The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-12-27
FILLED THE DAY WITH NOISE.
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATED WITH
MORE RACKET THAN EVER.


and Smell of Gunpowder Every
whcre-Roman Candles and Sky
rockets Delighted the Children
Last Night-SOme Accidents That
Resulted From the Days Observ-
ance.
II was the same thing over again, a day
of hearty enjoyment from one end of the
city to the other. There was no one too
poor and none TOO rich to extract much
pleasure from the bright, sun shiny, yet
bracing day that came after Christmas,
ana yet was an integral part of Christmas.
From morning until night the streets
were the abiding place of thousands. The
tin horn had disappeared as the popular
medium for nolse-making and in its place
was substituted the giant cracker. Seldom
before have so many of these Goliath
specimens been exploded
From the extreme limits of the old fort
to the furthest boundary of the 'Craw
there was one constant roar. The pop
of the small crackers was completely lost
in the tidal waves of noise that their mon
stor brethren sent reVe1beraung through
space Every small boy, and a legion OF
selves with cr9ckers from six inches to
two feet in length. They took the place
OF the packs of diminutive spit fires that
have heretofore been so largely in the
public favor. Standing at some points one
might have imagined that he was in /
proximity TO the battle OF Santiago.
The air was filled with the unpleasant
incense of gun powder and there was
seemingly no cessation to the deafening
racket.
There was no section that was entirely
free from these bombarders of quetness.
Their destruction was merely more liberia.
in some localities than in others. Nervous
people must have been filled with horror
from daybreak until moonlight when the
night fireworks took their place TO a great
extent Almost before the stars had be-
gun TO show sky rockets let loose their
meteoric showers and balls of fire crossed
each others paths like globules torn from
rival comets. Hundreds of parents had
laid In supplies for the qualification OF
their children and in some neighborhoods
the display from to o'clock, when most
of such fireworks were used, was really
attractive and pleasure 10 all. The chief
gathering place, as in past years since
the use of the small squares has been for
hidden, was the park extension. Bon-hres
there were not so numerous as in some
| previous seasons, but there was no lack
Of fireworks or of crowds at the different
streets. On the west side there were sew
eral hundred gathered at Bolton and
Waldburg streets, wen supplied with bar
rels and thoroughly equipped for an hours
amusement. As at other points, these
were nearly all residents Of the neighbour
hood, friends and acquaintance, accom-
panied by their children and finding pleas
ure in the satisfaction the younger folks
derived from the Roman candles and sky
rockets which made up the bulk of the
! fireworks.
There was much laughter and the chat
ter of small talk to enliven the scene and
between the handling of the pyrotcchnics
4 and the gossip OF the holidays the time
/ quickly passed. over on the east side
there were several large gatherings and
between the two the display at times was
/ quite pretty. Several times there We're
4 battles between the boys of different
neighborhoods, enllvening the picture
trlfe TOO much for the comfort of those
who were apprehensiye of burned cloth
ing or damaged persons.
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/ being more scared than burned by prema-
4 ture explosions or the careless discharge
I Of fireworks but these were too trivial
10 mar the enjoyment of the evening.
! Many soldiers were about the extension.
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