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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 Excerpt:...of the American Navy during the war of 1812. 1, Our flag is there! Our flag is there! We'll hail it with three 2. That flag withstood the bat-tie's roar, With fdemen stout,with loud huzzahs! Our flag is there! Our flag is there! Be foemen brave; Strong hands have sought that flag to low'r, And hold the glorious stripes and stars! Stout hearts have fought for found a speed-y wa-'try grave! That flag is known on that bright flag,Strong hands sustained it mast head high, And ev-'ry shore, The stan-dard of a gal-lant band, A. Oh! to see how proud it waves, Brings tears of joy in ev-'ry eye. like unstain'd in peace or war, It floats o'er freedom's happy land fi pETTY JYRANT. In the early days of the Revolution, there was a British officer, General Prescott, stationed at Newport. Although his name was the same, ho was a very different man from the ono we heard of at Bunker Hill. Ho was a mean sort of a man, and seemed to think that frightening children, and threatening women, were quite brave things to do. He demanded that every man who met him should take off his hat to him as he passed. As the people of Newport were entirely at his mercy, many of them obeyed him. One day, a good old Quaker came along. "Take off that hat," shouted Prescott. "I take off my hat to no man," said the Quaker. "Knock off that old fool's hat," said Prescott to one of his companions. And threatening and swearing, Prescott passed on, resolved to get his revenge in some way on the Quaker. He could think of nothing that would grieve the old man more than to take away from him a pair of horses of which he was very fond. Beautiful black horses they were, as gentle and loving with the old Quaker as kittens. The very next morning Prescott sent a detachment of dold...