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Show TREMENDOUS TREMENDOUSTRIFLES [ T TRIFLES TRIFLES I S j I IBv I IT 0 0T 0B T SI I B Bv ) ELMO LLl\IO LLl IO \ SCOTT WATSON WMSON W WMSONTINY A'I AI ' SON | TINY URGE , GREAT ADVENTURETHROUGHOUT ADVENTURE ADVENTUREnHROUGHOUT I tils bls his boyhood boyliood bo hood llanald Ranald RanaldMcDonald RanaldMcDonald nHROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT IcDonald McDonald listened to the tM sailors sailors'tales sailorstales ' tales of ot tliat that far tar off land across the thePacIfic thePacific thePacific PacIfic nbere where u here white men were "ere ere " un unImown unknown unknown Imown known The south youth outh made np up his mind mindthat mindthat mindthat that some day he w would uld gee bee er ; to Japan JapanlIe JapanHe Japanlie lIe He lIerote wrote \\rote rote mote \ In his Journal ' 'I I ' I am pIe pIepared piepared piepared pared to learn of them and If occasion occasionshould occasionshould hould should ! ; o offer ITer , to Instruct them t'1Cm t1Cm ttiem ' of us " So . , on a June day . , 18-18 18 1848 1838 - he ' sat S'lt Slt sit ' In a asm'lll asmall asmall sm'lll smlll small ' boat rolling 'n n ' the wake w'1l.e w1l.e w1le ' . of the thewh'ller thewhaler thewhaler wh'ller whller whaler ' PI Plymouth mouth , off the northernmost northernmostcoast northernmostcoast northernmostcoast coast of Japan He lIe h It " 1 arranged ai m ranged flmged with withCnpt withCapt withCapt Cnpt Capt Lawrence B Edvvardb d"anI danI Edwards " : . to be set setndrIft setadrift setadrift ndrIft adrift " when "hen hen the Plymouth Hppro'1ched Hppro1ched approached approachedthe Hppro'1chedthe ' the shores sbores of ot the "far far "hr hr "fir fir " off countr country country"Hie countryHie : . " the he crew refused reCused to cut thf thp the ropes that thatheld thatheld thatheld held the small sm'lll smlll ' boat bO'lt bOlt ' , feelln feello " ? , , sure that thatMcDonald thatMcDonald thatMcDonald McDonald \ was as going to certain certam death deathBut deathBut deathBut But the young man m'ln mln min ' Insisted and Law Lawrence Lawrence Lawrcnce rence left the frail ciatt CHlft craft and Its lone loneoccupant loneoccupant loneoccupant occupant In a fog tog shrouded sea . On July Julv 2 , near the village vlUage of ot Not Notsuha Notsutra Notsuka suha sutra , , McDonald caoslzed cansized thfc tht thE . , boat de- de do- do deJrberately doliberately de deliberately - - liberately Jrberately . , feelln feeling sm suie sure e that th'lt thlt ' no race racewould racewould racewould would mistreat a shipwrpcked shJpwrpched shipwrecked S'lllor Slllor sailor sailor.But sailorBut ' . But he was Imprisoned for ten montb9 months montb9lie monthsHe monthslie lie He put his time to good account , how bow- bow how- bowever however however - ever , learning the language hnguagp and nnd cus customs customs customs toms of his captors who treated him himfably himfairly himfalily fably fairly well In return , he taught them themrngUsh themEnglish themEnglish themEnglishMcDonald rngUsh English : rngUshMcDonald EnglishMcDonald McDonald was freed and dellvered delivered deliveredto dellveredto to Captain Oh Gl Glynn nn of the tbe " 'Treble Treble "Preble Preble ' ' ' on onAprIl onApril onApril AprIl 0 , 1819 181 131s lIIs His adventure