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Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
FOR THE FOURTH

Fairhaven never does anything by
halves, and it is to be hoped that the
people Of our city will not allow it to
lapse its record in the matter Of the
coming Fourth of July celebration.
1t is said that the committee collect
ing funds to defray the expenses Of
the celebration is meeting with some
difficulty in obtaining contributions
among the very individuals who will
profit most in the way Of direct trade
on that day, and the excuse is scarcity
of money and dullness of business.
These are so far from being good
reasons for lack Of lberality in sub
scriptions, that they are the very best
arguments why the celebration should
be made a huge success as to the mat
ter OF attracting a great crowd To
retail dealers in all kinds OF merchan-
disc most especially vended on such
occasions, great crowd on the Fourth
OF July means big business, and they
OF all others should be liberal in their
subscriptions TO the end that the COM
mittee may feel authorized in an out
lay that will produce attractions fit
ting for the occasion. All others who
give for the celebration do so prompted
thereto by the patriotic sentiment at
taching to the affair; the local pat
riotic sentiment as well as the broad
national sentiment which loves to do
honor to the day and its memories,
and that teaches the rising generation
those things Of which country-lovers
are proud, and which cultivates In
youth that same pride which, IN turn,
begets the patriotism i'm them that
will continue to be the nations safe.
guard.
No satisfactory form Of government
is safe without strong element OF
patriotism somewhere among the PEG.
pie, and so while Fourth OF July cele.
brations. worthy the name are calcu.
lated to sell beer and lemonade
sandwiches and big dinners, fire
works and flags, and incidentally
almost every other class OF
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
This Da-3 in History-June IA.

l645-Battle of Naseby; Cromwell aud Fairfax
inflicted a crushing defeat on the army OF
Charles /, and captured his famous papers.
le62-Sir Henry Vane beheaded on Tower Hill,
London; born 1912; he became famous as
colonial governor Of Massachusetts, by pro-
tecting Mrs Hutchinson and advocating
civil and religious liberty; obtained the
free charter for Rhode Island. took the
Puritan side in England, and was executed
by the royalists.
lsOO-General Jean Baptiste Kleber, command
ing the French army in Egypt, assassinated
In his garden ia Cairo by Mohammedan
devotee born l15i; on the same day NapO-
leon defeated the Austrians at Marengo;
General Louis DesaiX was killed.
1sll-Harriet Elizabeth Beecher (Stowe) born
at Litchheld, Conn.
lsS}-Iast general assault Of the Federals upon
the defenses Of Port Hudson, La; repulsed
with heavy loss; investment Of Winchester,
Va. compelled a disastrous retreat of the
Eedorals-
H64-Hard fighting in front of kenesaw, Ga;
Federals captured Pine Mountain.
lE5-Samuel Gardner Drake, popular author
on Indian affairs, died at Pittsheld, n. H.;
born 1873.
tssS-Mary n. Prescott, author, died near New
Bedford, Mass; born 1870
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
Elsie's Numerous Grand parents.

Elsie Chase, daughter Of Charles and
Clara Chase, of Yarmouth, has more
grandfathers and grandmothers than any
child in Massachusetts,, all of whom are
now living. give below the names:
Edward and Mary Chase, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and Emma Ellis, grandfather
and grandmother.
Charles and James Ellis, great-grand-
father and great-grandmother.
Jerry and Cordelia Chase, great-grand-
father and great-grandmother.
Matthews and Ruth B. Gray, great
grandfather and great-grandmother.
Adeline Nickerson, great-great-grand
mother.
Jerry Walker. great-great-grandfa-
Their
This is very remarkable, six grand
fathers aud six grandmothers, and all
living, making collection that has no
equal in this country. Cod Item.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
LONG ISLAND FABLES.
rBE PRISONER AND THE JAuEn
If his head

