OCR Text |
Show Tub Sam Fhakchco underwriters' rcqui'St tiio biipL-rvisonj of that city to prohibit tho celnbra.:- h cl t':.u-lliiofi July wiLh cracbi-id and fircvorkc, . Tbiy prc.u;;it ovidenco to Lo'.v that on ln :mt -1 1 i i A July properly atnoiintin;; in value U 10,070.40 wasdi-tn.yLd by f;:u nulliug alono frcia the diiciiarg'j u.' lire -era l-rs ! and lircworks. ihil vtmt duea the' ltti of July Bijiiify to ti;: nvrrago bfjy ' without firc-crtek;'i'.', fireworks and gunpov.der? It i all an empty bhow, devoid .' patriotism and bin. Rather than givr: up thi-f .riTOgati fn which liiH tliu n.uietion of the great name of John Adams, tho email boys of the country would doubtless chip in and pay a pnrlion ot the abovo sum themselves, them-selves, cay tue laut two figures. Tho old folks ought lo stand the balance themselves for the sake ol giving the hoys an old-fashioned holiday. It will hardly do to iuU'i'i'cre with the rising generation. |