The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-07-19
FOURTH OF July.
An original and Patriotic Ora

| An OrlkluhA huu FhtElOuc OEh-
Detroit Frss.prsa,
ashe always comes along after the
third. She's got in the habit Of 1t, and
there will be no disappointment this
time" [Whoop and applause.
"she's a biz dsyl Il doesn't snow on
the glorious Fourth, except once In lSn
years, and this iSyt the snow year"
%ifit rains-but it won't. II It does
ANYTHING In that line II will pour. Fourth
Of j uly never driEzles around on the one
horse plan. Therefore, prepare for suns
chine and rain, and hail and pitchiorks,
and regular old.fashioned good time"
rYells from the solid misses around the
grand stand, =
Friends, Romans-A hundred years
ago or such a triflle, little band Of pat
riots met together in Philadelphia.
They were men OF stern aud earnest
look. They had left the pillow In the fur.
row, the wheelbarrow in the front yard,
the sledge and the anvil in the pawn
shop, and they had come together for
WHAT"
Voice from the crowd-To find that
John Sherman letter!"
"They hadn't come there to play seven
up, my friends, or eight.up, nor nine up,
nor any such thing. They hadn't come
there 10 bet on horse race or plan q rob.
berry or grunt at the weather, or resolve
that a reasonable quantity Of kerosene
oil mixed with butter, improves the
taste Of both. It was far, far different
purpose which had called the little band
Of patriots together"
TWild cheers and dog 6ght under the
stand
"FeIIow.countrymen, you know the re.
suit Of that meeting. 1t was decided
that our country had been tossed around
long enough. You ought to have been
there and heard old Bob Morris and Tom
Jefferson and Dick Turpin and Long
John Wentworth and Susan B. Anthony
90 for King Georgel They heightened
right out as they remembered that he had
forbidden this country 10 grow dried ap.
pies and cAtnip and mustard plasters, and
that he had sought to force Us into buy
Ing from him NJ retail figures our hand.
organs, chewing-gum and tin dinner.
horns" ..
Mad cheers, and a boy run over by
pack Of torpedoes. ...
"The result OF that meeting, my fell
low patriots was American liberty
Fourth OF July ice cream-lemonade,
and fireworks in the evening. We not
only got all this, but we've got the priv.
ilege Of paying taxes, Of belonging 10 the
boss church, or none at alljust rs we hap.
pen 10 feel-of holding offce-of maxi
Ing and selling and buying anything We
want to, from box Of homeless Goldfish
to can OF peaches labelled with the
most beautiful printing the eyes Of man
ever beheld. When that old bell on In
dependence hall began pealing out itS
wild notes Of liberty, she knew her bust.
ness; che knew abe was going right up to
the head Of the class and stay there till
vacation"
Terrible whoops, with an old woman
hit in the eye with lemon.
"Fellow. patriots, ! can't talk much
longer. My heart is too full for utter
ance, and about this time O. day l always
take free lunch and glass Of lager.
It is needless to remind you Of Valley
Forge-of Bunker Hill-of the trials aud
struggles and sacrifices made by our fore.
fathers that we, their children, might en-.
10y liberty, union, religion aud politics,
and have tearing old time. All l ask
Of you is that when night comes-when
the mystic curtain which hides the light
OF day settles down upon us-when the
bluebird sings solt lullaby TO It's young
and the weasel nestles closer to its timid
mattel ask you then to drop your quail
on toast for moment and utter one
cheer in memory OF those whose blood en-
riched our soil-heave one sigh for the
good clothes soiled. in that long seven
years fracas. Friends-good bye-whoop
Ter upp Terrific rush and ovation to
the orator.