Daily British Whig (1850), 21 Jun 1912, p. 11

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* the effect that : "WAS NOT REALLY TAKEN AT BUNKER HILL. President of Quebec Historical Sa. ciety Gives Full History of the Weapon--Tickling the Fancy of American Visitors. + Quebee, June 19. An interesting let- un in copmection with the Bunker Il gun has been written to a loeal paper by Uol.' Neilgon, the president of the Quebec Literary and Historical wopcioty. It. clears away a good deal of the confusion and adds color to othe theory that the inscription to the wffect that the gun had been captured ab Bunker Hill was placed an ithy o | gitba tern. In his letter Col. Neilson says Abe so-called 'Bunker IKI Gun' his engaged the attention of the press and the publie for some weeks. The rea] story of this piece of non appears to be unknown. I am of the few remaining who do know ils history, and therefore feel pastifiod in making, the following statement concerning it. On the 4th of November, 1871, Capt CC. E." Montizambert, Quebec Garrison Artillery, and I were commissioned to recruit "B" battery, C.A., (the first tof the permanent gorps) apd at the same Lime to fake charge of all the milithry Buildings and stores, trans- ferred to the militia department when the last of the imperial garrison sail ed from Quebec on the 6th of Novem: ber. Among a multitude of obsolete matericls we poted * this strane: bronze' gun fn the shed in rear of the present RC.R. quarters, on Louiy street. A few days later Major W. 11. Inpp, 4 retired British officer, whom we th - knew, caine to us, claiming that this bronge gun was his per- sonal property, that it had been an heirloom in his family for about a miury; that being determined to fix himsift permanently in Quebec he had caused the gun to be brought from | "his home in England, and that, pend. ing the creation of a new home here, had requested one of the military to house it where we f it. He agked as to take charge of & wntil wuch time as he would alam it. He further volunteered the wlatoment the gun had formed part of the armament of an American sloop of war or privateer captured off the harbor of Pon in the early days of, the revolutionary war by his grandfathe?, then an officer in the royal - navy. This officer had either the gun as a reward or kept ie | legitimate loot. i? the summer of 1872, sommandant, | Lieut.-Col, range, R.A., eadded the gun to be ted on an improvised carriage in centre of the citadel square, in the xact position it now occupies. In May, 1575, being on leave of ab: gente, | visited the United States and an other cities Boston, and among its wights, the Bunker Hill monument, At the summit ot this monument, yeached by a long flight of stairs, is 8 Jguadrangular chamber. To my sur pk 0 1 found aflixed to the walls two roh2e guns of the exact size and ap- pearance of our citadel gun, A third, gin wi gun, was in several frag: ments, also affixed to the walls, On one of the walls was an inscription to In tha year 1772 or 3 $ four bronze guns were cast by or er of the commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, that all were used during the war of independence, Two of these were intact at the close of the war-- the third exploded, (hence the frag- ments) and that the fourth had ecom- pletely dissppeared. * There could be no doubt that Maj. Tapp's gun was the fourth gun refer- red to in this inscription. It exactly corresponds to its fellows, in size and above all 'by the embossed oval dsent- cheon with the arms of Massachusetts ~namely,.an Indian holding a bow- above a lone star. 1 mentioned these facts to my brother officers after my return and 1 think gave the information to at least one, of the Quebec papers of that year, 1875. Up to 1577, there was no in- scription whatever on the gun itself That year and the year followmng I was on service in England. After my return | noticed for the firat time that the inscription, which still exists, had can ur new N B 1 Tapp's first statement pert dnd 1. He replied, laughing, "What® does it matter 7 No ne will be the wiser, but it will tickle the fancy of qur American visitors." Whether Ma; to this inscry 1 never heard. In 1580--when 'b Battery, C.A., was transferred to hingston, we léft tl custody of the n 10 the garrison commanded by Lieut. Col. wn tent of Otiawa. Maj- Willingn Hotaro Tapp he resided with a private iamily Mount - Pleasant. Probably for reason he never claimed the gun, least as far as | know. He died the 25th" cf June, 1895, aged weight, eight. He was of a retinng tion, but very fond of sport. His tall, gaunt figure will be remembered many. citizens of great pedestrian and. 