Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 June 1907 — Don’ts for the Fourth. [ARTICLE]

Don’ts for the Fourth.

Don’t allow the firecrackers to go off in the grass unless you want the lawn ruined. Don’t wear a thin inflammable frock. Put on a cloth skirt if there are firecrackers about. Don’t attempt to set off complicated pyrotechnics without thoroughly comprehending the process. Don’t lay away left-over fireworks for another year. They are dangerous things to pack away where mice can get at them. Buy only so many as can be used on the lay appointed. Don’t allow the children to bend over fireworks which will not “go off.” They sometimes do it unexpectedly with unfortunate results to the little meddler. Don’t neglect to send for a physician at once in the case of a serious burn, to prevent a possible scar or worse still, blood poisoning, from ignorant or improper treatment of tbe wound.