... Warren O February 15th 1889 Almost incredible is the recital of the hardships and sufferings from savage cruelty to which the early emigrants of our western set- ...
... War The strife which for a time divided the nation united the section In the regiment to which I had the honor to belong as well as in others raised in this valley there were worthy descendants of all these classes Cavalier and Puritan Catholic and Protestant German Irish and American were all united in defending a common country and thus in the fiery trial of war all the elements were fused ...
... Warren Conn Deacon Nathaniel Carter Bates recently of this townLitchfield Nathaniel grew up among the Indians imbibed their habits and married one of their daughters It is a most remarkable circumstance that among the articles which the Indians carried away with the captives was a Bible-which they afterwards gave to their young favorite He had previously learned to read and by means of this ...
... War of 1898 is drawing to a close and history stands waiting to repeat itself Westward the star of Empire has ever taken its course for this irresistible race It is our manifest destiny we cannot escape It is our hereditary command since the days of Sargon we cannot disobey We have expanded so long we cannot stop We have advanced the flag so often we do not now know how to pull it down ...