after helping
themselves to the citizens goods and
taking prisoners few of the rebels,
marched away. The bell they sent to
New York. To supply its place, Zone
Horn" cannon was brought into the
town. Whenever danger threatened it's
voice Numbered out a warning to the
people, and many times bands of Brit
ish marauders were driven away by it's
use.
The cannon has figured prominently
in many occasions subsequent to the
war for independence. 1t has been fired
in scores of patriotic celebrations, and
the descendants of revolutionary patri-
OTIS have priced it so highly that many
rival claims to its ownership have been
made. Within a few years Westfeld
has succeeded in proving its title, and
the gun has been stationed in Fairview
cemetery. where it teaches an impress
sive object lesson in patriotism.-N.Y.
Post
Salvage from Ocean.
Some money, part of 500, 900 in Bra
Gillian paper currency, lost in the wreck