. Keene and vicinity, its points of interest, and its representative business men, embracing Keene, Hinsdale, Winchester, Marlboro, Walpole, Swanzey and Charlestown. ok in one of the most amusing episodes in the history of the county,that of the Kings Cannon, as it is called. The cannon in question was a relic of pioneer days, forit was the one placed at Walpole when that town was known only as No. 3, in the chain of fortsalong the Connecticut ; that at what is now Chesterfield being fort No. 1 ; that at Westmoreland ; that at Walpole No. 3, and that at Charlestown No. 4. After the Revolu
. Keene and vicinity, its points of interest, and its representative business men, embracing Keene, Hinsdale, Winchester, Marlboro, Walpole, Swanzey and Charlestown. ok in one of the most amusing episodes in the history of the county,that of the Kings Cannon, as it is called. The cannon in question was a relic of pioneer days, forit was the one placed at Walpole when that town was known only as No. 3, in the chain of fortsalong the Connecticut ; that at what is now Chesterfield being fort No. 1 ; that at Westmoreland ; that at Walpole No. 3, and that at Charlestown No. 4. After the Revolution, the residents of these 14 EEENE AND ITS POINTS OF INTEREST. ■towns used to make the one large iron cannon with which each fort had been equipped roar forth joyand defiance on every Fourth of July, and on such other occasions as gave opportunity for the expen-diture of patriotism and gunpowder; but their neighbors in the adjoining town could not reply inkind, for lack of artillery, and finally began to resent the superiority of the dwellers in the forttowns, in this respect. Considerable local feeling was worked up, and great was the rejoicing in Keene. From Wissx Stkeet to Kailuoad Station. -and the lamentation in Walpole when a party from this town repaired to Walpole one night andbrought the cannon home with them. The losers took legal measures to recover their historic gun,and after many comical misadventures succeeded in causing the arrest of several who were suspectedto have had a hand in the aifair, but they were discharged, as the indictment against them describedthe cannon as the property of the town of Walpole and the Court decided that the said town had nolegal claim to ownership. This decision was followed by a resounding bang from the identical gun,which had been brought up near the court house for that purpose, and it is to be feared that its use atthat precise time did not soothe the feelings of the Walpole contingent. But they proposed to getthat cannon b
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