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GETTING RICH RAPIDLV ENOUGH ULY U'0 ?Jt, fölRTH JL(ty HENRY BARRETT CHAMBERLIN mm i tr 1 Wfien tho olx k s?ruk f mr. I was on 'h flvr. I!.- t;N bj;nn to ruts .iml the iintiolt to roar, l:.f puis to tire an.! the ora. kcrs to stnajv Tl.i U tin Fourth of July. NCE upon n time !f joit are ex acting its to dates, the time foil between 1SS6 and 1560 there was a country parson who kept a record of his Fourths. In the year 1S55 he broke Into poetry " JW and tne fl"011 nuatraln was Ramlf tho result This record of his H iL Fourths, taken from his jour ffl v' ) nal- WRS published In the Allan Ö& -VrS' tic Monthly. Now If various nnd sundry reasons, all excellent In their nay, aw not Keep uns t. med magailno closed to the eyes of boyhood. It Is to be feared that this parson, despite his j.oetry. would be voted a cross old man. For wher 'b. Fourth fell on Sunday he saw no reason v.hy -h.u. d be celebrated on any other day or In hr ia.--h.on not in keeping with a seemly ob e . n - of the Sabbath Instead of gladly ac i.pit'- h bounty of the calendar and having a tri' a series of ihre dramatic and exciting day iranfih: v.ith danger and delight, this gloomy liersr n.it;.' would hav limited the day's events to a serr:nn and a pravor. ins records can be found testimony against him, f r th'y read- J 4. 1S47. Sunday. " :v .". Monday morning. This Is celebrated as tt F' in h of Jut v. ry Improperly. Yesterday was 'h '!;tv and ministers might have preached upon '.. -abjct of rtlifslotis freedom; this would bav u -ufflcieiit and ought to have been sat lfa Hut no; th r- must be noise, the drum ii'uit .md tin i atmon roar, the children ! i!rt-i . ' in ihelr l -r and paraded, and 'Don't tbe . Li' !r.-n look l.tr- "' ' . -., very i. lut if their parents would fV :i m resi et ;nelr superiors and behave with , . . r; ty it w .Ui be far better. Well, there has r. i K-neral turnout, rich and poor, young and . :. all mixed up together. This is a free cut . - but not s. if is a country of slave hold ers. held 3.00" 0 of our fellow mortals as slav -and how in onsisteuL" '"uiy 4. 1852 Sunday. "JJ ' Monday. "Th- community were not satisfied to have yesterday as being the Fourth of July because they could not serve Satan so openly and boldly us today. My opinion is that when the Fourth of July comoB on the Sabbath it ought to bo re membered In a suitable and proper manner by assembling in the sanctuary and hearing the proc lamation of peace announced from the pulpit, good tidings of groat Joy which shall be to all people.' Suitable prayers and suitable readings would be a suitable acknowledgment that our blessings are of God. but because this won't do we must have a great noise and hustle and much that Is derogatory to the Christian character must be put in operation.". He didn't liko the methods of celebration any better when tho glorious day fell In the nJddle of the week, for July 4, 1S49, he wrote: "Wednesday. At the rising of the sun the bolls of tho city are ringing and the cannon roaring, calling upon those within hearing to awake, arise and call upon their God. and give him thanks for thle grout blessing, our national independence, which we this day commemorate by making all tho noise we can and by acting aa woll as we can and as bad as we can." All of which would Justify any boy in the Mlof that though the parson may have been a God-fearing porsonagu who walked the narrow path all his godly days and was never oven tempt ed by a lingering desire for pleasant primrose by ways, he must certainly have been rather an unpleasant person to live with and that tho milk of human kindness which was his portion, though it may not have soured, was as certainly lacking In cream. How different was the letter which John Ad ams in the first flush of joy ovor the adoption by congress of the Declaration of Independence, wrote to his wife. Its date, July 3, may glvo some ardent young Americans excuse for firing their crackers before the dawn of the day vhlch even lawmakers say may have Its claim shattered Into fiery noise. Tula first historic Adams, first vice-president, second president of the republic which he helped to bring Into being, was a good husband. Dusy as ho must have been, for he was a foremost fig ure in the stirring events, "the Atlas of Indopen denco," the "Colossus of that debate" which pre ceded the vote on tho nation-making resolution, he wrote on July 3 two letters to his wife, Abignll. In one ho said: "Yesterday the greatest question was docldod which evor was debated In Amorlca; nnd a greater perhaps never was, nor will bo, decided among men. A resolution was passed without one dissenting colony, that theso united colonies are and of right ought to bo. froe and Independent states." In the other: "The second day r-f July, 1776, will be tho most memorable f path in the history of America. I am apt to be-H-vp that it will bo celebrated by succeeding gen- ratuns as the groat anniversary festival. It r-jgh" to he commemorated as the day of deliver i y solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It o g l to bo solemnized with pomp and parade, with nhows, games, sports, bolls, bonfires nnd UIuc Inatlons, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward rorsvermoro You will think mo transported with enthusiasm, tut I am not. I am well award of tho toll and blr od and troasure that it wM cost us to main tain this declaration and support and defend thoso 6 tales. Yet through all the gloom I can see tho rays of ravishing light and glory. I can soo that the end Is more than worth all tho means; nnd that posterity will triumph In that day's trans action, ovon though we should ruo It, which 1 trust la God we shall not." Though posterity selected, instead of July 2, July 4, tho day on which1 the formal Declaration of Independence prepared by a committee of five, headed by Thomas Jefferson, was discussed and accepted, the resolution for Independence was, as theso letters show, really adopted July 2. It took a long time for the petitioners of the colonies to conceive of Independence. Leaders like Samuel Adams waxed Impatient with thoso who believed a peaceful settlement of the trouble was possible without separation from the mother country. Yet Washington in the first congress denied that the colonies desired or that It was to their interest to set up for independence. Frank lin looked upon It as an event which, if It must come, was lamentable. Lexington and Concord and Bunker hill favored the radicals. Juno 7. 