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Show tir.TTm..iai..i-two-.jv. S , Rcinlullooarf ? f TO PATRIOTS OF 76 fS, vi ' I Maltlmnre e Tha 127th nnnlvera.iry of t!ie u iry- I Innd petrlota' aland against the IlrllUh I e'lajip Act, when tiny binned tho ahlp I'ei gy Stewart and lla rnrgo of lea In the harlor of Anniipolla, la knoan throughout Maryland aa I'eggy H'cw-ait H'cw-ait day, and In rotnnieuioratlon of It a aplendiil nioniimeut tti the revolutionary heroee waa unvelc,d in Haltlniore the other day under the auapli ca of Hie National Society 0f the Hona of the American Revolution. The deatrmtlon of the I'eggy Htew-art Htew-art and her cargo of tea waa one of the tnoal allrrlng acta of the revolutionary revolu-tionary period Kollowlng rloaely noon the beela or the atainp act It not only atung Kngllah pride, but arouied , aplrlu of the Maryland rolotilati to a ngbtlng pitch. It la contended by Uury-landera Uury-landera that the deatructlon of the I'eggy Stewart la of aa algnal Intercut to the country aa the lloaton Tea ar-ty. ar-ty. They contend that while tin nien who toaaed the lea overboard In Una-ton Una-ton harbor were dlagulaed aa Indiana TUB I'KUOT STEWART MONU MKNT. POWER OF BUDDHIST PRIESTS. Their Heapunalblllty lor the reerfal llaier luu.nl la t hlna. lluddaiat prlcata were the luatujutori of tha horrible lloxer uprlHlng Id China Chi-na and ona of the alda they Invoked In goading tha Uoxnra to violence waa bypnotlatu. Thoee prleata exerclea a great Influence and ara regarded Is tha light of miracle workera. Tbulr moat extravagant atatemjnta ara received re-ceived with Implicit liell -f. They ar-aured ar-aured tha llogera that th.y wcrt Invulnerable Invul-nerable and that the milieu of the foreign devlla couUI not Injure them. How they put their knowledge of hyl-notlam hyl-notlam Into efTcct la thua uarrated it A. Henry (tuvage Ijimlor: "Tha uaual nuillclnua atorlea wive circulated In lloxera' plnrurda of foreigner for-eigner kidnaping children to turn them Inlo auup or pound them Into Jelly, which, tu a medicine, became endowed, en-dowed, after It had undergone the further proceaa of drying In the aun, with niarvi'loua elrciiKthcning quail-tlea. quail-tlea. Foreign dorlnra were nlao arniaed of clucking out the ewa of people un-awarea. un-awarea. Foreign devlla, it waa declared, de-clared, then ground thean eyia Into duat and lined them In their occult irte Moat of tluae. al'tuird runiora were prolmhly oilclnated by nr.tlvea who had aeeit aurginil operatlona pi-rtonned In nilaalon Inmpltnla The kldiiuplnf: of children waa Invarliihly the flrat ac-cuantlon ac-cuantlon brought ugilu-t the foreign-era, foreign-era, and whenever riota occurred ngalnat 'white devlla,' the Inatmion nmllcloualy did away v.lth the number of little unfortunate, and then held forelgncre reapnnslhle for their dlp-pearance. dlp-pearance. The lluddhlat tnnnki, hw. ever, In the llmer nioveiuent, hid deviled de-viled a alight variation In the detail They were very adept at hypnoilam, and availed themaelvea of thla power to tmpreaa the niaaaea. They hyp-notlied hyp-notlied young hoyj, and then at night left tbetu In a elate of catalepiy In aome thoroughfare. When a aufJcient crowd had collected mound then In-aenelhte In-aenelhte creaturea the monka duly appeared ap-peared and pointed out 'tl MtuI proof of lha evil doing, of the fom-n. er.' The crowd having broa worked Into a atate of frenxy, the boyt- .,. ently dead, would be reatorcd b) uf. by the monk, (they .aid 're.uacltt,d' and the by.t.ndera would b, .hu, further convinced that, whatever deviltry dev-iltry foreigner might perpetrate, rtud dblat monka had alwaya tba Bowl, m make thing, good w u j and the deed wna done under cover of ilarkneaa, the nien who deatroy.d the tea-lad. n Peggy Htew.irt were, all I known and their ad wri .niumltteii openly. It la an Id that will Ue lloaton lloa-ton Tea Tarty might havi Mara overlooked over-looked by Fnglnnd and ainnoihed over, the miming of the I'eggy Htewart waa a defiance of the au'iority of the King which only abject retracUeai could wipe out. The monument which cummemnr-atea cummemnr-atea the deatructlon of the Peggy Htewart Htew-art la CO feet Inchea high and weigh. 200 tona. The baae I. the Inrgeat and heavte.t .Ingle .tone ever brought to llaltlmore. weighing 31 tone. The dl- mi ter of the column at the baae of the ahart la three feet, and tha diameter at the neck uf the aha ft la two feet aeven Inchea. The height of the atatue of the (loddena of Uberty aurmountlng the column, la 11 feet. The figure of Liberty la of brnnie. Hhe bold, tha laurel wreath of victory In ona band and the Declaration of Independence In the other. "It wca thla almple hypnotic expedient, expedi-ent, carried on on a large acale, that Induced the lloxer. to fling themaelvea In the Held agalnat the modern rlflea, under the belief thut the Iluddhl.t monka bad made them bullot-proot." |
