The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1873-08-21

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The HrtmtH tad parade on satHWay,
g w5s Hue affair. bui thc absence 1f
Mr U.glarcaeo was deeply felt Dot oply
hy ne department but By che public
llis long and faithful services Al thc busi,
ncss meetings and festivals, aud bis splen.
did bearing ca parade have given Mr
OClsranoo an cnyiable position IN The
hearts Of bis countrymcu. We arc sorfy
be was not present on SATURDAY Butan
unlooked-ior aud very painful accident
deprived him and MS o. q very great
pleasure,
Tho night which preceded The last au.
niyersary of our national independence
be took home twenty-five dollars worth
Of fireworks, fora spiurgo on the next
night. Tie calculated he had glory enough
iu that package 10 tli with gratitude and
admiration every taxpayer on North
street, aud his wife, amer carclnly ok
auining Che lot, was equally confident
that tho ncighbors would see something
that "would make their eyes hang out, T.
as she pensiyely expressed 81.
! The next morning O'Clarcnce got out
/ The bundle to look It over again and feed
on the anticipation. There were these
cannon crackers, several packs, aud lio-
man candles, and bluc fire, aud pin-
wheels and rockets and the Ikea yory
credtable assortment for any family.
/ Mr.. Wickiord's boy from the next house
was IN, ana sat on the noor holding
piece of lighted punk in his hand, aud
/ had both his eyes aud mouth wide open
enjoying the sight, OClaruuec was sit
ting on bis launches, holding pin-wheol
in his haud aud explaining 70 Mrs,
| OCiarcnce how cheoply they could be
made IN China, and how superior in In.
gonuity and industry were the Chinese to
all other races. None of them know how
it happened, but O'Clarencc remembcra
that there were two open packs Of cannon
crackers Just under him, aud thinks
Wickiord's boy must have in some way
dropped the punk IN among them, and
in the general interest forgot thol Il was
aiire,
AT any rate, there was q sudden hiss,
right under Mr., O'Clarenee, followed in
the next instant BY a tornado Of sounds
and sparks, and that gentleman at once
shot towards the ceiling IN q blaze Of
various colored lights, while the air be-
came thick with sparks, blue lights, blaE-
ing balls, industrious pin-wheels, insane
sky-roekets, and scrcocbing crackers,
Mrs. O'Clarence fell over chair that
= cost eight dollars when new, and struck
the back Of her head against the stove
hearth with such a violence that added
materially to the display Of fireworks al
ready going on. Wickfords boy was
struck in the mouth with sky-roekct
and had two-thirds of his hair taken of
by Roman candle, and was Knocked
through a doorway by piece Of ord
nance just introduced this season, and
? which will undoubtedly become popnlal
= when understood better. He was after
. wards hshed out OF a roso-bush and Ia
ken home in a tablecloth.
O'Clarence remained during the entire
exhibition, looking at it from various po'
' sidons, and when II was over with he
r was put in a sheet by the neighbors, and
c saturated with oil, and then covered viii
= molasses aud flour. We learn that new
. skin is already forming on parts Of him
and if no uniavorable symptoms set in ht
y will be out In fortnight, although II Il
It not likely he will minge much IN society
until bis hair and eyebrows commence t
C grow. He thinks Wickford's boy Is dead
Il and they dare not tell him to tho contrary
u till he gets stronger. singularly enough
J Mrs. O'Clarenee escaped injury by burns
T. bat the blow on her head was so sever
that she cannot bear TO have her bacl
&c hair drawn up as high as II was before
" and missing her church privileges is a sor
II trial to her Daadmy NenS.