20 examples of fire-cracker in sentences

As for these rising church difficultiestry to put out a burning bunch of fire-crackers with one finger, and you have the sort of task he has in hand.

A LITTLE Fourth-of-Julyer in Pittsburgh, going along with his mouth open, (after the manner of boys), caught a fire-cracker therein, just as the cracker was going off.

Were we certain that heaving a fire-cracker into an open mouth would always produce such a result, we should certainly hire some one to shut up the noisier of our public nuisancessuch as G.F. TRAIN, and several members of Congress.

Then, square in front, where the thick, broad leaves of the oak glitter in the sun, there is seen a cylinder of steam-like smoke, with fiery gleams at the end, a crackling explosion of a hogshead of fire-crackers, then a rushing, screaming sound in their very faces, then a few rods behind a ringing, vicious explosion.

Young Beulah had rung the church bell at midnight, cast its torpedoes to earth in the early morning, flung its fire-crackers under the horses' feet, and felt somewhat relieved of its superfluous patriotism by breakfast time.

As the rifle was raised, he heard up at the big house the cries of children; the popping of fire-crackers; tooting of horns and whistles and loud shouts of "Christmas Gif', Christmas Gif'!"

" VAN BIBBER AT THE RACES Young Van Bibber had never spent a Fourth of July in the city, as he had always understood it was given over to armies of small boys on that day, who sat on all the curbstones and set off fire-crackers, and that the thermometer always showed ninety degrees in the shade, and cannon boomed and bells rang from daybreak to midnight.

The whizz bangs were popping over us like giant fire-crackers, going off one and two and three at a time.

"With modern industrial conditions hung on a hair trigger as they are, it's as though a boy had exploded a fire-cracker in the works of a watch.

" OUR FIRST FIRE-CRACKERS, "Do yer 'member how yer fired 'em, slow and careful, one by one?" HEZEKIAH'S ART, "I swan, he did look like a daisy!"

OUR FIRST FIRE-CRACKERS O you boys grown gray and bearded, you that used ter chum with me In that lazy little village down beside the tumblin' sea, When yer sniff the burnin' powder, when yer see the banners fly, Don't yer thoughts, like mine, go driftin' back to Fourths long since gone by?

How much would yer spend ter gain itthat light-hearted, joyous glow That come with yer fust fire-crackers, when yer bought 'em long ago? * * * * * WHEN NATHAN LED THE CHOIR I s'pose I hain't progressive, but I swan, it seems ter me Religion isn't nigh so good as what it used ter be!

"Fourth of July comes next week," said Nat, "and uncle said we could go down to the shore again, and take our fire-crackers!

"Oh, yes; and then it wouldn't be polite either not to have fire-crackers on the Fourth of July.

I think the American Eagle or the President or somebody expects children to have fire-crackers.

On Christmas and New Years day we would go up to the house and they would give us candy and fruit and fire-crackers.

Why, Tom, the sound of their bones cracking and snapping in his jaws was like the fire-crackers going off on the Fourth of July.

The festivities were numerous and protracted, beginning then, as now, at midnight with bonfires and cannon; while the day was ushered in with the ringing of bells, tremendous cannonading, and a continuous popping of fire-crackers and torpedoes.

The streets were filled with people in gala attire, the militia were out, bands playing, fire-crackers going,a belated Fourth of July.

" Frank took the paper and read, "Three packs of fire-crackers, four boxes of torpedoes, three Roman candles, half a dozen pin-wheels, and a dozen sky-rockets.

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