Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-17

scratch itself so that it bled, the
mother would eat it up.''
How 500" was the surprised query.
"Well, the sight of blood just nat
urally makes her hungry, and there
would be nothing TO that cub
But for all its oddities Norfolk has
many features about it to captivate
the visitor when the sun shines or the
moon glimmegs softly at night, impart-
ing a mystic air to its brick paved
streets in the residential quarters. The
streets are narrow, with that southern
picturesqueness which must be seen to
he appreciated. Most of the houses are
of brick, and there are many spacious
white wooden stoops with colonial pill
lars. Everywhere the fragrant maSno-
liza spreads its branches.
Aside from this Norfolk is cradle
bed of history. Not only Captain John
Smith helped to make it famous, but
men like Patrick Henry and Henry
Clay lifted their voices there i'll de
Tense of liberty and the Union. Sir
Thomas Moore was there and wrote Il
poem about the Dismal swamp. not far
distant. General Lafayette was there
| also. At least two stirring battles We're
fought there with the British. The
fight between the Nierrimac and the
Monitor was in Virginia waters, and
all who have read history know about
! Fortress Monroe.
i short walk from the center Of the
/ commercial district on what was called
IN, 4. Nv Z I.. p A
| try and now Church street stands Il
! venerable pile. 1t is a moss grown, ivy
| covered church with gables and Il
! Gothic tower The church stands be-
! hind d high picket fence of iron ANA is
! cmbowcrci III among magnolia trees,
| eyergreeuS and Lcechcs. while head
! stones of crumbling marble mark the
resting places of many distinguished
| dead in the grassy yard. III a corner
Of that church nearest the street the
/ ivy has been cut away around IL space
! just below the caves. Here Il twenty
! four pound shot is deeply imbedded in
the brick, ana beneath is the legend
| cut in commemorative stone:
Fired by Lord Dunmore on Jan. l,
177G."
This is old St pauIs church which
was established in Elizabeth !:.vcr pap
ish in 1851 ana built on the present
site in 1873. When it was bombardcd
by Lord Dunmore's ordnance the
church was parity destroyed-tha is,
everything comhustible in it was burn
ed. but tie walls remained and We're
repaired. Now British sailors pass the
church in peace ANA amity with Yam
kcc turS whose fOrcfatherS fought the
forcfathcrs OF King Edwards men 50
hard ON that January day many gen
c-aticnS ago. Down near the water
front, where laborors have been eXca-
waiting and there is 4 .tangie Of brick
piles and debris, 4 curious wandcreI
found Il rare relic in the strangcSt
place in all the world for a relic to he
1t was Il rust eaten cannon of an an
lcicnt type. mounted upon small wood
eli gun carriage with four iron wheels
like those on 4 baggage truck, The
cannon may have been 4 six FOUNDER
The discOyeTer was not an expert il
that 1t was OF the kind that were
, loaded at the rnuZzle. tile charge being
frannned home and then exploded by
Fighting a fuse Il! the other end. al
the toy cannon which boys use toaa,
are Cred. IN the mUZZlc was biocl
of wood slowing that it had beer
spiked ut one time ~ tablet on th'
carriage WIS inscribed with the dat
1912.
No one seemed to know much abou
: the history of the oil gun. but Their
! il stood 10 he admired hy those VIII
cared to stop and lock. What shot
, may not have heen fred from its an
: Gent mouth in the rIme Of liberty?