The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . der, and when refused attempted to take it. Abner was ahusky as well as a hungry lad, and not only refused to let go,but thrashed his superior in short order, and his mess ate thechickens. The officer, instead of tak-ing his punish-m e n t quietly,made a chargeof assault, andof course ourhero wasbrought beforea Court the in-dictment was read to him and he was asked what he had tosay for himself, he promptl
The story of Martha's Vineyard, from the lips of its inhabitants, newspaper files and those who have visited its shores, including stray notes on local history and industries; . der, and when refused attempted to take it. Abner was ahusky as well as a hungry lad, and not only refused to let go,but thrashed his superior in short order, and his mess ate thechickens. The officer, instead of tak-ing his punish-m e n t quietly,made a chargeof assault, andof course ourhero wasbrought beforea Court the in-dictment was read to him and he was asked what he had tosay for himself, he promptly responded that the man whowouldnt fight for his grub wouldnt fight for his country, andthe Court thought his view of the situation the correct one anddischarged him. Valley Forge, as we all know, was a bitter school. Owingto an insufficiency of clothing, the men were in the habit ofsleeping in threes for warmth, and drawing lots to see whowould be the fortunate one for the middle. On a particularlysevere night it was Abners luck to draw the warm he arose in the morning either one or both of his com-panions were frozen to death. Abner lies in the West Tisbury. A tisli pocket ou tlie Vineyard Haven Shore. VINEYARD HAVEN NEE HOLMES HOLE. 103 burial ground, a strong man. dead at the age of 57, with thetwo balls received during the Revolutionary struggle still inhis thigh. The Luces must havecome straight downfrom days of old whenknights were bold, forBenjamin N. himselfcarries a wound re-ceived at the first bat-tle of Fredericksburg,in 62. But there wereother brave Vineyardspirits in Bens regi-ment, the 2oth Massa-chusetts Volunteers,as well as Peleg B. Da-venport, of HolmesHole, was in the attack on Fredericksburg. After two colorsergeants had been shot down he was ordered to bear the flag,and accepted the honor fully conscious that it meant death ; foras he rushed forward he called back to his friends, good-bye,boys; my time has com_e, and so it had.
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