bore borefruit borefruit borefruit fruit In a strange v , way ay One of bls his blspupils hispupils hispupils pupils was a youth named MorIyama Morlyama Morlyamawho Moriyamawho who \ , ho became bec\me bec me ' \ Interpreter for Townsend Townsendlhrns TownsendIIarris TownsendHarris lhrns IIarris the first m'nlster mnlster minister m'nister mnister ' from tIle the tIleUnited theUnited theUnited United States to Japan J'lp'1n Jlp1n ' ' Harris Barris * ' t'lsk tlsk task t'lskwas taskwas taskwas ' was one of the mo most < : t difficult illfficult in the thehistory thehistory thehistory history of American Amelican diplomacy dlploID'lCV dlploIDlCV diplomicv ' The ThetraIl Thetrail Thetrail traIl that tb'lt tblt ' McDonald had blazed Into Intothe intothe Intothe the closed fastnesses fastnesc.es fastnesces : . of Japan Jnp'1n Jnp1n ' resulted resultedIn In the rise of an Oriental Orient'll Orientll ' nation mUon to a aworld aworld aworld world power . * . . . ONE.CANNQN.BALL ONECANNQN.BALL ONECANNQNBALL ONE-CANNON-BALL ONE CANNON BALL . - . - VICTORYIN VICTORY VICTORYL IN JULY , 1812 1S12 , a bquadron squadron of five fiveBntIsh fiveBritish L BntIshar British BntIsh \ war \\ar ar vessels , led by the tbe flag flagslup flagship flaship slup ship Royal 'noy\l 'noy noy l ' ' ' \ George , ' sailed to attach attack attachfachett's attackSackett's attackSackett's attackSacketts fachett's fachetts Sackett's Sacketts , ' Harbor Ihrbor , the chief chlee AmerIcan AmerIcanoutpost Americanoutpost Americanoutpost outpost on Lake L\l.e Ll.e L l.e le ' \ . Ontario It was W'lS WlS ' held heldby heldby heldby by a small force of Americans Amencans , manning m'ln mln man m'lnnlng manniug ' nlng ning a battery of zit = : sl I and nine pound pounders pounders pounders ers on top of n a rocky rocl.y rocly . bluff They nlso also nlsohad alsohad alsohad had a heavy 3 32 " _ pounder pOl1nder toblch to \ which \\blch blch they theyh'ld theyhid theyhad h'ld hld hid ' gl\ gl gi\cn gi cn glen gnen \ \ en the name of 'Old Old ' Old SObe Sow SO\\ SO \ " be because because because cause they had found It partly Imbed Imbedded imbedded Imbedded ded in th tha the mud along .1long 1long . tho the shore . As the British hips "hIps chips " ' moved mo\ed mo ed motied \ to the theattacl theattack theattack attacl attack . . , Capt WIllum William Vaiinhan's Vaiinhans Yau"han's Yauhans Vauhan's Vauhans " ? ' gun gunners gunners gunners ners opened fire1th fire with \\1th 1th wrtli \ \ the 'Old Old ' Old Sow Sow"But SowBut " But tlie the shot wentIde went \ wide \\Ide Ide because bec'luse becluse ' Itas it \\as as was wasa \ wasa asa a 24 4 pound p01.nd p01nd . ball , v . wrapped rapped In cal caipet catpet pet to tomahe tomake tomake mahe make It fit , and It drew rew from the saIl saIlors sailors sailors ors on the "Roval Roval "Royal Royal "no no " al George a shout of ofderIsive ofderisive ofderisive derIsive laughterStandmg laughterStanding laughter laughterStanding Standing Standmg off out of ran range e of the theAmerIcans theAmericans theAmericans AmerIcans ' smaller guns , the enemy enemywent enemywent enemywent went Into action Most of their shots shotsclashed shotsstashed shotsclashed clashed stashed against the rocks rochs below the thebatter thebatters thebattery batter batters , but one , a 3 32 pound ball b'lll