1776. Richard Henry Lee of the Virginia delegation, following the Instructions which he had received from the council of Vir ginia, presented n resolution, "That these united colonlos are and of right ought to be free and Independent states; that they are absolved from nil allegiance to the Brltih crown; that all politi cal connection between them and Great Britain Is and ought to be totally dissolved." John Adams seconded the motion and .a debate followod. There are no authontic reports of these debates. The war had not yet been won. Public report of what was said would have been of extreme danger to theso men, who. Indeed, would have been hanged had good King George been nble to got them, but hanging men Is like making rabbit pIe-you must first catch the rabbit. It Is likely that those who led tho dobate In support of the measure wero John and Samuel Adams. Hoger Shorman, Oliver Wolcott, Richard Henry Lee and G?orge Wythe. Those opposing were probably Joht. Dickenson. John Jay, Jamea Wilson nnd Robert R. Wilson. It appeared that four New England colonies, Massachusetts, Rhode Island. Now Hampshire. Connecticut, and throo southern colonies. Virginia. Georgia and North Carolina, were prepared to vote at once In tho nftlrmUlve, but aa unanimity was desired a final vote as rost poned until July 1, and a committee rompc fod of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Frank lin. John Adams. Roger Sherman and Robert It. Livingston, was appointed to prepare a formal statement for the world. Lre, th8 mover of thu resolution, would per haps have been named chairman of the committee hod not his wifo fallen 111. As It was, Jefferson received the honor and save for a few alterations by Franklin and Adams the Declaration of Inde pendence wns written by him. The original draft In the state department in Washington, save for theso interlineations by Franklin and Adams, is In his handwriting. July 1 debate was resumed on the Leo resolu tion. July 2 all the delegatos but those from Now York voted In favor of It and it was of this action that John Adams wroto to his wife. The original resolution having been carried, the formal decla ration prepared by the committee to show a due respect for tho opinions of mankind was reported and discussed until late July 4, when It was finally accepted and signed by the president of tho con gross, John Hancock, and tho secretary. Within n wook the provincial congress of New York ox pressed Its approval. August 2 an engrossed copy of the declaration was laid bofore congress and received tho signatures of delegates from 13 col onies. 5S in all. though Matthew Thornton of New Jersey did not sign until Novomber. Grim Josts were passed. Hancock, writing lite name large, said that John Bull could read It without spectaclos and Impressod upon his com rades thnt since the fatal die was cast thoy must "al hang together In this matter," which gave Franklin a chance for his bon mot, "Yes, indeed, we must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separatoly." A fat delegle ouue jaj It was Harrison, oth ers that It was Carter Bruxton of Virginia said to one of light weight, either Carroll of Carrollton or Gerry of Massachusetts: "When It comes to hanging I shall have greatly the advantage, for my neck would be broken at once, while I fear you will dangle In the air and hang for some time." The first public celebration of the Declaration of Independence was probably that of July 8. 177G, whon John Nixon read the statement in the yard of the Btatehouse in Philadelphia and the king's arms were taken down In the courtroom. In New In 1777. In honor of the first anniversary of the glorious day, every soldier wa3 ordered an extra gill of rum. In 177S the general orders read: "To morrow, the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, will be celebrated by firing 13 pieces of cannon and a feu de Jole of the whole Hue." Even as early as that narades were in order. A description of one show that elaborate hair dressing is not of the twentieth century only nnd that the Tories were not so insignificant as to escape notice. "We had a magnificent celebration of the anni versary of Independence when handsome fire works were displayed. The Whigs of the city dressed up a woman with tho monstrous head dress of tho Tory ladles and escorted her through the streets with a great concourse of people. Her head was elegantly and expensively dressed. I suppose about three feet high and proportionate width, with n profusion of curls. Tho figure was droll and occasioned much mirth. It has lessened some heads already and will probably bring the ret within the hounds of renion. for they are monstrous Indeed. The Tory wlfo of Dr. Smith has christened the figure Contcnella, or the Duch s of Independence, and prayed for a pin from her head by way of relic. Tho Tory womon are very much mortified notwithstanding this." Barbecues, fireworks, parades, picnics, white drrenes these seem early to have become a part of the day's celebration. Noise and accidents, also, enrly developed. Julia Ward Howe, In her reminiscences, tells that she retnombcrs hor own dlatress as a child becnuso tho Democratic mayor of Now York, Gideon Leo, prohibited homo fire works. Fortunately for her and her sisters and brothers, they lived noxt door to tho mayor and he made an exception In their favor. In 1S57 fho listened to tho ode written by Era orson nnd read In tho town hall at Concord July 4, 1S57. Perhaps ho caught tho spirit of even tho day's noise bettor than the other parson. At least he wrote more kindly of It: Tho cannons boom from town to town. Our pulses boat not leg, Tho Joy bolls rhlme their tidings down. Which chlldren'M voices bU. s vp x Ii-b-b-bWo li mm mr v l ir 1 BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBf I i I SBBV mt BBBBBT M Ml J I 'mmmmmmin i ll mw (it ji "Ho uoosn't bellovo in trusts." "Ho doosn't need to. Ho owns a cummer rosort hotel." SKIN HUMOR 25 YEARS "Cutlcura did wonders for mo. 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