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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (June 29, 1900)
IN TflE OLDEN TIME. READY TO CELEBRATE HIS BIRTHDAY. CELEBRATION OF INDEPEND ENCE DAY LONQ AGO. tlesslnn IJnnd Furnished the Music for the First Official Jolllflcatlon Kolie In the Karljr Hays Woi Olveu Secondary Place on I'ronraiumc N yc olden time they eel cbrated "Independence day" and not the "Fourth of July." The change ot name came with the chance In the manner of celebrating the auulversnry of the signing of the ueclara tlon of Independence, f Many people deplore the present method of show lug appreciation of na tional freedom and deplore as well the fact that the rising generation speaka of the coming "Fourth" rather than of "In dependence day," a name so pregnant with meaning. Perhaps the people who "deplore" are right. One of the. signers on that famous Fourth of July, 1770, declared on his deathbed tlint be would like to sleep a century, then wake up to find out how future generations were celebrating Inde pendence day. If the old gentleman's wish were to le granted, when he heard the fish horns, the multitudinous snap ping of John Chinaman red .wrapped In' rentlons, the reports of the dangerous torpedoes and dynamite crackers he might be willing enough to hurry back to the tomb. When some staid New Rnglander finds fault with the present method of cele brating the nation's birthday the noise- making small boy may with good grace tell him that New Englnnds patron saint, John Adams, recommended that the day be recognixed by just such a din as young America is making. It is true, however, that President John suggested that the early part of the day should be given over to solemn acts of devotion. Then he said the day should be commem orated "with pomp, parade, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires and Illumina tions from one end of the continent to the other for evermore." Of the first celebration of a Fourth of July by the continental congress Adams In writing to his daughter said: "The people shouted and buxzahed in a way to strike utmost terror to every lurking tory. There was a splendid Illumination and while a few surly houses were dark the show would hate given King George a henrtache." Hessian Band Played. On this first offlclal celebration of Fourth of July by Congress that body se cured music for the day and at the same time afforded the people a great chance for amusement and laughter by forcing the Hessian band, which was captured by Washington at Trenton the December previous, to play in the public square all day long. There Is on record a fairly full account of an Independence day celebra tion which George Washington attended as the guest of honor. The celebration was held at the Spring gardens, near m " out any fear that a cannon cracker was to be exploded under him before be had finished bis first course. Pandemonium had not as yet come Into general use as a synonym for the fentures of the Fourth of July. All through Virginia the public and private feasts on Independence day had as a dish what was known as Bruns wick soup or stew. The name probably arose from a desire on the part of the Virginia householders to suggest that the kiugly bouse of Brunswick was "in the soup." In the staid land of steady habits, Con necticut, in the town of Hartford it was the custom for years to have a great dinner "in the field." A newspaper of 100 years or so ago gives nn account of one ot these dinners and a list of twenty toasts. The crack military companies ot the section were in attendance at the dinner. The Boston official dinners on Indepen- fore breakfast, as some boys do, and hare none for the rest of the day, and have every one think you a nuisance be sides. We had no accidents; that Is, nothing to Bpenk of. Polly burned two or threo of her fingers a little, but we made that nil right with xoda and a rag, and she uever cried a bit; but there was an epi sode, and it happened to me. This was the way it happened: I wanted both my hands to use, and I had a piece of punk iu one of them, nnd there was no place to lay it down, nnd everybody else's hands were full. too. so T well, I just put It into my pocket for a minute. It wns lighted, but I didn't think it would do any harm just for a minute. I forgot that I had a whole bunch of firecrackers In that same pock-, et. Suddenly I heard some one cry out, "Tom Is afire!" and then there came a AN OLD-TIME INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION. Alexandria, Va., "with a large company of civil and military people of Fairfax County." Things