Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1916-03-10
" Whereabouts is that lii lake?'
asked the barber.

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asked the barber.
" Oh, it's back in the Adiron-
dacks, We ken find it if ye look sharp
n mind yer pints by follerin' the
blazed trail, but We don't see the
lake till We git right down clust tot,
cause its so hidden by the dark fir
timber
AFTER Noah'd got his hair shorn,
he said he sung some funny songs to
muse 'em. One on 'em, if | remem-
Der coreckly, was this:
Come drink to the health O. George
the Three,
Drink him bumper and let's merry be,
And dance and sing and all partake
While the English Jack floats over the
lake.
"Seen by those bold Green Mountain
GERS
On the other side, to me it pears
Wull back in th'r mountains wildly HE
Afeard O. the guns O. old Fort III. "
Call around again, Uncle said
one O. the sojers, as he was about to
leave.
Ya-as,' replied Noah, I'll be
neberly, m you be the same, n
much obleeged for yer hospertality,
N fer showing me round yer
premises And then he sung these
parting words:
81 am jolly ranger
What knows no fear nor danger,
Nobody calls me stranger,
Not even Britishman.
81 hike to the hidden timber
VII limbs as spruce and timber,
IT'S there | strike my finder
To enIighten Britshman.
Back in the woods o Freedom
If you should ever need 'em,
Come welcome to my kingdom
Every blazon BritshmanW
Noah then silly slipped out into
the darkness and down to the lake
shore, pushed his little skiff lightly
into the water and rowed across to
the other side where he found the
Green Mountain Boys in camp, eager
to see i'm N hear his report. Noah
told 'em that now was the time to
take the fort, that they had no
'spicions of what was comm.
Mex mornin' when they got
ready t. cross over m take tn fort,
Noah said that he m Ethan Allen
talked it over, N concluded that
he'd better not go with 'em, ez
'tWan't nessary they should know
that they'd ben spied out, n they
might some on 'em recknize Noah,
so he staid behind, N Ethan took
along a lad, little chap by the
name of Nathan Beeman, to guide
'em. That boy knew right where
to go, cause he'd ben over there
lots of times, m played Il spy"
with the commanders boy, Cap'n
De LaPlace. Father said some O.
the boys LATED arter they'd took the
fort, N called i'm Cap'n Out-of-his-
Place.
Wal, when we'd crossed over the
lake, the lad run on ahead, m | was
right behind Ethan; the sentinel
tried t stop us m snapped his
fusee, but it missed fire, m he run
off under kiver; we follered after
i'm on tn run, m met mother SEN
tinel who made a thrust at one O.
our boys, but Ethan Allen hit i'm
over the head with his sword N
made I'm beg fer quarter, then We
rushed into the parade, m gave a
tremenjis shout. The garrison,
startled out O. their wits, jumped
from their cots m grabbed their
guns N rushed out, m was made
prisoners fast es they 'peared.
Ethan, with the lad t. guide i'm,
run up the stairs of the barracks to
the door of the cap'n's room m
called out to i'm with the voice of
thunder, rappin' on the door at the
same time with the hilt of his sword,
to come forth at once m surrender
the fort, or he'd put the garrison t.
the sword. N father said when
the cap'n opened the door, with his
breeches half on. that you'd orter
seen Ethan Allen, when the cap'n of