Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-07-07

was not dark enough Tor fireworks tAe ciaul"i
had its weight and the five men tackled the
task of sending up the rocket They pointed
it good many different ways before direc
ton could be agreed upon, and while the dis
cusssn was at its hight some one stuck a
match under it and the rest scattered before
the rush of sparks and hiss OF fire. 1t lett the
board. mounted few feet In the air, and
reighboring house attracting its attention 1t
whipped off at right angles and getting fast On
he roof seemed to set everything in blaze.
The ladies SCI canned and the men shouted tor
hose and water and Dobson turned the han
die of the faucet in his excitement. The hose
was lying on the ground colled about the
chairs where the spectators We're sitting and 1t
leaked in a dozen places. The fat woman ia
range Of the nozzle Went over backward
drenchcd to the skin and the spray scattered
over the company Between the prospects
of a house burning up and the havoc the hose
was making the children yelled in glee and
during the general! confusion the imprisoned
rocket qneted down and the danger vas ever
THE PIN WHEEL.
4 pin wheel four inches IN circumference
was the next attraction and after half an hours
hard work the impromptu committee on fire
works got the thing lit and it spoHted nearly
d minute before anybody had the gumpti"n
to turn it the right way When finally let
alone it began its beautiful gyrations, throw
lug ont a circle OF green fire which caused yhe
children to join iii prolonged Ohio Then
came a burst of red, the wheel whizzed faster
and leaving the nail on the feuce began to
skip about among the crowd. 1t Is hard 10
calculate the course OF Il pin heel which has
broken loose, as it Changes its mind !. dozen
times minute. 1t flashed among the chll
dren, knocking down four, burned hole i'll
Mrs. blossoms Peasley shawl, singed the hair
of man on the porch, skipped into every
body's lap and then taking a sudden dislike
to fve-year-old boy, began chasing him
about the yard like hound after hare Dur
ing the half minute that the pin wheel chased
the hey The yells of the delighted children
could be heard at the Mound House. The |
pin wheel finally caught the boy isnited
his clothes and dropped exhausted.
Turn on the hose" came from all sides |
boy afre; put him ont" and msment
ater Dobson was playing on the boy with
full stream and also deluging the balance of
he spec; ators. The excitement eliminated
when the boy was taken home by his parents
Doth vowing that they would never again mix
With such crowd. !
THE CRITICS hIsHAP
Spriggins, the critic of the shsw, took no
part in the performance except to remark at
ocular intervals that everything was going
wrong 1t teok him to manage fireworks.
When the suggestion was offered tina: he might
he'd the light of his experience upon fhe
isorganized mob about the rocket board he
vent forward to lead his valuable asss-
ance. During his absence BOY laid
ece of lighted punk i'll his CHAIR and Oh
lis return he sat down upon it.
"Madam,' said he ts the fat lady on his
light, docs this not cause the heart to
well with patriotic pride. Ore feels a
urning patriotism everywhere"
Here the glowing end of the punk
cached its sensitive goal and Sprgeins
sse in the air with the suddenness of
ocket. 1t was lucky for him that his pro-
unity was drowned in the yell which the
hildren always have ready for such oc-
.sions.
THE GRAND WIND Up.
Without stepping to pay any attention to t
sc injuries of the critic, one of the managers c
that the time had arrived for the O
ring of pack of 5000 fire crackers at once. L
his assurance was hailed with a scream of a
slight which lasted several minutes The "
10 pack really contained 1000 crackers, e
used still heartier demonstration. The 0
ck was hung to a limb Of tree and the end CT
GIFTED. As the pack burned upward the de- n
hit of the youngsters and the horrible din b
explosives went beyond the imagination of Ct
an. The filing of the yard with smoke b
ghtened the enjoyment of everybody, and
e explosion of Chinese bomb under Dob n,
MS chair closed the celebration with fitting =
max. :.
THE MORNING AFTER. ~
Yesterday morning the yard looked like ~ -
tile field. A toy cannon dismantled,
rned remnants of the nobest Roman can ~
ss that could be found, a litter of segre -
ted crackers three inches deep all over the 20