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-JulyAthan Ev~tful Date •. by tar the most Important, la not the only lmporta,nt· event of ~eli 12lat day !a the a.nniversat\Y> . On Jut¥ 4, 1754, GeQrge Washing- ton~ then colonel In command of the- Virginia troops sent by Governor Df.n'I\Cldd$ to OJ:!pQse the · French J.t Fort du Quesne--now Pittsburg-- met w1tl). his first defeat at Great Meadows... On the very same day -Be-n;Jamln -F-ranklin eatU11.11d t.e .the ~lb!lny_ C~~~ss !lis plan for a more - llarmonlow and connerted action of the .colonies for defense against the lndJans. Even at that date there was a vague s¢ntlment in (avor of a confederation of 'the Amerkan col- onies and li'ranklln's plan promoteJ. ·this Idea, but the entirely separate colonies wer~ mutually jealous and the J)lan was- not tavore\l.. Many atud_ents of history believe that the -.adoption of his Ideas would have •IP\Zen the GOloniea strength to ha vq 1 mastered the Indian question uu- - al~d b;y England, and there! or.! c:fven the mother ,country no prelPxt for Quartering lroops here or for enacttng and trying to i:>!lforce the odious stamp tax-two leading grll'v- ~----~~es: tbat--bPott-ght- :RevoluUon. The Ctv!l War began In Aprll anJ Congress met to devise ways and Jileans for Its vigorous prosecu lion on .July 4. 1861. Andrew Johnson, then Senator from Te.>nnessee and afterward fre~ldEmt. was the on~> St'nnt~X J>reaent rrorn th.o statos 1:1 iiie'esfllon. and only two members ot the House froni ·that section ai- tende~. It was upon that day that Lincoln, s~lng the lmposslblllt) oi closing ~e s.truggle In three mont ha, as had been a.ntlclp~ted: !lake~ ( ·n.n- gress to vote $400,000 006 and 4(ll),. 000 men tor that pnrpose. Whtl,, _9>n~;;rtBf! was in !lBSSion th~ _Dattle o.t _Bull Run was touf:ht and th<\ de- ~at 9~ the. t\nlon torePS stlrrl'd Co.n- tr.-~s to vigorous act Ion. , · Lee Invaded Pennsyh·a.nia anrl 'upon the tlrs~ tllree days or July, 1863. tbe battle or Gettysburg WB.5 fought. Tlils :was the only figl!Ung or any Importance on l'nlon soli. and on July 4, !863, Jpe rotrE'nte<! Into Maryland. A ft<>r · this· d,llte Union aucces!leS were constl)nt. On the same day aaother d<\clsln• vic- tory WB8 gut-ned by General Grant, . to whom a .. nernl PPtnbPrton sur- rendered Vlclcsburg and his armY.. after severe fighting t;lurtng a long •te~. - 1;1P, On ,his head was 'a bump, like an UP:\ side down cup; • ·-·- And he smtled as he be~t c;oald With' ·~nose all awry, \fie had just the bossest Fo.urth of July!\. r ·- We were glad for we had been up with the sun, Right Into the midat of the powder and fun, ' Where the caanon's !bud boom Houses Were So Used- Sprlghtlf Re~~s~nce~ of SoUUI Exciting Sessions~ From the Hall of the \Company o-r Carpenters,\ where tlie natlon makers first met ln Philadelphia, to . th'e present ma'gnificent marble pile at Washi-ngton, Is truly. a far ery. \Lest we fotget,\ in the pride of our ! t!! . .smok.a to. the. -8ley,.- - - Young-Ame1·lca-l1ke was !).Is Fourth ·or July. ~m.e.~i.Il1Jam,--1L..w1U. be-geed for- u.--f-!-l:1.l!A,.J:.IUIJ.jlL!