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Show HlTMilStl "I0llH'UHI.lf)' DAY." Till: Hwedlth-Amarlcan clllfeua ot thla lte ubllo were celebrating during thepaal week the annlveraary of an event that deeervea more than piaaAig notlcu. Thla they i-all "p'orefalhera1 Iay." Tha occaalon la In memory of tha flret colony of Awedea who landed on the banka of the IManare, 'JU yeara ago, In tha month of HeptcruUr. Thla memorable event can not bo well touched on without glmclng at Ihe hlatory of Hwrden. Until 1821 Ihat country wat for about IX) ytartjolnel by mutual union with Donmaik, In that year (luatavui Vaaa delivered It from the Diiihli compact. Two yeara later he at crowned klug. UwAa hu who Introduced Intro-duced Iiulheraulam Into rlwedin In loi. lilt country tooka leading part In llio rellgloua n formation during tha aucc-x-dlng century. About UW we find tha famoua (luatavua Adolphua at tha hea lot the reformers cf lluroii. Wo find him triumphant at Madge-t-urganl Munich, but at thu fearful battle of l.ulieu, Nov. 0, 1 01 J, Ihat gallant aoldler waa alaln. Hut with hla inenwry we niuat araoclala the anulverairy that la la-log celebrated at tha pretent time In thu United Hiatea. Un June It, luJOa charter wat granted by that mou-irch ti cetablUh IheHjutli hea coni any. Thlt meant th a roloulx-Ing roloulx-Ing nf Amerhan Mil with rlwedlah emtgranta, and the Inatllutlon of a goveniinent that woul 1 pronnto and maintain i-erfect rellgloua liberty. At thla time Kwedeu waa enjaieil In war with half of Kurope. Her rutour-oet rutour-oet wereelhauatoj. (luatavua bluleult wned hla Jewelry an I plate to carry on hla battle In behalf of reform. Tin re waa no money for tha now acheme, aud 11 waa t-natpoued for a time. Thu faUl day at Lillian finally prevented the great Chieftain from proaeculloj hla favored American project. pro-ject. However, Oxenatlerna, tha great atatriman,dld not allow hla beluYed klog'a graud Idea to be abandoned, lly hla agency, two tulp, tbe "Nyckle" end the "drip" lift (loten-burg (loten-burg for Auierha In Auguat 10.17. Thmai veaaela couUlned Ihe flraliinUrauU from Hwt-dau deetlued lo land ou American toll. In lha .toith hea they euoountercd a liurrl tana, aud were obliged lo put In, for thclttr and rciialra, to Holland. After aettlngtall once mon,they wera tcaaril for auveral montha on tho uoaoni of tha Atlantic. Finally Uelawaru Hay waa reached, and anchora coat nt Varadlio l'olut. Iljr tirchaar, a tract of laud cm, jal lu extant to the pre-Miut Mlate of Delaware and half of I't-nntylvanla waa obtalneil from thulndlaua, Thla waatalletl New Hwaden, and a fortreaa built called KurtChrhtlnaln honor of lha iitiueu. Hut aeventeen yuara later, lu luu.the Dutoh obulned dominion ovir tho colony, and tho Hwodlah Hag waa torn down.- Later Kngland obtained control, and tho Dutch ltK i;ave way to Ihe llngllah. Hubae.Ueutlythai:nglUh flag depart-i depart-i d and theatira and tlrlpea llullerad In triumph to tha brerxe. Thadtecvndauttof tbeao hardy old rolonlala fought heartily and rntlmil-rutlcally rntlmil-rutlcally at tho tldu of Wathlngtou lu thu revolution. At tha prcaent time though tbo dc-cendauta dc-cendauta of thuauold fcttlora ahow no dlalluctlve characterlatlca aa Hwodlah. colonlata, they can ba fouut In both Delaware and l'emiaylvanh, and eMiiliiNew Jeney. They aru noted for their energy, Indualry, activity and l-erwveranic, marked iulltlca of their forifjitheia. |
