. Book of the Royal blue . ht be enabledto disinter and insult his remains. Alone the defeated warrior lay in hisrude grave, safe from the mortification andanguish that awaited him in the settlementsand in the army. Tradition says that inhis dying hours Braddock could not bearthe sight of a red coat, and that with hislast breath he deplored his insults to the\irginia militia, who, under Washington,had covered his retreat and lost nearlytlieir whole number. The ])lace of hisinterment can still be seen, a few yardsnortii of the present National Road, be-tween the fifty-third and fifty-fourth mil
. Book of the Royal blue . ht be enabledto disinter and insult his remains. Alone the defeated warrior lay in hisrude grave, safe from the mortification andanguish that awaited him in the settlementsand in the army. Tradition says that inhis dying hours Braddock could not bearthe sight of a red coat, and that with hislast breath he deplored his insults to the\irginia militia, who, under Washington,had covered his retreat and lost nearlytlieir whole number. The ])lace of hisinterment can still be seen, a few yardsnortii of the present National Road, be-tween the fifty-third and fifty-fourth milefrom Cumberland, and about a mile west ofthe site of Fort Necessity at the GreatMeadows. Note—Fort Necessity is on tlie old National Road three miles from OhioPyle, Pa., on the main line of the Baltimore i^ OIno Railroad. The city ofBraddock, Pa., ten miles from Pittsbnrg. was named after Ceneral Hill, erected during tlle French and War, can be .seen from thecars of the Baltimore ^ Ohiif WILLIES CANNON. Willie found a piece of gaspipeAnd an old tfiree-cornered file, And he said : Gee. this is great! Now the Fourth Ill celebrateIn a fine and noisy style. Willie was a born inventor; He could take a piece of twineAnd a common spool or twoAnd construct things that were new Or unrivaled in their line. Willie filed upon the gaspipe Till a hole was brought to view; Then he made a plug to go Snugly in one end and, oh. He was happy through and through. Willie jammed it full of powder And then put the thing for a grand saluteWhen he might go forth to shootOn the nations natal day. Willie wasnt blown to pieces He possesses eyes and ears;All his toes are where they grew,He has all his fingers, too, But his parents are in tears. You, no doubt, supposed the twas fired off, would burst; Well, it did, but Willie slept While his little brother creptSlyly out and tried it first. AN INDIVIDUAL ITINERARY. re editor of one of lliiladel|>
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