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ty a: - BIOGRAPHY OF 26 s- if — ae oe " k +ae ee& neighborhoods selected their best men, whose duty wasto preserve order, and administer justice. By themLynch’s ¢ was frequently executed on offenders, 1e most simple kind were generally practiced,and friendship and good feeling universally reigned. . Religion ‘engaged the attention of buta few. Indeed, eur parson himself mingled in all the sports and pass-times of the people, and was what may be termed a manef pleasure. Frequent calls were made for men to aid in our revo-lutonary struggles against our enemies, the British andtories. Those calls were promptly obeyed by the hardysons of the baek-woods. Parents in tears cheerfullyequipt their willing sons for the tented field. Nevershall I forget the sorrows of my widowed mother whenher sons shouldered their fireloeks, and marched away tojoin the army. Never will the impressions of my ownerief be erased from the tablet of my memory, whenthese scenes occurred.
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