| Show I f I rW WANT TO OsA SAVE THE TIIE s OLD ill SHIP l lg g Congressman Soaks to Havo Hn o tho g Preserved Parrys Famous Naval on Lako Laho g Erie Eric Recalled 2 I UJ The fine efforts 01 of ot nan I Inn Ilan Arthur I 1 To Hates hate representative In coner gress from the tilt tp district of o I 1 to 10 have havo havethe th the government sp appropriate sufficient L I money to raise raiN tile the hulk hulk bulk nf ot Commodore Terrys s the Niagara and pre preserve PI prep I p serve It as UI the the sole IOle remaining relic of ot the tha naval battle of Qt f bake strike 1 a responsive chord In Ira for tor It was sas In this tb I city nilS ell that thaI tb the rigging fur for the bravo nest was a mode says the Ih Leader Time he II NIlAr lagara now its lies 1 hurled burled In the thera I I Mild ra 1 oft off Isle Ink bay In ht take lake Erie I rl and n hates Dates who Is le a son Ion ot ur urU U A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A the Ih compiler of ot lutes hate Rotor of ot Perm Penn Volunteers wants want the govern government government ment meat to tl appropriate for the hulk and soil erecting t over oer It n a t building which will lit ire free fr to 10 the th public The TIle city Ill of ot Erie Is le the place pile de for the th keeping of the precious relic and the chamber of ef commerce of vr that place hiss has ousted offered to accept nC fIt U It In trust for tor the people nf or the nation It was Will on the th deck of ot till flagship Niagara NI era Hint that Commodor lare Perry then thi n but of age ace og stood when re rec I c the th urr niter of the Beet titer the Ibe memorable bottle buttle of ot I rake ake Erie Eric ElieSel Sept Sel It U 1113 and nn 1 as all the ninetieth anal i of r tb II the memorable m event In it Amerl ca silting war history Is t to IN lit the occa dun slun uC of u II monitor III hit n the Ihl city of ot n next r him m n Hates lIale has IMS h been sp specially anxious to the funds necessary tor for raising railing rollin the tho old 01 1 hulk It wits was wa to 10 the Die Niagara that Commodore O 0 II 11 ferry lerr made his hi night trout from tie the tho wrecked Lawrence and Ind from frum h her r flecks decks he be won I t tie lie h victory In olio ono of or the most re betties buttles ot of lilt world orld What wit was left of nf the I he fleet lIet of or three prigs brigs flee five schoon schooners ers ell and one our sloop was wal a ordered red by b the navy 10 to bu be 11 sold 1011 arid and removed ed In III 1119 but buI tot the Niagara was wal never taken away Along Ion the shore of ot I Lake ako l rl whose whOle name has bun been ePIl d by b one on ot of the must mOlt breve buttles ever fought foucht fou ht Perry diU da the tho nf of m grown In III lh I the h of the III people amid Is II more inure and more chore observed by b the Iho people p on un the dunca of at l lake lukl pale At 1 that time lime Philadelphia hlll look took a day da und and a s night to 0 various cities voted 1 l ha the testimonial swards IW and amid bush bUll business ness lies forroi It its duties tu to l lI ht HI lilt id 1 to 0 make u k t Tin Till ot or title Ibis battle hut halo been bl n many ant u I Inter Ing III but bul both It h popular and L chit iii live hll sought to l th the of err r thin j to crt II ui III its Ili II line Ihl 1 of ot Perty Iny when a n 1 delicate lud tod ur tor U 18 tallied mId tu w Join his hi fathers r snip hilI ni t the e en enera era erD Grain unit this he did UK toe brt n nIn In IA 1711 Ho He H served III In ton the war lIr with W Tri Tripoli TrillO d boll poli llO th the training school that i ma sj a u Us III many a I IP for or 1512 I I Ax As A soon as time the th war WILl with wit England became u IL le hi he It begged to III bv he put thorn t would 1 M a n 1 tu lit light and alit the this ver very 11 a flU day v the or ori nr i r came cam fur for him to choose hu the Hie be nest boot m men n from hie III hi lit nl Newport and to start terl fur far Harbor ho Ill was wan on the Ih I across the t 1111 r wilderness 1 r The Thc thin that know knew no nu daunting Mt him himot nt ot to building his hll ut lit ft He In n 11 shores without protection protection on un the Ih of oC thu the lake controlled by b the tho Iqual ron ran Only Omit a I few tell of nf the tho ship hlll tarpon carpenters tern sent lent from Cram came caIRe Cordage sail cloth loth ammunition all Mil had hied to U be brought over W Ws mills nit cs of U froien