Show the fourth M 0 bonniville Boon iville celebration as described by the sm amu all doy boy iima i will celebrate 66 tho the nations na sammy smith and I 1 stood with our hands in our pockets tal day ana read the notice in flaming red letters as oy cy smith unrolled tho the poster preparatory to tacking it on doe doc Blas tons shoo shoe shop we understand what that natal day bust buel ness meant but celebrate that could only mean one thins thing this season seabon of the year W h 0 0 p 0 0 1 I t blooml 1 and sammy and I 1 shied a tin can at doc Blas tons setter better pup and dug 1 l down the alley as fast t as four brown the tied a can on an pup legs could carry us heyl hey stub its a cotal to be the bill up now stub dropped the bait can halt half full of worms and joined the pro clat cl almers mers of the glad tidings two minutes later we ended up la front of the bill to read further 1 I call that a mighty neat job of prin tin said the editor of the weekly banner who had happened along we broke the claws boldia the arrows off our eagle wood cut two years ago and blamed it if we could find the piece this year the old bird looked mighty squatty until we hit upon havin him sit on that log from the mink lumber companas Comp anys ad looks like that old turkey buzzard that roosts boosts on the rotten log in deacon pasture sniffed old prof krain iraln had started a paper in ill opposition to the banner three years before but it had fizzled out after intermittent issues for six months but there anything squatty about the birds of freedom as far as we kids could see besides we were busy reading down further what was going to happen fine shade grand music magnificent parade most eloquent speakers in the state races races races ball games climbing the greased polo pole catching the greased pig a grand spectacular exhibition of tightrope tight rope walking by capt the grand finale worth of fireworks let oft off from a stand in front of the city these were a few of the features that would mar the usual lethargy of Boom ville on july 4 shore goin to have 95 worth of fireworks therell be pin pinwheels wheels giant fire crackers and skyrockets sky rockets till you can cant at rest said eald bid aid airkens Gir kens 1 I know cause dad was at the the night they voted to have em it had been five bestis years since boom ville had had a celebration for 12 years before that time the eagle lad had screamed 1 in vociferous fashion as regular as independence day came around that was when the boom was on the town in those days jeff dascom gave to buy fireworks jeff borrows his chewing tobacco now the 16 bubble had turned the freezer the lean days had come and patriotism had waned in Boom ville the celebration this year was due to young youn g leon talbert who had bought out old general merchandise store he bad offered to give 25 as the first contribution his rival in business old dan turner across the street growled and said he did it just for advertisement A mans business was the last thing attended to in bonniville Boon iville during the next three weeks floats had to bo be built for the goddess of liberty and her attendants to ride on had bad no trees that would do as a shade for the drought three years before had bad killed even the trees in the city park where the young cottonwood cotton woods 20 feet tall used to grow was an oat field beside tle oat field was a stretch of ground that once bore the appellation of dascom boulevard joe 1 skinner said hed have the best crop of potatoes on that ground this year ever raised in Boom ville it if the bugs hit ism em or the hot winds blow 1 I reckon they ought to be ba better than ordinary behn raised on that high alutin ground he used to fling at joe dascom who helped him hoe boe them A thin line of cottonwoods cotton woods and a few ej elms on creek five miles away were the nearest trees to Doom villo now jim mcgold solved the shade problem lie he would build au arbor himself it if they would give am l lm the solo sole privilege of selling lemonade lemo tade jade and ice cream near by jims offe was accepted on oa july 3 sammy smith and I 1 were artty busy we kept the road warm between the tha place placa where jim mcgold was putting leafy branches of cottonwood brought from the grove over a frame work of plank and the back part of the livery stable where the floats were being decked la in tinsel and red white and hue blue bunting wo we never had bad any real fun until late into in the afternoon when we tied a can on doe doc Blas tons setter pup and sot set off a bunch of firecrackers la in it we hated doe doc blaston and had even less regard for his setter better pup because he chase a lack jack rabbit we were sorry afterwards we did it tor for that premature can spoiled a whole lot of fun next day every dog in fix Doo de camped that night even the cats roosted I 1 in the trees tor for two days A boom that rattled the window frames awakened me before day next morning with no hat and only one suspender over my shoulder I 1 scurried down to uncle dillys billys blacksmith shop undo uncle billy was waa out in front shooting off the anvil ile he had a whole quart cau can of powder carefully the square hole in tho the anvil was tilled filled with powder and a hardwood plug whittled to fit at it A gorivo in one side aldo of 0 the plugs plug was waa left for tho the fuse uncle billy scratched the match down the leg of 0 his overalls touched the fuse and then hurried behind tho the shop door the aged blacksmith was slightly deal and liked a noisy fourth thirteen times the powder was poured la in and touched off the events of that day crowded upon each other fast and furious tho the parade started halt half an hour lato late because the goddess get her brown hair waving to tho the best beat effect after the parade things dragged ft a litus little until the speaking began we h ava a v a stayed around near the speaking except wo we sometimes got a dish of lea ice cream for or turning a freezer for jim the hon tim othy gave the oration and deacon heffle tower read the I 1 declaration of independence that Is he started to read lt it he llad bad ih i h deacon n wa ct taken a copy of very excitable the declaration s from his hip pocket and started to read when sammy smith touched a cannon cracker off behind the speakers stand the deacon was naturally very excitable ho he tried to proceed but his hands jerked spasmodically suddenly the declaration parted in th the e middle where it had been folded in the deacons pocket they sent after a new declaration but the crowd had bad left before it arrived the greased pig had been caught and the entries were just in tor for the slippery pole climbing exhibition when my recollection came to a vivid close clase that night about nine I 1 waked up with witha a bandaged eye a swollen jaw and one arm in a sling they told me sammy smith had climbed er and I 1 went to sleep happy faiq mcw |