=~ 1 0U. to recall the days when S,~Ur Con- Cuoyt1111ui..-~¥., .1\li>e 4, 1!107. I said we were glad. All the pieces were there, So we pl11stered and bound them with tenderE-st Cll-re: • But out or the wreck came the words with a sigh, \It to-morrer was only the Fourth of July!\ He will grow .all· together 1 again, never fear, • And be ready to celebrate freedom next y('nr. But though It Is !<elfish we're thank- ful there lies, · · A_ c~ 0 cuk~~::~~v~on!h_. _twixt We klsse>d him good-night on h!s powder-sp~~ked face, We lald his bruisPd hands e.oftly down In their place; And he murmured. as sleep closed his one Ol>Pn eye, \i wIsh e\'ery day 'IYllB the Fourth ot July:\ J!-ow Fll'<'\\'Orks Arl' ~lade. That !lrt<wo;>;ks In g<>nPral are hardly mo1·e than highly differen- tiated firt•crnrl<ers might be sa.Jd with almo~t ttt .. rnl truthfLIInl'ss, Inasmuch ILB prat:'tlrully all oC the p)·rotecbnlC to~ s Pn! plo)·ed fur lh<' purposE's of ceiubmtion on thl' Fourth oC July de· pt>nd prhnnrlly upon the pnper tulle londed with eombustlbles Of one ~ort or nnot b,.r. .w> th .... !uruiilllC.ll.l.!ll P! d- !::~llt, so to spl\llk In their construc- tion. ' E\'t•n th .. grt>at \sot pieces\ whlt'll might !JP mll,.d fiN>_ pl~tures, nnq which are t>rPctPd upon scntroldln~ aomE'tl mes as mut'h as I (}0 roe! tn length, dPpend for their elfPcts wholly upon aurb vn1>er C) llnders no blj;g<>r tban good-slz~d flrecrackors, stuck all over the lattice . worl< ot tho sl>eleton struC'ture emplorod by thP Ore-painter In lieu, as one ml;;h: Sll) of C-lllJVas. gressn1en were sent scurrying from llirum J . .:-lrulitu•, one wwn to another by hostile Brit- 'J,, ltrt1nnine Cut·llurt, Ish, by bugaboo stories and by the Alrll·tin .1. Htu-r· .. t. antics of rowdy soldiers. Like the A\\\\\''t·s. temple which grew from the \cov- _ertng_ of sklns\ to that splendid crea- tion of Solomon's time, the J:llJlltol ot our country, .had also an· humble origin-and th~e once was te fiD.a the place:· During four of the years of 113 erlsten~e. the Continental CongrPsl skiJlped about at a Uvely galt. Phll:l· delphia, P r.inreton, -Anoa-pol!s,-!J'pen- ton, New York. and then, after an interval or four years, Philadelphia again were visited by these \birds or pnasage:W One man· sii.Jif- of ft: \Verllr the Lord shaH make this gmernment like unto a wheel, and kE\<>p It roiling back and rorth be- twixt Dan and Beersheba, and grunt It no rest this side ot Jordan.\ But betore this, when, iate In 1776, Howe's army ,was marchlns neross New J~>rAPY and the invasion ot Pennsylvania seemed lmmln~nt, C'ong1·ess tied from Phllndelphia nll1i went to Baltimore. The members met there for the first time In a building which stood at B!iltlmere 1dong with houRI' d<lll.itog~ linu• 11l•tll P'<lt',l 1 1 111 \ 111 1 . \-'0 1'1(;1~ TO t;HEI•LTOWS. 111 OIIIJEH .\\\•ethinll' iu om· lilfP. Out· tu•w I'III\J•t·t ·sllll•plp\ n·n· J,.,.:- 1' \':-; ... \loll ll. Vnn llet•zee, l-inr•rt>giJte 2fi l'ollR or llllltlin~ot lo l<Ph~t ft·om. Uil t•luth lllod Lilloleu . uJ t h~ 1 • 01111 t y hf A lim 11 y. · A finP l_inP nf l11re t·n.t'lll in•pm t·••·t\ I\\'' Ill h 111 . A full fi~~~- Notlt•lsh~•·eby gh._.n, 11 eenrdin~ to • offn1\11t1nl·l·ofnllltlll(f\tluot l\llll't lll'lt~tl f 11 o '\\l\i'~\ \'' In\ tollllpPJ'\''\\'lonvio!)l:elnlm• i>r de- nlltl. Atur·geHf.