were not particularly bright for the colonial armies on the first anniver sary of the declarations! Independence. The soldiers at Morrlstown heights, how ever, under Washington's command each received an extra gill of rum with his ration in recognition of the day. The third anniversary of the signing of the declaration was made memorable by the Issuing of an order by the commander-in-chief that all military prisoners under the sentence of death should be pardoned. Perhaps the most enthusiastic and heartfelt celebrations ot Independence day did not take place on the day Itself. News traveled slowly In the year 1770, and it was some days before New York knew thot the country had been declared free. When the pleasing Information did reach there, however, the town went wild. The king's statue was pulled down nnd melted up into bullets for the Ameri can armies. Two or threo days after New York had given vent to Its enthusi astic feelings Boston celebrated. A Brit ish army officer who was a prisoner iu the hub nt the time wrote an account of the rejoicings ot the "deluded people." lie was escorted by a band of patriots to see the "goings on" nnd confesses that lie enjoyed the occnslon as a break In a rather monotonous life of captivity. The crowd of Bostoulans tore down the lion and the unicorn from the old headquar ters of the British Government, after ward the old' Massachusetts state house. It wns not until after tho signing of the trenty of peace with Great Britain tlint celebrations of Indepcudenco day were held regularly In all places. Dinners were favorite features of the day. Ev erybody was invited and It was seen to' that there was enough for all, The citl- wm sat down at the outdoor table mux- dence day were held In the hub's cradle of liberty, Fancull Hall. Edward Everett Hale tells of one of the earliest Fourth of July celebrations of his remembrance. It wob that of the year 1833, and on that day for the first time a great chorus of school children sang "My Country, 'Tis of Thee." Character of Celebration Chancres. It was just about this time that the character ot the celebration of the anni versary of the birthday ot American in dependence began to change. Parades were held as usual, but noise began to take the place of speeches and in the larger towns of the reading of the declar ation of Independence, which had always been a feature of the celebration. The opening of trade with China brought In the small firecrackers and American fac tories soon found the means of making big ones. Noise assumed the scepter and has reigned ever since. There Is a strong desire on the pnrt of many people to-day to change the character of the celebra tion of Independence day and to make it like uuto that which It once was. All sorts of plans have been suggested for a more orderly nnd solemnly Impressive celebration of the republic's natal day. The effort to change the methods ot tho day's recognition are being exerted In a virile way, nnd It mny bo that tho pres ent generation will live to find something more in the Fourth of July than a picnic, the explosion of a pnek of crackers under a tiu pan or the rush of a rocket which, like too many Independence day celebra tions, ends In a "stick." An Eplsodo of the Fourth. Oh, yes, wo bad a glorious time, of course. Wo always do. We didn't begin firing till 7 o'clock, partly becnuso it wakes people up, and partly becnuso it is so ftUtr to use up all your crackers be- puff of smoke in my face, and I fell something hot against my leg, and then- pop: snapl bang! crack, fizz, whlzzl crack lety-bangl the crackers began to go off in my pocket I Everybody was yelling, nnd Just for a minute I didn't know what to do. I ran, but the crackers ran with me, and the faster I went the harder they popped. Then all at once I saw what to do, and r pulled oft my jacket and threw it on the grass. Luckily It was my jacket, and not my trousers pocketl Billy took It up nnd shook out the crackers, and then he turned out the pocket, but there wasn't much left to turn. It was just n black rag, and It dropped into little pieces. Then there wns a big piece that looked ns If It bad once been white, and that, they said, was my hnndkerchief, but I should never have known it. Well, of course they all laughed at me a good deal, but I didn't mind much, for It really wns very funny, I suppose; but my ndvlce to other boys Is, don't carry crackers In your pocket, nnd If you do, don't put n lighted slow-match lu with theral Laura E. Itichards. TRUMPET QAU-a. ft..,.. Horn Bound. . W.rnlnB NH to ths Unredeemed. OU enn usually t.ill n mull's liros- i