Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1872-10-09
From the Sussex CS. " Press.
UNCLE BARNEY LANES JUBILEE.
GRAND CELEBRATION At w,sgIygroy,I7r

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UNCLE BARNEY LANES JUBILEE.
GRAND CELEBRATION AT W4SHINGTONlLIE
We think our patriotic old fife ma
I jOr must have nearly if not quite ls.--
I gotten his age and feeble health ,u
| Thursday, July 4th. When the birth
/ day of our Nations independent
/ comes round he is always on hand
/ He performs in his own door yard and
entirely alone. He has a musket that
his father carried through the Revo-
lutiOnary war, which he prizes very
highly; this is his cannon, and with
an almost endless variety of instru-
meDts of music, he spends the day
He sends US his programme for publi-
cation.
At sunrise a small liberty pole was
raised with stars and stripes and cap
of liberty attached. A heavy fi-Ing
then commenced, and was kept up
for nearly two hours. Next. the Dec
laratiOn of Independence was read
The next thing was the old toast ta-
bic, which found to resemble Gree
iey's platform very clOsely-sO shaky
that il would hardly stand alone. /
soon braced it up and proceeded with
the following tOasts, which was drank
under heavy firing and music:
l. THE DAY CELEBRATE, in my
own door yard. My audience reminds
ne of the farmers apple orchard that
consisted of one scattering tree. One
gun, three cheers, music on fife, tune,
Yankee Doodle.
2. OUR FOREFATHERs-The plan
ted tree in the rich soil of New Eng
land, and so rapid has been its growth
that forty millions of flee people sit
under its shadow to-day without re-
gard to sex, creed, or color. l gun.
three cheers, music on octave flute,
tune, Rural Felicity.
3. GEORGE WASHINGTON, ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN AND GEN. GRANT
We acknowledge our Indebtedness to
three grt at men (under PrOvidence)
for the freedom we enjoy to-day, and
we may read ancient and modern his
tory till we are as blind as Bartemeus,
and as crazy as a bed-bug flOundering
in spittOOn full of tobacco juice ,and
We will never find where one nation
ever produced such q trio of patriotic
Republicans. gun, six cheers, mu-
sic on German flute, tune, Hail to the
Chief.
4. THE ORIGIN OF SLAvERY.-It
was hauled up by old Belzebub, the
prince of devils. from the fiery regions
of black damnatiOn and spread bread
cast over the Southern States, where
it was permitted to prosper until the
immortal Lincoln, with one grand
swoOp with his powerful pen, sent it
hurling back down the fearful abyss
never to show its defOrmed head again.
l gun, six cheers, music on violin,
;GHe, Go to the Deviland Shake Your
self.
3. A AREvOLUTIONARY RELIC.-Just
ninety-four years ago last Friday,
June 2Sth, 1778) this old relic was in
the hands of my father, taking an ac-
tive part in the celebrated battle Of
Monmouth to day it's in my hands
belchiDg forth smoke and thunder IN
eOmmemOration of the part it took in
gaining our independence, and may
il be carefully handed down to pos
terity, and may it never submit to
peace on any terms with an enemy
while there is one inch of it left. One
gun, six cheers, music on flUtina, tune,
Americans Glory,
6 THE CINCINNATI CONVENTION
Fad they taken up the Honorable"
unhung JEFF Davis for President, and
his bOndsman, Horace Greeley for
Vice President, We might look for
ward to the 4th of March next with
an eye of faith we could see them
marching erm-in-arm in the Whiie
House singing together, "Let US
sweetly live; together let Us die.'
1 gun and a heavy groan, music on
double fife tune, ROslyn Castle, death
march,
Z. THE HILLS OF OLD SUSSEX
They have always been noted for the
great quantity Of "copper" ore" they
produce, but they have to bow to
-SprOut Hillr because it produces the
''pure copper" metal without alloy.
| gun, three cheers. music on violin,
tune, Sprout Hill.
s The COPPERHEAD MOTTO-
Anything to beat Grant" Our
they beat Grant they will
have to drag more dead niSgsrs to the
ballot box next November than they
lid last. 1 gun, three cheers, music
IN the Jewish eymbal, tune, Walk in
he PaTlOr,
8. HORACE GREELEY, THE GREAT
AMERICAN ARCHDIEDEs.-If he at
empts to shake the whole world
tanding on his ricketry platform,
le will stand a very good chance of
Getting his devilish neck brOke-sO
note it be. gun, three cheers, mu-
ie on German flute, tune, Brakeman's
March.
10 THE OLD TANNER.-It he tan
led beef hides as thoroughly as he
i'd the rebels hides, we think his old
ustomers must know something
bout leaky boots and shoes. l gun,
tx cheers, musi: six times in success
ion on self-playing music box.
IL. The CAP OF LIBERTY.-We
Eould'Et exchange it for three
ushel basket full of jeweled crowns
nd old white hats, darn'd if we
FOuld. gun, six cheers, music on
fe, tune JeffeasOn and Liberty.
y. THE FAIR SEx.-The Grecian
enders and hustle wearers-they re-
mind us of John Brown with his
sapsack strapped upon his rump,
'hile his sOule went marching on.
guns and hearty laugh, music on
anjO, tune, Barney let the Girls Alone
Is. CONCLUsION.-Hail Columbia
n bass violin.