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The Irish Standard. (Minneapolis, Minn. ; St. Paul, Minn.), 1900-07 - 1 i <>£- V fr- «-&:r •!*• #fe I . & >• I ..•Ml S>,^jf,>tJ -'-V^'V ' - . THE IRISH STANDARD, SATURDAY, JULY 7,1900. on the point of riding back to Hoop­ DAVITT AND VILLEBOIS. thing fess than a whole library. "Well, The British troops exceeded 2,000, of I could pronounce his name with the it in harmony with its promises there Annie J. Swensen. deceased, late of tbe stad, I returned to suggest to the col­ this is my whole library." County of Hennepin, and State of Mlnne- whom 35 officers and 191 rank and file reverence with which my countrymen are to be found liberty's best and sweet­ onel the hope that he was keeping a Nell—Do you know, I really think I sota, being granted to Peter P. Swensen; . '< The Former's Reminiscences of the were killled; 122 officers and 706 rank across the sea wish me to pronounce it est blessings. And it appearing upon proper proof by diary of his experiences, and that he will marry Harry. He is good-looking, and file wounded. the affidavit of the said Peter P. Swensen, iJ Gallant Frenchman. before the people of France. In Amer­ Here, upon this historic place in made and filed herein, that there are no might embody these and his views of rich, and I am rather fond of him. In the only letter out of six that ica two names are the idols of our na­ France's own capital city, where meet debts against the estate of the said Annie the military lessons of the war in a Belle—I didn't know you were engaged. J. Swensen, deceased: reached the Dublin Freeman's Journal MILITARY HEROES REWARDED. tional worship, the burden of fireside the nations of the earth, there will stand, It Is Ordered, That three months be and book when the campaign was over. He Nell—Oh! it's not formal yet; but he the same Is hereby allowed from and after ^from Michael Davitt during his stay in tale, the inspiration of the poet's song, with France's gracious permission, an smiled, and, opening his jacket, handed has told me that I see different from the date of this order. In which all per­ South Africa he gives the following the theme of the orator's discourse: The abiding interpreter of America's grat­ sons having claims or demands against tbe me a good-sized note book, closely writ­ other girls. Great Britain Is Generous Toward Her said deceased are required to file the same sketch of Colonel Villebois-Mareuil, the name of him who was the father of itude to France for her participation in in the Probate Court of said county, for ten in many pages of jottings. He said Eittle Willie—Say, pa, what's an ego­ Titled Generals. commander of the foreign legion with his country—George Washington; and America's war, and of the principles of examination and allowance, or be forever the matter thus written down would be tist? Pa—An egotist, my son, is a man Whatever may be said of England's barred. the Boers: the name of him who was the true and civil and political liberty, which were It Is Further Ordered, That the first more or less unintelligible if the book who tells you those things about himself treatment of the men who fight her Monday in November, 1800, at ten o'clock " 'Au revoir! we will meet in Paris trusted friend of Washington, Gilbert the life and soul of that momentous fell into the enemy's hands, but it would which you intended to tell him about battles in the ranks it can not be a. m., at a general term of said Probate after the war, if—I am not shot!' A Motier, Marquis de Lafayette. struggle. Court, to be held at the court house In tbe enable him to memorize all the engage­ yourself. charged that she has refused to reward City of Minneapolis, in said county, be and cordial shake of the hand, a vault into Wealth and rank, the favor of court And now, Lafayette, thy task is given the same is hereby appointed as the time ments he had witnessed and the opin­ "I like you very much, Mr. Ardup," the successful commanders Of her ar­ the saddle and a gallop across the wide and king, high distinction in the service thee. Speak, we charge thee, the grat­ and place when and where the said Pro­ ions which he had formed of the gen­ the young heiress said, "but I cannot mies. The duke of Marlborough, bate Court will examine and adjust said veldt, and one of the bravest and most of his own country, the endearments itude of America to France; speak for claims and demands. eralship, tactics, and fighting on both marry you." "I will be equally