Show I Lrt 11 i 11t kJ I Last week Tuesday the 3rd Instant t F i Delaware re celebrated the anniversary of li f f the day when Old Glory was unfurled I as II the battle flag of Coochs brigade ncI I dl nc-I la f the city of Wilmington It was during l n i Howes advance upon Philadelphia and L ft r t Just preceding the battle of the Brandy i wine where the Continental right wing I I V f I l was shattered out the left wing under L I d ill Wayne made such a stout resistance I I I I IJ that Howe had to stop fprtinany days I t t t t t to bury his dead and repair losses before I i be-fore moving on Philadelphia The r JI Philadelphia Inquirer says that Howe I i i i i on that occasion hung two of his own p I i I men at Village Green Delaware county f 1 It 1 I coun-ty for looting The Inquirer further I I says It was Paul Tones that first raised 111 I the American flag as now constltuted 1 f j over an American vessel and the glory f of his subsequent career has made moat I i f I > Ji of us orget that the t flag had a career I t jj c j I i t I on land much more glorious The Inquirer j I I Ii In-quirer further proceeds to pronounce a f J I i 1 cli eulogy on Delaware It says that I 4i i L Some one thought It smart to call the l t I State three counties two families and n Iii I II 1 11 I i peach orchard The fact remains tlat m I J I I I In proportion to territory and popula t l t tlon Delaware has had a career from u I J the beginning that has put to WuHh 1 C I 1 larger and more populous con non I I H II t wcaltlis That Is nil right only It I I t k looks a little like making two bites of a l i I i t I cherry |