Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1909 — DIVERSIONS ON THE GLORIOUS FOURTH. [ARTICLE]

DIVERSIONS ON THE GLORIOUS FOURTH.

The festivities that surround the occasion of our 133rd Independeflce birthday were opened in a blaze of glory Friday evening by Punch Platt in a human skyrocket stunt. He was touched off by the boss canvasman of the “Modern Remedy Company,” and with the myriads of beautiful shooting stars lit somewhere near the State bank. Following “Punch’s inaugeral stunt, W. S. Parks as Marshall of the day, led a parade of the boys filled with the “spirits” of ’76 around the court house. Two distinguished visitors, “Victor” Johnson of Lake county and James Newcomb of Lafayette, paid the expenses, $4.35 per head, of the march. THe drunkfest lasted ’until late Sunday afternoon, when Roy Brouhard of our neighboring city of Fair Oaks, contributed his mite for kicking up a rumpus at the ball park, and another glorious fourth (that’s Roy) was done. His ufn cost him n.