Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1903-04-02
IOLUNTARi
NUSKET

ant Uf Kag1iut-arF E..a. hlt 1f
possessing a. GH. uf HG- most highly
| priced hoirlooms fhe mu-kat vhtrE
fI. old patri1t-tis great grandfather
carried throughout faa var f1r fa8a-
peu1aura More than fuia. frurt# In
the line vi descent Ha -f.ft lives rn tha
farm which hiz great gra1dFsthar
cleared and was born in tHH H-rIa I1z
/ h0use--till standing -hli.f ~ rI4a
I Revolutionary hero. and ir which fHe
old soldier died nearly century ago.
while among the papers whtrH have
come down 90 Mr. M4u-ar from bis
fathers j. tHr original deed which
transferred the land from Thomas add
William Penn. o. one of tHa early set
tiers in that remote dag before tbe
Revolution when tbe psn1@ were pro-
I prietors Of Pennsylvania
On Saturday last representative "
the American paid visit 20 the
Mauser homestead for the purpose u
viewing some of tha relies which bavs
made the old place famous Mr
Nauser was found pL1aEhinz iu one af
/ his fields Tying his horses % tbs
fence be kindly led tls way to the
farmhouse, en- route explaining how
long the land had been 10 possession ~
I the MsuSer family
His great grandfather. tb- Esvolu-
\ tionary soldier, who purchased tIss
tract soon after the Revolution. Wa
/ Nicholas Mluser At bis death che
farm descended 20 his son. Christian.
/ grandfather Of Aaron aud az the death
Of that ancestor it faIl into tb- pos
session Of bis son Jacob. father %
Aaron by whom it In turn was IN
| herited.
IL was with evident pride that VI.
/ Mauser produced the old musket. long
Of barrel and equipped with -he primi-
/ tive tiintl0ck, whose bullets Haj a.
I sisted 70 win rhe battles of our in-
dependence. BY actual mea~uremeat
the barrel was fouud o. be f1-rv-~ix
| inches long. Tie un-ainlv fire arm
with its wooden ramrud. bears IIrtLs
resemblance 70 the muskat- Of rha pre-
sent time Wonderfully potent, haw
ever. was the old gun IN IT. day aud
none % the ingrniou-lv devised weap-
ons of modern warfare have accom-
pIished more for mankind than -Ie old
flint-lock of the Revelation backed BY
| Colonial patriotism, pluck ant en-
durance
The question naturally suggests IT,
self whether there are many Of tha old
Revolutionary m1sksts iu existence
In the strenuous matrer-of- -ffet DAYS
when our fathers fought themselves
free they had little time for -aurI1ne eur
and il j. feared that Iu roo manv lH
stances the old fiiut-I0ck went aur Of
existence along with che hsad- thai
/ had carried il through battle aui ann
/ ed its long barrel ~ tha heart 90 tyr
| amy. IL j. therefore with an fae
more pride that Mr Naus-r looks up
on his old Revolutionary relic. ~ef-
| roded with the dust ~ more than .
/ hundred wears. q mruautD af events
that made up one of tbe m7-r zI1-iau~
| epochs ot the worlds history
Just back 90 tbe cory and r1mmod-
ious dwelling in which Mr Maassr
resides with bis two daughters. stands
picturesque log structure. .the 1ri gin
/ al farm house Ou the Nlu-ar traer.
built ~ least hundred ya1r- aEr ir
represents the work Of Nicholas Mau--
| er's own hands. who although soldier
and q tailor. turned his hauI 90 carp
entering and he Wa bT no u. ans uu-
skilled. neither. Judging ~ fhe -1fv-
inE around tHr f-Out door and ta@
uanclpd wuodwGrs inside THE house
i about 20 feet ry IL feet aad b.
story and \ h,lf high, II Nicholas
Mauscr died early tn tHs last century
and here Aaron Naa.sr. r1s present
owner. was born iu I>lJ.
In CHE lng house arr stored mluT 1ld
/ articles which seem strangely rgt ~
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tue ''il''' = "N '..i
was old and uut of date halt a century
/ ago Ii burn. wrud An least fHraH feet
in Ieu.tb. and D, rrr snsular and boz
iiN. li "'-l-H WY" w
/ uamrutatiuu- Under the deep rust.
which au~ru~fs IT. "a can u HI~caFu-
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\ tarmed hIm Thar Gu" old ~f"F" Wa
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/ Stood 'HPli'a t' AZ
u one time occupied q" -fE. Ht CD. pres.
arf O,-av. p-.-tvt. -.lr church
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\ ba considered valuable acquisition
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