Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-07-06

Inspired by Freedom. Our Reporter
Tells What He Saw.

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o rufe, tire Fourth Of Jufy,-
barring the great heat, was q fair day.
There we're no whirlwinds and nobody
swallowed a peck of dirt between sunrise
and sunset. 1t was a grand day. The lit
tie boys are counting the days to the next
Fourth already. The little girls, though,
were the beautiful feature of the celebra-
ton. Dressed in white, and away up yon-
der in that tall, star-decorated wagon,
they made a spirited and charming repre-
| sentation of the thirty-eight States Of the
| grand Union. Little Geraldine Fitzger-
aid, than whom there is no sweeter little
lady in the country, graced the exalted seat
Of the Goddess of Liberty. The Centen-
NAL Guard bore themselves with the air
of soldiers. Their band, as did the Ital-
ian band, made good music. The fire COM
panies turned out in splendid trimmings.
The little ladies who controlled their re-
| s~pective destinies for the day could not
have been better chosen. The military
magnates looked grand, splendid and COM
posed. The Benevolent Association of
Italians displayed patriotism for their
adopted land and stood the sweltering heat
as composedly as though under the fervid
rays OF Italia's sol. But, without dispar-
agement to any others who took part in
the procession, the native Americans, by
misnomer called Indians, were the 'gelo-
rious'' feature of the show. Under the
generalship Of our brother Of the quill,
Major Marsden, they rode in all styles
gracefully, especially the squaws, like
clothes-pins, and with hair q rabandon.
The exercises in tho Opera House were
.~,,1t, ;ta-aetiny Morcha1 Sa11a.
covered with dust and perspiration, grace
fully introduced the President Of the Day
and then sat and listened. The President,
Mr.. A. l.. Fitzgerald, introduced every
body else in his own easy, gentiemanly
manner. But we cannot help, in a mean
spirit of hypercriticism, venturing that he
did seem to lean too much on his printed
programme, as though every time he made
an announcement he felt like saying {:
/" Now, ladies and gentlemen, fellow citi-
zens and patriots, this slip is responsible
for what follows, not myself" The Rev.
Crawford recited the Lords prayer and
read correctly another invocation. The
children would have sung nicely, no doubt,
but, through somebody's failure to drill
them, they did not sing as well as they
would have done. Mr.. Charles Allen OK
hibited a fine voice in the reading Of the
| DecldTdllOu. Il Ittu u udlu diu IdllhlSe
job. His evident lack Of appreciation of
the subject, his unfamiliarity with the
text, and his monotonous genufections
made his onslaught upon poor old King
George (stale already almost flat
and improbable. Miss Vance's reading
OF america was bright and breezy:
The little woman outdid herself (and
overdid the piece just a little Bit. But
she deserved the rousing encore she got
from the audience, who were uproarious
in her praise.
Captain John E. Plater's address was
fine. 1t was listened to throughout with
out the loss of a word. We have only his
eulogy of Garfield. This was good, but, i'll
our opinion, it was not a fair sample OF
his grafton; hence we do not publish it as
we nave not the whole discourse. Cap
tain Plater's address evinced in its com
position considerable careful read
ing and a fine appreciation of rhetoric.
1t was both practical and pleasing in eN-
preston. And then he spoke it. Right
from the shoulder, as it were, and no man
uscript mummery. He prefers, as did old
Socrates, to write his words upon the
hearts of men rather than upon the skins
of dead sheep. The Captains delivery
was very good. We shake hands with
him on it, composition, speaking and all.