Show TOWN TO BUY lighthouse to acquire tower from which two garla scared off british invaders boston mass the old light located on the sand hills ate scene of the exploit ot rebecca and abigail bates who during the war of 1812 scared off a british ship by playing the fito and drum will become the property of the town ot when the town purchases it from tho the old stone tower from which the lantern has long been removed has lain idle on the end of sand hills since the establishment of old tower light with which it was confused contused cont used by marinero mariners ma many years ago A year ago the scheme of a local lan d company to acquire the light house was defeated by the hue and cry that was raised by citizens of and patriotic societies all over the country in the town meeting last the town raised 1000 tor the purchase of the lighthouse the story or the heroic bates girls may be found in many of the histories of the bay state the two young daughters of aaron bates the light keeper lived with their on the then lonely strip of beach halt a mile from the village ot one day when their father in his fields a mile from the lighthouse a british man 0 war came in and an choked halt a mile off the shore the boatloads ot sailors started ashore the invasion 0 scituate was edly prevented by the two girls who taking from the wall a fife and drum which had been carried by their grand father in the revolution and on which they had frequently practiced they got behind a sand hill and struck up yankee doodle 10 such good effect that the sailors returned to the ship which baided bailed away the girls have been called the american army ot two |