, 1873-07-13


truding themselves upon the day set apart to
.pyroteclncs - orntorical and otherwiae-sky-
.rockots Of powder and Of eloquenco, tho sound
and fury Of drunkardB aud Of cabbago-hoads
Thon, again, what hollow mocttery must seem
declaration of tho rfghta Of man to Young
america, abridged in his inalienablo rights
in tho matter Of firc-crackers by sou1-
less Mayors and Boards Of Aldermen, who
soam unable to comprehend TINT our forofatherB
did not fight, bleed, and die to prosoryo b fow
rowH Of fraine-BhantieB, or fow blocks Of brick
and marble, moro Or less, but to Hecuro to their
children certain Inherent rights and privileges.
In Draidwood, N1r. TRIBUNE, wo celebrate tho
Glorious Fourth in its pristine purity.
Braidwood ia m exceedingly lively young city,
which supplies Chicago with what ia known as
tho Wilmington coal. It is 30 called because no
coal was over found at Wilmington, though
there arc some old fossils there which are sup
posed to dato from the carboniferous period Bot
they fight shy OF Draidwood. because tho Braid-
wood people, having no other uso for them,
would stick pina through them, and put them III
glass-caBe, md present them. to tho ardent
young natnra1ists who mako periodical irruptiona
you would no1t hoar Of them ia Prot. Agassiz'
Museum OF Comparative Zoology, with ono OF
those polyayl1abio scientific names tackled on to
them which iH 80 calculated to Cause the hair of
Braidwood, being q mining town, is moetly
populated by the hardy eona Of foreign soil
that OF drcat Britain chiefly. But tioy mag
unanimously forget tho late unploasantneas bo-
with US in doing honor to tho American Eagle.
In fact, their enthusiasm entirely outstrips that
Of tho nativos and they celebrate the day with a
vim that puts our lagging patriotism to the
what day tho Fourth falls upon. tho celebration
lasta until tho Sunday following. Last year We
kept tho Eagle on the stretch for three days;
this year wo were confinod to two days,
and ono of thom was pretty dump.
Ono Of tho Oldest inhabitants remarked that it
was tho dampest Fourth Of July ho ever saw
another old inhabitant made substantially the
same romark, only ho inverted tho p in "a damp
est"
notwithstanding the outrageous conduct Of
Old Probabilities in furnishing such disgracofnl
woather on nn OCCASION 10 important there was
an almost universal turnout, including tho
Lot it b remarked, en- passant, that tho Party
Of the -, Future should by I'LL means
put Weather-Reform plank in it's pint.
the Weather~ Bureau by Old Probabilities
is causing deop dissatisfaction in this section Of
tho country. Indeed, certain old atagors Of the
Bourbon Democratic stamp vigorously advocate
preston Of Old Prob. They argue, with 8 good
deal Of piausibility thnt although opinions
might differ as to the merits Of Dr.. Ayers Pills
and a.os sarsaPaFilla s md Pr 5ayns'a Universal
all agroed that they nevor endeayorod to impose
upon us any Buch areas of low barometer, and
ator'm-centres, storm and tornadoes, az have
country from Washington: Reliable old
parsies, say. they hare lookcd through
their illos OF al t1nanacs for years back, and they
cau't find any such weather atrocities as these
them have IN entire distrust of tho now -fangled
way Of regulating tho weather, but most people
would DO sntisAed to have Change OF adminia-
tration. They think somo older, moro oxperi-
enced, md conservative person should hayo
charge Of a bureau so important instead Of the
reckless young man who now runs tho machine
And especial ca11tion should be exercised at auch
time as the Fourth Of July, when people na1,,
whito dresses, and billed shirts, and starchod
goods generauy, out Of respect to the American
But, in spite Of the rain, Bratdwood was bound
procession, with tile Marshal and Assistant
Marshal, aud tho brasB-band of native talent,
took up tue line of march towards tho grounds
where tho tlre-craokors, and cannonB, and
CREASED pigs wore to run, with whoclbarrow and
sack races, and running and standing jumps,
sandwichod In botwoon times And the way the
rain poured down was an outrage upon tho
American Eagle. but it soomed to wilt people 50
they couldn't got ue'y mad.
But it wouldn't have been 30 bad if It hadn't
neen for the accident that happened to one OF
nun @ ' of gsaat % promise suo and % e upgpo1o2, @ and
he operated one, of tho blggost Aorne in the
band. On this OCCASION, he labored under Pc
culiar disadvantage. His instrument was Of
anch shape thst, in in playing, tho mouth o; o,
pfs1 geo1 Tes ssl ''ts Il na''Fsy sna '@asr' 1sTs
aoon his instrument would be 10 full Of water
would simply spout like whale. Thon he would
empty his horn, mud proceed with another bar O,
two Of tho music; but this way Of doing, oi
COURSE disionated =, tue melody Of tho whole whole
which stood straight out in front, and couldn'
appreciate the difficulty Of horn which wat
mouth up to the rain. bont upon him . aevert
ha ana r9poyns to tbo haep to
he , no longer 1 removed tho instrument from hit
lips to empty tho rain it had caught, but just
ho couldn't gst . note through it.. OF course,
this couldn't last very loug. and 1t did seem to 80
IN to rain harder than ever.
Before long tho bottom button on his veB
buttons followed, I'LL tho way up tho back scan
of his trouBora ripped, but still ho Hternly son
forth tho notos Of :" Hail Columbia" They wor
coming down the home stretch OF that popular ri
when tho catastrophe occurred. Just at tho las
bar but ono, he waverod for moment thort
was O. struggle, nj 1t wore, botwoen wind ant
water; with q last despatrlng effort, ho inhato<
his lungs cloud Of spray roso FROM tho tol
OF liB Eorn,-a report followed like tho explo'
aion Of a Zig squfb underan' empty barrel, an
tho unfortunate young. nlan collapsed. lie ha'
bursted at the port Of duty.
Thore arc aome people who will not hclloy
this story OF heroic devotion,- -sorlid sous, t
whom Casabianch is a myth but the identica
and fatal horn may still 10 soon, draroa In dec
mourning.
This poomn md affecting episode onEht to h
warning and m example. but it should No
be used as an argument agsslnst tho Good Tom
plarH, aud adlucod all illustration Ut tho dan
Eers Of tho cold.water theory. True, 1t it In
been whiaky-I -Iraidwooa whlsky--lho youn
man might hnyo bold gallon or 40 moro Of i:
because that III an article to which tho conta q
the stomach offer no matoriul roHbtaneo. !
goes right through, aud into mans boots, Q
which 1t takes cutiro control.
At tho grounds where tho celebration WAS hel
o. the 5th7sldw9od not Ious yory EMIL
OH tho 9th anl had their Fourth h-aOyoro