Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1904-03-03

stern savage, just cauSo-sung ucrhan,
rs some of the ancestors OF these mon
sang with Ilampden before III, lrig
Ting walls of hostile city II had
iron and steel in it. The men Wing ~
their guns in the ambuscadc aone III,
fence heard the dirgc rise and crow
TO its mighty fullness, and they silver
ed One of them. posted nearest Tie
advance, had his rifle carefully levolcd
ut Lige Willctts, fair target i'm ta,
road. When lie heard the singing II,
turned to the man next behind lirr
and laughed harshly. Il reckon Wei
see big ianborec other side Jord.r
tonight. huh;'
The huge murmur OF the chorus OK
pandcd and gathered in Rhythmic
strength and sWclled to power anc
rolled and thundered across the plain.
John Browns body lies a-n7ollerinl, n
the ground.
John Browns body lies a-moldering II
the ground
John Browns body lies a-noidcriog 1,
al, around,
Ills FDul goes marching on
Glory, glory halleluiah
Glory, glory, haiieluiah,
Glory. glory nalie!uiah.
tbs soul goes matching on"
A gun spat fire from the h!ghe
ground and WllIetts dropped vheW
lie stood. Dut was up again in a second
with red line across his forcheae
whore the ball had grnzed his temple
The mob spread out like a fan. thu
men climbing the fence and bopinninf
the advance through the fields. THAI
closing on the nmDuscadc from bo.s
sides. Mr.. Watts. wading through tht
high grass in the field north OF thu
road. perceived the barrel Of 4 .,ur
shining from the fence some dstanc,
in front Of him and the same second
although no weapon was seen IN li,
hand. DISCHARGED n revolver at me
clulnp of grass and weeds behind TIE
gun. Instantly ten or twelve nler
lcaped from their hiding places 4lon,
the fences of both fields and. nrirl
hurricdiy and harmlossly into the scat.
tered ranks Of the oucUming mob
broke for the shelter of the houses
where their follows were posted. Tax.
en- on the TANKS and from the rear
there was but one thing for them Il
do to keep from being hcmmod in and
shot or captured. Crhcy excessively IRE
ferred being shot With wild. hich
Joyous yell. sounding like the bay Of
young hounds breaking into ycw Of
their quarry, the plattvillo men FOL
lowed.
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shanty near the forge BE- gan to scream
and kept on screaming
ON came the farmers and the men OF
Pattvlle. They took the saloon at
run. battered down the crazy doors
with fence rail and swarmed inside
like busy insects. making the place
hum like a hive. but with the hotter
industries CT destruction. 1t was empty
of life As a tomb, but they beat and
tore and battered and broke AMI ham,
mered ana shattered like madmon, they
reduced the tawdry interior 10 mera
chaos and came pouring forth laden
with trophies of ruin. and then there
was charrv smell in the air. ana a
slender feather of smoke foated up
from second story window.
At the same time Watts led an as
sault on the adjoining house, an assault
which came 70 sudden pausc. for
from cracks in the front wall II sduirrei
rifle ana Il shotgun snanncd and
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