The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1890-07-04
4 REVIEW oF THE DAY.
How the Fourth Of July II Celebrate
the Country Over.

How the Fourth OF July II Celebrated
the Country Over.
All the bells in town ring on the
morning OF the glorious Fourth.
What particular patriotism there is
in getting out OF bed at twelve o'clock
Of a hot night, and standing. sweating
and putting. in the sitting entry Of a
stufiy church, stale with the flavor Of
last Sundays sermon and tho pepper
mint lozenges with which the long
| suffering congregation assisted their
brains to digest it, and pulling away on
a tarry smelling rope to ring bell, we
do not see; but there nus be . good
deal Of it, or the custom would not have
been SO long kept up
All the small boys yell At the top Of
their small but determined and per
severing lungs.
All the dogs bark. Every body wakes
up, and Is thankful that our forefathers
only made one job OF declaring indie
pendencc, else 70 might have had two
Fourths Of July In . year.
We mentioned before that 1t is hot :
q cool Fourth Of July would not be re-
ceived with any degree Of favor, and in
all probability there will be . rafting
old thunder-shower before night The
shove II is invented to spoil the fire.
works. Fireworks are never appreci-
ated unless there is danger Of their
being spoiled by a shower. The fact Of
ii Is, We never appreciate any thing
that we feel too sure OF.
Fire-crackers fzz in every backyard,
and insurance companies trcmble.
The antiques and horribles come out
early in the morning, clad in hoop
skirts and false noses and IL you want
to look on their s'horribleness- you
must be- early abr DAD.
Cannon are fired, and some body loses
fingers and eyes in consequence Of
premature explosions; but IL is all in q
patriotic way, and Is borne with Christ
ian fortitudc.
Fourth Of July cam on have . sort Of
hereditary tendency to 60 on before tho
world is ready for them. The first
Fourth OF July cannon went of q good
while before England was ready for II,
and the throne OF Great Britain trem-
blcd at the explosion.
The Sabbath schools have picnics,
and the railroads run excursion trains
at reduced rates.
The young farmers take their horses
from the moving machine, and give
them an extra feed OF oats. and pick
the straw from their names and tails,
and wash up the antiquated family
buggy. ard take their favorite girls
INTO town to see the sights And every
time the rural old horse jumps at the
sound Of tho cannon or the footing OF
the brass band, the young mar tells his
timid companion that she needn't be
afraid; he is there to take care OF her"
The day we celebrate! What q host
ofmcmories crowd upon US as we think
Of i'll More than q century AGO. from
the hills and valleys Of New England
down TO the verdant marshes Of the
sunny South, rang the cry Of indcpend-
encc, the cry Of a Nation young and
weak in numbers, but old. and strong,
and valiant in the love OF freedom, and
ready to fight for a home and q country
over which no foreign despot should
hold control.
The dream Of those brave men has
been realized. To-day they sleep be-
meath the sods OF a free country, their
battles fought, their li~fe-struggle ended,
and we, their childrcn-ay, their grand
children-still celebrate with loving
and loyal hearts the day on which the
shackles were looscd, and these United
States rose into the full majesty and
grandeur Of a free Nation - Kate Thorn
n N. Y. Weekly