Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 238, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1911 — Oriskany. [ARTICLE]

Oriskany.

(Aug. $. 1T77.) This Is the field; this pathway leads To that bright hill of green. There Is the marsh, the tangled weeds ftjjghat skirt the deep ravine. Here stood the flank on one dread day ft/ When thunder filled the air; And rose the shout o’er mountains graft “The King and St. Lager!” They fell—the sons of years gone by. In wood and ambuscade; And few men "read In history \ ft ft The brave defense (hey made. For that was seven score distant years; The summer breezes stir, | And deck with rows of grassy spears, The grave of Herkimer. ftNor shines the glare of war’s red brand By fort and tower and town; But there was sorrow in the land When-that good man went down. Boft echo sends hIS battle cry ... Across that valley fair; ft: And yet the bending pine trees sigh; “The King and St. Leger!” —J. J. Meehan.