pools by his ,,s' peel. Tho greatest cowards kick tho dend llou most heartily. A saloon may c h n n g o hands but 1 1 never changes henrt. The. rattle of tho wheels of llfo Is call for tho oil of prayer. True courtesy Is of tho heart. Purity Is not negative, but positive. Saints nro not made by polishing sin ners. An honor bought dishonestly Is dishonor. A lost opportunity never llmls Its wny back. The hero Is ho who does wlmt others tin re not do. A thing Is "ot necessarily true be cause It Is new. The hands of Christ were tho pulses of the heurt of God. Itendlness In criticism often marks Ignorance of the task. The men who deny the existence of slu still go on locking their doors nnd taking receipts. Before some preachers will throw a stone ut a sin they wnnt to know who Is hiding under It. It Is not so much what would Jesus do lu my plnco ns what shall 1 do with 1 1 1 in In my henrt. Do not fool yourself. If the first mnu wns innde with eyes nnd ears, his Maker can both see nnd henr. fHE DAFPODILO. ,onf, lot'K ngo, when this old world wn .niHlif. Before first thrushes on first blossoms swung; While yet Night reigned, lu fragrance soft n nil Ntiii. ,... n ih., wiirlil there crent n sllbtl V I I H ' " tin-Ill! Strange, sternly, strong, It enme apace iii.I VMitlif. Affrighted, lied before Hie triumphant And where the sun's first kle touched the hills, There sprung and grew, the golden dado Ills. -Truth. HIS OWN (URL. WOLSELEY AND THE TROOPERS. Good Itoasou. Parson Goodmau Little boys, do you know Just why 'It Is that you are shoot ing off that cannon and thoso giant crack ers? Boy Sure! The old slob wot lives In that house hates boys nnd can't stand noise and won't let us play bull In his lot! Puck. Fourth or July Night. Mr. Mulcahey Begob, an' thlm Ro mans moosht hov loved excoltement off they used thlm things fer candlesl New York Journal. The Great Knullsh Coiiunniider's Wuy of Mukliitf Friends. An Incident happened some years ngo In the cafe of u reHtniiniut of rather good class lu the city of Dublin, which Is nu npt Illustration of how n gentle man cnu place himself on n footing of njunllty with nu inferior In station without sacrificing his dignity. At that time, nnd probably the same narrow- minded spirit nnd ultra snobbishness exists there still, It wns the hublt for the proprietors of the better class bar rooms to refuse to serve drinks to pri vate soldiers. It wns Immaterial how well behaved they might be or how they might rank ns noii-coninilssloued of ficers, the rule was Indexible. On the occnslon referred to two finely ict-up men of n drngooii regiment, both wearing long-service Htrlpes nud the chevrons of troop sergenut, entered his place, and, approaching the bar, asked for drinks. They were refused, rnther curtly. They snld nothing, but, turning on their heels, prepnred to leave. Tho tine appearance of the two men had at tracted tbe attention of tho guests, nuiong whom were three or four who were sitting together quietly Biuoklng at ono of the tables. The men had al most reached the door when one of tho smokers arose, calling out sharply, "Halt!" The habit of obedience to tho command caused the soldiers to stop) although they did not acknowledge tint right to bo halted by any one lu civil ian clothes. Tho man who had been imoklng walked up to the bar and said to tbe attendant: "I can purchase what drink I requlro here, I suppose" "Yes, sir," replied the man. "Then Immedi ately serve theso two gentlemen (em phasizing tho word) with whatever they demand." Turning to tho soldlors, he said: "Gentlemen, will you drink with me?" "With pleasure, sir," said one, replying for both. They drank to gether, and when the soldiers were about leaving ono of them, turning to the man In civilian clothes, said: "Ex cuse me, sir, but we should llko to know tho name of tho gentleman to whom wo owe this courtesy." The man nulled. "Certainly, my name Is WoUe ley, Col. Wolaoley." In a trice two pairs of heels came to gether with a click, and two left arms were brought up with precision to a sa lute, which Wolseley ns formally re turned, no turned away with a smile, and as the two sergeants marched out an outburst of hand claps testified to tho cordial appreciation of every wit ness of tho scene. That was a good many years ago. Wolseley had a capi tal war record even then, but ho has ilnce seen much service, nnd Is now bet ter known to the world as Viscount Wolseley, coramander-In-chlef of the English army. Philadelphia Times. Wnllaoe's "Ben Hur" Royalties. Gen. Lew Wallace made an indenon. dent fortune out of tho novel of "Ben nur," and It appears