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i If " I lli! ;1 1 1 i I,.1 ; N i ' Vi'l ' '1 5 J " - ' 5'M . C4 i5 '5 r , a 1 1 i 1,1 a. . - 'J , ' I 6 4 0 . 1 ' if. 1 'J : V f .4 jS ' i - 1 1 - I 1 3 , ' i Mi ,1 3i r i y -it, I-: !l: lit.-' 4 f I 1 I ' i 1 H 1 1 1 J:" 4 hi hi 1! .! ! . ' ' '!! V 1 J ! ! ft - s i r mW i0m : 'Mm w THE- Made And Are Illustrated Patriotic Jingle JOE: D OWN in the vil - lage there were going to be great do ings on the Fourth of July, and the chil dren of High Ridge Farm were wishing that they might go to see the fun. There were three of them Sadie and Lassie and Joe; an4 Joe, "being the only boy in the family, had an idea that he ought to be allowed a little more freedom than his sisters. 'They were only girls, anyway, he argued, and girls had no business in a crowd, especially when there were bombs and cannon to be let off; but a boy well, a boy could go anywhere and be safe. But Mr, Dayton, Joe's father, evi dently held a different opinion, :or he said, very decidedly, that Joe could not take part in the village celebra tion. "5 est place for boys is home," he added, as he went out to the field with his men. And Joe knew that ar- .gumer.t was worse than useless. Eut in his way Joe was just as de termined as his rather, and if he couldn't go to the village he said to himself, he would have a little cele bration of his own at home. He had dsoine pocket money hidden away in a little old trunk up in the garret, and with that he would buy all the fire crackers he wanted. He would find a .-secluded place, far enough from the house to insure himself against de tection, and there he would let them off. . it did not occur to him then that he would have rather a lonesome time of it letting off his firecrackers by himself; but a few days later, when -the Elton boys and Jack Hardy came :into the store where he was buying "his firecrackers to make their own -purchases, his secret became all at once too good to keep. The result -was that the other boys agreed to join forces with' him, and it was ar ranged between them that they would have what they called a bang-up igood time" all together. The place decided upon was a strip of uncultivated ground on the out skirts of the Dayton, farm. There Jwere no dwellings near save a small cottage'which had once been occupied by an old negrojfarm hand,md was now used vas, sort, of shelter -and storehouse .by ,the men working on the new rail road "close ly. The men would allybe away, jon the Fourth, the "boys agreed among themselves, and anyway Jthey wouldn't be likely to mind a bit of noise. ' , : It seemed a little strange to Sadie when, on the afternoon of the Fourth, Joe suddenly and mysteriously disap peared. She was worried' about iti Ml- fMO'L -. ;..., .... ' ' v i . j fri: rJJk Vf . toojsfor she suspected that there was , some mischief afootr She knew Joe "better; than any one else, did and sher had 1 felt; sure f 6r rsome days past that j he bad; some secret iPlan in?his mind.z Suddenly the .distant sound of ex ploding crackers was borne upon the ' -wind, to her listening:' ears; ;. i- .".Sounds as if it wereout by TJnclje ( , T(.Vi'rtifh Mr Tiavtnn said plnnn. .fngtip1 uneasily Trom his paper.'. Where's' .loe? I ,hpe he isn't up 4 there. - 1 1 heard . . the contractor. - say -the other day he expected to store 5r' BATTteor- LCXINQON r - -- - i fn aevenHcn hundred seventy-five. Right early in the morning. Before the bird, had (eft their nesfs, Befora the do u was daWntndV" A note of loud alarm rang out A horseman iwlftlo riying , A ringing of the bells, ond thcrt wailing ound or crying Arise ue men of Concord town host uour guns to cQrru. if- let uour lovers go ye maids. ir is nop me to marry, for lol o thrcot'nlng ormy waits Witnirt our Very borders." - So Haste", the messenger cries ouf uWoir nor for further orders. All day. the cannons deodlg roar Mode navoc for the flying, And many were the wounded men: Arid many mdro the dying. Ere long to every country form The news come frst and foster, Cood news-tne news of victory And to our foes disaster. And thus the fight at Lexington Bespoke o good beginning, And now the homes that once wercscxt m r- full of joy and singing, From The Churchman, New York. BATTQN INGLORIOUS R)URIH 1 some dynamite there, ready for the blasting. I guess I'll go and have a look around." But Sadie was already out of hear ing, with little Bessie flying at her heels. If she could only get there in i&sas ? i . , .. v Trap s; " f .