Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-07-06
unEpENDENCE DAY.
The various ways in which Our
People Celebrated.

Pt,a AHFtOuS n.y. bh IS
People Celebrated.
The GOOD folks of Eureka displayed their
;odependence Of ceremony and history last
F,idsy, the Fourth Of July. by throwing
~ all restraint and doing pretty much
az they pleased. Last year, on the same
occasion, they did likewise. In most Of
tbe other towns OF Nevada the Fourth
WAS duly celebrated in conventional form
az commemorative Of the nations birth.
Wa have to commend them for 80 doing.
We believe that the day ought to be OBJ
seryed in the same spirit that ii has
unfsilingly elected once 4 year for more
than a century. While we have to admit
that the usual forms Of celebration are
heavy and often tiresome-sometimes
nearly unto death-still, We apprehend
,hat il had better be remembered along
with the gloomy load Of a poor, hog-wash
Grafton, aud a dreary reading Of the
Declaration, than that children should be
SLOWED to grow up in Ignorance Of, and
apsthy concerning, hat is unquestion-
ABLY a great and glorious historical event.
II II could be so. a small portion Of the
dsy should be devoted to some ceremony
that is not repulsiye in is WEAKNESS, yet
withal solemn enough for the purposes Of
information aud commemoration.
On Ruby Hill the afternoon, way who the
dusky evening, was spent by the children
and a good many Of the grown folks at a
picnic on the target ground Of the Union
Guard Company. 1t was a halliday Of
real, quiet, solid enjoyment. There were
all sorts Of games for the youngsters,
which the elders enjoyed by looking on,
though some Of them, too, felt young
enough again to take par. in them them.
selves, which they did right heartily.
There was an abundance Of refreshments,
comprising all sorts from the substantial
ham and mutton leg to the seductive ice
cream and cooling lemonade.
A considerable number Of small parties
went DIP into the canyons armed with the
family lunch basket and spent the body OF
the day rnsiicAting and rustling to find
shade enough TO make them rs cool AS
they might have been il they had staid
a, home. But the idea was INDUCED
in and there is a measure Of satisfaction
in that.
The most folks went down TO the Will
lows 10 see the racing. In fact, quite a
crowd went and refreshed themselves at
the board aud bar Of Frank Carroll aud
whiled the hours away from 2 o'clock
until = IN the afternoon, watching a few
races. The first race-a quarter dash
went nicely of, Ballet Neck, ridden by
Volney Phelps, getting in a length ahead
OF Brown Bees and Glide. There was an
other dash in which Bullet Neck led Bos-
ton lar enough. There was little betting,
everybody seeming TO think that it was
700 warm TO add the excitement of this
Kind OF speculation to the excitement
caused by the remarkable bursts Of speed
looked for in the racing.
GUT OF the extended programme prom
ised al the skating rink, all failed but the
chicken contests and a drawn battle be-
tween TWO terriers. neither Of which had
Deen worked down or much trained for
the hBht, one OF them being a raw pup
ana the other a pretty we'll used up adult.
Aney mad two scratches, though, which
"eIe stubborn aud gritty, whom they were
hauled oil. They are both dogs Of good
p,ood, and, naturally enough. the owner
= neither was willing, there being moth
ine up 70 pay them for the loss, to be de-
p'l'ed OF ms dog, which would have been
~ result mad they been allowed to chew
eacn other to the bitter end. Apropos Of his
Inversion and the chicken fights,
Oh which these were two lively ones,
= gentleman had been importuned for
-FOUR bits by his l2.year-old son to take
a seat by the pit. He said omphatically:
NO 10 Is no place for boys. No man
u u"T VINO has any respect for himself
Mni snow his face there" An hour or
ia'er he was comfortably seated look
ns ~ the gafiiug Of a chicken. when
pTT a = tapped him on the shoulder.
his i9oxed around and was confronted by
.h lzyear-old, who said, II didn't
T 1ainh you'd show you face in here, pa"
w;.I father skipped out home covered
,ba confusion. The boy staid and saw
the show through.