Once upon Time a Jailer who had o
Thief in his keeping rs Prisoner under
Sentence decided to Appeal to his Honor
instead of exercising such close Vigilance
He therefore said to him.
IF you will give me your Word of Honor
not to escape will let you go unmatched"
"How thick are the WALSH asked the
prisoner in reply.
"Why, only about eight inches, and the
Brick are very poor at that"
"Then you may safely confide in my
Honor and secure full nights sleep"
On the very next morning, However, the
Janitor visited the Prisoners cell to find
that he had dug a Hole through the Wall
and made his Escape. Meeting him in
Canada few days later he began to Up
braid the man with his Total Want of Hon
or and Gratitude, and added:
ut was very Foolish in me TO expect YOU
would keep your word. A Thief canno
have a ConscienceW
"Oh, as TO that, my dear Sir" replied the
Escaped, you are as much TO Blame as |
am. Had you put me on my Honor with
out stating the Thickness of the Walls |
should have believed Escape impossible
and made no Effort"
Moral-It was Missouri Farmer who
Advertised that he had Hidden his Money
in Corn Crib, and Warned all Persons to
keep away from the same. Loss next Night,
$3.50; no clew.
THE MULE AND THE PEASANT.
One day a Mule, who was drawing cart
along the Highway, suddenly came to a stop
and began Lamenting his hard Fate.
GLOW now, you Ingratel' shouted the
Peasant in reply. Are you not Well Fed
and Lodged, and do you ever Work on Sun
days"
"But behold the Muddy Highway My
strength is Taxed to the Utmost to pull my
Load"
But, owing TO this same Condition Of
the Highway, have only put on GOO pounds.
If there was no Mud I'd Load you with at
least a Thousand"
Moral-The Man who has Boil now and
then perhaps escapes Broken Neck.-M.
Quad in New York World
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
WHY She Said It
"PapaW
That was all she said.

HapaG
That was all she said
Her voice fingered lovingly over the
syllables of the endearing title.
"Papap'
Her great, tender heart was in the liquid
tones that rippled from her lovely lips, and
in the soft eyes that beamed upon him with
inetfable tenderness
Papa"
There he sat-a genial, noble hearted old
man, proud Of his family name, proud OF
his irreproachable ancestry, proud OF his
position in society, prouder than all Of the
beautiful daughter whose breath stirred
the silvery locks that shaded his venerable
brow as she hung over him.
Papa"
She was a large, full grown, mature
woman of forty-one summers and very
backward spring, and she called him papa
for the reason, perhaps, that she had for
gotten there was any such good old word
as father in the English language.-Cht
cago Tribune.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

goods found in our stores, it, at
the same time with its lacrosse and
baseball, its canoe races and sailing
matches, its professions and all other
holiday characteristics, furnishes
amusement and entertainment, while
its flags and martial music, its oratory
and poetry, its recitals Of the deeds OF
hero fathers, inspire the liberty-pro-
tecting sentiment of patriotism among
the youth attendant, while 10 re-
kindles patriotism's glow in the
breasts of those who have reached
manhoOd's estate. And altogether,
such occasions produce incalculable
good, social, political and commercial.
Not least among the great benefits
TO be derived to Fairhaven by the cele-
bration in course of preparation, lies in
that it will bring TO our city thousands
who have never been here, and who
will thus be enabled to see what a
wonderful city we haye-time and all
else considered-and a gala day will
impress visitors with the beauty and
importance of the place, just as man
or woman is improved, in appearance,
by good dress and careful toilet.
The arrangements that are being
made; the programme planned; the
prizes offered; the assurances we have
Of the attendance of numerous ath-
letic, and musical organizations; the
great orator and statesman who is to
deliver the address of the occasion
these and much else, unnecessary to
be mentioned here now, give the most
certain promise that vast crowd will
fOregather in Fairhaven on lndepend-
ence Day, in that behOof,
we should take every step necessary
to make the celebration great sue
cess, in justice to our city, as well as
the occasion.
The public-spirited men who are en-
gagged in working so zealously to Sc
cure the funds necessary, which will
be returned, many fold, should be met
half way ald cordially, by those who
can possibly, or even by stretching a
point spare funds for the celebra-
tion, and thus we will be enabled to
observe Independence Day in Fair
haven in a manner far better than the
great national holiday ever has been
observed in Washington. Thus shall
the Focal City continue and increase
its character for patriotism and hos
pitality, for push and progress, for en-
terprise and oneness Of purpose, anC
thus shall we increase the widespread
admiration for our city and greatly
benefit all concerned.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
THE WAY TO GET A PARK

