Show ONE HUNDREDTH anniversary OF THE WAR OF 1812 this is the one olle hundredth an i iver sary of the war of 1812 while no public celebration will mill be held i in this town there is a wide mide interest F I 1 in the event especially among those who mho are the descendants from the soldiers who mho administered adminis tred the second i great defeat to our british cousins exactly vears ears ago in the trem eldous progress pro giess that has been made in this country since this war mar there is nothing more remarkable than the development of arms and am it is difficult to believe that at that time there w aare ere no real gun factories in america although today it is one of the nations nation great industries in ill c connection with inith the early lay day A of gun making iu in this country an anecdote arec dote of interest to every eiery man who mho owns a modem gun ib told in ill tho little hunting book which is now leing being distributed b bv the remington irm arm union lc cartridge co in commemoration of this event one day in 1816 two men a smith and his son both named 1 remington were working busily at their forge in illon ilion gorge in new york state when so the t ly froes tile the boil asked ills his father to money to buy a rifle and met alth nith a refusal ille reci request liest was mas lavial al foi the surrounding hills re full of ganie game eliphlet jr caf ased d ills his davs tightly and began 0 electing lion on oil his on ac cont this he welded into gun eun larrel barrel walked fifteen miles t L tica to han have e it rifled and finally latt lad a wearon mearon of which hp he might NN well ell be proud in reality it was such a very nery good gun that soon tile the eight ors ordered others like it and llund himself h bird ird at work to meet the increasing demand sen several eral times each week the stalwart young racked packed a load of gun barrels upon his back and tramped all the maa wa to utica where a gun smith mith liflet and finished them abe th braai of eliphalet LUp balet jr belled under his load and he soon denisee machinery with mith which he bould do the rifling for himself thus the forge became a complete un tin factory receiving material as iron and turning out finished rifles remington guns soon be clune cime famous throughout the country ard a brand new american industry was mas beg begun u n this incident Is typical of the be ginning of american genius and many si millar anecdotes could be told of the men who laid the dounda eions in this vicinity |