The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1929-04-12

Street, at the North End of Boston
Collection of Psalm Tunes in two
three and four parts from the mos
Celebrated Authors; fitted to all Capita
measures and approved by the bes
Masters in Boston. New England. Tt
which are added some Hymns and An
thems; the greater Part of them never
before printed in America. Set in scor.
by Josiah Flagg. engraved bv Paul Re
we're.
Although Longfellow made his ride
to Concord famous, the fact is that he
had previously taken others which
were more remarkable and fully as
important as that one, even though
they were not so spectacular. he
was selected by the Committee Of Cor.
respondence to carry the news of the
Boston Tea Party to New York and
Philadelphia and, leaving Boston Oh
December II, he reached Philadelphia,
the day after Christmas. His next
ride was to carry message in re-
gard to the Boston Port Bill, which
became a law on March l, 1774. On
this occasion he broke all horseback
records to Philadelphia, reaching
there in less than six days. But one
of his most important took place on
December Is, 1774, when he carried
word to Portsmouth, N. H., that a
large garrison Of British soldiers fog
Fort William and Mary was on its
wa5 There. acting upvn hcvrresr
warning the New Hampshire patriots
went to the fort, forced the surrender
Of the small garrison consisting Of
a British captain and five soldiers and
carried away a hundred barrels Of
gunpowder which were hidden under
the pulpit of the Durham meeting
house. Most Of this powder was put
to good use at the battle of Bunker
Hill.
During the Revolution when the
British evacuated Boston they tried
to put the cannon at Fort Indepen-
dence out of commission by breaking
the trunnions. It was Paul Revere
who made them serviceable by invent
ing a new kind Of carriage. 1t was
also Paul Revere who was sent to a
Philadelphia powder mill to get plans
for similar one to be operated in
New England. The proprietor refused
to allow him to make drawings of any
kind, but Revere looked over the mill,
returned home and from memory built
a powder mill that was a great sue
cess. After the war Revere resumed
his trade as a goldsmith and also
built a factory for casting church
bells and bronze cannon. When cop
per bolts end spikes began to be used
instead of iron for building ships he
conducted a series of experiments
which led to the building in 1901 of
a large plant at Canton, Mass, for
rolling copper. He was the first man
in this country to smelt copper ore
and to refine and roll copper into
bolts and sheets. Some Of his copper
bolts went into the making of the
famous frigate "Old Ironsides" and
the plates on the Massachusetts, State
House dome are made of copper sup
piled by Paul Revere. Several of the
bells which he made are still In ex-
istence and one Of them to this day
calls people to worship in All Souls
Unitarian church in Boston. This
same bell is famous as the abolition
Bell' because it was tolled for John
Brown on the day he was executed.
Paul Revere, merchant, is another
role he played. A copy Of the indie
pendent Chronicle and Universal Ad-
vertiser dated January 1, 1854, car
ries an advertisement stating that he
could supply the public with IAN i'm
portation of metal goods. door locks,
shot, playing cards. Irish linens, Ger
man serges, ETC., at his mart directly
opposite the Liberty Pole, South Bos-
tom"