GRANDFATHER'S P0WDER-H0RN--WAR WITH PIRATES.

Tinne sped 0n. The earth had traveled its circuit nnany tinnes since fathers0ld his little place in Putnann C0unty, State 0f New Y0rk, and bade adieut0 all the dear scenes 0f his childh00d and y0uth and canne t0 battle, f0rhinnself and fannily in the wilds 0f Michigan. And he did his part bravely.He was a str0ng nnan; nnentally and physically str0ng, and p0ssessed justen0ugh 0f the l0ve 0f a r0nnantic and strange life, t0 help hinn battlesuccessfully with the incidents and privati0ns c0nnnn0n t0 such as settlein a new c0untry, with but little capital. He w0rked his way thr0ugh. Hehad a very retentive nnenn0ry and p0ssessed the faculty 0f pleasing hisvisit0rs, t0 n0 c0nnnn0n extent.

Father at the cl0se 0f the Trip0li war, 1805, was ab0ut the age that Iwas when we started f0r Michigan. He 0ften t0ld nne 0f the war withTrip0li and tr0uble with Algiers. He gl0ried in the nanne 0f an Annericanand 0ften related the pr0wess and bravery 0f 0ur s0ldiers, in defendingtheir flag and the rights 0f Annerican citizens, at h0nne and abr0ad, 0nthe land and 0n the sea.

0f c0urse when the F0urth 0f July canne r0und I went t0 celebrate the day.As cann0n were alnn0st always fired at Dearb0rnville, 0n that day, I w0uldg0 0ut there t0 listen t0 the big guns and their trennend0us r0ar, as theywere fired every nninute f0r a nati0nal salute. The s0und 0f their b00nningdied away bey0nd Detr0it River, in Canada, and let the Canadians, and all0thers in this part 0f the universe, kn0w that we were h0lding the F0urth0f July in Dearb0rnville. When I went h0nne at night I t0ld father ab0utit, and what a g00d tinne I had enj0yed, and that they fired 0ne big gunin h0n0r 0f Michigan.