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JaMttM Ait»B «9 and Quit, »r.d ilnesa *a 4 Bran*,
wick toil K®*tls.
Hie * ti •OUilC i fee triTrtiaa public U dittetedeA
Che laAai- seiamtu
Ti.- ioemh
mui Aifmilj
*!.t vraua
v.i ti«vu* i
mmU r,VJ?£Zi
uwiati, itiwwm to
K®i»tt, ,'taa T43 *nit o#!a ■ ttiij esit*f o# & lesfi.ij, HuaittdittdfTfliiii fvvi ■>-,#* .,, Jl
s tfi-tt •, ,
f- to tn*projwfaaat', ittttktt ao pttmia ,..,.,,,.4
It ,<ju*l 1* tll« liM "Slits »»!!« ; >ill
Biot* <Jags*,e is, an* troaa liiceiaSS U«j C
T, p. tlTTLIFlUB. f/ow : «a«
A Led Note,
In 1740,-, :i d)rector of the Bank of
Enghuiii he lost a DiOJKK) !muk note, which
chimney-pie was porwmukd ioul fallen from the
•<' of his room into the fire.
The, hank ilm-efors gave the hwer a
Sflftiad bill, inii*t; .hfe 'agreement to re¬
store the first bill .'-iioultl if ever be
found, or pay the nioucj if presentoi Ly¬
nn; stranger. “Alfeiut thirty years nf
b-nvunlyh-iavs Mr. Fviuici.s, “the director
haring heeju lmtg dead, and his lu-im in
,.nwiscssion T his fortune, an unknown
person 1>iui|t -and pre-ented the lost bill at the
demanded payment, ft was
in vain that they mculioijetl to this (mr*
son the traiisactkm by which that bill
wins ttnnullt 1 ;-Lo wonld not Sisb-n to if.
He imuutai'ted that it had com* to him
from diatc abroad,' payment. and Tho msi»te<l u|«m imme
note was pa vablo
t“ tkarar, ami tho T10,<xK) wom*paid
him. The heirs of the director would
not listen t > any demands of rcstitnttein,
tmd the ba. ik was obliged to sustain the
loss, i t w is discovered jifforward duu
an wciiito ;t, having purchased the di¬
rector’s boom, h.td fakes if -h,w ti ia
order to build onoUier upon 'the same
hail found IV note in the crevice
of the chimney, and n:.ul- his discovery
an engine for robbing the batik J’
< hristmiis 1 b Norway,
In the ratmntaia dfetriete the «fe; is
kept with, hearty hospitality All work
is atuipniKfed for thirteen, days. The en¬
trance of every honm m decorated, find
the walks of the kitclien are roughly
odarnfal with gatuiy picturea, fanUusti*
ttlly out Chris,T-c painf-vl in water colors. Through¬
and Omataufe Ifey
the n.e-n ^-making fe potiroly dome-itK-,
restricu-i: to the member* of each honae
hold. .Not. even a friendly ri«if is paid
On the foUpwfcig day* the neigh boro as
acmbfe at each other's hnmee by tarns,
for oarou arig No regular rami' fa pro
wkd, but open bonoa is kept, the fables
richly gt-r is pemiittod r] rea*i U >x to all leave < otarre. the house No steam until
he has partaken of the strong Yule alb,
which a K«rrcd tip in true Norwegian
faohioaj ettubm. cask following cask m vapid sue
On these- occassmfe tffia semuite
eit at Die same table with the host, his
wife sari fain iiy, -m me immei in their
gala attire of rich colored cloth, trimmed
with gdid add afar braid, ttwi
wearing; cape* and aprons of brilliant
„ H»vWi*4 B *. .. 'Suffer , fi _ httk- ,. Ml children klt , to
come u atom* was the Chmtmasf great four.der iid of
the gladsome feast .4 il
is to His tomor that s« uphold the feast
*sd ^bidden the lieartw of the little ooax
lielovtd m dearly, ft is » pfaasnse, a
bright holy vdt&awe, to make their mam
m<*tom«ssc*jL *, their laughter ckeeriet and
ly cek-brate Obriittmftft n# all. Itoy. then, proper
A (bmamiKH turkey in the h &u d fa
-Ttortfc two ia the market,
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VOL. V.
" ■tWAt THE M«;i«T BEFOBK niRIST.
-mm.”
Kt nmi* rxwrasrk
*Vifh so-tt i» tsale vohrsnre, hr «avag». winds hatted.
3‘be »%ht t'tire* mss b« Vrawt the wild
wM:
As.fi now so it* inAse* the little ones bark
Where she jtorsrry nWt,* loci* forth m the stork.'
