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The winter night Is cold and drear.
Alone tho river's sullen flow;
The cruel frost Is camping hero
Tho air has living blades of snow.
Lookl pushing from the ley strand,
With ensigns freozlng In the air,
There sails a small, but mighty bond,
Across the dangrous Delaware.
A rush a shout-a clarion call.
Salute the early morning's gray;
Now, roused Invaders, yield, or fall;
The worthy land has won the day!
Boon shall the glorious news be hurled
Wherever men have wrongs to bear;
For freedom's torch Illumes the world.
And God has crossed the Delaware!
Will Carleton.
THE winter of 1776, the year of
the glorious Declaration of In
dependence, found tho fortunes
of tho budding nation at their
lowest ebb. Beaten, buffeted and
broken, tho little army of Gcorgo "Wash
ington had been pushed beyond the
Delaware. Ho had scarco 4,000 men
to command, whllo Cornwallls and
Howe, tho British commanders, had
bIx times that many scattered over
New Jersoy and Now York.
Many Americans were becoming dis
gusted with tho war. Even Washing
ton's troops were disheartened and ho
faced tho calamity of having all but
1,600 of them quit tho service the first
of tho year, when their enlistment ex
pired. To make matters worse, Gen
eral Gates and some other high officers
In tho army wero trying to influence
congress against Washington. They
used every argument they could to
discredit their leader.
1 Brilliant Strategy. I
But while almost tho entire country
was losing heart, Washington was plan
ning a brilliant stroko to revivo tho
patriotism of the people and tho en
thusiasm of his troops. Ho determined-
to strike a blow nt tho British
forces In New Jersey, a dangerous
thing to do, one must admit, when It
Is remembered that ho "was outnum
bered six to one.
He was too wise a mnn to risk battlo
with tho main British force. Ho do
ilded to attack ono of the detachments
The dawn of the Fourth th old annual story
The nervous mans dread and the small boy's glory.
The east Is yet gray when all the land rumbles.
And the small cannon pops and the big cannon grumblesi
And the torrid sun creeps through a blue haze of powder.
And the torpedoes snap and the cannons boom louder
On the Fourth of July
The old-fashioned Fourth of July.
occupying the various cities of New
Jersey. After careful deliberation be
selected Trenton as tho point to bo
stormed. It was nearest his own po
sition across the river and the major
ity of the troops there were Hessians,
German soldiers England had hired to
fight In America. Cornwallls and Howe
had gone to New York with their
staffs, where social life and gnyety was
at a higher pitch than In the little New
Jersey towns.
I Left Trail of Blood. I
Washington's plan was to cross tho
river Christmas night with a body of
picked troops, a time when he thought
tho German commander, Colonel Rnhl,
and his officers and men would bo
carousing. He assembled the attack
ing force quietly on his side of the
river.
Some of the troops Washington had
ordered to Join him failed to arrive at
the crossing point in time. But de
spite that disappointment Washington
pushed on. He determined to make
the attack with tho column he had ac
companied. Washington's troops were
so poorly clad on the march that day
that a courier from General Gates In
Philadelphia was able to trail Wash
ington's force by bloody footprints in
the snow. When men key their cour
age to that point nothing can stop
them.
Patriots' Powder 8polled.
Delay at the ferry made an attack
before daylight Impossible. Washing
ton had hoped to surprise the British
and Hessians. The river wob filled
with floating lco and It looked for a
time as If most of tho little army
might be drowned In crossing. But
fortune smiled on them and none was
lost.
Once on tho New Jersey side, nt a
point about nine miles from Trenton,
Washington Watching the Last of His
Troops Land Before the Battle.
a terrific storm of snow and sleet drove
Into tho faces of the soldiers. It soon
ruined what little powder Washing
ton's men had, so tho order was passed
to rely on the bayonet. Washington
divided his men Into two columns, one
tinder General Sullivan and one under
General Greene. They were to march
by different roads and attack the Brit
ish outposts simultaneously.
"Advance and Charge!"
General Sullivan became somewhat
dubious about the outcome while on
the march and sent a messenger to
Washington to nsk what should bo
done. "Advance and charge," was
Washington's succinct reply. Washing
ton said In his report the next day that
he might have retreated at this time
had ho thought he could have crossed
the river without being discovered by
tho British.
It was nearly eight o'clock before
tho American advance met the first
British outposts. Tho latter wero at
tacked quickly and driven bock on
tho town without trouble. A rattle of
musketry from tho outposts announced
the beginning of the battle. Wayne
Whlpplo says in his "Life of Washing
ton" that tho Americans were so mad
that morning thnt they would havo at
tacked tho British with broomsticks.