rolen and unbroken un UA broken brolien roads lie Ito tied lad had nothing at ham but hul the trees walling waiting far till the ax RI and tim timbers here bers went VInt tutu Into this the sides of lite brig Ni Niagara agara asara now rotting In time the lake that wore WON felled hewn und and laid aid In it one stay day oa when needed Peril at It Fort George Goor he set 1 out on foot fot at once and anji arrived ax as he 01 did In the lie wry very ry nick of ot time thins upon Ullon Ih battles eve ove No wonder that when lip he walked Into Inlo thin the cabin dune alone rain waked soaked and ond bedraggled with mud mUll Commodore Chauncey grasped hIs band and said No person on earth parth earth could coul 1 be 0 more needed He III helped to Jo win the b lIttle battle pulling about almut In IA sit nil open boat hoat pointing the stuns guns himself encouraging directing and final finally finally ly I going nn nil shore to 10 help storm lorm the tort fort And standing the deck of oC o the chip Niagara ILI he h wrote to 10 Jett I Huril Ion Curt on on nn the Ih back hack of DC an old letter Jotter that hilI mee mc sage In which goes loel ringing down our his bin lor lory dear le r General W We have met mot the enemy and they IhA are 1110 our two ships hips two IWo brUs brUsone one and one ono sloop Yours willI treat groat esteem e and respect 0 O II H The patriotic should tin r a apart forc be lie pardoned If It tin h In I of lC mr Ih part part his hll forbears fo hurl hart In c ml of the most gallant Vein sleets that thai ever r mot met motan In t tan an enemy The rigging of r the fleet hest WUN wua un toads In the bI rope walk of oC John and nn Irwin which stood at 81 the Point John Irwin an all army built the works kM lillO the IlIe first rope walk west t of ot the Allegheny mountains mountain Corn Com Petry contracted for the Int lit of or MH Meet fleet In III person with 1111 the the dl lr II aft wins It n ems that Hist the Ihl Al AI river continued cL at a II good ke keel keelboat l boat bUilt singe till August so 10 that the this rigging was conveyed to 10 Erie Erle without much dill cUlly culty Hod hind the river receded as II low AS R a the could not have been IHen rl rig ern ernin d dIn In time for Cor the glorious victory which fol Col followed ol lowed The Irvin ropo w walk lk was W removed to Allegheny just juit west well of r Inn th common soon loon after the thu war of or 1112 and an 1 was van o raced aerated Ol until ITO 1515 5 when It II w s I Sev Be ey eral time It was wu destroyed l II by y fire It wall wai Wa the thin largest rope walk west of the Al Allegheny l 1 mountains had and right eight years ago 0 was wal an as great a R curiosity to visitors u as this the step mills hills lire are toddy today In these thene rope role walks men wove the strands of ot cording an lit they walked backward along a R alow alow low roofed Inclosure hence the t hp peculiar i name P It may mav be mentioned that scone of lit the IrwIn descendants now live at Bewick le Ie leAt At the this time thine tb fps Intrepid naval oiliest r went out to tom meet I his hili on the tte tb rough waters of the lake Inke Erie Ede wu was not nOI even a name TIlt Presque lr Isle Itle It was Va called ailed then thell The lake shore was virgin wilder fleas liP and from the huge ask oik timber cut from the foi forest Pit Terry lerry built his hili little flou nett t chafing all the Woe time nt III the delay dela ml and anlIn see seeIng seeing Ing In the fleet hovering near n ar butt like a R hawk and not nol being able to strike It II Hut tut hU hll t work ork was wa not mint Interrupted It progressed ai RI as all the t hp energetic C Cand and could roul l force Core it When completed In August 1113 the vei vea seli uI 11 slowly dowl over the bar liar for they the were much het ler Unit than the flotilla was to cooperate with General WilliAm Henry Harrisons force The fleets were re about equally matched In iii sad and 1141 men There were well six Ish vessels e to I the Americans nine but hut the armament of ut the th former was wu much heavier and unil the th guns could carry much farther Han lav hall had 30 long guns Kuni to Perry 15 so o 0 that the American the awne which Willi ata the target forthe forthe for the he terrible tire Ire wa was literally shot inot to pieces her guns dismantled slid uld decks drenched In tn blood Perry Perr nothing Jin left the fiercely burning hulk crossing pro tn In a small email