Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1906-01-31

with stirring events. Here, for exam
pie. in October l746, at the rumor of
| The coming of D'Anville's fleet, Rev
~rend Thomas Prince, the pastor and
historic scholar of eminence, prayed
for the Almighty's help SO effectively
that as Longfellow has related an
answering tempest smote the hostile
SHIPS and wrecked them utterly. With
in the highrOofed, oblong body Of the
meeting house, when Fanenil Hall be-
came too small for the town meet
ings # the artereVolutionary patriots
ccnN entions of pith and moment were
held. Beneath one Of the arched win
| dOwa James Gus acted as moderator
in 1868 at a meeting called to compel
Governor Bernard to remove from the
harbor a war vessel stationed there
for The purpose Of enforcing the odious
customs laws. Again an over-fowins
town meeting in March, 1910, right
after the Boston Massacre, waited
from morning into the night while
Samuel Adams went back and forth to
The state house until he prevailed up
/ on Governor Hutchinson to yield and
withdraw the regiments.
1t was here, too, that on November
20, 1873, 5000 citizens gathered to-
gether and resolved that tea should
nor he landed and ON Deoenober / g
1773 : 00o citizens crowded The meet.
ING house until 1ono after canala liobt
Hstenina, IN orations nv Iosiah 0utnc,,
Tr and Samnal Adams wbtlo nessen,
Ger after nnesanaar ,.,en+ f. cot 70.
drass of the c4oyarnor At milton WI,
the Iovalist dirnit qrv fralIv rafueod
! tb.a v-aru-hoan was ra:-ed o1~,5+ ~
doors If tho cbpro,, and hand ~
recruitment citizo,e d;se,,.ssd a. ~.
ca savaaes lad the wav 70 the barror
a. tbe da4trneIjo, = no <,ffansfve
toa
Another aroat town n,aatinq tbat sat
N he Db,rrb en- Inc o. 17-l W.
yorl.a3 ,,,on ~. .a,s-
sway # in the interests ~ conaf,a-
caga ana tha poe+on nor+ nm th,s
robnling rho committee Of cores
,o,,9.,oo o,I ,,irr,r,.r - ~, hui ~,
,,rof~n. rar ona+i1on4ol cora,,ass
nh oesan,F,l, 1ostaa IVA 5ovs a.n5
ended in tho triumrh Of the patrfcts
ana the sustaining of the committee.
Otherwise the course of American
history might nave reen very diff,
feraaf Here once more the memo
rial oratiors we're delivered after the
Posfaa masss Gre Three mcnths be
fore General fosanh Warren was
s., killed at Bunker HilI he delivered his
celebrated seoord Grafton. entering
through the window at the rear of the
o1lnit because the aisles ana stems
we're filled with British soldfery and
officers
The news and pulpit now on view in
the church are later in construction
| fhan 177G. for the good reason that
while the British Occunied Boston a
riding school for his troops was es-
tablished here by General Burgoyne.
she news and nuIpit being torn away
and broken IN. When General Wash
ington made his triumphal entry in
March, 1776. he entered the building
and looked down from the eastern
gallery ON a scene of desolatton.
ci,oo Tho novoI,,tion time has
bronoh+ ,.ictssttndos The ooporeo,
son ,.,,,i.l, ror-,e,I,, ,yorsbinroa i, Tho
80 80, .,,oatt,c, houg. hae ,,a,.a !,
- ~. Nh 0,d So,,tb rhnrcb II >
,,,or. ssebiarahlo dfstrict rho oroa+
ama af 1910 anorea tbo historic st,,,c-
~. 49, 49, f-u : 1ono limo f,n5e Voc
iaa1.f,,a for ~. s1nnort yvhe,, in 1Qo-
rofaiisa, throatonad f. tear ..
, 49, a1taaattor and oroot an ofoa
aofI'1;r 80 -, -: - roon, on ma vas hos
- 1;.nr9r =. ond ortts+.c poston rcso IN
! aroteet NV o13 ca,,+b Fair hold r.
ratsa ,,,onav for he ,roearva+ton If