. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. S. T. K. Pr. Wm. G. Dustin. Wm. T. Prime. HISTORY OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS. 143 Hencefoitn the ensign of the free; Beneath Its folds shall freemen stand For liberty, and native land ; Nor leaden rain, nor iron hail, Nor shrlelving shot, nor screaming sliell, Nor all the enginry of hell Against their valor shall prevail. O, patriots hope ! O, freemans pride !In many a conflict torn and tried. In blood of brave hearts on ! float on with ever widening sway,Spread out thy fadeless splendor to the day,Till every tribe its own thy stars shall call—
. History of Dwight, from 1853 to 1894. S. T. K. Pr. Wm. G. Dustin. Wm. T. Prime. HISTORY OF DWIGHT, ILLINOIS. 143 Hencefoitn the ensign of the free; Beneath Its folds shall freemen stand For liberty, and native land ; Nor leaden rain, nor iron hail, Nor shrlelving shot, nor screaming sliell, Nor all the enginry of hell Against their valor shall prevail. O, patriots hope ! O, freemans pride !In many a conflict torn and tried. In blood of brave hearts on ! float on with ever widening sway,Spread out thy fadeless splendor to the day,Till every tribe its own thy stars shall call—Till every throneshallcrumble—every fetter fall;Till all mankind from wasting war shall in thy sheltering shadow lind perpetualpeace. , K, PRIME. Why dig up the dead, past V Still weall do it in many ways. One of thesaddest things in life is reading old let-ters. To a sensitive nature they aresimply harrowing and are nothing but dryleaves. The reminiscences of Dwightthat I now write are mostly from mem-ory. It is true that I have
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