Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1867-07-18
A Grand Celebration of the Fourth


firm of Clover, Logan g. Co., Col D. H. Wal
ton, w. II. Bargelt, and the cold grey hound .
so-called, whose name it is unnecessary to call,
even if modesty did not preclude its utterance.
The bare mention of these names is guaran-
tee that everything was 'sdone up brown
We cannot adopt the formula of ante bezlun
times and say that 'the natal day of Americ IN
independence was ushered in by the rim ging
of BELLS the firing of cannon. the discharge
of musketry, and grand military parade, un-
der the command of Capt. Fitzdoodle, chief
marshal of the day. &C.; for we were painful
ly reminded that '.times is not now like they
used to was - that we are unreconstructed
REBELS who have recently had too much to
DO with such villainous weapons as 'cannons,
'muskets, &c. to be trusted with them now. All
these pompous displays Of patriotism, enthu-
siasm and whiskey, for prudential reasons,
were omitted on the present occasion There
was not even the clip, hip! Hurrah p that
formerly made the welkin ring on the ssge-lo-
rious fourth" The s'loil' and the freedmen
the Bureau and the de--use knows who else,
have monopolized all these and appropriated
to themselves the ''Star Spangled Banner"
cold Dog Tray" s'Yankee Doodle come to
Town." "Old Dan Tucker" 'sIlail Kerlumby
happy land,' sin Dixie's land I'll take my
stand' and all the other ''grand national airs, -
if there be any other In fact, we could nei-
Their shoot, sing, nor hurrah, for fear that our
masters might have US arrested and arraigned
before military commission upon the charge
of having been guilty of '.rebel demonstrations!'
and if we were not ssshot to death with mus
kerry for SO heinous an offence, we might at
least have subjected ourselves to some trouble.
With solemn countenances, sad hearts, meas
ured tread, and any quantity Of suppressed
patriotism, we wendell our way to that conse-
Grated, time -honored spot, Dirting's Springs
The reader must know that these springs are
situated about two miles east from Woodstock,
on the north bank Of the far-famed Shenando-
all. Having deposited our baskets of provis-
ions among the branches of the outrageous
trees, we began to celebrate. Shades of old
Izaac Walton. it would have brought back
again the recollection of your palmiest days
to have witnessed OR celebration. Armed
with any quantity Of the very best bait, and
the finest rods, and magnificent lines aud in
comparable Limerick hooks, we divided into
three Professionalism one remaining at the
springs to angle for the unwary fall-fsh sup
posed to be lurking about there number two
locating at the Jack Hole" some two hun
bred yards below; and number three locating
near the .sBuzzard Roost," some half mile
below. We all began to celebrate The I'M
suspecting inhabitants Of the mighty deep
could not resist til temptation to bite; we
could not help pulling. And we continued to
celebrate, and bait, and pull, until two o'clock,
?. NJ, when we were summoned to the spring
to partake of the rich viands prepared for the
occasion. Not deeming it prudent to call in
any stronger aid, or comfort, we called TO our
aid quantity Of lemon ade. This was the
we discussed it with a zest that hungry man,
exhausted by the most intense exertion Of
body and mind, can alone appreciate. Hav-
ing thus strengthened the inner man, and
spent an hour or two in discussing the tangled
up affairs of our distracted and radical-cursed
country we renewed the celebration of the
glorious anniversary of American independ-
ence, and continued to celebrate until nine
o'clock, when we felt that we had fully dis
charged our duty; that we had contributed our
mite toward keeping alive in the hearts Of the
rising generation proper veneration for the
patriotic deeds of our revolutionary heroes
and sheroes; and that if the country should
be ruined by the jackasses who now control
its destinies, they cannot shake their CORY
locks at us and say we did it I!
Sanatary--The Hog Nuisance.
We would suggest to our citizens the pro-
pretty of removing from their premises all
filth of every description, and using lime plen-
tifully in their yards, cellars, &c. There are