<H·kofii'oub .. dH,•pt·iul!• .,-ud mnlttP\-\'\\ 1 ,, mund•ngni11st l\Jiii'Y A. Hnuu11i11J.:;H, lute Rt•IP<'t from. Mnll,\' IHII'J:tlin\ cnu L~ funtul ••t> •·•tWov·lO 1111 , 1 of lll'e town of CoeymnnA in HtLill r.:uunt.v ll5 Cl'nt euunll'r>'. l'iclllle fr11111P uouuldit 1!: 1 ,r ldl ld,.rJ. rl~ceu~<etl:, thu_t_.t!rP.f .!1!'1'. _rl'lJl!lrt!l t.n ~· __ ~,,;~~-·~s ~~~l.'irt_ni\P _l_qr!lgrt !J...[umwd. _ · hihir the 8.IU1l.e, \1111 11..- vunehPt'R iu Goods Delivered Free snppnr t I hHenf, to th\' Ruh•rriher, ·the I'Xf'l'lllnt•ol the hlR! wWI nurl t'eHtllllll'l_lt+··~\\--\ ... obbi OS_· Bros I! (,( ~oitTrT Jerell~ol>i1; itClil'B-!•1iire uT li-u\\ - - FCRNITURE and · UNDERTAKING-- •u>ctiug lut•in~l\' \\such PJ~.emrtnr !lf l_liH rPRlriPllt'l' in Hnvenn, N.Y., nt> m· bPror·e I hi' l'il(hlh rlny of Nn\'!'OihN· uext.., • Dnt1•d HnrPnn, N. 1:., thiR 8t·rl 1lny ol .lllny, A. II., 1907, lieor_e W. \\'l'ill'htRon, exc., etc. of Mno·y -~. Huultllin~o:\• d1·rtl. ( 'UI·fiH ,1;_ ~~ lll'l't'll 1111,1 H, h•l' I'XI',, Hnv\\\· N. \' '\.lOTI! I·: 'I'U (..:ltEiliTOHSo--HY Oltlllm ~'ul:-.t·lltuu f:l •. \'llflilerz~c, l:lurr·o~nlr .. r the ['nnuty uf Albnt•y, :\uiif'e t .. lwreby ll'iveu, nccorrllu~r to In\;· t11 ,m pPr\\\\ hn dii'll clnim• or <le· mrunl• llll'llinHt Ellz\ C. U niT!• late ul tlw town ul t: .. eymnnR in Ani rl Cuunty. j \\\''n•rrl thnt tut\ nrl' J\Pqult·~.t to I'X· ftthil t h .. 911UtP; Wt~k- tjtt' VIIIIO:het'ft ill l \\Pi\•rt thl'l't'ttf, tu the KUU•rrtltt>r, thr ft-x.ecut<»· •• r tire ln•t 1dll ntttl teaiiun .. ut ! nf ..,hi r!Prr•IH<t'tl, nt hiH plul'l).o uf trnn· ~otnMiug l1n\inPRJOt IHt MUCh ·~xPeutor at J•is 'na~i,!t'llrt' in t h~ tu\ n uf ( 'ut>,\ ruuuJ~, :\. Y .. \\or l•t•fon- the llUt oln.r ul A ngURt Ut'Xt. linter! thl• i'iht rlny uf .Jnu11n1·.v, A-ll. 1907. IF YOU HAVE MONEY TO BURN, Keep it in the house, hidden in the c~oset, in the cellar or under the carpet. where_ it is liable to be destroyed by fire, or stolen ; bnt' if you want to keep ~t SAFE where it will be ready for you whenever you need it, and where it will earn THREE AND ONE-HALF PER CENT COMPOUND INTEREST for you-send it-·>-:-- to us... . Polder giving roll information mailed-on request Jll.bany Ex~baHQt Sa\ings BanK 71 State St., Blbnm?t 'fA. w . FREDERICK A. MEAD, President Till' :\lnhlug.nt n-..Do.ntb. The method o! thPlr construction CO:-iGRESS HALL SIXTH AND H lltltY IL 11!,,\(\'lEI.T ~x!'l'utnr••ll'. uf l·:ll&n C. llnrrl•, I>PC'd. l'ttrtl•& 1\'urn-n, ilttorueyA lor .J•:xeeu- lnl', Jlu \'t>IUI, ~. Y. ALDE!'l CHESTER, Vice-Pres. CHARLES H.GAUS, \'irePres. . JOSEPH GUARUENIER, Trea.snrer Many other event. ln•~>rPstlng In tbem.selvea. btrt nC no gTPat historical 'moment, trnnsplrf.'d on this dn). not Is always tht' sam(>, nnd Is at on.1e · Cllfi:ST:St:T ST. I~ 1799. slmpl<• nnd ln1wnlootR. The papler- nncl J.lberty atr<>ets. TllPir sittings '\.