The Fourth At Whitmore Lake

A still larger crowd than last year attended the Fourth of July picnic at Whitmore Lake under the auspices of St. Patrick's church, Northfield, and as most of those present last year were present this year, the attendance was good proof that Rev. Fr. Goldrick's efforts as an entertainer were greatly appreciated. The exercises of the day opened with a speech by Mayor Doty. The mayor was in good voice and his speech soon caught the audience, who applauded it vigorously. He highly complimented the township upon its annual custom of celebrating the Fourth, and in round periods referred to the declaration of independence and the self evident truth "that all men are created equal," a truth which sprang from the heart. It was the homely affairs of life, when heart goes out to heart, that bears witness to our common equalïty. He hoped that the time would come when every township would annually celébrate the Fourth. Dinner was served from half past eleven until four. Loads of good things were devoured and loads of them were left. At four o'clock the other exercises of the day began. Rev. Fr. Goldrick, the master of the ceremonies, opened with a few pleasing remarles and introduced William D. Healy, of Detroit, as "The Nate Little Bit of a Man." Healy is a comic singer of note and soon everyone was roaring over his song. As the audience insisted on encoring ïim Fr. Goldrick came to the front with the remark that "you can't )ring people here and get every cent out of them and not give them any entertainment" and Healy sang "Just Wait and See McGuire," which was as good as his first song. Prof. E. N. Bilbie sustained his ligh reputation as a violinist by ilaying two selections, the last in response to an encoré, and earned the encomium Fr. Goldrick bestowed when he said that "Washtenaw county was noted for its food products, wheat and cereals, and we had now seen that it was not behind in Droducing musical genius." George Pruneau, of Detroit, sang a Dutch comic song "At a Party Down at Michael Schneider's" and in response to a recall "Scissors to Grind." Bruno St. James, of this city, sang a fine tenor solo, and responded to an encoré with another one, both of which were well sung and well received. William D. Healy sang "Down Went McGinty" and gave an imitation of a speech delivered by Mr. McGuire at the Grand Ajm y Reunión in Boston. The crowd again dispersed about the grounds, old friends entertaining each other, patronizing the stands for ice cream, soft drinks and cigars or buying chances on Bishop Foley's portrait or the $25 suit of clothes, shooting at targets, dancing, wandering about the lake for pond lilies or having a good time in a thousand and one ways. At five o'clock a blind-folded boy drew the numbers out of a hat and Ambrose Kearney secured the suit of clothes and the editor of the Argus the fine portrait of the bishop.