The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

The BeTihday Of American IRdsp]n-
dents Was Celebrated With Much
AuSpiShi0uSneSS IN Our Midst
To Hear How Loud the EagIs
SGTeeGhad LiSSen to the FOIIsring
Acct. of the Days D9ins;

The glorious Forth was celebrated in
Bingyille IN a fitting manner yesterday
and even az this hour as we 60 TO press
the echo or what took place II our midst
has scarcely died away. In other words
Bingville done herself proud and the
oelebrashlon OF the day viii 60 down IN
local history as one OF the most oSpish-
ious occashions which has ever took
place IN this neck OF the woods.
The day was ushered IN By Snide
Petersby s Clem Wilkins two OF our
most patriOtick citizens. Snide and
Clem thort they oTt 10 do something 10
start n the day right 50 Friday night
after all the inhabitants had went 70 bed
they tux some drills and a hammer
and perceeded 10 the big stone mounting
block in front OF Hen Weathersby's
store and drilled a hole about sixteen
inches deep and a inch In diameter down
into the stone. Il was turrible hard
work and when they was through Il was
nearly midnight. Then they filed the
hole with blasting powder, put In a fuse
and rammed Il down tight and made It
ALREADY TO set of al daybreak as a kind
OF Ssloot as YOU might say. Then they
went home for few hours sleep but
was back about day break.
Snide he fetched a match to the fuse
and then they both run up Main 81. and
the powder went of with sich a turrible
explode that It was herd all over Bing-
vile. The houses IN the immeiit vicin-
Itty was shook and winders ratified
Snide and Glenn come back 70 see the
effeckts OF the blast and when they seen
that pieces Of rock had broke FIVE lights
Outen Hen Weathersby's store they star
ted 70 run of home and wasn't gong 10
say anything about what they had did
lords the 4th, but Hen Weathersby who
was awoke BY the noise as was every
buddy else in Bingville looked out his
winder and seen them running of and
recognized them, and Hen SAYS he viii
bring suit aginst them for mutilating
his windeTs no odds how patTiOtick they
be. Hen says patriotism Is ali night, but
too much OF anything Is a plenty.
Prompt at 10 q. m. the Bingville horn
band formed IN line at the Town Hall
and marched Up and down Main st. dis
Pensing loud musick and follered BY a
long line of our most rcspcCkted citi-
zens-
At 2 ?. n. there was a mass meeting
at the town hall where Jed Peters our
intelligent school teacher was advertised
TO deliver a 4th Of July orashion. but It
was found that the crowd of Bingville
folks and them as had come into town
from the surrounding country was too
big for the Town Hall 10 accommodate
so Jed he suggested that being as II was
nice day the mass mtg. be held in the
publick Square where everybuddy could
hear and this was did
Jed ne stood on a table which was
peTched on top OF some boxes so that
eyerybuddy could see and hear him and
he made turrible good speech. There
was only one drawback to it-when Ted
had reached the climax Of his speech
where ne was stirring the hearts of his
hearers with patriotism by his fiery elo-
quence he swung his arms above his
head and throwed the table outen bal
anoe and the table and boxes come down
with a crash with Jed on top OF them.
Jed was picked up BY willing hands con-
siderables stunned and his head was
bumped so that he said he guessed he
couldn't 90 on with his speech so ne
went home IN disgust to bathe his head