The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-07-07
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
HOW 1T WAS PASSED
p;cuies. Ball Playing and
Things.

Things.
The ann never rose on more deli
cious day than Monday. If day OF
which to celebrate and give our extrs
natriotisln vent had been made to or
der. a better one than that forced to de-
duty as O succedaneum for the Fourth
could not have been procured. Brigh,
as the glitter Of a seraph's wing, YET
cool as the first blast of adversely, it was
a day to be enjoyed.
There was no formal procession and
no spread eagle oratory in honor of the
day. No one-horse stumper made one
of those. flights of fancy General McCler.
nand, of Illinois, ascribed to Douglass
Soaring high into the heavens of elo-
quence, like an eagle with his tail
feathers quivering in the air." No ma
tional salute of thirty-seven guns-in-
Guiding Virginia, Texas and Mississippi
brought cuss words from the lips OF
papa, who had been out late "to bis
club" and had passed a bad night IN
consequence, or woke up the young ones
to rush round in their night-gowns with
fire cracker in one hand and piece OF
punk in the other, making noise and
smell of burnt powder in kitchen and
parlor and hall, or those other little
varmints who have brass pistol or
cannon, which they load at night and
shoot off under your window just as you
are about to take that most delicious
nap, your "lazy Sleep" when the world
is not quite present to your conscious
ness and not quite shut out, until you
heartily pray the little nuisances would
blow themselves up. There was lone OF
this, and our citizens seemed to enjoy
the holiday better because there was
none of it.
At an early hour people dressed in
their holiday fnery could be
seen vending their way and grooming
under the weight of heavy baskets of
provisions toward the previously select
ed points for bivouac. Yopder goes
three or four men and their wives and
families. They have made up neigh
borhood picnic and having all their
children with them look as if they e1-
pected to pass pleasant day. There
goes young fellow with his gal IN a
buggy. They are bound to Walters
Grove. His anxiety to get his arm
around her waist is so great he can
hardly hold his horse. Won't he tell
her all manner of fantastic lies of love
and happiness before they return. This
fiction will all end in matrimonial fact,
perhaps. Here 60 party of burly Ger
mans bound for the woods and for hol.
iday. See how the men puff their
stogies and keep the head of the process
sion; the women, haxen-haired, gener-
ally pretty featured and very red in the
face from walking fast 10 keep up. come
contentedly after them. If German
woman gees her husband happy her joy
is complete. This party in flannel and
queer caps, their breasts ornamented
with huge initials, are base ballers.
They have a friendly tilt on the Island
by and by. That party Of broad ohested,
muscular, swarthy men are Sens of Vul-
can going for picnic. So it will be
seen that all, high and low, rich and
poor, enjoyed themselves after theirown
heart on Monday.
The picnic at Walters Grove of the
Harmonic and M.Cnnerohor Societies
was one of the best regulated, most or
derby as well as largest affairs of the
season. Music and mirth abounded.
Those who wished to dance were affor-
ded an opportunity. Those who
wished to sing footed their horns to
German words, which SO affected us
that, with the sunshine glancing from
our bald head like gaslight from bill
lard ball, and tear in either eye, we
raised our hands to heaven and said
"Teut-on."
Gov. Stevenson being present was
called for and made his first appearance
as a German orator. We append a full
report taken by our short. haired repor-
ter after fifteen glasses of beer:
Rncms6tuarsibn dslmnbcietmnnra
RtSeclmnb pisifDerss anrei argpsr 1T
S6m pl,br lBdlti isnbiS iitp,wlqe'b.
eff they don't keep still slop 'em on
to het nit STEIN"
As a German orator the Governor is a
success.
The Sons of Vulcan had q glorious
time at Lockwood's Grove. The trip
down and up the river on
the James Rees was most pleasant
one without an accident among the ex-
cursionists to mar the festivities of the
occasion.
The match game of base ball between
the Atlantic Club, of Pittsburgh, and
the Battles, of this city, was witnessed
by perhaps 1900 people. Our boys had
an easy thing of it, winning the game
by a score of II to 90. We append the
score:
BALTIC ATLANTIC.
O. L. O. r.
Osborne, lb..4 81 StOpple, c. f..-...4
List. !. f..2 10 Rayburn, T. f.--..4 l
Hornbrook. J.c..4 Drummond, BIS 2
Kelley, ? b......3 I Kelly, 3 b...--.-.4 9
Bristor, g. SID Page, b..-...-.3
Hsrnbrook. c. f.2 IL McCandless, !. TO 6