At the northeast end Of Fairhaven
and east and south of New Whatcom
lies a piece of land which is peculiarly
adapted for a great public park, just
such as the one great city on Belling-
ham bay will need when a few years
more have consolidated the present
two cities and made them the metrOp-
oils of Puget Sound. This tract con.
tains a hill that is almost a mountain,
and can never be well adapted to resi-
dence or business purposes, and its
topography generally is Of a kind that
could readily be converted into a
beautiful, attractive and picturesque
park. The land is owned by Fairhayen
and New Whatcom parties and we are
satisfied that if the New Whatcom
people would enter into the scheme
that the Fairhaven owners would
more than meet them half way in the
matter. Such park would give great
additional value to the adjacent lands
available for private residences and
other purposes akin thereto, and steps
should at once be taken toward the
end suggested.
There are those who are disposed to
pass by this matter lightly, with the
remark that we have park enough all
around us. Other American cities
have felt that way within the past
twenty-five OF thirty years, and are
now complaining that they haven't
sufficient park area, and what is worse
they can't help themselves now, as all
the heretofore available park land has
been absorbed for other purposes.
Within the recollection Of thousands
of men now living who are hale and
hearty, and many of them enjoying
the delights Of Central Park, New
York, there was a general boot in the
Atlantic metropolis over the idea of
turning what was then swamp, jungle
and thicket into a park, and besides,
il would be too far away TO become
useful for such a purpose. Today,
Central Park is in the very heart of
New York city, and is at once that
city's chief delight and pride
The HERALD has time and again
and in column after column, presented
its own arguments, drawn from the
experiences of other cities, and
given palpable and irrefutable reasons
why all cities should have those
breathing places, "the lungs of cities, u
as they have been so aptly called, and
it is not necessary to repeat them here
at this time. But it may be remarked
that aside from delights that nature
and landscape gardening would
give to make the place we have
mentioned, with its glorious views
OF Bellingham bay and islands, the
snowy mountains in all directions
perhaps the grandest park on earth, il
would be a place in which TO erect the
monuments, statues and all that il
commemorative of great men anC
great acts-such place, for instance
as are now Boston Common and tn,
adjoining Public Garden, and manl
other places Of like character within
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
Deg Days in the Year 1854.

AS most readers well know, dog days
include the period from July to Aug
IL, and take their name from Sirius,
known as the Dog Star" Sirius is the
most brilliant of the fixed stars, and is at
the head of the constellation CAMS Major,
or Great Dog This star, during the
period which we refer to as dog days,
rises with the sun or within the same
hour. Owing to this, the astronomers
say that the dog star rises "heliacally'
from July to Aug. II.
The Egyptians, who worshiped the
dog as a sacred beast, as did several
others of the ancients, attributed the ex-
treme heat of summer to the influence OF
the CAMS Major constellation; the pres
ent Egyptians, however, knew nothing
of this myth, with the exception of the
sect known as the Copts. But with other
nations it is different With many the
superstition has been perpetuated and
handed down to generation after genera
ton until the present time, when the
most intelligent people Of the realm
speak of dog days as a season Of baleful
glares and breezes.
But in the far future this will all be
changed. By a regular shifting Of the
point where the sun crosses the equator
which is caused by what is termed the
procession of the equinoxes," the time
will come, in about 1000 years, wher
this evil designing Great Dog constella
ton will only rise with the sun in mid
winter Wonderful, indeed, is great
Dame Nature, which causes the huge
planets to swing to and fro like gigantic
pendulums strong on invisible wires
bringing the seasons in regular rotation
with unerring certainty.-St. Louis Re
public.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