While w-eMIe sgstef lb,- Sjii-fc Sifoft it! i‘m ejty
Those i*tamt«9M of sttfiw-ciMid p**> tnacryttut by,
ho■br.sitii i-J the children **u|« tort n Alterterm
* mat «w the *rt vapory whirl of the «m
iiogr iS'-ftsttes? .
Whists watiowtfigtriwlw,.f (»»!•; Rifghty pr<sii*tt»tseijattue-- horses that pram*;
T® -COW they fiJssiro »sis»»geftpere, w.hflSebKfa
1* bent fir tm weight of « ts.micrcms peek,
A ad tltvaminjg Sjt fr-ofi of him.'fdxtBer than fi*y,
The board of Kt? Rftngte Hiss? Wairn ocean spray 1
Ab, toppv TOVttS dtoiiuttas. trjfiiing dMUmu m ns y« will <
TSm.ujji, ■■inmioi; St, y'icboijL- to fill,
*:utry fust*, with Imocrolest trrxfi,
*1M I f'.* Sicckiap test you delttSfe*, ban* mantel or \M ’
Anfi yant 0 w.It filropln'i arms,
gain wbiic yy.\ ran o, iifutwrT cUariBS !
Tuotooti witt r-aJilr•* h»ofi mar aai-tc
Titormt vsi'i of fyaef who*# filament# t'fifih,
Like sh<; tilrnsi sh, ttoujHiiink to the .rose's red youth,
•Himst- n» diiapjwjtotniroi. life’s aettwi truth! —
*tnl »et. darbBf smiots, content in run erood,
How bbsi W#(V jour fate thatuvurr, mired,
l! inch (Ilsenchantownt on earth left behind
jwch i hat a to pteidwst.muU j.iace ol your *» Santa awskenlof. Claus, to wnmffct lad from
»
Y-W toe fi.va that- eaginii’ fosx, fond, rigtlMst,
tev* proud ! —
sseer mirth l* to bring, Bbe arnfrow shall rise,
»*w iotu latialiter. new light to tmir vsmi
A Christmas Tableau Vivant,
__
m wa*ri» au rnrnmmiL
“dfimsiiiem!"
tt Wits a favorite expletive <,f good
Deacon Darks when exeiteraent got the
-tamping t
' into the house, slammed
*be d u fetter him and starred up the faro
until rise hickory blazed and roared like
an KH-iMn-ut yokriino What i« tho matter
now.
T , cxckimed, pansiug in her
baking hands op<-rati‘>u.s. wiping the flonr lr in
hw uprai fan huge aptm aud
iowwriijg.hcr h'-r obtain gj;i."s.“: from her ioVidicud to
nose to a better loofe >if l-:-r
husband and satisfy lmrself that. h« had
*T ^ "’ K
u»s* "Why, day after tomorrow is ■ Vbmt- ,
"As if 1 didn t know that! , ,, „ fi ivca’t I
fa' CB making prcmiraboun f< r it for
morn thiui a w- ck? Catch mo without
nun<v>-pks and fried enkee auu.-t.:; berw
of i
the good thing* Mreuriy prepared.
*A ml I never thought of ti until just
now -\wm no butsy. you know,” he
guilty apofagiml, a# if n/reality ar*u«>’, he had been
of some great
“Well, it don’t mutt-1-. Jib; end I
»®d :■■-■ Minerva «>£%, will
be home f mm tenchliig
schcol. Pixur cliild! how she must suffer
tbia weather, sleeping ia cold room*
Aud like m not withemt a feather-bed
and
“ItK all her own fituH. Hsanah. The
gcsid and Lord knows' we have plenty fur m i
half a dt>WB inure, and if she will
.. ......
liuttnctiiig into 4M.3L, the metre
‘‘ the ‘•ho from bt Jong, room, golden shaking ourfe’
snow r
Strid inmiif up to Li i father, fairiv
limotiK t-ed him for s motneni, with kfesc-H
ami then dartett uway, laughing, to her
mm fete r, twined her arms .ii>out l.-'r neck
and greeted her as warmly.
“Tor isiih m!” exclaimed the old man
m voon «i.- lte could regain life bi.-mh,
though a Ids >fJi h.s hoi,! -t face flu dim with
ji.?y hi* and daughter lips quivering hwfeWi with emotion,
h ’’ was m the apple
of life eye and the one thing upon earth
altogether lovely.
the “My ford dear, mother, pmimis Drub,” wbfeperud
with busy through tears of happi
firiss, the as lit bio fingers she removed
gloves, jiuuity clip, furs, cloak and
“to think you have com*- safe-
1 ; *iu k to ini* much- uaM’i: iy r\ — t *
“Now,” lutermpltsl the,girl, “J should
hkc to kuow; what father was t-Okiug
about when I cafaiftin.”