open OIn boat to 10 the Ni ii Niagara agara the next lint largest vessel ellel of o his hili fleet and there amid tremendous cheering hoisted tee hl emblem as u commander This Thill feat Yes wai one anI of or tits be u as well as must t dramatic ever ver enacted by h a navel naval commander In IA time of battle and not ha hili s been n extolled In sung sang and verse veri painted on OA canvas and anti Inspired In sculptors sculptors to execute the young joung oun hero In deathless death leI bronse and marble ferry Will was the this target for fully folly Cull CullI ir 15 I minutes minute of or a 1 most malt furious lire Itri while ills bis brave taR met men rowed him across the lak hake their theil Iron Iran at highest tension sal teeth set ant with Iron bound firmness With the little party went w nt the American colors colon With hi ills hla new flagship Terry terr pierced th the Iho line and Inti followed by hll smaller vessels clo closed J In at close rl quarters This trail been his bis unalterable Intention from the Aral Once upon a time lint there a poor little hunchback dwarf who was Will so IO homely bomely that folks Collis help staring at al him This Thy mn made li him to so very ver miser miter miserable miserable able dial he came cam to a avow people as much aa ae p I and Beek the compAn of or trees tree flowers and all the beautiful things of oC nature and nd In time they Ua became a greet great comfort te to him hInt himlie lie He would II for tor hours hour am amid Id the beautiful ful tUI wild l flowers Bowers tall ill houses and Anci ferns ern anti bemoan the rate fate fat that had bad l made him such Illch a 1 cripple One day da while hll Sitting HUng under a 1 welt great tree on tl 11 WB ge of ot the t r f r it nat ning to the till of or the this f t inui i i If ii l and n l the chap if of l t tilt tbs th insects ts round about r I him the rho refreshing spiry I I 11 the wh raue d him hin to III uk ok into Int t gintle r and Ire h that thit a ar 1 lovely r dill att tt mine came and t hung him hUn lora uno lal lala a 1 boy hll snit nil oil ull titan hw he hit i r to 10 b bf tie rid of that terrible t hump on Ills hi lark back and be so beautiful HP lee si ea I v himself pla playing IR ln with other children In III f of lila Ills home homO The Th people stilt stared nt lit hum him but hilt It WAS on ua u n C VO nt of oC Ins his wonderful beauty and an h II he e II 11 m sit t r ry mm mush mild U Ihal h hr Ir r nall really getting and Hio HUT ther ie n 11 I i in II tf t th Ili c III I III 11 oar hr I Tun hen n en tit I ho i i bi HI I 11 it t I II If jil pta i I I or r f i i n Dillon It I I i r rare iMn are lr li n lr r t t I Mn Ills II i I Ithe I Ithe the earth 1 t ty tit th t Ung sun tun whoa hD ir I Ul he h was lIas ado d I led lel mil ant mild a curs Ia iv V and amid it II h hn n hK ht y II m 10 h he found 1 II timing ern ng a II band of K gypsies 1 In a i land They hn had l stolen him on in n 1 of his hll great cat beauty Y and sad mid sad In I l tined td was as his hi M lot to bear Hy II and Inti by 11 t thi his hi home hom parents playmates ant and all the Ih scenes nel of the io t faded from tram Ills his memory and be he b became am as the ir p ri le leIn In all alt their evil way aj He Ill was waa U dl h hn n nesi esi st pl untruthful lair and nd and going from bad bed to worse won Then the i change lit of t life began to M a tell on him aM and its lot falling failing he soon b III t that v hi iii li it I in m tie him hun In the tM eyes eye of tin the PI i ct 1 I lie hi l n l th they Ihy y not nol notI I ai ills la to U tic burdened with him hint any an III I i I ng i left him alone In a 1 gloomy forest foret forestI C i I t ih dir Ii The wu was m sit terrible C CI ti I him hem that he hp awoke Awk Lying there thinking of nil his horrible siram he hI felt r ri i that em ten n a n poor hun dwarf has hasI I something to b be t thankful for and aDd h b he t I began biKin to i let gee that thai beauty which lIle Is la t so Jo t i much Co coveted vet H In thus this world mord may ma prove prova a all as great an as U deformity and ne r ri i from that time forth orth he III knew a peace 1 which I tie he had bad never nt known before for a his hia dream am had taught him that true i happiness lies hies not net in III the pone ion of beauty but of ot a contented heart II The of et this WI fable Salle t le Is In II Ine t for e It tade dot dont a t a IL av b gold j e v Q rt Nf a |
