Putnam patriot., 1930-07-24

..;,e the Post Office in
 is isa Hill. there stands a htt,e
 snssiosA = much a part of the yil-
 sspss. ii if that it is barely noticed
 F sFeansl sFeule who speed past m auto
 ee pe0ssd snd perhaps it is more ap-
 .., ..,. so for that particular mouse ,
 r'1as rf'sI there for one hundred and
 s ilooo vears and seems to challenge
 srIvg so deny that it will stand
 ' HsIla another century. There IS
 ;s's ie' comfortably permanent
 sssnlntk. century-Old House. as 1t
 ,.S in Woodstock, which some
 s-ss sases one think that perhaps
 s mAAs few things not totally
 sss a, a in America today. For
 fsatsa has been the shelter of the
 ss neass esaaseendants of Richard Flynn,
 t'ss. .s "a and erstwhile bondsman of
 lsssa ss.,ss for seven generations. It
 aaoa.'. co. esned by Miss Mary Louise
 7 ~ .vd her sister. Mrs. Bingham
 lEan .s Flynn. we learn from early sss.l' earned his freedom in TAO resiss \, once built himself house on
 ao ;.. z, of the present one. This house z ssa 'a,sshow destroyed and the pre- 2. ans was finished in TITS. But =, sa. tho house was being built. the s.ssd - States was also being built s. ,.xas necessary to build 1t on the ns of an old-world government s''ssyS s.I Flynn took no part In that ssIs i.as,nv hut his son John took up his ..snst .-.s and rode away with Colonel .am s.n MeClellan's regiment to the re- s.s of Lexington. He served through |. a v war as trumpeter, and when he =. ...s home if was not alone. for he s..n,hs -. uitb him Joanna Bishop and ...r,sd her across the same wide door =, which still stands in front of ss house. John Flynn must have .rved = with distinction for Mrs. Bing- '.m ~ will show you a yeilowed old ''.r,oent s.s certifying to the courage sd devotion of his regiment. And the sms at the foot of the sheet is Wash sgton. His wife was an cxeinplar Of ' 5erfect Puritan housewife and one ,sy stiII see her sampler and a mira ,Ious old bedspread that she work In the low-ccilinged old parlour, se may sit in her chair and look round at room little changed since 1T day.
 conneesieut's Paul Revere
 John Flynn's son, William, took up . line. and the war of 1912 found m adiutant at New London. It was hen the British fleet attacked the whaling port that William Flynn me to his own. Whether his father d told him the tale of young Paul were or not we do not know but we know that Flynn rode through this Irt of Connecticut in the night and dawn 500 minute-men were hurry r to the rescue. This William ynn was a citizen of note: perhaps C most interesting thing in the use is a letter from Commodore illiam Morris. who is one of the ,st picturesque figures in American wal history. He was an able sea m on the Constitution when she ught the Guerriere and he died a mmodore of the Navy which was pn the highest naval rank extant. s letter is strangely interesting len we think of the employment ublems of the modern retired naval icer for he seeks his friends advice what to do with himself, eonsid- school teaching and finishes by ring that he will do anything as Ig as it is honest. We have seen my old historical documents of tre- ndous importance but none is more eresting that this letter of an old boy. upbraiding his friend not writing and asking after the al marriages and deaths. q. In view of his forebears' record, 1t s not surprising that the modern lliam Flynn should have left the house to go to West Point. He wed with distinction and was finally