Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1869-04-23

The preparations for Big Drunk in this
city, and, perhaps, Big Drunk along the
Whole line, as soon Is the Pacific Railroad i
formally opened, have already begun. The
Common Council, which contains not few
thirsty souls, have set the bah in motion;
notice for public meeting, printed yester>
day, gives the movement smother impulse,
aud IN the course Of few days, It most, The
men who usually carry subscription papers
viii be around for moneY, and the next step
win be to select the orators for the occasion,
and choose the vines to he used at the grand
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We do not complaia; vs long ago learned
that thers 10 no law which will prevent men
from making lasders and wins.vats Of bell>
les hence and furthermore, az il is not i'm
probable that we may have man there to
gorge and guxzle with the rest, we have on.
y to inquire if there is not some better and
more appropriate way of celebrating . great
event than the method that Chicago has usu.
ally adopted. We know of nothing in the
history Of our festive occasions to encourage
a repitition of the experiment that in the ef.
fort to be hospitable, this city has often
made. From the great " blowout " ct the
Board Of Trade Hall, when two thousand,
more or less, soldiers were 30 filled with
drink, that, 10 use the poetical illustration ol
Governor Crandall, of the Chsmpaign Union
the whisky stopped out Of their sars every
time they moved their heads,'" away back
through q great number Of " celebrations >
and commemorstions, to the days Of Is.
SO, when everybody used to get drunk wild
the Indians, A Drunk-ofteu A Beastl,
npnnk ;p r6..h b1.t, II - ~-ss
each other to see who would get the drunk
es.-has been What Chicago had to olfes
See Naples, and die il the niuneiion anonl
people not more impressiblc than ous own
We treat strangers better than Tie Neapoli'
tans. See the crib, the tunnel, the elevators
the waier-vorks, and shen-ees druaki ],
the command Of Chicago to The [" fsslivs Gus
sea- Who come within her borders. o.
such occasions, they ars mainly The kstivl
cusscs who do come. q 8i@ e IA
The opening Of the Pacific roaa will b,
| great event which ve should Be Rlsd 4
have signalixed by something mere worthy q
the occasion than debauch. But = IN
| choice in this country, in civic cesemeaisls
Is between listening TO spesches which An
far more win0y than instructive, Ard drink
ing liquor which is inevitably drugged, ~
know not which to reconmend--the har,
angue which lies upon he spirits whole
week like . nightmare upoa sleep, osthe 6esy
auid which Temporarily nakss eaa . fool
How happy be vho could invent some iaeth
cd BY which tho assamhlSd tens Of thousapd,
who will be hare, can express their giatiked
pride in the triumph OF . great national
work, and their glowing anticipatious Of III
future which that triumph will inAssnce,, ia
manner bcfii,ing the dignity and iupor,
tsnce Of the event to be commemorssed
Who is the lucky man, with the creature and
organizing iRstioct equal to the demands ol
the great occasion? Hsa
In connection With this matter, NJ sup
pose that we have no need TO tell our rad,
ers thatths resolution Of the COMMON Coun.
ell, looking to nm appropriation Of money
from the city treasury for defiHyine the ex.
penses Of the celebration, can b. regarded
only as o joke for thess early days Of April.
Az that body has no more power 10 apsad
the procesds Of taxation for spch purpose,
than il has to open dry goods store, asd q
their sttempt 70 take dollar would be mel
BY IN injunction which any taxpayer could
sae out vs take II for granted that noehins
more serious than : soke Aas intended.