. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . iption. Weeping mothers, wives and childrenwere biildint;- farewell to lnved ones many of whom theywere never more to see. Marched upon the upper deck theboys sent their last farewells to those upon the shore, an-swered in the tears and cheers of those tm the wharf, andamid music and thunder of cannon the staunch old steamersailed out on the Cohansey and was lost to \iew in thedistance. Many of the good jieople of Cumlierland County arenot aware of the fact that in the patriotic township of Fai
. Historic days in Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1855-1865 : political and war time reminiscences . iption. Weeping mothers, wives and childrenwere biildint;- farewell to lnved ones many of whom theywere never more to see. Marched upon the upper deck theboys sent their last farewells to those upon the shore, an-swered in the tears and cheers of those tm the wharf, andamid music and thunder of cannon the staunch old steamersailed out on the Cohansey and was lost to \iew in thedistance. Many of the good jieople of Cumlierland County arenot aware of the fact that in the patriotic township of Fair-field the liell of the steamer Patuxent. which swung in thepilot-house in 1861, hangs in the belfry of the village school-house at Fairton. from which position it rings out clear andfull a res<inant call to the buys and girls that sclmol is aboutto begin, therefore—hark, and hasten thither! Many preci-ous memories cluster aroimd this old-time liell—relic of his-toric days! In the autumnal twilight, the writer meditates, asdid his .Scriptural ruicestor at e\entide. hantastic figures (38). Paul T. Jones WAR TIME PICTURES— Major James Hampton. Ex-Member Congress Dr. Samuel Beach |ones Daniel M. WoodruffMarshal of the Day-Departure of the - Cumberland Greys, May L>7, lt.;l 40 HISTORIC DAYS flit in the fire—coming and going as in the days of yore—inuving pictures of scenes and personages of the long ago!Kaleidoscopic—panoramic. On the Patuxents deck we seethe forms of many familiar faces, long since numbered withthe dead. Dear old Captain Blew, with kindly countenanceand cheerful address, whose shadow lingers still. The boatis at the wharf, steam is up, the last bell taps to warn latecomers that the Patuxent is off for a day upon the Co-hansey and a moonlight return on the Delaware back toBridgeton in the evening. She is off—the town disappearsto view—the promenade begins on upper and lower saloon is cheerful with music from the ancient piano,a
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