likely that ho will acqulro another by the stage version Of his book. Klaw & Erllnirer Imtro paid him $30,000 In royalties for tho air months tne play ran at tho Broad way Theater, tho cross rnnnint. r that period being $450,000. n Wal lace was not required to wrlto any. unug tor xuis money. AH that ho did for it woa to sign n eontrnnt rii.,. William Young permission to drama tize it ror tuo uso of Klaw & Erllnger. It looks ns If tho nlav would inat rL several seasons, nud It is mii,Io n..i Gan. Wallace will receive nt least ten times $30,000 before "Ben Hur" la laid on tho shelf. Aluminum Typo. It lu announced that Frankfort-on-the-Maln. Oorm nilV lino been formed to manufacture aluminum mi .llil.ei . . MM 44 ijpe. uuse win uo neuter, cheaper nnd better, It Is claimed. I linn n, ..,4 style, nnd freedom from lead dust will Hiu-B ji saier on sanitary grounds. KHALI) IWNCOUHT flung him self out of n bouse In Grovenor ..I...... ..!.. Ill, 'III IllMltlt 111 (I I'IOCU with mi oieesslvelv bored expression iiiniii his fentures. He wns lu evening dress iitid had evidently been nttend Ini: some society function. ii., I. ml a kluillv fine. nud. ns he walked rapidly nlong. be seemed to lu iniii. tin. i-ool air of the night with n sense of delightful relief. He pursued his wny on the Green pnrk side of Pie- mlllly. t hitnintli Mn flnrtft of n in aiv vivid lump bin eye wns uttrneted by nn i,hiixt iiiMiLMililniiit In size, but great lu pathos-a femnlc child In poor rag nnd with linked feet. The child's linlr wns tangled nnd nut too clenn; her rnce pinched nud white, but her eyes were large and brllllnnt and stnred out with nn expression of bowililormeui nail to behold. Gerald bent down to her and snld gently. "Little one, wlmt nre you do Ing here?" The child looked nt him much ns n very tnme cnt regnrds n stranger not frightened, but doubtful. "I diinno," she replied, nfler n pause "Where do you live?" "I diiimo." "Hnve you no mother?" j "'Ives. Mudder fnr nwny." 1 "Are you hungry?" I " 'Ees." "Will you come with me'" I A long pnuse then a little slgli. "I'se so tired." Without another woril Gerald llftoil the child In his arm and currliil her Into n small rcMtnumtit off King street. There ho ordervd for her n little wnrui soup nnd nu egg pudding. Hlie took them greedily. Her hunger being Ait I tensed, Gerald ngnlu lifted her lu hits nruirt nud txiro her to tils chniiitK'tti In n fnshloiuible hotel. She fell nslct-p ou the way. Indoors he Inld her on n soft couch and then snt down to con template this "find" of bis over a cl gar. Tbe thoughts of wlmt he should do with this waif of humanity, Which fate had thrown In tils until, irmdunllv slmped themselves Into a vision of pro- puetic fancy, sanguine temperaments are prone to castle building. Gerald thought he would claim thin bit of fein lnlnlty for his own. Ho wan rich. He would hnvo her l ucated. He would mnke of her nil that money nnd care could runko-of-ber. If the total result pleased hi in be would make her tils sister; If it more thnn sat. laded him bo would make her hts wife. Tho waif, under tbe name of Cnrrlo King, wna sent to a series of schools and finishing ncndemle, Fnncourt stuck to his schcrno: he never nw hop Ho signed checks; ho answered school principals' letters: ho cavo nermtsslnn for his ward to vhslt her school fellows at their homoa, and ho provided her with pocket money to kcup up her ik sltton as a lady; tlint wns nil. Tho crowning plensuro nnd reward for all bis enro and expenditure wns to come at the end of ten yonra, when she would bo 10 years old, and he would seo her In the glory of her bud ding womanhood. The period of ten years was nearly closed. The night before the final day when Carrie was to appear before her protector and guardian, Gerald invited ono or two cholco chums to dine with him. They were laconic men of tho world. He had told them tbe.talo of his fancy and Us approaching completion. "I have taken a llttlo houso for her" ho concluded, "and to-morrow -ho en ters Into possession," "Is sho pretty?" "How do I know? fiho promised to bo so ten years ngo." "Tho wholo thing seems Quixotic nnd risky." "To-morrow will decide whether sho Is to bo my wife or not." "Not wise," replied the inoro taciturn of tho two friends. Next morning Gerald entered the drawing room of Carrlo's nowly fur nished house. Tho maid Informed him that tho young lady had arrived lato the night before: oho bad hr.i, ..... In bed, but would bo down in a few inln- mes to receive him. "What would sho be llko?" be kent asking himself. After about flvo minutes ho henrd tho soft rustlo of skirts coming