Boone County Recorder . g awe. That hat wasJuly or ewly brought out on Fourth ofeircwsday. Marthy W. wared her flag more?Uwly aad fixed her eyes on the hat•rtth a thoughtful air. Finally shefeinted her United States flag hand?feminist at it and asked: Pa, is that?here the old liberty bell mas aliuswSllin. us about? Pa carefully lifted off what seemed!© small Marthys excited. Fourth ofJuly brain the veritable, patrioticflwUp iteelf. i Thomas Jefferson snickered andhailed Marthy Washington a goosey.* Pa swaoothed his hat with his sleeve, Awsfl then said, simply: ••Jfo, talnt, Marthy, but mebbe i
Boone County Recorder . g awe. That hat wasJuly or ewly brought out on Fourth ofeircwsday. Marthy W. wared her flag more?Uwly aad fixed her eyes on the hat•rtth a thoughtful air. Finally shefeinted her United States flag hand?feminist at it and asked: Pa, is that?here the old liberty bell mas aliuswSllin. us about? Pa carefully lifted off what seemed!© small Marthys excited. Fourth ofJuly brain the veritable, patrioticflwUp iteelf. i Thomas Jefferson snickered andhailed Marthy Washington a goosey.* Pa swaoothed his hat with his sleeve, Awsfl then said, simply: ••Jfo, talnt, Marthy, but mebbe itijPOk a leetle the shape, jest, a Its^y Washington just had time to when ma bustled rUse iBWewSwiuu avow started, withps>and ma arm in arm bringing up the , Bret of the wonderful Heine family spied was the Flying ?nhman proprietor. They all Lcm tha edge of the sidewalk in . line, and with opened- r listened to his: around the California ?«aty saletMl, aaiekel. a half s yer tlekets for the next a***. WaTO KKBB8 FUR TUB OLD HAT? oorer. Great bundles of * Romancandle*, rockets, pin wheels, niggerchaaers, and big crackers were laidout on the porch floor before the awestruck group. Dont tech em, said pa and ma asthey started for the woodhouse to riirnp something to shoot em off on. No sooner were pa aud ma out ofsight, than Thomas Jefferson tried anigger cbaser. Thta made the groupof small Smiths laugh and scatter, onlyI to ra«r mvMrThm>iim J. withBefore sewed Interest yer—accompanied by the mayor,burgess or sheriff of the county. Thencame the old settlers in carriages, andafter them came the militia companyand all sorts of other companies. Behind the companies came anybodywho wanted to march in procession, inranks more or less aligned, and almostinvariably a big wagon crowded withgirls dressed in white, each wearing abroad blue or white ribbon marked inred with the name of the state she rep-resented. This feature of the parade was al-ways sure of uproarious applau
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