Printer Friendly
The Free Library
4,292,724 articles and books
Member login
User name  
Password 
 
Join us Forgot password?

Equipped for Service 


DURING the Civil War a Patriot was passing through the State of Maryland with a pass from the President to join Grant's army and see the fighting. Stopping a day at Annapolis, he visited the shop of a well-known optician and ordered seven powerful telescopes, one for every day in the week. In recognition of this munificent patronage of the State's languishing industries, the Governor commissioned him a colonel.


Next

Terms of use | Copyright © 2008 Farlex, Inc. | Feedback | For webmasters | Submit articles