The "injunction" On O'clarence

The fireiuen bad a parade en Saturday. It was a une afiair, but the absence of Mr. O'Clurence was deeply feit, not only by the depnrtment, but by the public. His long; and taithful service at the business meetings and festivals, and his splendid beaming on parade, have given Mr O'ClarencM an enviable position in the hearts of his countryraen. We are sorry he was not present Saturdny. But an unlooked for and very painful accident deprivcd him and us of a very great pleasure. The niglit which preceded the last annivcrsary of our national independence, he took home $25 worth of flreworks for a splurge on the next nigbt. He caleulated hü had glory enougíi in tliat package to fill with gratitude and admiration every taxpayer on North street, and his wite, ftfter carefully examining the lot, was equally conüdent that the neighbors woilld see something that would ' make the'u eyes bung out," as she pensively exprossed it. Thb npxt raorning O'Clarenoa got out the bundie to look it over again and feed on the autioipation. There wsre ihose eminon crackers- several packs- and roman candles, and blue-ñre,and pmwheels, and roAets, and the like- a vury creditable aseortinent for any famiiy. Mr. Wickford's boy from the next bouse was in, and Sftt on'the floor holding a pieca of lighted punk in his hand, and had botli bis eyos aud mouth wule opeti enjoyiug the s'ighfc. O'Clarence was sitting orí Lis haimches, bolding; a pinwheel in bis hand aud explaiiiiiíg to Mis. O'Clarence how cheaply they could be uiade ni China, and how superior in ingenuity and industry v.-ere the Chiflete to allother races. 3STon OÍ them know how it happened.bm. O'Clarenee remembers that tbere vcre two open packs of eannon crackers just under hini, and thinks Wickford's boy must have in soini) way dropped the punk in aniong thein, and in the general est torgot tnat ït was ame. At any rate, thero was a suelden niss, light undor Mr. O'Clarence, followed in the noxt instant by a tornado of sounds and sparks, and tbat gentleman at once shot tovard tlin ceiling in a blazo of various colored lights, whilo the air beoamo thiok with sparks, blue lighU, blazing balls, iudustrious pinwhoels, insano, skyro-kets, and screoching crackers. MrB. O'Claronce feil over a chair that ost $b wben new, and struck tho back of her liead against the stove-hearth with a violence thatadded materially to the display oí rireWülKS amíauj fe'-''ö "" ■ ■-- - ford's boy was strueic in the mouth with a skyrocket, and batí two thirds of his hair tukeu off by a romau candle, and was knook d tlirougU a doorway by a pieoe of orünance just introducid tliis season, and whioh wiil undoubledly become popular when undtírstood better. Ho was ttfterward fished out of a rosebusli, and taken home in a tablecloth. O'Clurüiicc reinained during the ñutiré exhibitíon, looknig at it frota vuiious positions, and when it was over ba was put in a sheet by the neighbora, and saturat ud with oil, Uien eovered witti luolaasei and flour. We learn that iiew skin is ttlroody fortaiiig on pavta of bim, and if „o uuf.ivorubie gymptom lot in hu wl 1 e „ut in a fertnigbt, altbough it is nothkelv lie will mwgle mucli iu society utitll hia Imir and nyebro ws ooraaaenoe to gruw He thinks Wickford's boy is dead, and ttaev dare not teil hiio to the contrary until he cets stronger. Sinularly enougb Mr. O Clarencö esoajjed injury by bums, but the blow on her head was so sevcre th.,t. hfi nannot bear to have her hiur drawn up as high as it w8 before, aud missing hor chureh privileges is a soro trial to her.