The Fremont County record., 1883-07-14
FIREWORKS, FUN AND BUSINESS.
The Finish of Our Celebration-An
Evening on sells Island-Our
Opinion of the ReSort

Last Thursday evening, as per previous
announcement, that portion of tho Fourth
of July prosramme-the exhibition OF fire.
works, balloon ascensions and dancing
which was cut out on the day we celebrated
by rainstorm, was complication the
very spot where the descending showers
gained victory on our nations natal day.
This time the Fates were propitious; or,
rather, kind and loving Father smiled
benignly upon our city, and gave our citi-
zens one of the most charming evenings for
pyrotechnic displsy we ever SAW. The
air was balmy and cool, the rising moon
partially obscured by clouds, which ever
and anon broke into silver riffs, when her
pale rays would bathe both lake and tree
in q soft and mellow sheen. The boats
were constantly filled with gay and happy
parties, the groves rang with the merry
laugh of happy hearts, thrilled by sounds
of sweetest music, and an air of ecstatic
pleasure pervaded the entire resort.
The committee on fireworks occupied
commanding elevation on the opposite shore
of the lake, and gave display of pyrotech-
mics that was at once credit to our town
and source OF infuite delight to. the
hundreds who witnessed it from their
rustic seats along the margin of that sill
yer sheet of water.
AT 8 o'clock, when music "arosc, with its
voluptuous swell and soft eyes looked love to
eyes which spake again." yotaries of Terpsi-
chore thronged the spacious platform TO
"trip the light fantastic toe beneath arbors
through which CLEANED a weird light from
hundred miniature lamps. Everybody SO
inclined mingled in the reyelry, and our
scribe left them TO the pleasures of their
mode of enjoyment
The reireshment stands, shooting gallery,
/ ord 1.F
pied, many of our people having sought the
grounds early in the afternoon, to bask be-
meath its welcome umbrage. taking with
| them their little porringers, to eat their
porridge there
| The firemen may well congratulate them
solves upon the success of their entertain
ment, which lost none of its pleasure or at
Effectiveness by having been deferred
We have but one word in conclusion, and
this we commend to the careful perusul and
sober thought OF onr people, especially that
portion who desire that place of innocent
amusement may besustained in thesuburbs
of our beautiful city:
Mr.. Ernest Sell, who has expended some
800 in preparing and furnishing cosy
! pleasure resort in the suburbs Of our city,
assures us that, if the good people OF Canon
will make it a point TO patronize him
whenever societies, church organizations,
Sunday schools, etc, give picnics or enter
tainments of any kind, he will guarantee
that no intoxicating beverages or improper
characters shall be admitted, and the re-
sort kept up to a standard that anyone
may visit it without the slightest oiTense
In view of this assurance, it certainly is TO
the best interests OF all respectable citizens
that Mr.. Sell be encouraged in his laudable
enterprise, and enabled TO keep this resort
| nm IN this standard In n few wears Sellis
Island, with its beautiful lakes, supplied
with all kinds Of fish, fine boats, etc, and
shady groves and green swarcs, if so man
aged, will become one of the most delight
ful places in this sectiUn-a resort where
all may go and enjoy themselves, without
being thrown in contact with any thing low
or immoral. If he is not so encouraged,
selfprotection may lead Mr. Sell to rent
his resort rs best he may