Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1884-07-09

the Fourth of July, and Mr.. Boiler In
accomplishing the difficult feat, well
deserved the high praise he received
and his friends were justly proud of
the elegance and finish of his language
and his ability as an orator. The
following poem was read by the author,
T. 5. Davenport
THE FOURTH OF JULY. 1884,
We have m eft here to-day. a Nation OF frecmen,
And all hearts rejoice from the South to the
North;
From the West to the East we send our kind
greetings
And songs fun of Joy on this glorious Fourth,
Throughout our fair land, meath our bright
starry banner,
The cohorts of Freedom are gathered---and
We're culling the flowers andeweaving the
garlands
And chaplets to place on Columbia's brow.
We stand here to-day in our glory and man.
hood,
The Angel of Peace hovers over our land,
No discord Is here aud no wars desoation,
Only union and love shown on every hand +.
The hearts of our people are strong, and are
growing
Still stronger each day, In maintaining the
right;
And the lessons now taught to the young
generation
Are the maxims of Truth writ in letters OF
light.
Allnations now honor the land of the Pilgrim
America. ever the land of the brave;
May we neve, in life that great name surren-
der
Or fail, when the time comes, that great name
to save.
Let us keep bright the record-look back
through the vista
Ofyears that have passed since the day Of our
birth,
And forget not the struggles, the pains and
the trials
Which made us Nation-thc greatest on
While so proudly we meet for this days celc-
bration,
Let us keep bright the mcm'ry of thosc who
have died.
Let us weep with the Northern and weep
with the Southern,
side;
Let the prize which they died for be ever held
sacred,
Andnever forget the great price that was paid !;
But determine from now that all cause for
dissenslon
BY the voice OF the people aside ehall he laid
While true hearts rejoice on this day Of all
And the mantle OF peace is over us all,
Let us never forget the great words of the poet,
Which, now, al the close, it were well to re-
call:
Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise,
The Queen Of the World and the Child OF the
s, Skies"
The Declaration Of Independence
was readi in good style by T. II. Wells,
and, altogether, tile literary exercises
were voted an agreeable feature Of the
day.
to-s THE RACES ETC.
Messrs. Box, Brown and Cafdwell,
the Committee on races, etc, Ind all
their arrangements perfected, so that
everything went according to pro-
gramme, and all interested were salts
fled with the result. The following
are the winners of the several .Pflzess
One hundred yard foot. race--Brown,
of Teel's Marsh. 6ss et#af-
Sack-race-- Louis Gohel.
Egg Mir.
WIeelbarrow. race--Jacli Woodford.
Horse, race-First money, Angels
horse, Patsey;' second money, Cara
vere's mare, Daisy" There were
five horses in the race and the running
was very good.
Boys raccs-Over fifteen years, s.
Caldwell; over twelve years, G. Card
well; under twelve years, Sam holland.
Creased poles. Cardwell. This
made plenty of fun, rs n Rumber Of
athletes tried the slippery climb.
Flynn, the hero of forty battles, in
tended to win the prize, and prepared
himself with a mouthful of sand, bat
the pole having been creased with
gravy made by Il rival cook, his pro
fessional curiosity overcame him ,
when near the top, and, while licking
his fingers to test the qualfly7,he lost
Che SAND in his mouth and his grip on
the pole and slid down to make room
for boy who did not care for the
taste of gravy. 5a
The fireworks and evening salute
clased the public programme and
Chairman Summerfleld and all the
committees have reason to oongratu-
late themselves on the entire satisfac-
ton which their labors gave the
public.
IL. THE woRKMEN BALL, -.
Was an appropriate ending 10 day of