Washington's surmise about Colonel
Rnhl and his officers was correct. They
had spent the night nt tho homo of
Abraham Hunt, drinking and making
merry. Hunt had furnished them an
elaborato Christmas supper. While the
supper was in progress, late that night,
a negro, servant entered the room and
gave Colonel Rnhl a note. The latter
thrust It In his pocket without looking
at It. It was fortunato for America
that he was too drunk to act properly,
for that note was from a Tory warn
Ing him of Washington's approach.
Hessian Colonel Killed.
Whllo tho officers drank and sans
Washington's men had fought theli
way Into tho outskirts of tho town.
The British cannon was captured and
trained down the streets on their
former owners. Tho sound of firing
brought realization of tho danger to
Colonel Rnhl and he rushed from tho
Hunt house to form his men. Ho was
a bravo man, but ho had stayed too
long nt his merrymaking. More than
a thousnnd Ilesslnns had surrendered
already. Colonel Rnhl rallied soma
men and made a show of resistance.
Almost the first fire wounded him mor
tally. When tho Hesslnns saw their
commander fall, some of them started
to retreat toward Princeton. But
Washington sent a detachment to head
them off and they soon surrendered.
Long before noon tho Amerlcnni
wero in possession of tho entire city
and the British and Hessian prisoner
wero belnc; transported across tho rlvci
for safe-keeping. Washington sent
couriers to congress with the Joyful
news. It spread quickly over tho coun
try and enthused tho cnuso of liberty
so well that Washington was ablo to
hold his army together and face the
British In the spring with determine
jtlon and courage.
Careful Tillage, Good Manage
ment and a Beneficent Soil.
Rending the reports of tho managers
nf the chartered banks In Canada, ono
Is struck by the wonderful showing
that they have made during tho past
two or three yearn. They aro careful
In their statements, and whllo they
attribute tho success that they havo
met with, together with that which has
followed other lines of business, they
nro careful to emphasize tho fact thnt
the condition of big business may not
continue. On the other hand, they
point out that the material and funda
mental source of wealth Is the farm.
While other lines of business may have
their setbacks, and whllo care and
scrupulous care, will have to be exer
cised to keep nn oven balance, there
Is hut little risk to the fanner who on
economic nnd studied lines will carry -on
his branch of Industry and endeavor
to produce what the world wants not
only today, but for a long distance Into
the future, with a greater demand than
ever In the past.
Speaking recently before n Canadian
bank board at Its annual meeting, tho
vice president, once a farmer himself,
said:
"The farm Is tho chief source of
wealth. Wo have now three transcon
tinental railways with branches run
ning through thousands of miles of
the very best undeveloped agricultural
land In tho world. In tho natural
course of things, these must attract
Immigration. The products of tho farm
are now commanding the highest
prices ever known, and In my opinion
even after the end of the war, high
prices for foodstuffs must continue to
prevnll. With the mechanical appli
ances now nvallahlc for farm work, the
farmer needs no considerable supply
of extra capital, but should be helped
to the extent needed upon good secur
ity. The food supply of the world In
short, the demand Is likely to increase
rather than decrease. Development
of mines, extension of factories nnd
the reconstruction of devastated Eu
rope must nil call for supplies for the
workers. On the whole, the farmer
has been helped rather than hurt by !
the wnr, nnd will continue to be, nt '
lenst for n long time to come." I
Many men of authority nnd Intelli
gence support what the vice president
hns snld, nnd their stntcments arc
borne out by tho facts that readily pre-'
sent themselves. The different grain-',
producing countries of Europe havo
been robbed of the mnn power that do-'
veloped their agriculture, tho farms
have been devastated and laid waste.
Full and complete reliance will have to
be placed on the United Stntes and
Canada, and from what we see today, '
It will take the combined forces of
these two countries to come anywhere
nenr meeting the cry thnt will go out
for food. The wnrnlngs nnd appeals
sent out by the hends of these two
countries nre nono too soon nor too ,
urgent. Therefore, It becomes nee
cssnry for those who enn produce to
exert themselves. Secure land, rent It,
buy it. Get it somewhere, some way,
nnd hnve It operated. The Canadian
Government, sending out Its appeal, Is
not selfish In this mntter. Thousands
of acres In the Uidted States nwnlt
the tiller's efforts, and nono of it
should bo Idle. Cnnadn, too, offers
wonderful ndvnntnges, with Its free
lands and Its low-priced lnnds, to those
desirous of helping tho nntlon, and im
proving their own condition nt tho
Bnme time. Mnny nro taking ndvnn
tnge of this wonderful opportunity.
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