blll ' , came camehurtlIng camehurtling camehurtling hurtlIng over o'Ver ' the bluff , plo plowed " ed a deep deepfurrow deepfurrow deepfurrow furrow In the ground and came to rest restat restat restat at tlie the feet of a Sergeant Spier SIller . Plch Pick PlchIng Picking PickIng Ing It up , he be ran r'ln rln ' to Captain Vaugban Vaughan Vaughan"Seel VaughanSeel . . . "See See "Seel Seel " I ' I've Ive ' been playing plnyIng ball with tbe the tberedcoats theredcoats theredcoats redcoats and nnd caught 'cm cm 'em em ' out . . See It Itthey Itthey Itthey they can catch It back again agalD t ' " he be ex exclaImed exclaimed esclaimed esclaimedIn claImed claImedIn In an Instant Vaufchan Vaubhan Vaughan a b : , men ha had hadrammed hadrammed 1 < 1rammed rammed the ball down own ths the throat thro\t thro t ' \ ot of otthe ofthe oftlie the "Old Old " Sow " It fit perfectly perflctl perfectlyr r ' As Asthe Asthe Asthe the flagship fiagchlp ; sailed s'1lled s1lled ' In doss close to deHver deliver delivera deHvera a broadside , the 'Old Old ' Old Sroared Sow S\\\ S Son ( \ \ " roared roared'Ihe roaredThe roaredThe 'Ihe Ihe The ' 3 32 pound ball crashed through the thestern thestern thestern stern of the British vessel vess'l vessl vess'1 vess1 ! ' ' , raked rahed her herfrom herfrom herfrom from end to end , sent splinters fiylng flying fiylng111gh flyinghigh flyinghigh 111gh high In the air mr , killed kUJed 14 men and andwounded andwounded andwounded wounded 18 more morelSeeing morel morelSeeing I ISeemg Seeing Seemg the destruction thl thib thlb one shot shotwrought shotwrought shotwrought wrought , the British commander gave gavetbe gavethe gavethe tbe the signal sIgn'll sIgnll ' to retreat As his shlp5 ships shipspeered shipsveered eered peered , off , a mignty mlgaty mlgnty shout arose from fromthe fromthe from'the fromthe ' the shore The Americans AmerIc'lns AmerIclns ' \ were ere ' * ' laugh laughIDg laughing laughing IDg ing last ' The ' Old Sov Sow's Sows , 's s ' " one shot bad had hadwon hadwon won \ on the victory and sa saw savid VI d Saclcett's Saclcetts Sackett's Sacketts Saclcett'sHarbor Sackett'sharbor Sackett'sHarbor SackettsHarbor ' Harbor . . * . KENTUCKY (2) 2 (7) 7 ( ? ) BLUE GRASSS GRASSAY GRASS GRASSQ S SAY Q AY "Kentucky Kentucky "Kentuck Kentuck " ' . and .lnll lnll dad the Imagination Imaginationconjul Imaginationconjures Imaginationu conjuies conjures conjul es up U1) U1 ) a landscape of rollln rolling rollingpasture rollinopasture , : pasture lands , marked by wliite white painted paintedfences paintedfences paintedfences fences \ with \ ltll proud race horses pastur pasturIng pasturing pasturIng Ing on the tbe luxuriant Imrurlant blue grassIn grassIn grass grassIn In 1752 , It \ was \ 'lS lS ' a dltl'err- dltl'err dltlerr different dltl'errnt ' - > nt pic picture picturewhen picturewhen . ture turev.hen v.hen vhen when . 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" that tll'lt tlllt ' tiiul hur had ] push pusLu puslJu . ' the cane caneaway caneaway caneaway away It was Kentucky T\entuckv T entuckv renttickv \ : blue grass rass . grassthe tne tlIe the famous L b3 by product of an anIndIan anIndian anIndian IndIan trader's traders ' careless CJre1e5S gesture I ! Wea.Orn WeaOrn Wcatorn western . ! Newspaper Newspnper Union Unlc.tl Unlctl . . . . |