-j LEXINGTON GREEN. "If They Want War, Let It Begin Here." Illustration From Thomas Wentworth Higginson' and William Macdonald's of the United States ." Harper & Bros. time to w-arn the boys! That was her only thought. She never for an in stant doubted that Joe was among them. " ' " : Fear lent wings to the .children's Rub -a dub - dab and - rat -d-tai-tat Liberty day has $ome again ; . We're forty strong jas we march along, - - 1 illinium 1 milium Miliar 'r .. ,,,,1,- ,llflllM M - f- - : .' lt feet, and, taking a short cui across the fields, thejy were not , long; in reaching the scene of action.,.' A pungent smelt of smoke filled the air, and as the two girls -came in sight; of the cottage the first, glance told them that it was, on fire. - ' "Stay here Bessie, w commanded Sadie; "don't go one step further 1 " Then, quickly skirting the small gar den plot, she torearound to the back, just in time to see thei terrified boys making off as fast as their legs would carry , them. Then, before she could turn around, she felt fcerself-being lifted voff her feet and carried rapidly: away, and a minute afterward there was a tremendous roar, a great sheet of flame shot up into the air, the earth seemed to reel and shake, (and then everything grew suddenly and strangely black. - When Sadie came to herself she was 'lying in ' her own room, with father and mother bending; anxiously over her ' and Dr. Buxton sitting by her bedside with his finger on her pulse. . "Why, Fm'all right," she said, in a surprised tone. "What has happened?"-, V'.-. ;. . ;s; "It's lucky you are ail right, young lady," the doctor said, with a relieved smile. "You had a narrow squeak, I can tell you. it was a mighty for tunate thing that the Italian left in' charge of the "supply store had the courage and presence of mind to pick you up and run." "Where are Bessie and Joe?" Sadie asked, springing up with terror iefher heart. "Safe, dear, both of them," said mother, soothingly. "Nobody hurt at all thank good ness," the doctor put in, "though why you weren't all blown to smithereens I'm sure I don't know. Now, keep quiet awhile, young lady," he added, as he turned to go, "and the next time there's a dynamite explosion on the schedule make a point of keeping out of the way." Joe Dayton learned a lecson from that Fourth of July that he never forgot. Long before Sadie recovered from the illness that followed the shock her brother had bitterly re pented of the deceit that had brought it about, and had resolved that, come what might, he would always be "square and above-board" in the fu ture. The misdirected firecracker j that had set Uncle Josh's cottage on fire proved, indeed, to be the instru- 'History ment of Providence for making a splendid man of him. vocate. -Christian Ad- The first steel . pen was made in 1830. , ' L I T TL E Ml NUT EM E N. band of minutemeru a -dub dub, ral - a - latitat -rr And we are a A Rub THE FIRST BLOW FOR : i AMERICAN LIBERTY Thd Battla of Lexinstcn. ; "Stand ' your ' ground! . bont ;fire Unless fired upon; but If they mean to have war, let it begin here." -Captain Parker. t ' 1 ' v Such was the courage of (he brave men who. shed the- first blood' in the American . Revolution. It was' at Lexington, and April 18, 1775, wit nessed the famous, ride of Paul Re vere, and the next day, April 19, saw the approach of the'Britlsh' along the Concord road and witnessed1 the skir mish between the enemy and the Min ute Men. This, spot Is marked by a huge boulder, weighing several tons, and properlv inscribed with the THE OLD BELFRY AT LEXINGTON, declaration of Captain Parker given at the head of this article. On a hill near by is an old belfry, shown in the illustration here