yer; and, by and by, the last survivors of
the war for the Union will sleep with their brothers who fell at Bunker
Hill."
The press of Boston were highly commendatory in their notices of the
lecture and its delivery, as will be seen by the following extract from
the _Globe_:
"A very fair audience, considering the unfair condition of the
elements, was gathered in Tremont Temple last night, to hear
Captain Glazier's lecture upon 'Echoes from the Revolution.' The
frequent applause of the audience evinced not only a sympathy with
the subject, but an evident liking of the manner in which it was
delivered. The lecture itself was a retrospective view of the
leading incidents of the Revolution. It would have been unfair to
expect to hear anything very new upon a subject with which the
veriest school-boy is familiar; but Captain Glazier wove the events
together in a manner which freed the lecture from that most
unpardonable of all faults, which can be committed upon the
platform--dulness. He passed over, in his consideration of the
Revolution, the old scenes up to the time when Cornwallis
surrendered up his sword and command to George Washington. 'The
year 1876,' said Captain Glazier, 're-echoes the scenes and events
of a hundred years ago. In imagination we make a pilgrimage back to
the Revolution. We visit the fields whereon our ancestors fought
for liberty and a republic. We follow patriots from Lexington to
Yorktown. I see them pushing their way through the ice of the
Delaware--I see them at Saratoga, at Bennington, at Princeton, and
at Monmouth. I follow Marion and his daring troopers through the
swamps of Georgia and the Carolinas;' and in following them up, the
lecturer interspersed his exciting narrative with sundry droll
episodes. Treating of the battles of Trenton and Princeton, he
expatiated upon the devoted heroism of John Stark, and briefly
traced his career until, at Bennington, Burgoyne's victor announced
to his comrades, 'We must conquer to-day, my boys, or to-night
Molly Stark's a widow.' One battle after another was handled by the
lecturer in a pleasing manner, showing that he was thoroughly
familiar with the subject he had chosen for his theme. After
speaking in a most zealous manner of the troops on land, Captain
Glazier remarked: 'Our victories on
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