| Show BENEDICT ARNOLD the benedict at arnold nold was a brilliant and dashing american general out dut i a to his country he was born in norwich conn jan 14 1741 reckless and fond foid of 0 adventure lie he ran away from home when fifteen years old and joined the american forces in the french and indian war but soon deserted on the breaking out of the revolutionary war he helped he aped athan allen alien and his green mountain boys capture fort ticonderoga took a gallant part in the disastrous siege of quebec where he was wounded and for his bravery was made a brigadier general and handled with skill a flotilla in the battle of valcour lacour island arnold had a temper and when in 1777 five of his inferiors in rank were made major generals he wai very angry but kept on fighting in the battle of saratoga where his horse was wag killed under him and he himself wai waa severely wounded disabled by his wound he spent much of the winter of 17 1777 7 78 in the hospital at albany and the next spring was placed in command of philadelphia here he met major andre andr e an acquaintance which ended so disastrously for both in 1780 arnold at his own request wig was given the command of west point on the hudson one of the most Import important int points in the colonies which he agreed to betray into the hands bards of the british after his secret interview inte iview with andre andr e and the capture of that officer olTI ctr arnold fled to the british army in which he was was given a command in the latter part of the war he led ana an attack against his native state and wh when en peace was declared went to london where kittre he lived in obscurity until his hil death june 14 1801 despite the fact that the buffalo nickle has been in circulation more than 4 years the belief still prevails in certain sections that the coin is rate rare treasury department officials have re rc calved letters recently from persons who acting under this impression have wanted to know it if the tha goern pent ment expected to pay a premium on the coin in response to such inquiries officials have made public a letter staling that more than buffalo nickels sue are in circulation at the present time A woman in chicago is circulating a petition for the passage of a law compelling men who smoke cigarettes to walk in the middle of the streets A new york woman who thought the she had married a deathly baron is suing for divorce she had married a pauper |