given. When the old Lexington meeting house was built there was found to be no place for the bell, so a separate belfry was erected, and it was from this tower that warning was given to the vfllagers of the approach of the British on that eventful April morn ing. To the citizens' of Lexington be longs the honor of erecting the first Revolutionary soldiers' mon-iment, and under its granite base repose the remains of the mf?n who gave their lives in resistance to British tyranny. The monument was unveiled in 1799, and stands within a stone's throw of the Minute Men boulder. April 19 is a legal holiday in the State of Massachusetts, and is known as Patriots' Day. Why should this momentous event retain merely a local significance? Its consequences affected every one of the colonies, and the causes which led up to it were the common burdens of the whole people. That sacred' spot of ground is, therefore, the joint heritage of all American freemen. The editor of the Bee Hive regard ed it as one of the greatest privileges of his life to visit, a few months since, the Old Granary burying ground in the heart of Boston, where Paul Revere is burled. We visited also the, Old North Church, so closely related to the story of Revere. There are the tall pews, the high , reading desk and the qld lantern tower. The same sweet bells still call the wor shipers to service. And what a thrill of patriotism we felt as we stood on the battleground at Lexington, where the 135 brave men struck the first blow for American liberty. The Lex ington Historical r Society is doing much to preserve the relics and keep ?sacre,d the memory of . those men. Another interesting relic is the old Clark house, where - Hancock and Adams were sleeping when Paul Re vere rode into Lexington. , The build ing was erected in 1699. It Is open to the public and there may be seen the bed in which these two patriots were sleeping, the' old kitchen, the quaint cooking utensils and a drum which was used on the battlefield. . American freemen will never cease) to cherish the names and deeds of these early heroes. -The Bee Hive. A watch taken to the top of Mont Blanc will gain thirty-six seconds in twenty-four hours.: , r .4 London uses 50,000 tons of sugar annually for jam making. f t While toe are playing oar soldier trick Each iatle man that wants to cam r Honor the heroes of Seoenty -six, SUSIB M. BEST. toswfca : trci th Youth's Ccspcnipa, , , . DBCIDFJLY Phamley-oodky called on us thft other day, and' I never saw an so stuck up in. all my i:e man . Wise -Nonsense! That' isn' v, style at "all., . nt Ws Phamley-I know, -his style Wai simply ruined. He brought ov chil dren candy and held them on ni, u PBOrSiONAL CARDS. OR. E. J. TUCKER and DR, B. R. LONO Dental Surgeons, COXB0R0,; - . - . K. CL DR. O; P. SCHAUB .OA.vhfessionai''1i6rvioei ij .practice of medicine, in til its branches ;to ; the people M RoxhoT. vxi utrouadinff country.. Of Act ova W. T. BRADSHER. Attorney at Law, Office over People's Bank. BOXBORO, -, - N.a Practice in Person and adjoining counties Special attention siren to eotleetlona. Wm. D. Pierritt Attorney and Counsellor at La. 'Peoples Bank Building. ROXB0R0, - - - - N. a Marcus C Winstead, Attorney at Law, MILTON, N. C. Practice reguularly in Person and Caswell courts. Prompt attention giv en to all business. F. O. Carver S. Q. Winstead. Carver . Winstead Attorneys and Counsellors at Law Office over Bank of Boxboro. Phone 59. Bozboro, N. 0 DR. R. .J. TEAGUE I will be in tuy oilica at Mor ris Drug tore every Saturday and Sunday. Special attention given ey, ear, nose and throat diseases and fitting of glasses. ST. LVJVSFO'Rl). Attorney at taw, Office over E. A. Bradshaw's Stor ROXBORO, N. a ia y, CaHton Attorneys Vand Counsel lors at Law ROXBOKO, N. C. Practice" wherever services re quited. Phone 10, K V ui Co wuuumu Toncorldl Artist, Cbial attention rgiven to the treat n3a & thii Bcaln. Td the traveling pawa; I jyfcen ; in Roxboro you are etulally invited to give me a call. toirel8 ; are - clean j razors sharp. 6no npHo-date! 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