A young professional man, of this city,
who is extremely popular, especially with
the ladies, since he is handsome, and.
was never prince so meek and debonair."
visited New Westminster, b. c., with the
excursion party from this city last week.
He was unacquainted with the manners
and customs of our Canadian cousins. He
imagined the Royal city, waste. howl
ing wilderness, the purlieus of which
would furnish him rare hunting, he being
devoted sportsman. He confded his
intention of taking along with him his
trusty matchbox, Queen Anne musket.
or Winchester, it matters not which, to a
friend, who tried to dissuade him
from his fell purpose. Twas
vain. He took IT with him. He
has only regretted once since that he did
so, as he had to trail that precious rife
through the lovely streets Of New West
minister, through the dust and heat Of a
warm sunny day, and in addition. he had
to bear the jeers Of his fellows and the
wondering gaze Of the townspeople. and
he found no game, save solitary Fraser
river mosquito, which he mistook for a
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
The Candid Little Boy.

Now, little boy, what is the meaning of
the word Hypocrisy" asked a Texas sam
day school teacher Of her favorite pupil
II can't explain what it is, but / know
just the same"
Give me an example of hypocrisy"
When fellow says he loves his Sunday
school teacber-that's hypocrisy "-Texas
Siftinps
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

from Seattle at the rate of a mile-and-
a-half a day. Last night it had
reached point fourteen miles north
of Seattle. At this rate the connec-
tion with Fairhaven will be made and
through trains running by August l.,
at which time a full revival of bust
ness may be expected all along the
line.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Eastern Advertisers T 1eHt sRe OF East ss-
ern advertisers is called TO the FAIRHAvEN
HERALD a. judiciOus advertising medium
Heretofore no foreign advertising OF any ue-
scription has been received.
ContpactSl received through all the re-
SOht uOtSl sponsible eastern advertising
agencies.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Solomon has said "there is nothing
new under the sun" This statement
is worthy Of more attention than is
usually given it, when it is remem-
bered that destruction has caused as
much novelty as invention. That
which we think a discovery is often
only a revival of what has existed in
some age or cline.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

blackbird, and that he failed to pot. Now.
he is sad, and his closest friend dare not ,
ask him about the game and barbariabsf
he expected to find on the banks of the \
turbid Fraser
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

the gates of other great cities, such
as this will be on Bellingham bay.
Make a move for the park.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

The New York World and other
papers of that class print baseball edi-
torials and the way Of the World is
not to be sneezed at, hence the base
ball tiend is allowed to get into these
religious columns by easy stages.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Where are you going, my pretty maid2
To play lawn tennis sir, she said.
May go with you, my pretty maid?
Not if the Court knows itself, she said
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
RANDOM RAMBLINGS

ALKING super
stitions, said a
gentleman a few
evenings ago, re-
calls a circum-
stance tony mind
which | have
never forgotten.
| was crossing
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Colonel George A. Clum was once upon
a time attached TO an Indian agency in
Arizona. Now the colonel is one of the
most genial Of men. He is also
one of the most truthful, as all who
know him will testify. He is also religious,
having once owned and edited a news
paper in Tucson. He never INDUCES in
profanity, also on account Of his news
paper training, and he goes to church
regularly, because he acquired the habit
in early life, and can't get over it. But
there is a round bare spot on top of his
head and when he is reminded of the
fact, he gravely recounts his experiences
with the savage Apaches, and a signif-
cant motion of the hand tells the wonder
ing tenderfoot, who is listening to the
hair less escape from savage demons,
why Colonel Clum has no hair on the t0p(
of his head.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14
SOME DISTINGUISHED STUDENTS