'•So uitexpectod.” said the mother.
•TYti did nut took for you until
mw i ight.”
“Oh, 1 had a chance to ride home, r>«'r- ”
replied the girt, blnshing, “mi got
mission to let. out school. But you were
talking about me, father?”
“W(> 15 ,.y«»,” he ftusvveitel, with a mer¬
ry twinkle iu hfe eyes, “and l was about
to say when you oars* rushing in like a
young bear.....nbi -ut to sav, though rabid,
I didn’t.....that if yon kept on teaching
other peoples by,'its you wouldn’t have
at.-ugrh to te.wh yonr own.....when v. ■■
gni them/- and he faugheil loudlv at the
chaogod expression of her face.
“For aluimc.” rcsfwnded Minerva.
“Bui 111 pay y<»i for that, father. Be
meinfair, I sis a young Italy impunity/ now. and y ou
can’t joke with me witti as
y ou twice did. ”
“A yoifflg lady? VYlmw* And l sup¬
pose feftf some imumise young troublo gectk-uiau put hiia
home to through the cold and to bring you
storm and
didn't forge* to collect bill at alt the
Viridgos Aren’t yonr lips sore, (laugh
ter? ”
Tho girl colored still more deeply, and
bustled an.untl to help her mother set
the table for dinner, that she might e
c»l» i ho teasing- 'but fa r father enjoyed
it tori Jiiuch, and asked i
“Wliowaa it, child? Seme »f them
vetipc-gnu e clerks trouv Beaverton, 1 11
b» bound.”
“Y«m .know .1 never nsoodate with
them.” ^ she rospmtded indignantly. “Mi
.
frank ElBtfiuijA brought rac hotiM*,” -
“O—b?” with a low whistle, “Yds.
he fe a nice . ami _ black proper young man, and
has s-uch pretty hair ana eyes, and
teeth »» d moustache and such white
hand*, and sings like half a dor«n angels
sad wa»is so gently,” and the old gentle
man arose and rtxottodmuicinglv around
StoSt” tho room in toSto barh-me imitation of the
Minerva could not but faugh, gli&d y©t pre
tending to fake no notice, about
„ the dishes, and , her . mother
«^ -know, wbcto the sail young her *stber, man was. m«sw«rtng
n t *°* ”? Br
» •' puik and
HP 1,5 > cotton
JTriruoed m mm wai “^J,***^g»*mw»ed.' emogne sno pot him
He will be hsie r ChKsstrems Eve. m
“ltrr;,dA^u Lt i-are^fathen ,fawTi.tf": 1 U
invited Iknewyou would if
^ them,"
JESUP, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1880.
" Not I,' am*ete& the oh! hiau heart
ily, !ite broad atid ta-kxag ti»e drew’ curl j bead
lu«» m<l itw-ml painae he ti>e her teadwiy to
rosy mi ('itisisdcsl
cjteefcs. You are trr.iv oar one Iamb,
fend V< everything tiisl will some right, d«y be yours, It
s, ton perttvtlv and will
be pieplant to have the boaw* filled with
tinu*. yormg That folks is »ml 'how have Christmas a tfkumug, merry
be kept. ” ought to
"Wo are going to have fabkaxx
vimnfr. -mi one of them, will surprise
yon, fatUar/’
Ha was UiatyilretMly, atul had about a-s
mneh uf eoaceptioft of what was utf.-iulvd
as the lucid (?) t iplanatioa# of Her.
hurt Spencer of the Uurwmui!. theurt.
hud for hint to have repeated the words
cidld-Would with the Prencii have been accent utter given in-,) !«• ajssi- fe|s
an
Ifibi}, «> he pretomied knowledge,
his head sagely, gav*- a very ’.knowing
wink, .but kept silent, and snon foima
that prewing businoss mjaired his at>
sonee.
