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Show A Hilarious, But Sensible Fourth "Wo ItnbiaoniunR alwnys prided oureelves in tho foot that Rubicon wns tbo most putrlolio town In tho Btate,." aayB a citizen in Woman's Home- Companion for July. "A hardy individual from Onpun onoo asked for proof. Ho was snapped up promptly by a leading citizen. " 'Proof, eh?' suid he. 'Why, just coruo out hero with me and I'll Bhnw you proof that would convince a uiHii from Missouri. See that ruin down thero at tho cornor just a chimney ttiaklug up into tbo air? That was Doctor Hawkins' lino rcsi-denne. rcsi-denne. Cost tnu thousand dollars. The tiro started from u tiro arnokor last Fourth, Notice the foundation buck of, that large house over thero? Finn burn burned up tboro tho sumo day another llto oruoker. Soo tho gap ia tout tow of aottngeB down aoross tbo railroad? Throo of them wont-up two yttaru ago Uro crackers or something. Look at tho Methodist Metho-dist Church thero uu tho corner without with-out a steeple. Maybe you'd think the wind blew it otf, but you'd bo wrong Fourth o' July got It nud wo hud hard work to snvo tho eobool house. I could show you lots more if I had time. And then walk about and look at our peorlo. Why, man nllvn, there's foner eyes and enrB and Uugnrs, not. to montlou aruiHend legs, in proportion to the population than in uny other town you aan find all gone from Uro croakers, or toy pis tolfl, or bursting cannons, or in somo huub patriotio way. Your town of Capua isnt' in it. I toll you. Yon lion roiring in his den may bo nil right in hiB way, but if tbo old Gro-oian Gro-oian spirit isn't frozen In your veins you must boo that for puro parlotlsm Rubicon loads tho world.' The man from Capua shrunk away." But tho RublconinuB havo at lost evolved a sensible celebration, which inoludes n parade, a noise festival for the littlo boys, athletic games, a luncheon, danolng, and doses with fire works in the evening. As told about in tbo Woman's Home Companion Compan-ion it is a very attractive Fourth. |