The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-07-03
Celebration Laid Bugleville IN the
Shade and Closed With an
Elopement
A Prepondorance OF Foreign Ele-
ments, Especially In the
Last Feature.
Genuine Americans Arc eating to Feel
Mighty Lonesome in That Section
Of the Country.
Written for The HELENA INDEPENDENT
WE RESOLVE TO CKLEBRATE.

WE RESOLVE TO CELEBRATE.
9R. FIR EEMAN, WHEN SUG-
~ gested that our town Of Weyandonk
~ should got up a Fourth of July dem
onstration of its own, said he Thought 80.
too. And his daughter Nellie pronounced
the idea lust perfectly splendid"
"Yss," said the doctor. warming to the
theme. "Bueleville has been running the
national anniversary for the whole country
10 long that she thinks she holds Z propris-
tary right in it. Stookers Mills and John
ton and DankridRe and all the rest Of the
little towns round about may go on playing
second fiddle il they like. but Wsyaudonk
must declare her Independence of BuRle-
yille."
1--WE must have an oration."
"Elnathan Goodrich ia your man for
that. He can turn himself loose and crate
any minute, Any where, about anything.
and a Fourth of July Grafton will be n pie
for him, mstAphorically speaking. / don't
know, that l ever heard a better one than
his argument for the plaintiff in the famous
COW oase.'"'
J did think of letting myself be persuaded
into taking the contract for that Grafton
and indeed had the p%eroration for one al
ready written, but modesty-my one de-
feot-kspt me silent. l simply suppressed
a sigh and continued suggesting.
'"Then, there should be a short talk'-as
the Tammsny society calls ito preosde
the oration."
"Yes. We'll, I'll do that" volunteered
tho doctor.
It was hard to give up even that without
demur; but what will not q young patriot
| do for his country-and the father of the
young woman in whom he takes a special
interest? He would never know Of my
self sacrifice, but Nellie would love me
better for it, when, some happy day in the
future, I should read to her that perora-
ton.
"And you will read the Declaration of
Independence" he prescribed.
"Oh! Pm sure you will do it most beapti-
fully" said Nellie; and was ~reconciled to
my comparatively humble role.
Informally we discussed our chances for
rivalinV the Bugleville celebration and con-
cluded they were pretty good, except in
ono particular.
1--WE have no show for getting up an i'm
posing procession" said the doctor, sadly,
''while Bugieville is almost metropolitan in
her advantages. She has Il fire engine COM
pany, q militia company that has turned
out a. many IS forty uniforms and a livery
stable that supplies seven open carriages
for the committee and invited guests" .
l being new to the place and not we'll in
for med upon its professional resources was
temporarily cast down in spirit. but Nellie
rose to the emergency.
"Oh, papa!!' she exclaimed, "the cam-
paien clubs! There were two of them
more than a hundred men in each! And
they have the sweetest red, white and blue
capes and caps-at least. l suppose they
have them yet-and they would look aw-
fully porgsously lovely"
The doctor smiled q grim. Retrospective
sort of smile.
"What are you laughing at, papa2 Oh! l
know. You think the democrats and re-
publicans would fight if they were brought
out together"
"N-n-o-o. l hardly think they would.
The fact 10 they were the same men in both
processiops--alI out of the mine. We used
to pay hem a quarter each time they
marched for us. and l guess the other side
paid the same"
what! Those Sclavs! The imported
pauper labor such a fuss was made about!
Not one of them q voter or even able to
speak English"
"Precisely. But the uniforms looked
we'll on them, and at night, by torchlisht,
when their dirt seemed their natural color,
they we're all right"
swell, / don't care! They are not al
right, enough to be in a Fourth of July pro
cession. l think they are just too abomina'
bly, horrid for anything. And we won't
have any procession ut ALL"