frank, known also to history as John Churchill, And It is Further Ordered, That notice chivalrous Frenchmen of our time was of wife and child—all that ambition the liberty for which America and of such hearing be given to all creditors sides throughout the campaign. His Miss Bullion," he rejoined, picking up might be called a general of one battle soon after added to the lengthening list could covet or opportunity promise, the France once fought together and which, and persons Interested In said estate by death has, therefore, deprived the mili­ his hat. "I don't like you at all, but I —that of Blenheim. But "it was a fa­ forthwith publishing this order once in of victims of this accursed war. 'If I youth of nineteen summers put resolute­ they together cherish and uphold. each week for three successive weeks In tary world of a book Which would prob­ would marry you in a minute. I am mous victory," the poet has told us, the Irish Standard, a newspaper printed am not shot.' Just one short week after ly aside to cast his lot with a far-off Speak, we charge thee, through endless and published in said county. ably be considered a classic work of more self-sacrificing than you are. and for this alone he received the royal bidding me good-bye in these words he people battling against fearful odds— years; through endless years America's Dated at Minneapolis, this 8th day of this unique war. Good evening." manor of Woodstock, upon which June, 1900. < . was killed (according to one report), and that at a moment when their for­ gratitude shall last and liberty shall By the Court: "Commandant-General Botha has ex­ Queen Anne subsequently erected the F. C. HARVEY, after having surrendered as a prisoner tunes were at their lowest ebb and hope reign in America and France. pressed to me the high admiration in magnificent Blenheim palace. At the Judge of Probate. to an overwhelming force of Lord THE IRISH AT BUNKER HILL. had well nigh abandoned their stand­ which he held Villebois-Mareuil, both samf time the nation's gratitude was Methuen's men, in the locality of Bo- ards. When the agent of America in PROBATE NOTICE. as a man and a soldier. They were to­ expressed in the highly practical form DBUTN NEW! shof, southeast of Hoopstad, near the Many ;of Them Fought and Fell in France sadly confessed that he was even STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF gether during the whole of the Tugela of a perpetual pension to himself and Hennepin. Probate Court. road to Kimberley. Liberty's Cause. unable to furnish a ship to carry him Mrs. Waldon, of Ishpeming, Mich., is In the Matter of Proving the Alleged Last fighting with Buller's forces, and the heir forever of the very respectable sum and other volunteers, Lafayette said: visiting with her son and will remain a Will and Testament of Patrick E. Gan­ "The news of his death reached Pre­ Thomas Hamilton Murray, the sec­ non, Deceased. English general's antagonist found in of £4,000 per annum. In addition to "I will buy a ship and take your men few weeks. Whereas, Catherine Gannon, of the Coun­ toria a few hours only after I had retary-general, has prepared for the the brave French officer a warm per­ these splendid gifts, says the Gem, the with me." A. Murphy, Jr., has been heard from ty of Hennepin and State of Minnesota, mailed my last batch of letters to the American-Irish Historical Society a has delivered to the Probate Court of the sonal friend and the support of an ex­ duke made some tolerably good pick­ Given a command in the army of in­ and reported a delightful trip. County of Hennepin an Instrument in writ­ Freeman, one of which contained an ac­ list of American patriots bearing Irish ing, purporting to be tbe last will and tes­ perienced soldier. ." ings out of his campaigns, as will read­ dependence, Lafayette was at all times Mr. and Mrs. Kelleher are rejoicing count of an interview granted to me names who fought against the British tament of Patrick E. Gannon, late of sald- ily be admitted when it is stated that his the "preux chevalier, sans peur et sans over the advent of a young son. county and state, deceased, and filed there­ by the colonel on March 31, at Wonder- at Bunker Hill in the action of June 17, with her petition to said Probate Court LAFF AND GRO' PHAT. widow, the ambitious "Sarah," to whom reproche." The highest traditions of Mr. Covenly, of Milwaukee, is visit­ praying that the said Instrument may be fontein.
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