The Spirit Of Revolutionary Times

A gooii ld lady-we Kiiew uer wiien slie had growa oíd - m 1775 lived on the siaboard. about a day's ruaroh from Boston, wbere tiie British lirroy tben was By smue unaccountüble accident a rumor was spread I) towu am! country, in and about there, tbat the regulara wero on a niarch íor tlmt placo, lád trooid probably arrive in thr e liours it f'artlicsr. 'Filis after the buttle of Lexington, ;md all, as ii igli' be soppoed, wis in safl confusii.n - sorae boiÜHg with rogé and fu 1 1 of' figbt, som e liiding tbeir treasures. and utberi flying for Ufo. En this wild moment, wlien mout peoplo, u somo way nr otfaér, wcre frighttncd from thcir property our beroine, who had two son-, one abuut 19 years of age, tlie otlier about IC. was seen b}' our informant preparing them to discharge tlieir duty The eldcst .-he was able to cijuip in tine siyle ; slie took hor bnsband'g fovvling piece, 'made for duck or plovir,' and with the powd r hom and shot bag ; but tlie lad thinking the duel; and goose shot iot quite the fize to kill regulars, bis DOther took a chisel, eut up her pewter gpooiiB, bainmered ihem nto slugs. and lut them imo lus bag, and he set off ín freat earncst, but thouht he would cali Mie moment and sve the par-o , wh said, Well done, my bruve Gou preserve yon -and on he went in the way of' bis duty The youngest was importúnate for lus equipments. but his inother coulü tind notbing tti arm him with but au old rusiy Bword! The boy eemed ratber unwilling to risk bimself with this alone, but lingered in the street, in a state of Ix'sitation, wheu !iis mother thus apbruitied him: 'Yon, Jobu (I., what will yo.ir father ay if' he he.irs that a child of his is afraid to meet the British? Go along, beg or borrow a gun or you will find one, child. Some coward, I dare say, wül be running away ; tlien take his gun and ma rob forwaid, and if Í hear you have Dot behaved like a man, I shall oarry the blush of sïiame on my face to the grave. She tbeu shut the door, wiped the tear from her eye, and waited the issue. The boy joined the mareb Such a womau could not have cowaids for her foiis. Instancos of refined and delicate pride and afTection occurred at that ptriod every day, in ditfer ent places, and in fact th;s disposition and feeling were then so common, that it now operatos as one great cause of our not haviug more acts of this kii d record ed. What few there are rcntouibered sliou'd not be lost Notbing great or glorious was ever achievod which women did not act in, advise or consent to. -