Waterbury Democrat., 1902-07-05
THE FOURTH IN WATERBURY
The Fine Day Brought Out Everyone
 That Was Able to Move,

That Was Able to Move.
 There was a vim and an enthusi- asm in the celebration of the Glorious Fourth yesterday that smacked some what of the old time celebration of the declaration of independence. The boom of giant cannon was louder, more startling and more frequent; there was more noise and more fire crackers, more general jubilation, the usual amount of customary and expect ed accidents and the better weather. On account of the latter condition, which is not always to be relied upon on Fourth of July, thousands passed the day at the shore, thousands went on the excursions. and every resort around the suburbs was crowded. For est park was packed. Every car to the pleasant resort was crowded to, oyerfoWing. The specials to Thom- aston, where there was an unyeiling of the Soldiers monument, dedicated to those who fell in the civil war. were also crowded One would suppose from the great exodus from the city plenty to more than fill the trotting
 
 races gotten up for the day.
 Hundreds got left on the railroad company's excursion to Bridgeport and up the Hudson, and those who were thus unfortunate were, however, in time to take the excursion by the Brooklyn Athletic club to Savin Rock. This annual attraction seemed to have lost none of it's old time magnetism. for every coach was filed All Brook lyn appeared to have gone on this trip for the streets in that part of the town were quite empty looking until the afternoon when they put on theis usual busy appearance. Not an acci- dent occurred to interfere with the pleasure of this excursion train. The business people of Savin Rock were glad to see their old friends and a great many new ones. A large num- Der passed the day in the quiet of Quassapaug and Bantam, and spent their time fishing or telling stories of fish they caught when they were younger.
 The South End Social club, which gave picnic and dance at the trot- ting park. received their share of the patronage of the day. entertaining a very large number of people who will dance, no matter how hot the weather may be. The fact that there were races 10 be hehl there also proved an additional reason for attending the picnic.
 There was not place of any at traction at the shore or in the city or the suburbs that was not well patron 7sau hyy at All day long the boom of giant crack CT and the sharp, saucy crack of the cheaper ones echoed through the city streets, parks and byways
 The main display took place in the evening, when the sky was lighted up with balloons. sky rockets and fire works of all kinds. There were two or three boys on Grove street shaking the houses from St Margaret's up to North square by means of an old can non they pulled after them. It took fifteen minutes to load and half an hour to cool it off, and it usually ex- p1oded with such energy that it's de- tonation was felt for quite distance. Those who claimed to know say that this cannon has been doing Fourth of July duty since George A. Driggs of the American Pin company was a small boy; that he first put it into commission and it has been doing faithful duty ever since
 The display from the Waterbury club was the finest seen in many a year In a general way it was a great day and a greater night, or rather two greater nights. for the celebration be- gan actually Wednesday, night. There must have been thousands of dollars expended in the purchase of fireworks in this city alone.