Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1878-06-12
FOURTH OF FULLY AND OTHER GOODS,
WARES AND MERCHANDISE.

At last "The Day we Celebrate" is begin
ing to be recognize as having certain modi
cum of commercial value. The Fourth, with
all its glory, has its commodity side. We
printers look forward to it as an event which
is pretty certain to bring grist to our mill;
the pyrotechnic men look upon it as
one of their chief sources of revenue; and all
and singular the retail merchants, the tavern
keepers, the saloonists, the livery peo-
pie, and the ice-cream peddlers and every
body else who hopes to make money by the
presence of holiday crowd have their vari-
ously large and small interests stimulated by
the approach Of the national holiday. We
have known baker whose patriotic ardor
found expression in his zeal for selling ginger
bread of the quarter section" variety; we
have known the approach of that great day to
cause vast degree of enterprise to be con-
centrated upon the boiling to hardness of a
certain number of newly-la laid hens eggs;
We have seen the eyes of 4 dealer in hard
cider quicken with a light HAT never was on
sea or land at the thought of Independence
Day; and as years have come upon US and
hardened our heart, we are brought to see
that it is not all a love for our countrys glory
which causes the village merchant to add to
his stock store of gunpowder, percussion
caps and Chinese fire crackers And so we
note that our Virginia City neighbors, bestir-
ring themselves with regard to the com
mercial Importance of The Fourth of
July are not going to participate as
one man, in the celebration of that
day in Carson. 1t is evident that the too
widely prevailing hard times have set the Vir-
ginian mind to thinking, somewhat grudgingly
Of the dimes and quarters and larger pieces
which are to be gathered in when a city sets |
forth upon the errand of formal jollifcation.
We cannot find it in our heart to blame our |
neighbors for thus recognizing the fact that
business advantage as well as charity begins |
at home. We of the Capitol are bent upon
doing the best We can; and it is just that that |
the Nlrglnlans are aiming at. We are sorry
hat divided interests thus conspire to induce
.hese neighbors thus to make two bites of the
cherry of the ever glorious Fourth, but it
must be admitted that their course is a nat
lral and blameless one. Meantime it is to be
,aid that Carson, this time, will present at
fractions never before conceived of. Our
celebration will be on IA scale of very decided
grandeur. The contemplated races at our
Agricultural Grounds will be very interesting
nd very handsomely provided for. Perhaps
t is sin for one tow. TO lay temptation in
he way Of it's neigh ors; but it is only the
ruth that he folorn Virginia Citizen viii add
. his own sense of depression and loneliness
he, out of sense Of duty as a homebody,
oregoes the fierce and exciting joys which
re in store for those who are to take part
4 the approaching festivities in commemor-
ton of Our Natal Day" in Carson City.
We do not design our own modest note to be
ecognized as the voice of q Siren, but We
nould be dong the subject small justice
ere we to say less than we have said. Come
hat will our conscience is easy.