The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1876-07-01
FOURTH OF July roAsrs.

FOURTH OF JULY ToAsTs.
The following is q list Of "toasts' pre-
pared by the committee on programme
for our Fourth of July celebration:
No. 1.-THE Day We Cese6ratsE IN
| "When Freedom, on her natal day,
Within her war-l0cked cradle lay,
An iron race around her stood,
Baptiz d her infant brow IN blood;
Their 1ASd constant Constant ward G and watching Kept.
Response by Judge H. w. Talcott.
No. 2-"THe Prcsidens Of the u 81
| ''He Is ours,
T. administer, to guard T. sdon the State,
But not to warp or change it. We are his
To serve him nObly in the common cause,
True to the death, but not to be his slaves
Response by J. H Richards.
No. 3.-"Let the Eagle Scream. y
eff you want to inveigie ttt.
The good will of our eagle,
Strike well for the right,
Wherever the tight.
BE just in your laws,
Then you'll not fear his claws,
And gay as a dream
The glad sound of his scream"
Response by ]. G. Murray.
No. 4.-"TAe Men of 1776 and of 1876"
'Our Country first, their glory and their pride,
Land of their hopes, land where their fathers died
When in the right they'll keep thy honor bright,
When in the wrong, they'll die to set it right. "
Response by Hon. Thos. Bartlett.
No. 5.-"Ow National Banner-TAe
Red. White and Blue."-
.The star spangled banner,
Oh long may it wave
O'er the Land of the free
And the home of the brave"
Response by G. NJ. Simpson and Miss
Maggie DeMoss.
No. 6.-"Kansas-Ou adopted State"
'The brightest Star of the West.''
Response by N. F. Acers.
No. 7.-"Tae Plow anvil and Loom."-
I" GO till the ground'-said God to mum
'Subdue the earth, it shall be thine"
"And the tinkle of the anvil, first of the village
sounds was heard.'
"Swift flies the shuttle. -
Response by Hon. E. H. Funston.
No. S.-"We Press
s'Turn to the press-its teemng sheets survey,
Big with the wonders of each passing day"
Response by Judge P. Bell.
No. 9.-"Or Common Schools."-
"'Tis education forms the common mind,
just rs the twig is bent, the trees inclined.'
Response by Miss Jennie Pickel.
No. 1O.-"TAe Ladies."-
ssFairest and loveliest Of created things,
BY our great author in the lnsse formed
OF his celestial glory, and designed
To lie mans solace.''
Response by r. S. Hamilton.
No. 11.-"Patriotism."
And who prom tes that, best proves his duty"
Response by W. D. Chastain.
No. 12.-"7he Army and Mury-Te
Brare Defenders Of our Liberties.
''ro the hero, when his sword
has won the battle for the free,
Deaths voice sounds like Il prophets word;
And in its hollow tones are heard
The thanks OF millions yet to lie. %
Response by Col. w. G. Jones.
No. 13.-"Hoaesty, Temperance and
Economy."-
''Three cariina! virtues to which the American
people should give heed
Response by DIR. w. s. Hendricks
No. 14-"Om Country It's Glorious
Lqnd"-
ssWith broad arms stretched fTom shore to shore,
The proud Pacific c!itics She strand,
She hears the Il .r; Atlantic rptr;
And matur'd Oh her ample breist,
How many gnnily prospectf!c S
In natures widest grlndsnE 'keSt -
Enamelled with the iovel:est dyes"
Response by Chas. A. Lakin.
Not more than five minutes to be &C.
cupied in any one response.
DIR. NJ. DEMoss, Toast Master.