Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-07-06
The Fourth III Warrenton.

| WARRFNToN, Va, July ), 1878.
| Wa1ranton has q Way of celebrating the glo-
rous anniversary Of our national Independence
gate peculiar to itself, ard nna - WHICH "s
can but think th,r. is a little grim sarcasm. 90
In the morning, eVsry available vehicle irCn
fouriuhand drag to donkey oar;, and every
morse, from the housekeeping trottara Of the
swell eete to the meaness hack and drudge
Of the livery stabies is called OF. and made
| ready, End the entire white population with a
few eXoeptiong) make an exodus to the White
| Sulphur Springs to spend the day, first having
closed and barred their stores and hcuSsg.--
For awhile the streeta are as silent and deserted
| 81 If q plague had swept the place. s2vo now
and then timid fire cracker plainti7eiy iudi-
| cs!es t.st ono poor by couldn't CO. About
| nice 3. H., tie scene begius to change, troops
| CT negroes, the female sex lsrgey predomi
mating, march up and down the streets as o
copquering army aud on the arrival Of the
northern train, the noisy strains ola brass band
| are heard, and from the depet comes q gay y
uniformed band Of the BLACKLIST negroes, bloW-
| ing the brassiest muai1 that ever offended a
Christian car. Followed by q mob Of sable I'D
mirers, these pcrambulato the s!reeis OF the
devoted town az if to mako the cap.
ture conplete-then yariousIy amusing them
selves, they hold possession until evening.
when on the return of the whites they retreat,
sad hs old g e. i Fpstatsd Such is the
Fourth 10 Warrenton, But Eo| TIE SER eto
ed whites amuso themselves under the cool
shades of the Springs, or whether 9 good deal
of tbat cool shade is hot, oVeroalanced by
warm exercises and exeItions to amusc them
selves, or whether the demon ennus does not
stalk abroad out there; or whether, when they
get back dusty and tired, if vote were taken,
| there Roul} be unanimous consent that the
thing paid | know not. For be it known, q
select party, "cf whom the writer is which, l"
| avoids both the Springs and the streets and
keepstbe Fourth as if it were any other day
| "Oai protanuna vulgus ct arceo." CARLOS.
The FLYING MACHINE. About fifty thous
| and people assembled on the Common, on the
4.h, at Boston, to witness the first exhibition
Of the flying machine 10 the open air. The
| nlap was to sail around the tops of the houses
| and over the principal streets and demonstrate
to wondering multitude the possibilities of
air navigation. When everything was ready
the machine was let 90. but instead of flying
up gradually and gracefully, as intended, 1t
shot up like an arrow to distance OF about
two thousand feet. Every ono came to the
conclusion at once that it was manageable,
and the aeroDaut was the Object OF much sym.
natbv as be foated upward. He soon let of
| some of the gas, but did not descend. lie
went 10 higher and higher, and it Was soon
| evident that be was as much ct the mercy CT
the currents as any balloonist lie sailed over
Brookljue, Boston Highlands and cut through
| Norfolk county. and landed at the little town
uf Fsrnham. Here be was an obi sct of wonder
to the inhabitants, and after they had gaz.d on
! him be essayed to f, back to Boston, but on
reaching Dover gave it up, and, packing bis
| machine on the train, be came home by rail.
| He explains his failure by saying that the gear
inp got out of order. The steering apparatus
would no. work aad ono of tie rods was dlsar
ranged. He says he had to tie it with cord
and strap his foot to the pedal.
METEOROLOGICAL FOR THE MONTH OF
JtNE, lS78.-rnls month has been Unusually
cool aud wet, the lowest mean temperature
since 1870, and nearly double tie amount Of
water Tell. being IS inches The mean TEN
perstpre 10. 60 Also lowerer barometer than
usual, never ba7iug risen to 80 10. during the
month, the u,ual monthly average being abou'
1915, The past mouth being only 29.10 10.
| The last days o! tho month were Very warm;
the rest OF the month was cooler than usual.
The month has been very fine f1r the growth
of all kinds of vegetation, except corn. it being
too cool and wet for That, but ia this latitude
the season is avlys long enough for the per
lection of that staple. The grass crop is Very
large, and grass is king.
Aceoiink, Va. 9. GlLLlNaHAA
| BABY CARRAaEs.-Physicians of BerIil
have seut forth an urgent warning against the
use of the popular baby carriages 10 which tho
| little ooes ait facing the nurse aud ora
pushed backward. The natural desire OF the
eve is to draw nearer to what it sees, and tht
practice Of reversing this normal order CT thing:
aud causing surrounding objects to receds l.