. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ameto Hartford accompanied by sixty soldiers to enforcehis demand for the charter. The colonial assemblymet him in the meeting-house and its members ex-plained at great length how dear the charter was tothem, and how reluctant they were to give it up. Eve-ning came and candles were hghted. The case had be-come desperate for the colonists. They had beencompelled to bring inthe charter, and thereit lay on the tablebefore the eyes ofAndros. Suddenlythe lights were blownout, and CaptainWadsworth of Hart-ford slipped out of themeeting-house witht
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. ameto Hartford accompanied by sixty soldiers to enforcehis demand for the charter. The colonial assemblymet him in the meeting-house and its members ex-plained at great length how dear the charter was tothem, and how reluctant they were to give it up. Eve-ning came and candles were hghted. The case had be-come desperate for the colonists. They had beencompelled to bring inthe charter, and thereit lay on the tablebefore the eyes ofAndros. Suddenlythe lights were blownout, and CaptainWadsworth of Hart-ford slipped out of themeeting-house withthe charter and hid itin a big hollow oaktree near by. When the candles were relighted the assembly was no longerable to comply with Andross demand. Two years later a new king came on to the Britishthrone, and Connecticut resumed its governmentunder the old charter. This charter still exists andis one of the chief historical treasures of the oak tree sur\dved until 1856, when its venerabletrunk was prostrated in an August gale. It measured. The Charter Oak, in which CaptainWadsworth hid the colonial charter 200 New England twenty-one feet in circumference at a height of sevenfeet from the gound. The first American woolen mill was started in Hart-ford in 1788, and some of the cloth woven in this mill was made intoa suit whichGeorge Wash-ington worewhen he wasinauguratedPresident atNew York thenext year. New Eng-land is famousfor its woolengoods, but onlya small num-ber of sheepare now keptin its of thewool comesfrom Ohio andstates fartherwest, and from Australia. When it has been washedand freed from such things as burs and sticks, it is un-tangled and combed out straight. Afterward it istwisted into yarn. The yarn is woven into cloth for
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