\01'11 ETIICIII•:IIITOI:S. 11~-,~;:d-,.~ ,_····-~······-··•!11••••····---rJ • \ ul 'lit\wtnn II. l'nnllPT'Z~I' .. Rt;rrUr.tBII' ..J.M...~tt>ty>O*f.~v- ----- .. -----+~ ------.-.----~· ----- ... .\ttt·h··· i .. , ....... hy giv .. n. nccurtlirrg tu H t w· ther Is O Ramt· ~U\ lu uliiiPfSOIIK bnViUI! cJniWJi Or . de· 0 . o.a. - - ·n· -- iunnriA ngnl11t=tr .)il'hn S. AkPIPy, lntP nl UD A nrl ynu llPPrl ICE. frl1~>d wltb \stars\- tbPre lasted frotn December 20, WQ.rld. The year 1~19 \\ns 1•roba- thnt Js to sa>. w of 1776, nilUl Yebruary 21', ~'/11. Th-en bly tbe darkPst, In lh<\ hl!!tory of e,.HndFtcal paper tubing packed wlt'l:l rongress returned to Phltadelpltln, modern Italy HPr strE>ngtb bn•i dlf'PrPnt chemkal comllOsltlons. De-- ar.d on the 2nd of ·the foi11>wlng wantood. Franca nod Au.rtrln lntPr- neath the shell thus loaded Is at- month sat in the State House, where mPddled witli l:rPr alfalrs and selz,.,l tnehPd and flrmly gluPd a paper re- It' rt'hllllned until the British acto· her territory~ The peoplE> wore dis- co~ta<-le containing a slow-burning nll: did get Into Peunsylvapla. con-tented and under Mazzlnnl anJ conipositlon slmlllur to gunpowder. l'pon the evacuation' or Phllndel· Garibaldi formed a provisional re- Th~>n a ruse Is so fl:u•d thnt being 1<:- phla b:v the British, Congress occu- purllc. WhE>n tht> king dlr>.J th' nl!Pd at rh .. lnstnnt of the bomb'd olr-d for a short timE', It Is said. one F!'Pnl'h forcibly ~>nte!'f'd RomP, re-- dl«·harge It \til burn just long of the buildings of the AcadPmy- lnst.atl>d Vlrtor Emman1t<'l ancl Ano.•gh to <>:tplodt> the shell at t.h~ no\\ the t'nlvorslty of Pennsylvania crushed the republic :tlazzlnnl an•l -m~nt Wh<\n tire projel'tlle has -tb!'ll ~ated on Fourth street, be: u ... t11wu ol CnPymnnA i11 IIRiri ronnts, rll'<'r•n•P•I. lhnt rbr•y nrE' •eqnil·pd to ex· lubit the\'\\\· \\lilt the vuul'l~ RllJ'f'IIT! lhN\Ptlf tn .fin•. AtthACJ'iltPr, tllP P.Xt~·nl r lx nr I hfl lnM-t \\ i.l n .. -1 ttl~t .. lllfllll t uf to~n irl f!• r1·11 fo<f!d. 111 l•f'J' Jli.lu~r~ uf trnntoe· PU'\f hllMIIIPMJ' 1\N ,_llr~PXef\1111f\( II f. II.JP ~tout> uf unr \1' hit .. a-tro u 11 t n I 11 ltPfrig<'rnfnr•. ThPy \n v P ief.' Thnt mt>nnA \\\\\Y· 1\'p hnvP t.hPtn \\-~ow .................................. _....... f~ro t; II. r II r t\ IIIII IlP hy Ht>y\1 \'''' 1111<1 nlher ... frttlll,.,.,_,,,. ........ .. Garibahll were trying to establ bli.li~!.!!.~-,!.;~1!!!!!.!W_'tl!~Jll.lll...Lltl~~~~-la~~~~-~llil~:tU:L:~~·Ls;~~~~~~~~~~~~~f!:!~~~~~~~'fv,;:rlrrri'iTnir.'rtfiiilii~'ffi~ri;;l['i;;rj~~u;-;IIJ.iiLit~;r~n~rJ~·~. ~H~n~lll;;n-;,tt~diJ~~-;~i rP'j5'illi1TF\\was ppl'ns th<> papPr &hell ''\owd~d the delegates from thll ~ Y, 1111 llr h':'furp tlw 91 h till)' uf [IP(.\t>lll• July 4, 1849. Is blOwn to pl<'<\PS and the stars, In- st,ntaly building on Cbestnut street, ln•r IIPxl. cidPntly lgnltPd, IH'e thrown far and durin!!' that fall and wlnh>r of 1777· llniP•I lhHI'\\• N.Y. thi .. 6th rln~· nf wl~e. BE-Ing light. thl'y fall slowly, ; ~. It sPems, had lert the Congres• ,JnnP, A. ll. 11107. and the PffPct produeed Is very bPau- •tonal halls In such disreputable .con..