The Somerset reporter., 1891-09-03
DANBUkY NEWS Nan.
4 COUNTRY WLLtGE o. JgLY rHs
FOURTH


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There arc Two r1.fipfdffIr5tls feature.
which ~ ~ di-tileatsH ~ yIor5l.u- An
niyer-s.ry Of our natI5na! ,ldef4l.5er.re
from any other holiday. an4 tn arr
TIE presence n uoise and the afeence If
cats The umss c8mner.ees when the
bays wake up. The cat. commence
when they wake 10. W don't know
where the cats 70. We aHis Ei.asg thev
-. Sometimes We have tfr5nght they
may dissolve in the ar. and ase-nd into
space until the racket Is OYER. But tnl-
J.. merely a speculation. boz Ar. uni H..
e.t- Dog7 are more ike women: trust
ng. coufiiiug. and hoping f5r tn, best
S1d0g- stay around 10 see wnat- going
on. Quite frequently they fii3 out.
The Fourth Of July vas hot male for
ne boys, but they have got hold Of il
Ii Is bOv : day ~ completely and thor
oughly as if they had been measured for
IT, No man thinks Of the day in it, true
significance II he ponders Oh and
speaks Of the heroisIn, the devotion. thu.
glory Of the men Of rs and Is a drinking
man, he will be as drunk as fiddler
within an hour, II not already there. No
man cares aught for the dav unhss he
keeps a saloon or makes ice cream or
sells fireworks. II he doesn't 90 on a
picnic he stays home and hoes hi- garden.
1t is the boy who meets and escorts in
the day, who waits UPON it while i,
stay and secs it of at the last. As long
is there are bows there will he a glorjons
anniversary Of our national inde1end.
ence. When they play out it will play
out. There Is nothing man forgets SO
easily and completely as that he wa.
once boy The man who is awakened
ont Of sound sleep at dawn of the
Fourth and swears at the noise, who is
startled by an UNEXPECTED cracker or
deatened by an unexpected cannon and
calls the whole thing a piece Of con-
demncd fooli,hneas that ought TO be
swept from the face Of the earth. was
once boy himself. and the uoisieet, the
earliest, the latest and the mo<t Internal
of all the bows in his gatI.. But Won
wouldn't think so to hear nm fu1ne and
fret and sculd now.
1t would be amusing if it were not 80
painful to hear parents advise the bows
to 20 to bed early on the night of the
third, so az to get rested by "A good sleep
Sleep. What an insane idea Sleep
on the night Of the third! Are parent.
mad;
Does a man want to trade If a leg Of
flesh for one Of wood? Dos a cackrsanh
ask for paper Of carpe. tarks? Doe. An
oyster yearu for a porous ulasters Then
why shoulI n hoy want slaen on the
night before the FOURTH What he wants
is powder to explode. windows to rattle
and an aged lady in the nei.,hhorhoad to
faint dead away. If he should want anv-
thing else he will mention it If Won
would have him r+rfectly hanDv ON This
day of all DAYS ask him not to sleep. ask
him not to wash himself,
There are two seasons Of the dav
which. bv their lyid contrast II zach
other, form clnchs. One of these il at
10 a. m. the other is at 3 =. IN.
Danburv at 10 a m presented n ~
markably lively aprear1ue. Many ~
the stores were clos,si. but this WAS not
noticeable in the life aud animation
everywhere about. The main street WAS
full Of people. Teams wpr. running tn
and fro. Bows were busy camnariny
notes, LAYING in further supplies. and
firing off those already Oh hand. Folks
after cream and lemons. women in white,
men with baskets on picnic. bent, were
hurrying here and there. and the scene