. Down the eastern and up the Black . That on the heights of Bradford stood, With Brandywine say it was a thriving place. When in its day of palm,Cornwallis lunched his army there, Marching to Birmingham. It was there the Quakers, drivenBy battles loud their ancient house of worship, Came near the foe again ;And devoted to their service,Within their lowly walls,They silently awaited him. As Romans did the Gauls. Everhart—Sconnelltown. LITTLE west of an elevation known asMount Bradford, about midway betweenWest Chester and Lenape, lies Sconnell-town, once a
. Down the eastern and up the Black . That on the heights of Bradford stood, With Brandywine say it was a thriving place. When in its day of palm,Cornwallis lunched his army there, Marching to Birmingham. It was there the Quakers, drivenBy battles loud their ancient house of worship, Came near the foe again ;And devoted to their service,Within their lowly walls,They silently awaited him. As Romans did the Gauls. Everhart—Sconnelltown. LITTLE west of an elevation known asMount Bradford, about midway betweenWest Chester and Lenape, lies Sconnell-town, once a flourishing village, but nowin our time consisting only of a wide-spreading oak, a Grangers hall, a mes-suage and lot recently referred to inCourt as a residential property, and acommon country school house with a reputation seared bylightning. What became of the villagers, or when they madetheir exodus, no one appears to know. For tradition neer related, What finished their career;We only know they flourished are no longer here. [ 171. On the trunk of the oak is a placard bearing the words, SCONNELTOWN HALT 1 ON ROUTE OFSEPT. II CORNWALLIS, 1777- ARMY Here, one can read the narrative of Joseph Townsend intel-ligently, can resurrect the wheel-wright shop and people it withFriends. Birmingham has been taken for hospital next? the TowTisend boys ask each other, as they godown the road, filled with curiosity, and fond of new shall indeed see new things. Already the alarm hassounded, and the English are coming, is passing from lip tolip. Let the lads hasten toward Jefferiss Ford, half a mile off,and they will find the red-coats coming out of the woods, mov-ing down the slopes into the fields on the west side of theBrandywine above the fording place. One hundred—two hun-dred—a veritable army swarms over the meadow land of Em-mor Jefferis. How the water splashes as they go trampingthrough it. Seven thousand soldiers of King George, who leftKen
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