- ~~·?:} \'· A l<~>h·y IIi II, J<;xr plr ••J tun!. dl.tton tlnrt &her quarters had to be ~ · .luhro S. ,\ ki>IPy, ,llPt'eH.f!ed round temporarily. Congress re- - Curti• & ·\\'nrrPn, ,\tt~R. for Ext·. sumed Its sessions In the State House July 2, 1778, and one or the eaEJJest. llnvenn, N.Y. · · piPres of work attended to In the old b~>a'lquarters was t.he Articles of ConfederaUon. For several yean tllereafter it continued to m-eet In the same place. Flnnlly, In, 1 7 90, Congress then sitting In New York. decld~d after a most bitter struggle to locate the tl&j}-itol In the year 1 8-0(} on the banka- Of the Potomac: at the same Umtl :Electric Wiring Now is the time A void the rush --our wor-k -passes ·t-he ~ 1101! I hr ftPRt of AI.\' jp,., Iron IIPIIH, !llll'•,•lzP ........................................................... ~ ll,FiO IJiolllf! 'l'nhfi.'N, HOiirl UHk, fil'l! IPg .. ,,, .......... .,,.,,.., iJ rJR Five I'JP~P l'.m·lnr Snit ..... : ....................... -... ................... 27. 91l · 'rhrPP r'i~cP t'n~·lnr l{uif \\ ...................... 1......................... 1 :l.!lll linn 'f•rer .............. ~-··--·- ................. : ....... :.................. 2\!'18 Kitrhen 1'nbii'A.................................................................. ],2;, ~i.k~Cil 4 =iJei-J-M. ••••••••••••;•••u•••u••••••••••••••,...•••••www,.•~••••uoo~••••• .O:i Cl>rpE'tB, llluttlngl', J.inult•um. Oltrf.,fh•, ele. June -Brides· Will do well to l'PIIINnber ''hut WI' \\Y t_lbotP, tir. we fppJ 11·~ enll fo<II<P ~ou [} 0 litH II. Wedd. 1?-:ft .... ___ mg_uj._ s --· -- Sncb as Philadelphia was ~ect,~e~d~~~~t~h~e~t=~~~~-~~~IC!l~~~~~~~----------_;~~~---_j~~ln~~~~eed;~~:_----\---~ t~ll1J).Qr~~oor .!J.q_w_q_ Qf _tb,~ ._1 for the decade that intervened. The tblrd session of the first Congress af'rordlngly met In Philadelphia on DeC\embp·· p\'· 1790, in the building A FOnrtb l RPnwinbt>r. Col. William Jenning!:' Bryan .in speakil}g of the Fourth of July sayg. \As a uoy,• or course, Uke all others, I looked forward to this holi· &.y With tbe keenest pleasure, al~ though I never escaped . the small boy's mlshaps;-bnrned fillgers, and oft¢n btu'ned Cllothesj but the unha'13- !iiest Fourth Lever rweDt I recollect' wbich • •nds at the corner of S1xth 81 •stn.ut streets. Judge Pennypa.:.. . has · gathered many . sprightly re-mhilscefices of tbis Jill!: . toric . building into--_,._ :a~-. ,.1~-'lll~·~~'\ e. F ~ RJ_~~et eo_mpa·n_y ·. 6~ a-rld 65 South 'Pearl Street, 1ttpany, N. g. TWODEIORSBElOW HIJDSQN AVi:NUE ~ . - . . ... -;.·. - ,• theY march \But Fo teJTible da \ttent (Ill ma 'tllade Mere bad· been t Ju~Y.. too. snything e been going JIOrloua P.I the Rul\d to cet!lbrul 'l'hey were tel ves- thlil bad the P :notsiset st Fourth o' : just-\walt t o' July! ' It was ll ,lve the C· t~ straw mu1fted. ro ·-ltsted mor j \Then h ~rs,'' m .al.L).. wa · vant tha forth P\' cow. T afi.d tho ~ .quite ch t& \watcl Un!or the terri Rudd S 'boys. , -on lt. ;yon. wet ,YOU W!J ,sprang :pla~es. :running I' there w h -Rn nve1 ~{ the Cr
