Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-09-11

be that he was an lllegitimatc scion of the
great house of Northumberland, as was
the founder of our Smithsonian Institute.
At least Lord pcrcy's view is worth the
seeing, and at least the Carrera marbles
IN this cemetery are worth moro than
passing interest
Step over the stone wall from The quiet,
austcre little AREA of pines and firs, and
YOU are in the midst of this modern agrcs-
sivc cemetery. with tall monuments, and
all that variety of tomb and hcadstones
that individual taste causes 60 be erected
in its hour of grief Keep on toward its
western boundary Of cvergrecns, and YOU
are confronted with n group oi white
marble figures in glass protectors, That,
if YOU know their origin, are mute, path
ctic memorials, erected by grIct -cra2cd
man. It's a pity TO describe them IN
detail; II spoils the effect for those who ro
for the first time; but, after the effect has
worn off, little, keep on - the extreme
boundary line Of the cemetery, and there
relate the story of the young ord Percy
II ono wants to digrcss about tho Car
rera marbles II might be told that ono
who had lost his wife and child had these
memorials made in Italy lie wanted 20
place them in the graveyard of The little
cemetery where his Friendly family had
been buried for generations, hut this re-
quest the Friends had tn refuse So his
next act was to purchase ground adjacent
and there he established q cemetery,
where any kind Of monument might be
placed Many have taken advantage Of
this privilege
LoRp PrRcY's DREAM
Losing in his "Ficld Book of the
American Revolution disposcs # this
tradition by stating that the then Earl
Percy died ~ home in England in n peace
ful bed many wears later than the Rrau-
dywinc battle Judge Eothc, inchuCs tc
believe that il was Captain Percy IN the
battle. and that hc was IN lllcnltIuiatc son
Of this noble huusc. AMI th9t i might
have been an easy transition from Cap
tain to Lord or I.arl in legendary lore
Hero is an extract ancnt tho tale from
History of Chester County" hv Hon.
! Smith Tuthcy and Gilbert Copo
Colonel William I Stone. formerly
editor If the New NorL Commercial Nj
vertlscr. made visit To the field of l}ran-
dNwInC IN the year 1891 anG published nm
account of his visit II his paper under he
title Of Notes hv the Way Colonel
Stone gives the tradition as rotated ~
him hy persons IN the viclnagc that thus
Young Perry, on the march of the division
Of the British Army under Generals
Howe and Cornv Wallis, from lcferiS ~
Birmingham, on reaching the cmIncuCc
now famlarly known rs Osborne Hill.
suddenly Curocd his horse. and viewing
the landscape. said to his servant Clifford.
that he had seen That field before ia
England, and in . dream. and that he
should fall there that he gave him his
watch and purse with a message 10 hls
friends. dashed forward with bis fellows
and fell near the northern wall ot the EIr-
mingham graveyard around which the
battle ragged, about tho middle of thc
action and that he was buried in that
ward This was certainly the tradition
that was current ~ tho timc Of Colonel
Stones visit, in 1891
An English member of The Society q
Friends. Robert Sutc}lti published IN
England work entitled Travels In
Some Parts Of North America in lS04-5-o.
which he mentions a that carly day the
tradition that Percy was slain Il the
battle OF the Brandvwiue lie SAWS
''Thc ground that travelled on that day
was the scene Of much hloodshcd during
the Revolutionary War. II being that
part Of the country where tho Battle Of
Brandywinc was fought Niy companion
was present at the time. with several
other friends, who were led forth by the
dictates Of humanity. in order 10 lend
some assistance to the poor wounded and
dying soldiers that lay scattere over the
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