When the lights from the Old North Church flashed out, Paul Revere was waiting about, But I was already on my way. The shadows of night fell cold and gray As I rode, with never a break or pause; But what was the use, when my name was Dawes? History rings with his silvery name; Closed to me are the portals of fame. Had he been Dawes and I Revere, No one had heard of him, I fear. No one has heard of me because He was Revere and I was Dawes. Paul Revere was born within sight of the “Old North Church,” and almost under its shadow he lived and died (1735-1818). It is fitting, then, that to-day the passer should see, imbedded in the solid masonry of the tower, a tablet bearing this inscription: THE SIGNAL LANTERNS OF PAUL REVERE DISPLAYED IN THE STEEPLE OF THIS CHURCH APRIL 18, 1775, WARNED THE COUNTRY OF THE MARCH OF THE BRITISH TROOPS TO LEXINGTON AND CONCORD. 2. MARY BUTLER’S RIDE. By Benjamin Franklin Taylor. Benjamin Franklin Taylor was born in Lowville, New York, July 19, 1819. He was best known as a lecturer. He died in Cleveland, Ohio, February 24, 1887. Of the poem the author says: “The story of ‘Mary Butler’s Ride’ is unembellished truth. To one of her grandsons, J. M. Taylor, Esq., of New York, I am indebted for the incident. To hear men say,--those far-away boys of hers, and yet busy in life’s affairs,--‘many a time I have heard her tell the story!’ brings the gray-eyed Mary Butler strangely near. It is like raising a dead century to instant resurrection.” =1. 39.= =Stark= (John, 1728-1822), a Continental brigadier-general who distinguished himself at Bunker Hill and Bennington. =1. 84.= =Putnam= (Israel, 1718-1790), a Continental major-general, active at Bunker Hill and in various other engagements until stricken by paralysis in 1779. His daring escape from the British soldiers by riding down a flight of stone steps in the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, occurred in March, 1779. 3. THE SURPRISE AT TICONDEROGA. By Mary Anna Phinney Stansbury. Mary Anna Phinney Stansbury, a magazine writer who resides in Appleton, Wisconsin, was born in Vernon, New York, October 5, 1842. Ethan Allen, the hero of Ticonderoga, though born in Litchfield, Connecticut (January 10, 1737), early removed to Vermont. He participated in the invasion of Canada under General Schuyler, and was there captured and sent a prisoner to England, where he suffered many privations. It was largely through his instrumentality that Vermont was recognized as an independent State. He died in Burlington, February 13, 1789.