Show With the Forth north of Jul July only a short while distant and a a. a staring staring- us in the face as you might say what would be more befitting than for us to set down and roll roU up our sleeves leev and dash off a editorial on The Glorious Forth Its Cause and What hat It Is to Us They is a great man many people ople not only in Bingville but also elsewhere elsewhere else else- where who when the Forth comes come along jumps in and hollers and sweats all up and gets their fingers and whiskers burnt like as not without having any idee what they be doing it all for Theres There's Ranse Smiley one of our oar most respected citizens for in in- in stants Ranse come into our office day and asked us confidentially what the Forth of Jul July was for Cor He said he had a argument about what it was for in Hen Weathersby's store with Jed Peters our intelligent schoolteacher schoolteacher schoolteacher school school- teacher with almost led to blows blocs Ranse said he told Jed the Forth Forthof Forthof of July was to the discovery discovery discovery dis dis- dis- dis covery of the United States by Christopher Columbus and that Jed said it wa waR to the of Independence Ranse wanted us to say that he was right and that J Jed ed was wrong so as U he could go and gloat over Jed but as painful as it was for forus forus forus us we had to tell Ranse right to I his face how ignorant he was and that he had went and made a fool foot oaten over a little question wick a year old schoolboy ought to know all about That's just the way with v some folks on the Forth they Forth they holler hollerand hollerand and shoot off firecrackers and raise when they dont don't know what they be raising it about We re desire to say to the readers of the Bugle and to the world in general once for all and without fear of that the glorious Forth of July was invent invented d and set aside to the of Independents wick made these United States free and independent as a hog on ice and lifted from Crom our bent necks the yoke of and royal The Forth Forthof of July Jut is the day and date on wick the American eagle Ie shakes out his tail feathers and flaps his wings and screeches forth in cl clarion rion tones to all s of the earth a challenge to fite The Forth Forthof of July is the day when you see ee I 1 in the newspapers of Uncle Samuel up in his war clothes with his hat tilted down o over er one eye and a good seegar slanted up the corner of his mouth and him with his chest out and Miss Columbia on his left arm leadin her down the pike proud and imposing on the grand march of the earths Dearth's nashi na na- shi n The Forth of Jul July is the day when the Stars and Stripes forever flaps and flutters in the breeze til tit you yon wouldn't think she had a flap or flutter left in her Long may she wave Do not forget then ye Je citizens of Bingville the horrible import of the Forth of July Do not forget forget forget for for- get its terrible If anybody an- an any any- bod body asks you what it is for dont don't hem and haw but be able to tell them right to their faces like a atrue atrue atrue true born and American citizen ought to do Let us of Bingville Bingville Bing Bing- ville me this grand and ignominious ignominious ignominious ig ig- ig- ig with a knowledge knowledge knowledge knowl knowl- edge of what we be doing and not as through h a glass darkly Let us rise to the with fife and drum and firecracker and buzz- buzz wheel and holler ourselves horse in order that we ve may fittingly lv scle- scle brate the birthday of Freedom In we desire to add that the Bing Bugle i is the I newsiest newspaper published in inthe inthe inthe the county al also abo o the best advertising advertising advertising advertis advertis- ing medium The subscription list listis listis listis is now nm open to all who desire to affix their names thereto Do not delay Subscribe at once |