Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1873-07-17
The Fourth of July.

AAS OA
EDS. HERALD:-Arrangcme had been
made to have an old-fashioned Fourth of
July Celebration in Washington by the
Sabbath Schools of the county, in connec-
ton with the Firemen. but some men, like
Millions devil, who would rather rule in
hell than serve in Heaven" employed
themselves industriously to thwart the
good designs of those who projected the
celebration, and l am sorry to say in a
measure, succeeded. The occasion was
designed to foster a spirit of neighborly
feeling and kind regard between the peO-
pie of the town and those of the country;
but the conduct of some men, whose am
bition was not gratifed I presume, be-
cause they were not assigned prominent
positions on the programme of exercises,
sought to do everything they could to
mar the pleasures of the day and prevent
the celebration from being a success. 1t
has been source of complaint on the part
of some of the citizens of the town, that
celebration never could be COTTON up in
Washington, because the people went
| elsewhere to spend their money and seek
enjoyment on the Fourth, and when an
effort was made to inaugurate different
condition Of affairs, opposition of the
meanest kind was set up by men from
whom better things were to have been eX-
pected, and instead of welcoming the peo-
pie Of the country with open arms and
generous hearts to the town to enjoy a
| pleasant and patriotic reunion on the
Fourth of July, opposition was made and
reports circulated designed, as insults to
the Sunday Schools Of the country, and
seeming to- intimate that the "quality,''
fine haired nobility and literary gentlemen
of the town, would not condescend to as
sociate with the country hulks'' in cele-
bration of the glorious Fourth, the an
niversary Of our independence.
tell you, Messrs. Editors, had the man
ayers of the Sunday Schools Of the town
pursued a different course, the people
would have been pecuniarly benefited and
a spirit of good feeling been inaugurated
W lilCIl w nave ISSuIGSu III O0llG-
fit, socially, 1 think; but as it is, the Sab
bath Schools of the country feel deeply
insulted, and the occurrence will not soon
be forgotten. Had the Sunday Schools
of the town acquiesced in the general de-
sire for a County Celebration, there would
have been hundreds of people-men
women and children-on the Fair Grounds
on the Fourth of July, who did not come
to town at all, and who never will, should
the schools of Washington ever desire tc
get up celebration on any other occasion
Washington was selected as the place
for holding the celebration by the com
mittee appointed for that purpose at the
County Sabbath School Convention, be
cause of its central location, and because
it was thought the Country Jakes'' nigh
learn something from their town neigh
bors who were supposed to be more ad
vanced in civilization than the Sabbath
School teachers and scholars of the "rura
districts;'' but in this laudable design i
seems we were to be frustrated by tn,
opposition of men who smile and fawl
upon US, and are not too proud to partak
: of our hospitality when they feel lik
breathing country air through the week
or on Sunday to be setup like Dianah of tn
D Ephesians to be worshipped and wonders
: at on account of their requirements o
), brass, by country dolts who do not enio
n so many advantages as the highly favore
\ people of Washington c. H.
Messrs. Editors, we in the country fee
O a just pride in. the prosperity and great
ness of our county seat and as geners
o thing esteem your citizens, but we d
o think the great men who control you
Sunday Schools, might, as an especi;
< favor, have joined in the celebration wit
their Country cousins on the Fourtl
f and if they arbitrarily prevented the chi
. dren from doing so, the scholars shoul
request them to resign their position
, and select men in their places who wi
not tyrannically undertake to rule thos
whom they assume to serve. These view
:, seem to be the prevailing opinion in IN
: neighborhood, as well as everywhel
:, throughout the country, and no one rt
grets that such is the case more than tt
= undersigned RURAL.