Smyrna times., 1883-07-11
Fourth of July
A DAY OF PATRIOTISM TURNED INTO |
A DAY OF DEBAUCH.
A Delightful Excursion.

Twenty and thirty years ago Smyrna
was noted above its sister towns in the
State for its patriotic demonstrations
Orations, music, parades, &c. Those
were gala days in which our citizens
land nearly every one was Out) felt
lifted by the eloquent OratiOns i'll which
the noble deeds and patriotic services
of our fathers were held up for our
emulation. This seems to have fallen
into disuse in our later years, and
while the day is more generally observ-
ed as holiday, day of rest from the
usual weekly toll, it is certainly given
up more to reckless pleasures than at
any other period of our history.
AS day to be observed by our
citizens, for the last, there was no con-
certed action-those of Incorporate
habits felt it day for free indulgence,
those who enjoy the water naturally
went on the Iygert, while the young
people who have carriages and those
who could get them preferred a day at
the Beaches with the excitement that
comes of numbers. The Independent
Cornet Band came out in the morning
and played around town as Il reminder
that it was the 4th, but otherwise, with
the temperature up in the nineties, it
must have been a dull day.
FIREwATER DEvoTEEs.
To persons of this persuasion there is
always the ncentive-warm, cold, wet
or dry serving each in turn, the one as
| convenient as the other. The home
company, not numbering many we are
won't to believe, was swelled in num-
bers considerably by an excursion of
colored people from Chestertown who
came to play game of baseball, and a
| lot of worse "darks" who came on the
Delaware & Chesapeak Railway from
Kenton, Marydel, &c. 1t was only by
the alertness of the Alderman and the
police that disorder and violence was
averted.
This class of people assembled at the
Beaches and took advantage of the
absence of officers to give vent to theiI
brutalities. This was especially sc
with an excursion from Maryland and
q number of "patriots" that came
down on the CLYDE and the steamer Clio
There were numerous fights, largely Oi
the drunken grab and tumble style, bu
the Maryland party was more Of the
blood thirsty kind.
SEVERELY STABBED.
George Faulkner was severely stab
bed by John Culley ian adept with tn,
lnife) both of Massey's, Md. DR.
Cloak who happened to be on tn
ground was called upon to dress tn
wounds, and thought that in the bod,
N go,,,o,.S npo txyhO xxtoa no
! ported to be dead the last of the week
is better, with every prospect of
, speedy recovery. He is reported a
: not being o quaurelsome or fightin
character and only suffered the penalt
of being in bad company.
/, THE GOOD OEFICEs OF CHUNK.
Clayton was troubled the most of tn
day with drunken darkeys, the esp'
cially bad ones coming up on the Deli
ware & Chesapeake Railway. Whe
:, the evening up train arrived they ha
7 possession Of the platform in q dFunke
row. shortly after they boarded tn
. train for home and when ConduotC
: Geo. Baynard attempted to collect til
+ fare several of them swore they woul
= not pay, and seeing one of them, noiS
- - fellow, from Kenton Hundred, reacl
" ing for a razor, he broke club ov,
- his head and smashed another negr
!" with dirk knife in his hand, into su
y mission, when they all oaved In al
~ paid their fare without any furth
> trouble.
= THE EXCURSION OF THE STEAM Err
le TYGERT.
n rhiC oxa,,,esn,, xyao hnnn1 20 III
fishing grounds down the Bay with
l. promiscuous company of less than II
3, persons including a good number
our amateur fishermen. Between eig
I'd and nine o'clock the cables that he
re her fast were unloosed and the steam
8. glided down the torturous stream b
beautiful at every turn with the bro;
Mt expanse of waving reeds that gave
IS, the marsh q most pleasing outline.
&. was vepy easy TO tell who were Il
n, agricultnrists of the company, for t
lie fields of corn and wheat 1.-THE latter
IS the shock and the more easily discer
d. ed at distance) passed under revie
of that on the Fleming's Landing fal
T. being considered to shock up the be
Ie The sun was getting well up towar
I'd the meridian where we passed 4
light house aud directed Che ploW
lo the steamer down the bay, q FIRE
al south breeze very greatly neutFaliz
er the direct force Of f"Old Soils" fierc,
DIS rays. What was really pleasant d
Iy. might have been just the reverse und
AR q calm, loseatmosphere. w ka.s
re We passed in succession Woodla
Beach, Fraland, Ships John light W
to out in the bay, Mahon River lie
III, house, Little Greek Landing lin tx
M the shoEe) while further down the b
~ from where we anchored We're In
Dr., dim distance Kits Hammock q
his Bowers Beach. On the opposite n