, 1880-07-04
JULY 4.
How tho Day VIII He Spent In City
and Country.


aratious for it. as must have been evident te
even the most preoccupied passer-by, have
been making for over a week, and the street
corners have resounded with the shrill cries
of the various nuisance-venders as
they tendishly encouraged all already
too eager constituency to lay In
stock of truck which, with
| proper treatment, will contribute to the gen.
eral noise. The torpedo plain, the torpedo
exaggerated, the firecracker Of ancient type,
the bombshell ordinary, the bonabsheli with
| string and a box Of blank cartridges throwl,
in, and the whole appropriately dubbed 1.-The
little bulldog" and dozen other devices OF
| the Evil One, have tempted the aforesaid
small boy at his weakest point and precipi-
tated the most alarming incursions on the
parental pocketbook. The irreliglous small
| In fact he was at it yesterday and last night,
will go to Sundayschoo1 to-day, Tho latter
will be at 1t again bright and early tomorrow
morning with the boy who didn't
go to Sunday-sehool, but enjoyed
! himself in the family backyard or
| in front of the parental doorstep: It is, per
haps, fortunate, oil the: whole, that the
Fourth Of July rarely falls on Sunday. for
| when it does it brings with it certain irregu-
larities, the result Of which is that one por-
| ton Of tue community gets i two-days' i'll
diligence in the pleasures Of burnt powder.
| scorched fingers. and singed eyebrows, while
| another portion, unnindful Of the sacred
character Of the day. use it like unto Satur-
| day and Monday, and thus secure three days
OF unlimited enjoyment.
AS FOR THE, UxPATRIoT1C PORTION
Of the public who are compelled to hear the
din and the racket, until desperation drives
them forth with the deluslolf that peace and
quiet may be found somewhere on
tho footstool, they are of one
and its occurrence OIL Sunday in particular.
Considering the amount Of sulphurous pro-
family to be evolved 1t is peculiarly fortu-
nate that Fourth Of July'on that day is so
much Of a rarity. The only regret is that it
isn't more so.
But this is a great year. Seyeral! conven-
tions have been held, the census has been
taken, all election looms up in the distance,
| and it is perhaps appropriate to have q
the noisy enthusiasm evoked, Shall be some
what up to the times. That it will be such,
in Chicago at least, is a fact which must
be patent to everybody. Yesterday uslered
it in To-lay,9 ak{ noise .;,, w+l @ only r. serve
row will bring on the crisis, and some will
have enough unused patriotism and powder
to finish off with Tuesday morning.
The day will have its usual attractions out
tinguishes it from every other day in the year.
In the first place,
NOBODY WILL PRETEND TO DO ANY BUSINESS,
except, OF course, the saIoonkeepers, the lem
onade merchants oil the sidewalks, the res
taurants. and the fireworks veRders. The
courts, Federal and State. the city and -coun-
ty offices, the banks, the Board Of Trade, the
Post-O Office, and business houses generally will
be closed, locked, and barred. That done,
the great public will proceed: to spend
ts o to fx s satrt s ossrs Rissf t. the sGs sill
others will Jump on the cars and get as far
away as possible, more will take to the lake
and the excursions it offers. and others will
get out among the suburbs, in one way and
they are doomed not to find, and some with
the avowed purposeof witnessing a suburban
celebration. The lake, as usual, will be the
fnvorit route to the regions of less noise, less
Gsa and Less M na tor Ia
= trips to Evanston, leaving the dock ct the
foot Of Michigan avenue ut 9, 1o:30, Y, 1:3o,
8, and 4:3o o'clock. The City Of Duluth
Ni Maket sayf Street. the and f0'f lie # Foi No. viii If
steam out from Clark street bridge at 10, J,
and 8 O'Clock. In these days OF accidents on
the water, of overcrowled steamers and the
like, it would be jnst as well if the lake
of the past few weeks and govern themselves
accordingly.
The theatres will run both afternoon and
evening. "FatinitZa, !" by the AIahn company,
will be presented at cVicker's, and George
Holland and company will appear at Hooley's
in "Our Gentlemen Friends" " An Arabian
Night" will be given at Haverly's in the nf
ternoon, and "The Royal Middy," for the
first time III this city, In the evening. With
such attractive bills as these the theatres
will hardly suffer-
4 GOOD DEAL OF CELEBRATING
will be done in the suburbs. It is possible to
20 further and say that q vast deal of weak
lemonade will be indulged in at extra rates,
while powerful aids to dyspepsia in the shape
OF alleged lunches will claim their victims.
Ridgeland will formally dedicate new
school-h house, and few speeches will be
sandwiched in by way of novelty and variety.
The Sixth Battalion will be split up in its
attentions to Wilmington, Joliet, and Syca-
more: Lake Geneva will celebrate at great
fireworks. balls, and an grafton by B. N;
Glencoe will do it on somewhat smaller
scale, but with hardly less entlluslasm.-th
is to say, noise,-alld Austin will fall into
line with q procession, m orator. and Il
gorgeous display of fireworks in the oven
ing on the backgrounds.
Tile Communists will make day of It to-
morrow, with their armed procession tramp
ing through the streets and their picnic at
that sterile and unAttractiye spot known as
Ogtlen's Grove. At last accounts, Gov. Gull
lom had not revoked the permission he gave
them some time ago to carry their guns, and
the streets will echo to the tread of the
armed forces of the Commune, glorious in
their fuss, feathers, and show.