The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-17

towns that were unable to offer resist ance to the foe. Nothing was left un- done that might reduce a. people to despair: yet it was all in vain. The Americans avenged the massacres bJ hurling the savage Indian back to the very edge of the deep Mississippi; they rebuilt the towns, and fitted up ships that crossed the ocean to the coasts of Britain, and "bearded the lion in his den.''
 The South was well-ntgh overcome by the ceaseless struggle when Gen eral Greene took command of it's shattered forces in December, 17so. South Carolina was in the hands of the British, and at Charleston, which had once baffIed the British. fleet. a whole American army had now been compelled to surrender. Hope was almost gone: again it was held in England that America was crushed. But again the prophecy was false, for
 the Americans, whose daring and fertility of resource were never more conspicuOus1y displayed than at times when all appeared lost, soon recover ed from their panic, Greene oppos- ed Cornwallis in brilliant campaign of strategy and hard fought encount- CTS, which restored South Carolina, brought order out of unutterable con- fusion, and 1ured the British general northward towards-Y orktown. The precipitate journey of Washington's 8 war-worn army from the banks of the Hudson into Virginia. accompanied by the richly attired royal troops of France, was In truth it's triumphaI march The allied armies and the French fleet surrounded Yorktown by land and sea; on the 17th of October, 1781. Cornwallis surrendered, and the 1ong-oppressed land knew at last that 1t was free. The king did, in deedJ refuse to acknowledge his de- feat and prolonged the struggle yet another year; but hisN obduracy was vain, since he had contended against 8 power that was not to be destroyed the liberty of the English race.
 On the 18th of April, 17s3-the eighth anniversary of the Battle of Lexing Washington ordered the Proclamation of Peace to be read to his army. From that day the Amer lean soldiers set their faces honneward and dispersed; the brave champion became once more 8 quiet citizen and the American Army of the Revolution had ceased to exist
 The following list gives the names of the schools holding local competi- lions, the donors of medals, title of winning essay and name of author, and winners of other prizes, in SCHOOLS III aHnelo ana Lllcnnelo counties:
 Fairfield County.
 Bridgeport High School; Hon. Nor ris B. Beardsley, Bridgeport: Heroic Age of America''-First Prize, gold, $1o0, Victoria Linderot11; second prize Bruce E. Simonds; third prize, Sidney Sanzer.
 Brookfeld Schools: Dr. George c. F. Williams. Hartford: Nathan Hale" Ellen Gustafson-
 Greenwich High School; Frederick c. Manvel, Charles E. Chapin and friends, Greenwich; MO Taxation Without entation''-Nfartha N. Seymour.
 Greenwich HavemerY School: Frederick c. Manvel, ChaRies E. Cha pin and friends, Greetfwtch; From the English Point of Vfew'-Grace Reeves.
 Greenwich-sound Beach School; Frederick c. ManveA. Charles P. Cha pin and friends Greenwich; "A Great Naval Victory" O. PendHeton.
 weskport-Staples High School: W. H. Burr, Westport; 'The Minute Men Camps, Danbury and Ridgefe1d"- Bessie c. Jennings.
 IAtca1f1eld County.
 New Milford High Schools E.J. Elm mons and New Milford members; New Milford in the Revolution"- Robert Hatch.
 Thomaston Public Schools: W. T. Woodruff. Thomaston; '"The Tory Den and Its Citizens s'-Brances l.. Carr.
 Torrington High School: Isaac W. Brooks. Torr9ngton: The Part Play ed by American women During the American Revolution - Barbara King.
 Washington Consolidated Schools; John c. Brinsmade, Washington. Conn. Some Difficulties of the Americans During the RevoIution''-Bertha A. HaIlock; second prize, Ethel Gillette
 Watertown-Ba1dwin School; Mer- ritt Heminway, Watertown; t-The Causes of the American Revo9ution" W. Atwood.
 Winsted. Gilbert High School; Ru- fus E. Holmes. Winsted; 'tCormecti- cuts Part in the Revolution''-Helen Jeannette Wilcox.
 winsted-First and Fourth Gram mar Schools; Robert Noble, Winsted; 'Lafayette's Struggle to Help America Win Indepe pendence''-Ldllian B. Hart; second prize, Charles Dewey.