Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-02

Ceredo, w. Va:
After a bloody corflict of two
years and half duration the South
African war has been brought to an
end. The news of peace was well
come intelligence to the people of
this country and was celebrated
Justify and pompously by the firing
of cannons, ringing of bells, patriotic
cheering and last but not least, the
consumption of considerable guam
titles of the fluid that puts all cares
and sorrows to rest and brings a fell
low around on the sunny side of
life; in fact this peace demonstration
had a tendency to remind one Of the
festivities and merry making that
takes place in the States on the
Fourth Of July. OF course l don't
mean to say that the American eagle
was Tipping about over this country
VI 1Oui OuClc t'dinutl DbdTs anu
Stripes was sporting his figure about
the streets of London, because July
4th is not observed here and more
than few people don't know why,
or that we do observe it. Not say
ing much for the high degree Of
education IN England. 1t happened
to be British reverse so il is only
referred to in the appendix of the
text books in few lines of little old
type like we would "set up" a patent
medicine advertisement with. |
really believe if it had not been for
the fact that Uncle Sam during the
past few years has been making his
Herculean strength felt and his
sonorous voice heard throughout all
chritendom this greatest of all days,
his birthday, would have altogether
been excluded from British history.
As | write these lines think Of the
approach of this memorable day, but
then 1t seems so awkward to make any
reference to it III this country, where
the people can't realize what a good,
old-fashioned, realistic Fourth of
July is like, after you explain it TO
them. / made the remark few
days ago that before the United
States was half so old as England
the Fourth Of July would he cele-
brated by the running up of the
Stars and Stripes on the North Pole,
the American eagle would look as
large as Dumont's air ship and n
blaze of glory would pass through
the hemispheres like an earthquake.
l will acknowledge that the state
ment is somewhat extravagant,
but then the average patriotic
American cannot help but foresee
the future of this country in a light
similar to this.
When you get down to the fact of
the matter it really seems strange TO
be in a country where everything
belongs to one man. Every individ-
ual, animal, creeping and crawling
thing, the fishes Of the seas and in
fact the entire British empire, lock
stock and barrel, is the property Of
the King. His power is limitless.
He can unseat every member Of
Parliament, disband the entire
army, sell the navy out at auction,
keep the proceedsand and the first
man who made a whImper he could
have beheaded. Talk about the
Sheriff in Wayne mailing the first
thing be gets his hand on to the
cross tor taxes, why it's not in it,
with the sway the King has.
The troops arc returning very
rapidly now from South Africa and
fresh ones are being dispatched to
do garrison duty During the last
two months ] have couversed with
several men who have seen service
in South Africa. And nearly every
one had something rather thrilling
to unburden. BY actual count
have already met men ''pottering"
about hnrn In Er,,ln-l IL. -