Show POWDER HORN RELIC ONCE CARRIED BY FATHER OF DANIEL WEBSTER was slung over captions shoulder as he stood guard before wash Ing tons tent on night after arnolds arnolda treason Tr caon boston col edwardk edward K webster of Cou concern corn N H is tho the possessor of a historical relic which came to him a short time ago which he would not part with for any consideration it Is the powder horn carried by eb alezer webster father of daniel and ezekiel Eze klel during the french and revolutionary wars the absolute genuineness of the origin of this old relic Is beyond question it was given to col websters stera mother in person by her uncle daniel webster with tile the injunction that it was to be given to her eld est son daniel when ho he should become of ago age As aa directed tho the horn born was given into the posses possession sidn of daniel webster wl i Is now a resident of boscawen N if and after more than 50 years of guardianship dian ship by him was turned over to his bis younger and only brother E edward dward of concord Con coid the powder horn Is in a splendid state of preservation and Is unusually handsome in its beautiful curving outlines and perfect formation it measures I 1 14 inches in length ten inches in circumference at the base and about four inches at the tip it Is mounted in brass and the workmanship even to the finely cut threads by which the cap call was screwed on to ta of 0 tho the very best the horn Is suspended by a firmly stranded linen cord 30 inches long which Is known to bo be the original cord from which the horn born was suspended while carried in the wars in which capt ebenezer Eb onezer webster bore a strenuous part could there come from tho the bell of this horn audible reminiscences of the sturdy pioneer days of vivid interest His historic torio powder horn and its present possessor would be 1 the tales it would tell but as it Is some facts are known as when it was worn by capt ebenezer as he stood guard before the tent of washington at west point on the night after the arnold treason on w which hl ell occasion gen washington Is known to have said capt webster I 1 believe I 1 can trust you capt ebenezer webster from whom the horn has descended to fo his youngest great grandson col webster was ivas born in kingston N H in 1739 in 1760 he enlisted as a private under gen jeffry amherst in the famous corps of the french war known as rogers rangers one writer speaking of hia service in this connection says jn in dangers and successes of desperate fighting the rangers had no equal and of these hard and perilous experiences in tho the wilderness in conflict with indians and frenchmen ebenezer strong in body and daring in temperament had his full share he returned to his native tow with the rank of captain in ile he became one of the original 1 settlers iett lers of salisbury N it then k known r own as Stevens stevenstown town on the portion of the grant allotted to him he be built his log house which was at the northerly outskirts of the grant and with no habitation of man between him and montreal the log house was completed in 1764 and for 11 years exposed to the likelihood of attack from all quarters particularly the wit wilderness der riess to the north he cleared his aar acres es and endeavored to peacefully till the soil sail at the end of this period the revolutionary lutio nary war broke out and salisbury having increased to an extent which permitted P ermit ted it he be at once formed a company of men and as their captain reported with his men at doston boston at dorchester geu gen washington counseled with him as to the state of feeling in new hampshire lie ho and ills his company were in many important battles of the revolution at denning tion capt ebenezer Eb ensser was bofto one of the first to scale the breastwork and came out it Is said with hla hiki swarthy skin so blackened blackened with dust and gunpowder that his men hardly know knew him |