The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1901-07-04

Pretty much all the customary indi-
cations of glorious new-fashioned
Fourth of July for Scranton were in
evidence last night, including double
teams on the brewery wagons, and. as
far as was noticeable to the casual OBJ
server there was nothing in the air
savoring of the old time Fourth, when
our back-number progenitors were
won't to regard the day as an ami
versary of our republics birth.
There is to be no parade and public
meeting with patriotic orations or any
of that sort of oldfoggy thing with
which we. were, at one time, won't to
inspire the rising generation with the
fervor that brought about the first
Fourth of July.
To be sure the Country club is going
to play golf and have a fire works dis
play. the Ancient Order of Britons will
have an excursion to Mountain Park.
over the Central, and the Delaware
and Hudson will run an excursion to
Lake Lodore, but it is quietly assured
that none of these events will be
marred by the intrusion of any flag
waving or that sort of fol-de-rol.
In one particular the old-fashioned
idea persists in prevailing. The fire
works and cannonading part of the
old-time programme is not ignored. In
fact 1t is observed more generally
than ever. according to the reports
from the hilltops and dealers in fire.
works
These latter say the sales this year
were the largest in three years, almost
equalling those of the glorious Fourth
that was made so much more glorious
by some achievement or other of some
American soldiers or sailors or some
thing like that. some place or other.
Just how to account for the inCreas cd
sales is not in the ready reCkoner, but
1t might possibly be ventured that some
sort of an observance of the Fourth is
still an inclination of the average
American citizen, and there being
nothing much offered in the way of
piCnics or excursions, the great bulk Of
the intending observers have decided to
do their patriotic duty at home with
firecrackers, skyrockets and such like.
Ice cream orders furnish a pretty re-
liable indica ton that it is going to be
nice tame, home affair. this Fourth
Of July, 1901. The three big manufac-
N
Bro. and the Lackawanna Dairy COM
pany, will have turned out by noon to-
day about 4.2O0 gallons, or nearly ten
tons of ice cream, and all but about 325
gallons of ii is for city customers.
The demand for ice cream is the
largest the city has ever experienced.
All three firms have been working their
plants to almost their full capacity to
take care of the trade during the ex-
tremely hot days Of the past week, and
the extra orders coming in for the
Fourth made it necessary for them to
refuse business as early as noon yes
teTday.
At an average price of 81 80 gallon
to the consumer, the city will today get
away with more than $4,000 worth of
ice cream, providing all that is put out
by the manufacturers is disposed of,
and it is safe guessing it will be. And
this is not taking into account the out
put of the smaller manufacturers or the
ice cream that will be made at home
About 1000 gallons of ice cream was
ordered from Scranton dealers for pic
mics up the valley, but the orders were
cancelled, because of the picniCs being
broken up by the smallpox scare.