Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-07-07
SAFE and SANE FOURTH
Experiment Was Successful and
Everybody Had a Good Time.
Patriotic Addresses in City Hall Park.
sports at Ethan lien Park and
Fireworks At Bnttery Park
Made Busy Day.


Success crowned the efforts or those
who planned n safe ana sane ceieorhtioh
Of the nations natal DAY the "eather
was of the finest everybody had soou
time ana the TWO accI"en's repor'eu "eie
only indirectly cue 10 INC ceiepra'or'
rXEprtet,s IN t,rv HALF. PARK.
The exercises pcGan IN the 'l'E Ha''
PARK WIN several sele'''ons ny oner-
mans Military hand' a crowd qulckN
a>sernoied anu wheh ''e Speah'"s oeS"''
there were over u" people IN a''ehdhnce'
Mayor burke preSioeu over '"e eNei ti7eS
and tho Revs. l. {. Smart ana f. G.
'u'hrie were the SPEAKERS a. o. wa"
man, the ceieora'ed campaign shser.
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would be thing Of The past. He said
that the significance of the day was be-
ing lost under the old practices. and
that something must he done-to incul-
cate patriotism into the youth on that
day. The public schools are closed at that
time OF year and tie ordinary exercises
which are held on the other national
holidays cannot take place. He therefore
thought that the present manner of cele-
| oratinG was successful in filling the lack
A ]. Markham then sang and was en-
| Enthusiastically received. He was followed
by the Rev. ]. 6. Smart. who spoke
along the same lines that the others had
chosen. He dwet briefly upon the sig
nificance of the day and said that when
the Declaration Of Independence was
signed there was no patriotism but that
opportunity and freedom had made It..
In simplifying his statement he traced
the progress Of the nation down to the
present with the gradual abolishing of
the old ideas of States rights and OF
secession.
After the speaking Mr.. Markham sang
again and. following music by the band
and drum corps, the crowd left for Ethan
Allen park and other points.
spbprs Ar ETHAN ALIEN PARK
r"nE li.e tn'uSa.'" pe"p'e S"le's ann
Hane'9 oe'e .'e 'u''" al r1''n', i,
Aheh farh Mohod! ai'ernooh All
'ne AFTERNOON 'heE came Soiie ]" auto-
MOBILES some IN carriages out thc
greater part Oh 'te street cars Inc car
hao more 'hah 'he! 'ou'h no. anu Il
sooo many people "a'heu po'n ways
AT the parh 'iere was al Is vi Plo'
VISION "'"ue io' '''e '"'c' 'a''.''e"' Vi ''i'
c"'Io'e"' E"''a S"'"SS "'u "ee't p"l w
az" ''eH were more man p"p"'"r' Nv
o'"''pr"s'H' poP-Vo'" ann re cream ma"
was ''"'" !" 'N'u'''ce anu NIUE pseei
oi ice cream were eaten 10 inc accom-
phhit'eh' ot "iuS'c from Hnerf'ian 'H''
'ars pHhu
i""h near '"' entrance long space
was ropea OH i"' 'He a'hituc coi'teS'S
"arseah' McN rz'e raula'ed Ia" anu OF
DER IRON one ehd OF the enclosure "h!l'
mayor burke ana o'her oi1l'la's OF 'ht
oay presided az we o'her END spectators
dozen Deep hned each side of thf
course ana cheered ana 'aughed as Inc
events progressed
1here were lots OF entries and In some o.
the races a. young army Ieapeo FORWARD
over the course at the gun OF the starter
rhc girls na'l driving contest was fea
'ure OF the day. Some OF the little misses
pounded their fingers nat II was az las
deinonstraten mat woman really ch'
drive a nall.
Inc winners IN the various events
"er" as ioiows'
lo' YARD dash Tor boys between II ana j
years oid. lst' Raymond Ouimette, Znd
Howard iissionette; 70 yard dash for boy
l. ana under lst j. Fine 2nd Benni'
l-esh' md DIVISION list Harry Biom' ND