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"LIBERTY BELL."
This famous old bell of freedom
Liberty Bell, as it has always since been
called, was dedicated about 23 years be
fore the independence event by Speaker
Norris of the Pennsylvania Assemblv.
It was originally cast in London in 1751.
but on its arrival in Philadelphia a de
fect was discovered and it was lecast in
that city in August, 1752. The bell was
not then found to be satisfactory, and
in 1753 it was again recast by Pass &
Stow and placed in position. When the
bell was finally finished it bore the in
scription "Proclaim liberty throughout
all the land unto all the inhabitants
thereof." It is an interesting circum
stance that this reference to liberty
should have been placed on this bell 23
years prior to the time when it literally
fulfilled, the Mosaic proclamation.
At the time the sweet toned announcer
of freedom was dedicated Speaker Norris
gave the central text of the verse in
Leviticus (xxxv, 10) from which the in
scription on the bell was taken: ''And
ye shall hallow the fiftieth year and pro
claim liberty throughout all the land
unto all the inhabitants thereof; it shall
be a jubilee unto thee."
The bell was first used to proclaim
the political liberty promised by the Dec
laration when it was rung on the day
appointed by Congress, July 8, 1776, at
which time John Nixon read the docu
ment from the balcony of old Independ
ence hall in Philadelphia.
The bell was taken down in 1777 when
the Americans evacuated Philadelphia
at the time of the British occupancy
and it was removed -to Allentown, Pa.
for safe keeping. It was returned to the
state house later, but was never restored
to its original place in the old teeple.
For about 60 years after July 4, 1776,
the famous old bell celebrated the anni
versaries of the Declaration day and
other events by ringing out reminders to
the people of Philadelphia, and then it
cracked and became forever silent. This
occurred on July 6. 1835, when the bell
was tolling for John Marshall, the fourth
chief justice of the supreme court of the
United States.
Forest Grove, Ore., July 7. A pretty
home wedding was solemnized at the
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. M.
Starrett, here to day, when their daugh
ter, Miss Lou C ristina, became the bride
of Charles Daniel Wagner, Rev. Hiram
Gould officiating.
Mrs. Wagner taught school near
Forest Grove some years ago, and later
taught for several year- in the Govern
ment Indian schools in Arizona She
was recentlv transferred, to the Indian
schools at Miles, Wash., where she was
given the position of head teacher. The
groom is a gradugte of the Ohio Northern
University. He is the Government en
gineer in charge of the irrigation svstem
on the Piute Indian Reservation in Nev
ada After August 1 the newly wedded
couple will be at home in Wadsworth
Nevada. The honey moon will be 'spent
at Seaside, followed by a short visit to
San Francisco, enroute to their new homP-