down the stairs. Tho door was gently open 'd and a sweet-faced youiifr girl step ped Into the room, dressed nil in a flow Ing morning robo of white. It seemed to Gerald afterwards as if It wero em broidery and laco, with n soft drapery as though covered with nn ethorenl nn gel webbing. As It was, tho girl came slowly down tho room with ono hand ouutrotched timidly, yot with a sweet determination of manner. Gerald had tlmo to notice that sho wns tail and slender, qulto fair, with a muss of red gold hair and tho prettiest pink cheeks be had ever seen. "A pink nnd white prcMtiiioTTT "5 lilmself, but mt ' ' Kfy. vi : 'r..n,," i,itr "1 muso r&Z" ""HUntlng fnrl ir Jo'SV nrv u but 1 r "fii!v:f :Mhoug uTy 1,1 ",,,l lU l ll bl H111'" e. Kinlllnir. -1;,.. rtihJ. the son." ,,ni2 . .. use o." nt.i i . "I HUP. "I w . inch to him, ymi 1 MUW wero my fnt.r. ' "Mu nver lunt." va,l 'ill,; .I . '! I slip very gl 1 luiv Geni PONU Niild Ii lug of "PI HO III you w 111! VII Gerald tooit town by the side of 2nk know." snld she, -ItJM meet yon. nln,otwiS mnes, thnt I Imd mtii vm ml,... . ' aw Ibttii' era over, wero you." G iy pre 11 frit I Well "I girl "hti llrst ' "ii lellbomi, 8llfli ' I he bad iir. ow h t voice; wlmt glorlou. 31' 'Iy she spoke , J f Ii hi nf I.I.,. .1 n HW hmm nun- w,. 1 ... . fl friends " he snh. .I' . "V'M "Oh, Indeed we shall i.Mu 'i Init there Is on., t.,.,. '. "14."rxl mured Gerald, looking .triltkiY. K.n.fu. ,.yes , III ' ft blm nppenllngly. mnl "Then forgive nio for !m. Hod. Jnrk Liunrdufe Ited the LoonnnU 1..1 i..n, got iunrr!ed yesterday. Weh,,,wl inn to irrmliint.. t. 'HI - " "ill 1CU00)," N Gerald rose, pl.-ki d up Wl v . I strode out of i,e mon without i, DOaua PORTEH AND DAD R,v I.lrulcniiiH l't-rrr Tell, of (,wC dcticc Wnrkcil In Chlcira fievernl dete-ilvi nroiiml tho Central station, 0 1 Hall, telling stories of "tmtAYa' tltlence gnmes they tmj tunw during their pulb-e experltnct "Tint old gng . m. ti the firwiJ cry dny or two. tun rn telljMu, 11 new out', w in-n -aught 1 jckj., clety fellow," Mem wrt, p. snld, us be slid ciuwu in 1 cktitn lit a nondescript i igar "Juuta er night this young fellow, Un dressed Mrletiy up to ilaif, ritii ami called me to one tide. il n ring with n stone nctilnritfu til me If It wns 1. diamond. I ne I hod the stor.it lonrly nnd taw r!(x( thnt It wns Vim' I 10M Lltn tikn nuked I1I111 where lie got It, lltui didn't wnut to mnke any compUUtn was nrrnid hi unme inlRtit get list pApcr. Of coutcc. I told hla te was no danger of that, tiki lial said: "1 bought that ring of a Polkus Iiorter. I was coming down UiSs street near the tin Ion dMt tbi colored fellow wearing a iwrWiit came up and snld tie wanted tjri to ino n minute. Wo ilrppelten hnllwny nnd bo produced tWirli;! ferlng to sell It client), He tcio that bo found It In om of tttlei while making It up nt tbe tnd of trip. He wns afraid the ovnttvt miss It and tho boss would iMirltk I looked at tho stone, tbourht ttn a tool one, and bought It for W tho money I hnd with me. I tookfr rlnit mi to a friend of mlneiaifc blm how cbenp I had bought It 0, friend said he thought I bid te swindled, nnd that's tuercawaliB to seo you.' "Then, and not till then, M nltnw i-nnllrn tlint thn nortef II 'I as tho ring was a fake." ChlciptB tcr Ocean. An l.-.nltlntr ItuD. inrlilont la y WoUelcy'B military enreer Ii reOT n tmi'tni rnL-nn ntnm whPIl ht Ui his twenties, nnd had beealnlMK5! Isli army threo years. He ipt"'8" himself ns the most excltlnj eijc I mi mm In II 1 1 MM ft (1 fl l In chnrgo of n small dotachmem. Ing tho advnnco ho had me m n nil Inln n llnlltl 1 1 nil'. flUd WW' crawled out found hlnnclf on tti. ciny's side. As ho emergen, ' mot with such a shower of bulie"; 110 8I1U UaCK IU Bliuil uiwv.. - , . . .it mriD.! row minutes 110 cuwo ,1,1,1 amid a vigorous volley, ran for t ii Ho was nearly two UDUt"..'tH from the British line, and wait'11 times boforo bo reached a safety. AnnnmliindBtlng ! - jl Perhaps tho record for school tfJ nnco belongs to a wniwe ,y Thomas Ward, who wns mi - or lato during His eleven . school life, Knlnf "'Jiy Tho local ineml)ir of tho schoo for Loudon tells tho story ..... rocnived tbe WwZl modnl for tho elovemu -t hnd to be specially struck to J J caso-tho mother was M bow her boy had been au - remiirkablo n rccoru. - ,s uul children's compu w. "? 8'r.': v'T' v,, . that wi - rtlinnll novcr bepn nwny rro m . - p ..I.- i, had them In his Tvii sir tho interesting rcply.-I'0I1,Jon minster Gnzotto. J IsUndoflCey'fj Tho Island of ncy 2000 trl fomaUon, contains bout 2, niul lias II nopuiii""" - .ndv.l ' . . nrirnca " Amorlcnns, uubaius, h-ucbo.