Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1870-07-08
THEfOURTA OF JULY.

We never saw such a splendid throng
of people in Upper Sandusky. as con-
gre"ated here on last Monday. Many,
undoubtedly, came to hear the lady
orator. Mrs. NJ. Nj. Cole, who had ac
cepted the invitation to.address the peo
pie on the occasion, but some three
days before the Fourth. Il letter was re
ceived from Mrs. Coles husband. in
forming the committee, Messrs Girls
ell, Berry and Sears, that she was very
unexpectedly taken seriously sick, and
therefore. it would be impossible tor
her to fill the appointment. 1t was now
utterly too late to properly fill her
place. We regretted the disappoint-
ment profoundly. especially on behalf
of our readers whom we had invited to
come here ON the occasion. but the dis
appointment was unavoidable and un-
forseen. The Hose and Ladder Com
panies. which came here, We're also dill
atory in giving the Committee positive
information as to whether they would
visit us or not, hence the committee
was very much at :; loss as to what
preparations to make. There were also
other causes which contributed to the
imperfections OF the arrangem ent, but
do not deem it necessary to state here.
Well, the grand old Fourth, a day
which we hope will ever be meInOra-
BILE among freemen. came, and SO did
the people. After Il procession of the
Firemen which marched through the
main streets. and made a very credita-
Trips Cornet Band called mauy of the
people to the Court House yard and
Judge Mott, President OF the day.
called the meeting to order. Rev. IL.
b. Fry offered mp very impressive
prayer, Witch was followed by "Old
Iiundred'' by Trips band. which was
we'll played. jonathan Matfett tilen
read the immortal Declaration of Amer
t.nct voice, after which the venera Bile
Judge Carey WAS introduced and made
Il brief speech. He informed the audi
ence that this was the 74th It'll of July
made some very touching refer
ences to the Declaration of Indepen-
den-e and made quite an argument
in favor Of woman's rights. claiming
not he fully carried out until woman
was empowered with the right to vote.
He contended that the ballot in wo-
mans hand would prove a strong wall
in defense of right morally and virtue.
His remarks were well received.
| The President then dismissed the All
dience with a brief speech, in which he
very appropriately referred to the
ha dships which our forefatliers en-
| dured and to- the astounding progress
! which this nation has made within its
brief existence.
| The afternoon was devoted to the
trial, parade end experiments of the
different fire companies. As to the
award of prizes, we reser the reader to
the statement of the Treasurer. which
will be found in another column.
In the evening a handsome display
of Fire Works came off in the Public
square. which was under the discreet
management Of Messrs. Ayres. O'Brien,
Rappold, and others. Considering the
, immense crowd of people in town,
there Was, during the whole day de-
, gree of quietneSs and good order which
is highly conmendable. And as we
looked upon that vast throng of intel
ligent. well-dressed people, we. felt
proud of our State and could not resist
the conviction that this section of Ohic
beats the world in the good looks of its
ladies.
In the evening. and even next day. q
few explosions of whisky took place
resulting only in some black eyes, SC
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