'was invariably nceomipanied by a couple of goo! pointers, - ; Who ean lay élaim to the rightful ownership of the so-called Bunker Lill gun-Maj. Tapp's heirs, whoever they may be, or has the militia dé fartment acquired preseriptive rights? May the gun ever remain within our walls is my, earnest hope and desire, at FORTUNE KEEPING FOX FARM Dealer in Skins Sells Consignment ~Will Enjoy Rest. St. Louis, Mo., June 21.---Silver fox "farming" in Alaska in twenty year has netted enough profit to Capt U. B. Anderson for him to retire and pass the rest of his days in peace jn Sweden wh his only daughter. Can Anderson arrived in 3S! Louis thi week on his way to Burope. li brought, with Limi a cluster of seven teen silver fox skins, valued at $6,000 which were sold to Funsten Dros' & Co., St. louis furriers. ' The. captain has been selling sil: ¢ fox pelts to this St. Louis firm many years, and rarvely did he eve bring the sks in person, usually shipping his annual eatch and the receiving a draft by mail. Twenty years ago, Capt. Andersor went to Alaska, working on board « vessel. While cruising afong the Al askan coast he visited a small island named Ugak. The captain quit the sea then and there and henceforth de voted his time to raising silver foxug He said that his silver fox ranch was a paying business. FKach season he would trap the male foxes and send their hides to the United States During the last score of years the captain has acquired a snug bank ne count, and now, a man sixty-five years oldy but still hale and hearty, he has said good-bye to the north and il have his daughter enjoy life wit} him, for BURSTING CABBAGE HEADS, Police Aeécused Him of Discharging Firearms at Night. Bucyrus, Uhbio, June 20.--John Stah: ley, of the Stahley Transfer line, claims to*aave the champion garden and vegetables. He complains that the cabbages grow so fast that the beads burst with such loud reports a: to keep him awake at mighte. The police bothered him about the shooting in his back yard and would not believe that it was ecabbages un til they investigated, themselves. His tomatoes grew so fast and high that he could mot get poles enough to support them, and as a rewilt he lost several hundred bushels of them by their falling over on the ground and bursting. He planted the lettuce one evening after he quit work and had a mess for early morning breakfast next morn ing, but the leaves grew so fast and large that he could not use them with- out running them through a feed cut- ter. His radishes were so juicy and ten- der that the neighbors complained of them because in a high wind the tops would break off and destroy the neighboring fences. THINKS KISSING A CRIME. Dentist's Want Law Passed Prohibi. ting It, Guthrie, Okla., June 21.--Kissing is the most da the been deeply cut into the metal of the un. 1 observed to Col. Strange that |*h0uld be passed makin here was no proof that this gun had | the | ever been used and captured at of Bunker Hill, in fact the in- scription was at variance with Maj. the po- of this reliable sl]! Hib! Pi ngerous thing in world, a mational crime, and laws it such, ac cording to Dr. George W. Bowling, a dentist, of Lindsay, Okla, who iw { corporated the first society in Okla homa to fight the habit of kissing. "1 believe when people are eduen ted," Waid Dr. Bowling, "they will learn to eliminate a great part of the present habit of Riawing "It_you have noti it there is on tendency among more educated people to tench ther children never to kiss on the mouth, but on the cheek. "Kassing is, as 1 look at it, a na- tional crime, which should be wade such by law." THIRTY MILLION BUSHELS. Expects G.T.P. to Haul Out of West This Year. Montreal, June 20.--E. J. Chamber- 'Iain, president of the Grand Trunk | Pacific and' Grand Trask railway, |has made an estimate of the t of grain the. Grand Trunk = Pacific would probably haul out of the prair- ia country this year. Against 000.000 host of the leading erim country are there and the the way. There never before has been such a gatheriug in the history of the United States, not even in Sipg Sing, Joliet or San Quentin. to Montizam- app gave his consent followed hy G08 "ts Fad : THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG. FRIDAY, JUNE meominy | Delacherrois Irving, RA. now a resi-| Beever 1 created for himsell a home In Quebec. | that | at i oi | digposi- | by fueboe. He was + GOVERNOR WILSON Latest picture of the Governor democratic nominee for the preside CONQUERING