The Dolores star., 1920-06-25

hra'"n Of Independence day. The enthusiasm OF
our people for their country and flag can usually
h" measured hy the heat of the national pulse.
typical celebration Af the dny ia that of 1870 in
Buffalo. y. Y. which is described at some length
In til" f:rfT"lo Jnurnnl That newspaper says:
The return Of our national jubilee cele-
brated in This village with than ordinary
spcnd"ur and the day was duly honoured not IN
the breach hut the observance
The procession formed at the Eagle-n famous
tavern located on Main street between Cour, nnd
Eagle streets-and consisted Of veterans of the
Revou Ion citizens and strangers. escorted by the
Washington and Frontier guard and the cadets of
the Western Literary and Scientific academy. "the
whole enlivened by muSick from the Buffalo band
The Grafton was pronounced by Sheldon Smith,
Esq. at the Baptist church and religious services
were conducted by Rev Mr.. Shelton of St. Paul's.
From the church the procession marched to the
Buffalo House in Seneca street and there an 'eX-
ceIlent dinner purtnken of" Or. Powell was
landlord of the house at that time and the papers
recorded something worthy of special mention
that there liquors the table But the
good lesson this statement was intended TO convey
loses Its moral In the very next line of the riarra.
tive: after tn" cloth was removed wine was
served with the toaStS which were drank with the
utmost regularity" II is hardly necessary TO draw
the Imagination to any extent picture the
final state of many In that noble company of 100
who drank the wine with the utmost regularity"
But that was before the days of temperance soci-
cites and aduterated liquors
The marshal Of the day was Colonel afterward
General Sylvester Mathews. n veteran of the wor
of 1872 a hero of the Battle Of Chippewa
Apart from these proceedings was discourse nv
Rev Ir. Eaton of the Presbyterian church on cIvI
and religious liberty. The festivities closed ,c.
cording TO time hOnored custom with IL bah in th.
evening. No mention is made of any fireworks
The celebrations of several succeeding ycors
seem to have been much like this one according
to the Journals files In 1919 however-pre
sumably because Of the Mexican war-the ccleir,
The SXty-fifh regiment made It's first appeor
ance On this occasion At 8 o'clock In the rnornjny
detachment mnrched to the Fillmore House and
fired some snnll arms in honor of the vice pres
dent. The line Of march included Revolutionary
soldiers. Think how old they must have been
siyiyeght years after the surrender of Yorktown
and seventy-twO years after the battle of Ieyinp
ton There were also soldiers of the War OF 1879
In the line. officers and soldiers of the army md NJ
the Mexican The Friendly Sons of s, Pat
rick. the Sons of Erin and the German Young
Mems nssocintion-a sure sign that the city wos
beginning to take on cosmopolitan form-w.re in
the line of march. The exercises were hold ot
Johnson's pnrk, the orator of the dny being H. X
Smith. Vice president Fillmore attended the az
ercises and Justify cheered
The Sons of Temperance had charge OF tbe
celebration I'm 1850. which was held "nt the grove
the wOrkhOuse." John r. Cough the LEADING
Temperance speaker of the day, was orator
With the breaking out of the Civil war I,uffoIo
broke loose on Its celebration OF 1861 The parade