The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1862-07-11
Celebration of the dth at Fullertown.

Mr. EDITOR 1t may be that, ere this,
you have received a full and comp ple,e re.
port oi the grand Celebration at Fuller.
towu. Ii SO, you are at liberty to thrust
this aside; but, if you have space in your
excellent paper, which you can devote to
no better purpose, why use it.
in the first place, the people Of Fuller.
town hac never en- njoyed Celebration in
their town. 1t others can have Pic Mic
Celebration on the 4Ih, why not we ?
And 50 1t was resolved that the Celebra.
iion should come off, and it did come of
on The fine grounds of II. N. Wykoff, ESQ
Your correspondent did not arrive until a
large crowd of brave men and fair women.
bashIui boys and bright.eyed girls, had
assembled. The Stars and Stripes had
not, as yet, been hoisted, but soon all was
ready, and.a given signal the flag was
run up. As its beautiful folds were lifted
to the breeze, each heart glowed with
deeper love for the Union, and each eye
kndied with stern resolve that every
traitor shall yet acknowledge that flag or
perish. 'And now spoke out, with much
smoke and great noise, the Fulertown
Light Artillery. This is no fancy sketch,
MIR. Editor, for truly have they a real
verltable cannon down there. it is theirs
They made it. Mr.. Justin Alexander
whose knowledge of mechanics is scarcely
surpassed, made the pattern Lawrence
OF Newbury, cast it it was partly drilled
at the Falls, and given up but Riley
Alexander took it, and finished it,
Many times did it speak of liberty anC
independence that day, and never"busted'
once.
But the sun was climbing up TO tn,
meridian, and the tables must be set, anc
they were set, with ak that could please
the eye or taste Of reasonable man ol
woman. To give you an idea OF the
spirit that pervaded the people on the os
casion, | will state that Mr.. George Shene
ton contributed to the entertainment 81
quarts of those delicious strawberries {
sample of which your honor has boti
seen and tasted. But feasting the inne
man and social converse were not all tha
the day afforded. Mr.. Wykof justly
thought that not only our ply scal bu
our mental wants should be satisfied. lie
me give you the order of the day:
Isl. Prayer by Elder E. Willis.
Cd. Reading Of the Declaration OF In
dependence by Lucius Bartlet:e, Esq.
And, lastly, Speech by G. T. Blakeslee
Esq Of Chagrin Falls.
The prayer was good one, tn
reading of the Declaration was a stron!
one, ((or Bartlett is a strong man in NOR
senses than oue,) and the speech was
grand and noble effort. Its burden wa
the war, its causes and its results. Mr.
B. spoke OF Mcclellan, his want of rein
forcements; the obstacles which he haC
to overcome the determination, border
ing on despair, the Rebel army; showet
concIusively that the people were unjus
TO him in their criticisms on his plan
and acts regarding the war. Many NOR
things were said, which, OF course, can
not be mentioned here.
Altogether, Mr., Editor, the thing wa
complete success. The best good wi
prevailed all day. The people were sal
isfed. They went home determined
from that time herceforth, TO regard Flu
lerIown as triumphant. Your correspond
Cnt came home, as he went, none tn
worse, but much better, and had TO mil
his coWs in The dark. Yours.
J. CURTIS.