DEAFNESS, Unable to Hear a Sound for Twenty Years. Great Barrington, Mass., June 20. From boyhood George Day, now {wen- ty-one years old, has been deaf. ie could not hear even the report of a gun. Skilled experts have pronounced his ear druws perfect and there was no apparent reason why he could: not hear. They could only suggest as a theory that the nerves of the ear had become - unresponsive through lack of exercise, But a few days ago he began to hear under certain conditions. His hearing is now developed by means of the phonograph, Frank A. Minkled conceived the idea that Day might be made to hear loud records played on the phonograph and he secured an extra loud cornet record and fitted to the phonograph and ran a long rubber tube from it to Dasy's ears. The phonograph was started and im mediately over the face of the listener there stole an expression of wonder; one - of delicht. For the first time in twenty years George Day could hear. No ordinary ear could stand the shrill, sharp noise. sofo -- = a bone \ ANE MRS. WILSON, of New Jersey, who may be the ney of the United States. LIVE STOCK MARKETS. The Pail at the Various Centres, Prices Montreal, June 17.--Cattle about S00; calves, lambs, 200; hogs, 500, Prime beeves, about 8ic.; a few choice ones, $5.60 per handred; medium, 6¢. common, 4ie. to Ge. Calves, to ie.; sheep, about lambs, about $5.25 each. Hogs, 9c. to 9}c. Receipts 250; sheep and to je; Se; ol. Toronto Market. Toronto, June 17.~ Expert cattle, choice, $7.75 to $8.25; medium, $6.25 bulls, $6.50 to $6.75. ttle, choice, 37.50 to $7.8 SU to 5; common, Butcher medium, to $7.50, Butcher cows, choice, $6.25 to $6.50; ad $4.75 to 36; canners, $4.25 to y pr $7 iam, 25. steers, 36 to $7; stockers, choice, to $6.75; light, $1 to $5. Milkers, choice, cach, $40 to $90, and springers, $40 to £60, Sheep, ewes, $4 to $5.50; bucks and culls, 83 to $4; lambs, 89 to $11. Hogs, fed and watered, $8.60; f.0.b., IR.30; calves, 34 to $8. A Spaniard's Report. Pittsburgh Leader "Henry--lay Ide, our minister to | Spain," 'said a Washington official, | "gets on well in Madrid because He | has a great affection for the Spanish people. | "Mr. Ide. while no champion of the bull-fight, hates to hear ards abused for head. "He tells an anecdote of a Span: iard travelling from San Sebastian to | Biarritz in a first-class @mpartment | with an American " "You Spaniards are a tion," the American said can't understand how a nation produced Velasquez and Valdes stomach the: savage arueliy of bull-tight.' "The Spaniard rolled his black eyes at this, inhaled a great cloud of cigar ette smoke, and said : " "You have in America a of societies for the prevenifon of cru sity to children, | believe * * 'Yes. "And they do good work ?' " 'Oh, splendid work ! "Now the Spaniard white teeth in a smile. " 'Well, senor, such societies be useless in my country," he "The man who would lift his lggamst a little child has not born in Spain.' the Span on this | Cruelly great na 'But 1 that the number showed his would said hand been Getting His Reward. London Advertiser Mr: Borden says the naval question "bristles with ditficulties." Yes--diffi culties for Mr. Borden. That is the penalty 'for, making an election dodge. TL TE -------- LL ---------- it CR 10¢c [25.10 to 86 tan ] Chigago Live Stock. 17 slow Chicago, dune 16,000 Market $6.95 £7.45 light, Hogs, receipts, Mixed and good heavy, $6.90 pigs, nrtehers, to 37.35: £7.10 to to $7.10; rough heavy, $6.90 to $7.30; Cattle--Reedpts, 21,000. Market Joe ve £6.10 to 26:40: cows $21.90 0 $8.25; stockers and £4.25 to $6.65;. Texans, 6.00 to £8.20; calves, $5.50 to $8.- oak and hed feeders, no. Sheep dv. Native, £3.50 to 85.75; lambs, $4.20 to western $4.50 to $8. Rectipts, 18,000. Market stea- $3.15 to 85.70; western, $8; Buifale Live Stock. East Duff June 17.--Cattle ceipts, 4,375 he Market slow, er. Prima st LG to WW ping steers, B50 to $8.15: grades, 37 to $Y; cows, $1 to ¥G; : mileh cows and springers, $20 -to S68. Calves, receipts, 2 slow, be. lower, ( to $8.50, Sheep and lambs, receipts, 5.900. Market active, steady Choice lambs; S50 to § cull to fair, $5.50 to $8; yearhngs, $7 to ¥8; sheep, ¥2 to $5.25. Hogs, receipts, 17,000. Market, trade hght, 10c. to Me, lower, Yorkers, £7.40 to $7.50; s, $6.75 to $6.85; mixed, 50 Lo $7.55; heavy, $7.50 to £7.60 ughs, $6 to 86 50; stags, $5.50° to $6. re- Jow- ship- butcher £5 to 87; to ¥6.50; Jo, ad. 2, heifers, bulls, ¥1 W head. Market ull to choice, $5.50 FATE OF ANDREE, Norwegian (Explorer Brings the First Evidence. 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