Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . m, John! Give it toem! There he peered—in true Barbara Frietchie attitude—rightinto the faces of a company of British. Shall I shoot the old devil.^ called a soldier to his officer. No, responded the officer, hes too old to harm us. As a matter of fact, the deacon might have been picked off on thespot instead of living many a day to relate and laugh at the incidentand the saving of his old gray head, had it not been for the factthat John with his trusty flint-lock was
Historic Newark; a collection of the facts & traditions about the most interesting sites, streets and buildings of the city; . m, John! Give it toem! There he peered—in true Barbara Frietchie attitude—rightinto the faces of a company of British. Shall I shoot the old devil.^ called a soldier to his officer. No, responded the officer, hes too old to harm us. As a matter of fact, the deacon might have been picked off on thespot instead of living many a day to relate and laugh at the incidentand the saving of his old gray head, had it not been for the factthat John with his trusty flint-lock was making things warm forthe enemy. Since it was intensely cold, he loaded and unloaded hisgun at the kitchen fire. The British, finding many of their numberwere being picked off like sparrows, sent a contingent around to theback door of the house. When they broke in one door. LieutenantJohn went out another, sought refuge in his orchard at the back ofthe house, dodged shot from behind apple-trees, and escaped with aslight wound in his leg. The Ailing family had two houses in Newark,—a town-house on 27 HISTORIC NEWARK. DAVID ALLINGS HOUSE Which stood on Broad Street near Fair. Also known as Frenchmans Place, where Talleyrandand Chateaubriand stayed. From an oil painting in the possession of Clarence Willis Ailing the northwest corner of Broad and Market, back of which stretchedan orchard, and a farm-house once located at 388 High Street. Thiswas my great-grandfathers summer home, says a descendant of theRevolutionary lieutenant. It is not known when this house wasbuilt, but it was torn down some time ago, and the site is now occupiedby a manufacturing plant. The property where the Ailing farm-housestood was occupied for some years by the Crane family, who wereamong the first settlers of Newark. One of the Cranes married adaughter of the Ailing family. The farm property extended at onetime over many acres in that section of the town. The dining-roomof the house had in it a gr
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