The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-05-19

long time. To tell the ppbl,c ,,.,...
know or this worthy Iady. Tha - !
, naNe IN view Is not to produce anve
ming sensational, or to distort bnt -
oe caretul' on the contrary. TO maLa NJ
statement That does not rest ON . s,,ro
ipunua'lon' and | wish It understood
! - ShdIi give the exact truth i'm
pages" tue borrowing
| Mr.. Nixdorh then makes tho s,,,.
ing statement that the real pa-b us
was born In 1866. on December 2 u,bias
would nave made her almost az vaara
ol age on that memorable Sentembar
uay y. lSoz when she is supposed 20
nave haunted the stars and stripes he
tore General StOnewall Jackson's oyro,,
Mr.. Nixdorff says: al NY
| srs. SouthWorth. the distinguished
/ autnoress, who was In WashinSton =.
the time, was the person who urosr
20 the poet concerning this estimabIe
iauy' ana Enclosed newspaper slim re-
lating TO Barbara Frietchie's action
Wneh General Lees army entered Fred.
erlck' ana this led TO the preparation
oy me poet OF that wonderful poem
! MISS Barbara Hauer was born in
4 - 'Sit'lS tlty OF Lancaster Pa
oeceu,per ., 1906, and was baptized by
nv Nv VII. Nliilam Hendel, pastor OF
the Reformed church. Decemher !,
llo6. Her parents names are record
ed In the records OF the First Reforn,oa
church OF Lancaster city as Nicolas and
catherine Hauer The names of their
hvs children were Daniel. George. Bar-
para, Margaret and Catherine. After
marriage they We're Mrs John G.. Friet-
chle Mrs. Slower and Mrs. Peter Nantz
| Attention Is called at this point for a
| lew none nts TO Mr. John G.. Frietchie
the much esteemed husband OF orr
| heroine. He was a highly respected
| citizen OF Frederick. His humble and
unobstrusive manner won for him the
regard OF his fellow citizens, and such
Is ever the case True meri, Is retir-
| Ing and unassuming.
| lie conducted a glove mandatory
Fin the east front room OF his dwelling
ana also prepared the material i'm his
shop fronting on Carroll creek.
Mrs. Trietchie's Home.
While Mr. Frietchie was successful
In business. he did not acquire great
wealth. but accumulated sufficient to
| live comfortably during life, and al hk
death. leave to his beloved wife the
dwelling In which they had so long re-
sided, and means otherwise invested.
Ills death occurred November 10. 1S49.
Gone. but not forgotten, for beautiful
myrtle yet covers his grave"
Describing what he personally knows
OF the alleged flag incident. Mr.. Nix
dorm says:
When the Confederate army. led by
General Lee. Jackson and others. en-
tered Frederick city on Saturday morn
ing. September 8. 1862, IL is said that
as they came marching up East Patrick
| street General Jackson was in COM
mand, at least for some time. II Is GER
4 tain that their appearance did not oc-
casion the uprising OF the people that
the Confederate generals had been led
TO expect. On Monday, September 8.
, General Lee issued his proclamation to
the people OF Maryland calling on
them TO join the South. The invita-
ton. however. did not receive the
slightest response.
ION Wednesday morning, September
! 10. 1862. the Confederate army com
menced to move out of Frederick city.
General Jackson's corps was In the
advance. As they passed out West Pat
rick street stood in the front window
ter regiment clad in gray or brown uni
/ form as they marched past for several
hours. So intent was In noticing and
rejecting on this lamentable action on
the part Of the people against the best
government on earth that lost sight OF
what was going on at Mrs. Frietchie's.
although her residence was not a square
distant from my own. But this do be-
A. r -.
sented to wave the flag she did not fail
TO improve Il. for | do not think she
would have taken backward step even
A. though confronted by their entire ARM.
| II am inclined TO believe from inquiry
that General Jackson on this day did
not pass by the dwelling OF Mrs. Fret
chic. IL appears that he left his soldiers
at the east end OF the city TO call on the
Rev John u. Ross, who resided on
West Second street, and II Is stated that
General Jackson then rode on to what
II known as Beutz street and rejoined
his soldiers by coming up portion OF
Bentz street. commonly called Mill al
ley. which leads out into Patrick street
n short distance beyond or on the west
side of Mrs Frietchie's residence.
measured the distance from Mill alley
TO her dwelling. and found 1t sixty
three yards. Grant that IL was not GEN
eral Jackson who uttered the famous
words. might Il not have been some
other officer in command? III so, IL
would not change the principle IN
volved.
The Real Heroine,
II have. however. no personal knowl-
n know
I was called for a moment to my front
| -. 80 ..or,trO and hammered to