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Show The Kourlli nl Sandy. JMvrlXvrdAtwr. Whan tho people of Sandy undertake to do a thing, they alwaya make a auccraa of It, and the colobrallon of Iha glorloue 1'ourth at (till thriving, aoou to be a city, waa no exception. Long before diwu on the inirulnof the Fourth Iba ruar of anvtle, bmba and craikeraKAvo notice to the people that the ri Job log bad alriaJy coraiueuced. rom early mom until ten o'clock, !plewcre coming from the neighbor lug tow na, and together with tho real-denla real-denla ol Handy, they formed a gathering gather-ing audi aa riAiily haa never Uforo Men. Aathehourof ten approached, thore who wiro lo take iartlnlhe rado began lo apiiuar, nnd were tjou forniF-l In line by the innnhal of the dayaudalJa. l'rumptly At the tlnio npiailhtcd the ling proreaalon legau to move, headeil hy tho marrhal and folloned by the braae Uiud. 2,'exttaimo lidlea ami geiilleimu on liuraiUxck, ilna.i-1 lu character and the car of atate with the atani mid ttiliaa of our country. Ihe (loddiea of l.ll-ity aur-roil.iJi'l aur-roil.iJi'l by young la Ilia repriatnllng Iho HU'.ra aud Ti trltorKf . 1 hen camu a large platform ou wlilili were n hoat of happy little Uiya aud glrle, the acliool chll Iran, reprtaentlng "Vouug AmtrlcA" and "Our Cuunlry'a Hole." I 'olio wing Ihla wero carriage containing the Uial lieMinen of the town with aiiro-nriate aiiro-nriate motion ripneentlng pnigreaa. Then came the Han ly (lieu Club and u coiicoiirau uf wagoua and carrlagia tt Ith men at work n-rteentlng the dlllrrenltradnaud profewloiia. Next came a train id dunkeya ilddcu ly clowna and oilier laughable cbarao Ura, followed by an old covered wagoti drawn by oxni, reijiaeiitliig liniul-granla liniul-granla cro-alng the lalni and a couple of nld gvntlenicu with band i aru aa they cn-aai-d Ihu ptalna In IMd. Next came the AMI iim and horrluK, one of the moat pmmliient featurea, and eonie of the apectaiora have hardly alopiK-I laughing yet. Another laughable feature waa an old cow aud burae bitched together bi a wagon gear loaded with about ten Uarklea alnglng Ihelr old plantation eouge, whl.li waa followed by the Ihe "baud from lUrkylown,"and ulberatoo hu men.ua I j Hrtlcularlie. I.ait, luit not leaat waa a long fllo of lioreeiuen re re-aeutlng re-aeutlng tho lama and el new of the country, Ihe majority belug all young larmera living lu Ihe vlclully. After the parade dla'iandial It waa alnioel 1m-Jfi-elblu to move on the Itlctte, and the liualneaa meu rvai-rd a harveel, The leople then rehired to Ihe bowery, where a aelecl progiamme of aonga, epcechee, iiU'., waa gone through with. A Iter an I nlerval fur In nch the lalanca of the afternoon naa ipent lu Ilia uiual gaioei. anJ lecrealloua, lui-ludlllg a j I ateloll match between Handy aud I)rar nlnea, raaulllng In a vlcliry for I)ratT. T lieu there waa a line dlaplay of flrrworka, winding up with a huge bonfire, after wbh.li waa A giaud Ull. I liANbiaJul) 3,bl)l, I |