A dispatch from Cambridge naming
number of the most famous of
twenty-five Harvard University men,
who have lately been fined $50 each
for maintaining a nuisance in the
shape of a barrOOm i'm the Alpha Delta
Phi club, adOrns a tale while it does
not point moral, that can be seen by
any process known to this deponent.
The men who are mentioned as dis
tinguished" in college circles are not
mentioned as being distinguished in
a way that schools are generally sup
posed to furnish material for distinc-
ton, but for being great fOOt-ballists
or base-ballistS or something Of that
sort. The telegram says, forinstance:
1.-The first to plead was none other
than Arthur j. CUmnock, the famed
captain of the Varsity football team
and first marshal of the approaching
class day, and general favorite Of
Harvard. Guilty he responded, and
he deposited 500 in the clerks money
box. Stephen Van Rensselaer, Crosby,
third marshal of the class day eXer-
cises. and famous for a big run last
year at football, next pleaded guilty
and came down with his So.
The fair-haired "Dud," otherwise
known as Dudley S. Dean, the captain
90 +bo 3Uarlit,y bocoba11 nina ,yos tho
next victim. L. A. rockingham, who
captained last years freshman nine
and for good work got place of honor
on Captain Deans team this year,
smiled as his name was called, but
that smile cost him 500. James A.
Lowell, a son Of Judge Lowell, did
likewise.
Then the silyer-tongued Jacob We'd
dali, Jr., better known as the Francis
Wilson, of Harvard, Clipped in his SO,
and Barnie Trafford, the great full
back Of the football team, did the
same"
The police had raided the club
room Of these " distinguished stu
dents, and beside arresting them, re-
lieved the rooms Of a choice assOrt-
ment of liquors and other of the APP
purtenances, adjuncts and accessories
of life-sized and red-hot bar-rOom.
There are men in the wild and
wooley west" who would prefer not to
have their sons educated through the
medium Of that sort of a curriculum,
and as this sort Of thing prevails
largely at eastern colleges and univer.
sites, it is about time that we had a
university on the Pacific coast, located
on Bellingham bay, where students
would resume the ancient idea Of be-
coming distinguished by learning
rather than in football and sculling
teams, and where disgraces, such as
the arrests mentioned, would be un,
! known.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

The Tennessee farmer who desires
to learn how money can be got out of
the treasury, is referred to the "PeO-
pies party" That outfit has some
sort of a cheap plan for the purpose.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Just about this time, before Fair
haven makes her second big start,
which will end in metropolitan great
ness, the people should take steps to
secure a good public park.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

Some people have vulgar habit of re-
ferrlng TO certain yonng men as having
"swelled heads" simply because they
have due and becoming sense of the
importance they are TO themselves-and
Secondarily to the community. The term
is misleading. A man never has a
swelled head, except on certain occasions,
the cause of which he knows full well
himself, and so do his friends They
know it too well sometimes. But the
idiosyncracy, as it were, which is known
as "sweled head due to the aforesaid
sense of Importance, is not enlarged caput
at all. 1t is different. The man afflicted
in this manner has head too small Y
swell, and still retain the normal condi-
ton of his features. The ridiculous
figure which he cuts, is due to the fact
that he is trying to make No. ~ hat
fiji a So head, and he deceives nobody but
himself. The hat simply overshadows
the man, and the attempt is a miserable,
fatuous failure.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

The Seattle Telegraph says: 1--WE
have received cordial invitation from
Fairhaven, addressed the editor of
the Telegraph, staff, and people of Sc
attic to be present at the celebration
Of the Fourth of July in that thriving
city. We should be glad to go, as no
doubt many Of our people would, were
it not that Seattle is preparing for a
grand celebration Of the glorious ami
yersary, which will rouse the country
hereabout. Even as it is, though, it
is quite possible that some Of our peo-
pie may take advantage Of the oppor-
tunity to see Fairhayen in her holiday
attire and celebrate with her"
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

The commissioner of pensions has
anything buta sinecure, lie is bounded
almost beyond endurance. Having the
disposal Of such large sums of money,
he is watched more than cabinet
officer. Placed in such a position, it
is almost miraculous for any man to
come through the fire unscOrched.
Yet as a matter of fact absolutely
nothing has been proven against Gen
eral Raum. Seldom has public man
been attacked with such venom, eX-
cepting, perhaps, Corporal Tanner.
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

The tracklaying machine on the
Great Northern is working this way
Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1891-06-14

On the railroad track just beneath the
Eleventh street bridge there stands an in
verted L-shaped structure, on the hori-
pendulous cords, and one naturally won
ders what purpose it can serve. A little
reflection teaches him that it warns the
train man who may be on top of a car
Of the near approach of bridge or tunnel
by which he might be knocked to the
earth beneath. The hanging cords strike
him gently in the face, he realizes his
danger at once and acts accordingly.
These signals are now found at the en-
frances to tunnels and bridges on all we
regulated railroads