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affair and ‘had made the boys’ uniforms.
The band played, and, bless me! what
an impartial band it was. It played
“Vankee Doodle” and “God Save the
Queen” with equal enthusiasm.

The two generals made a- gallant ap-
pearance—Herbert upon a spirited black
mare, and Barry upon his father’s sedate
old sorrel. The march was to Academy
Green, where the principal, Mr. Dinwid-
die, made a speech and astonished the
town with his eloquence. He told of
the battle that had been fought and won
in Springfield in the year 1780, and how
the stout hearts of the Jerseymen were
shaken when they discovered that. they
had no more wadding for their guns.
There was an American minister in the
thickest of the battle, and he was nained
James Caldwell. He was a great soldier
as well as a great preacher, and some-