The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1891-07-16
Ipecial correspondence of The Statesman.

II the present day (which IS mace TO
l;7gly with equal aptness to descrip-
ions of women's dress, high art, dain
&as Cor the palate, and intellectual
iaxsts) our national anniversary day
ras "a poem" in gold and blue,
whether owing to the transfer of the
heather bureau to Hon. Jere Rusk's
saES or not, l cannot say, but the fact
zsEnains that after a fierce thunder
gaoYn on Friday evening, and wide
31ening of the windows of heaven,
gy1e morning of the glorious Fourth
5awned bright and lovely as a new
creation. The American eagle scared
aEc1 and clapped his wings with loud
screenings of patriotic fervor and
Esattered his emblems of national
gioEy FAR and wide. The old flag
TAINTED in the breeze from every
EsH3olic building, though "Uncle Jerry"
In his eager haste, to adorn the execu-
five pole, did put it stars down and
thus it tloated until some one noticed
She signal of distress and ran it right
eide up. Not for years has there been
aGeh a lavish display of fireworks by
Wrvate citizens. Hundreds of dollars
we've expended, and in the evening
the whole city was ablaze with the
Hight OF rockets, roman candles, red
Sights, dragons nests, double wheels,
ste. The stars were eclipsed and
over the dark blue sky the rockets,
like fiery comets, darted hither and
SSither until lost in the gloom of
might. Great balloons ~of red, white
aEId blue, went sailing off like ships
mt sea, mounting higher and higher,
and at last fading from view. Bells
tangled, whistles blew, crackers snap
ped and none of the accomplishments
Of q regular old Fourth of July, were
missing. The grand army and
MOMan's relief corps were the guests
az the Chautauquans at Glen Echo,
and in the magnificent amphitheater
speeches were made, songs were sung,
and that wonderful document whose
opening sentence, when in the
course of human eventsn-is so famil-
faE TO all, was read, the exercises clos
Ing with the soul stirring hymn
q America was sung by the
thousands assembled, accompanied by
the band, the great organ and the
rdanos, and the grand echoes must
have reached heavens gate.
. Owing to the resembling of the law
forbidding firing on the street, the
. sGnall boy" came out with great bold
ness, and made the whole city lively,
wat eS RI COW ~ Ip 10 MT n al,
tffo9, or accident reported up to noon.
and not single arrest. Now, could
any city in the union make a better
showing?
Sometime it has been written or
.A2ld, that SouthcrnerS are losing their
enthusiasm for the day, but the deal
Grs IN pyrotechnics report their largest
sales, south of the Potomac, one gen
tScgnan sending an order from Vir-
ginia for $500.
Swiftly my memory recalls the days of
my childhood, when like a gay young
soldier, went marching with my
Sunday school to the music of the
pand, out over the crest of Marye's hill
n Fredericksburg, to a lovely wooded
retreat where nature had spread her
messy carpet and hung her leafy
boughs in a lace work of green; there
we roamed the livelong day: we heard
The Declaration, we sang, we ate, we
drank Qemonade) we swung and were
happy. All the dear child-life with
It's innocent pleasures; how little it
takes to fill the cup of happiness to
the brim Out on the green slopes of
Shat same hill, seas of human blood
nave stained the sod, and under the
grassy mounds the thousands whose
brave hearts are stilled forever.
STRONG effort is being made to have
5he g. A. r. meet here next year, and
Urely no city can offer greater attrac
ions. Several thousand dollars have
Nready been pledged, and the COM
niJtee having the matter in charge
leel almost sure of success. Railroad
facilities for the encampment at De-
troit this year put the pleasure of at
tending within the reach OF every one,
Is round trip tickets will be issued for
Sl4, good for thirty days, with stop
II two hours at Watkins Glen, and
ihree hours at Niagara. If railroad
nonopolies must exist they surely can
md are doing much to bring easy
ravel within the means of even the
poorer classes. One of the cheapest
and most delightful excursions offered
~ the Pennsylvania railroad is a trip
% Niagara by way of Watkins Glen,
returning by way of Rochester
md Buffalo, tickets $40, good
Or ten days, allowing a stop over at
these places as long as one may desire
within the limit of tickets
For the novice the seat of govern
ulent is removed, as where the head is
ne body surely must be, and over
this same finely equipped road Presi.
dent Harrison journeyed last Friday,
his destination being the cottage at
Cape May point. There he will rest
or several weeks and then take a trim
possibly North, with Mrs. Harrison
Secretary Halford will make a short
visit to his mother in Indianapolis
and will then join the president.
There is something soothing in this
idea of resting from the routine of
daily life. 1t is good for men and
7soTnen to stop and breathe in the on
ward journey. Nature becomes ex-
liausted, physical energies are wasted,
nd these pauses from labor, either
s9ental or manual, are helpful and in
frfaa npw life intn tb. ro utoJ eu,,,,o