, 1870-07-06
THE FOURTH OF JULY.
Its Celebration In City and
Country.
Balloon Ascension Independence Ju-
bilee-Fireworka
Picuics and Water PARTIES

men who established that glorious day that they
chose the very hottest season of the year for the
anniversary Of American Independence. Evident
ly. they did not take into consideration the COM
fort OF postenty, tollIng and sweating In their
patrIotIc enlcaror9 to commemorate one OF the
greatest days the world ever saw. Otherwise the
position Of the dag Is good. Christmas and New
Years are ut the end Of the year, and tho Fourth,
beug located In the middle, the holidays are about
Whatever discomfort the heat may have caused
elsewhere, I'll Cn!cago 1t was not oppressive.
peTcd the heat, and made outdoor amusements
bcarahle, and even attractive
Everybody, knows how the day was nshcret In.
With the ringing Of bc11s, the booming Of cannon,
and the explosion Of crackers Sleep was ont of
! the question. Young Ame1ca, always Wide awake,
never sleeps the night preceding tue Fourth, an'l
ica shall not sleep cithe1 No, The soungster Is up
before the day has dotted its nI4htcap, aud tho
Sun Is aided IN Illuminating the darkness, bJ fire.
e,iher Explosive COMPOUNDS Young "a America i:
EilO1Ss 30 much about. This pyrotcchnlc perform-
anee was kent up during The day and far into tho
These fireworks are very well for the boys. who
enjoy and appreciate them; but there arr Other
animals who DO not like them 80 we'll We mean
things It Is not that they are not patriotic for
the idea Of an American horse not rejoicing In the
day which gave liberty to him and Ills sellow-ctI-
zepa Is absurd. That Ia lDc tho reason, at nl1.
i,u: the horse does not understand such rhinga-
His ha, SC tense does not comprehend them. He
thinks it is fooiisl1ness. lie Is not saturated
flreWotk standpoint Consequently he shies and
gets scarcd when Young America creates an c1-
ploston unsr hls nose an1 y y makes s. noise Which
at, therefore, that there was not very much drtv-
Ing especially with high-spiEitetl Rags. Equestrt
paratively few private vehicles were abroad, the
pepnIe amusing themselves In other ways.
Ar LAKE, PANK.,
Balloon aseens9ns 9 rh1 90 n9t belong 10 10 inc eTer
Ment that such an event Was to take place from
the enclosure at Like Park, drew together large
esopIs pa ansson fee Of ty Cents for an
inside view, especially as q balloon marriage WIS
on the pIogsa4met but macll lsrgsf cFowd ias Was
streets, and on the lake shure. The balloon, pink
colored affair, was innated carly in the morning.
Between and . O'Clock, sheep1sn-looking cou-
pearancc Oh the ground, and after scrambnng into
the basket, the balloon Was allowed TO
ascend about nftcen feet, when, It Is said, mar
Ieust met with conscientious attention The GER
eIno1iy concluded, tue balloon YVES lowered, aud
the couple who had been maat One flesh departed
Prof Wse, the aeronaut, then entered The BASKET,
the ropes were unfastencd, and the balloon rs
ceu1ed gracefully into the all. When it had risen
to height OF sesen or eight hundred feet, took
southeasterly course, passing over the Stock
Yards, and descended about three miles below
Enclewo1d. The flight OF the aefonaut waa
watched with intcycat by thousands, from the
streets and hUuse-t0ps II all parts OF the city.
AN 4KKLaL EANIkATITE.
We take pleasure In giving the following &C.
count oI the trip, furnished bS the aerouaat hm-
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! The evening" entertainment" "coE1poaeu OF ta'
greatest yrutechnIc display ever witnesse.ttn Am
erica" pleased everybody but the 10,D00 peop
VINO had paid fifty cents admission to the en-
closure. Financially, tue affair WIS an un'touhte,
success -1y1oicchnically, much wss left TO b.
prescn1 who retained hts eosd huuor, and thu
was atom Finn" as the sign read, WHO dispose.
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the soft side Of the planks for nearly two hours,
solitary rocket went skywartl, ani, for tie mex
ted minutes, nothing broke the gloom except tn
hot r. Thrn smother rocket wcnt In. ate
WHICH snau boy informed tic assembled mutt
tuLe that his peanuts sold at I'VE cents pint Ile
! T,mnn camille was ferc.ly lighte,i. after whic]
aii was envelope,t ia total darkness for thc mex
4 aofnt1ic Vhecis and m i = Frr,hua rum or tw
wsre nreH 10 feyoiye. but weuIlut reyulye: au
then The disguised crowd, With 4 general a.ata
<,nn Ii fnr ltnvI,Ir ,4cn tent sJtfjnu three hour
for no,f1inr. disnc.sed to their hoIscs. The d;
rancement of scats syns well cnouap, 1ut the di:
NAV itscif did not nav INC sitting ior, much les
: thn f}ffy ceuts. The manaTers. hpFerer. reape
T1ch harvest. and. a. they arc not likely TO b
called upon "a repeat the cnte,tainnent, as ii
Fourth 81 July comes but once year, they ca
FeclJne On their E.ory and feast on their we.lle
pockets. s'''' ''''>' A~1>'$ ~ '''@'N
TIE INDEPENDENCE JUBILEE
r A grand Independence Jubilee was advertise.
| nv Mcssra Ntchclnnn and I}llrt 10 take MACE