The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . ode down that same place for the fun of thething? demanded Jake. The British commanderwas a good one though. Yousee, Putnam went where theredcoats dared not follow,but their admiration ofthe act was so great thecommander sent him a suitof clothes to pay for thehat which was pierced byone of their bullets, saidMarion. Thats a story, andheres another, cried Ben-general israel putnam. nie. He went to Boston when he was a small boy
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . ode down that same place for the fun of thething? demanded Jake. The British commanderwas a good one though. Yousee, Putnam went where theredcoats dared not follow,but their admiration ofthe act was so great thecommander sent him a suitof clothes to pay for thehat which was pierced byone of their bullets, saidMarion. Thats a story, andheres another, cried Ben-general israel putnam. nie. He went to Boston when he was a small boy, and was looking about him in surpriseno doubt, when an ill-bred lad called out :— Hello, Country, aint it abouttime the caows was milked? Young Putnam was mad, and quickerthan I can tell it he caught young Boston and gave him a thrashingwhich he did not forget in a hurry. I say hurrah for Old Put. Was that his nickname? He was next in rank to Washington,was born at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1718, had but very little education,but a great deal of courage and perseverance. He commanded one bodyof Rogers Rangers, and once saved Rogers life. During the Revolution. 168 THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION. he was always at the front, was taken by the Indians, tied to a tree, butescaped without being harmed, added Katie. Who were Rogers Rangers ? That was the name of a body of frontiersmen, who were under thedirect control of Major Robert Rogers, of New Hampshire, during theFrench war. They were to watch the movements of the enemy, followtheir marauding parties, and cut off their supplies. They were dreadedby the French and Indians, for they were such good marksmen they couldhit a silver dollar at the distance of one hundred yards. Stark, Brewer, Put-nam, and others were trained in such a school. The Rangers numberedbut sixty at first, but were soon increased to nine hundred, replied Jake. GENERAL GAGE AND THE BOSTON BOYS. I would like to have been a boy in Boston then, sir! exclaimedPhinney,
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