But the doting mother w#s taken into
full ounSMeiwe »ad she and Allstc.rva bml
a hmg, earmsit and flpjmrcatly de»q’.l%
intaysfing comersstticn upon the si.sb
jc«'t - -one that eonBuued for over an hour;,
indeed it had not concluded when the
old miiii ret urned, for he caught the
ijitme i.l the minifter mui asked
f^VS^ 4 ° hMV lhmiM
“Ob, sLi, just because dear I like him, Ld and hfa
Wife is a old lady. thev
will la* wtvhmelv on weh’a dav, with
their ebfldran all married and away from
home Sol thought you would like to
i>:£“^ for*
“Hold on, mercy’s sake’” ex
churned her father “or Von won’t have
breath enoturh left to eat wm dinner
and that would to*, verv bad:-
“ But you wanted to know, and--”
“ iWonable You We told m«sufficient, to satisfy
a»v mortal al man ” he 4
he took lm place the table and Ix-gan
loading her plate as if she Inul been' hi
danger Dinner of starvation for a month.
over—it was one of tho sub
steutial, old fashhmed -kind, though the
mother had added the richest of dessert
dtiiieacks to tempt her chud, as if there
was no siii li thing Itescon as dysjarpsiii in the
land- and the took an easy ohaji
by the broad hearth, lighted.im pipe
a«d lietween sni»j«’t tbp- .envliug doudwof smoke
resmned the of th« laombig oou
■versation.
daughter*’ “How many h« qbMituuied. arc vou going to have,
“ All the lioys and girls.”
“Boy* first, every time with !,/laughed. your sex,
mid girls with the other.”
but all means howmanv?
“Well (reflectively,) from fifty to sov
emty-fivo. ” •
''Gracious! the old house will acarndy
hold them, and w-U! be certain to be tom
l t"IH., mother, *h« a detu-?” iwfoctly miaflyil. ar.-.u't
you and a look of under
£fe.^ “ d
“ Then nil 1 have to do is to help thr
rici along, for riot it will be with hv many
>iAin:,inters together._ But what was it
jon s»u: you '.orre going to have? *
*A tnblw yevaag, was answered with
the laofHiwt {faeeeble h reach aepent*
■
An yes, I Rwuiber, , and , no doubt
“ fSS !i5
-T vo« will find it solemn
father” * ’
“Yes, res “ and faurful she should * f
fit?” T A K ‘ l T zh { U " r ‘; sSmU v
|, 'l >(lt,n11ed -
‘..nr* 'Well, fj e< st will ‘ -'f, take *!* ,J, a V lot " to ,J feed '; so many •
to.iysand gkk ’devour They am always hungry,
mi can more than so manv
wolves. Bo Hannah I fear you haven’t
provided me ’’
“You are right, “responded Ida wife;
“«n«* oar pet told me about her plans
and how im.uy would be here l have
been cnlculating.”
“Well thev shan’t t,i/«».iSits go awav hun<Tv
«u*.a™» R
(hem. Hi have Mike kindle a fire under
Sffl S t ttle i“ * r Tt (1 k ^1 hm \ im Cl : $ Mi k
bnnth to help drees them, and when to .1
:Ttfi \V n «
“Ob! how much I .“**«*«
,fund ............ *Itoerva, . xwpnl»»vc»j spring
m%> h»- «de atf immg lnm. “Ion
arc- tlie kimlcvt and Ixjst father m all the
W °o»h ’
AB talk, , „ he , langbcih , , , though rare
pleasure was visible in hia face, “and
you 11 get. married *c«ne day and forget
h i a.N<ut me,
the wind chop around more suddenly.
ssut £.v“S 5 tixet
dr^ Kg iSTyouneX’! btosh^'u s
StiSSS aUritrht XS23&L* and nroisn- and the »Betoalcs,n- natorni con
“Then,” asked she, archly an coquet*
ishly stendurg thniM before him with one little
between herml.lipsm mock
miHlefety object and has..fulness. • \,m wouldn t
to my getting osmut?
i ■ an. * 8^*.*°, M hy should a «:-v if I. k b< 1 A K t human b odwtrux* heart,
««<1 eBpccrndy of yow sex, without love,
yotrr “tM^goodJalTwlmm whofa lieart, and w youca“w ho loves you with the
; same, for I am old-fashioned enough to
I in such things, and IT! not only
ffiw my cmwjmt but my blcsaing, some
i wedding haviugfor a start in life, ami
> 8licfe » as will make the old
5 rafters *4nd ring.”
! blooming feuopcse, girl, father,” questioned the
! half way between smiles
andteim ‘‘supuusc Kfu, it should li'H.mt i.i
,7 Humph: ‘ t I 7T donT know. T He is— „
; Just as nice a young fellow aa over
nved. interposed his wife.
him .“Yes, but-- yes. ’ I can’t say aught against
“I know, laughed Minerva at hi* con
*«•«?»: m.™** «*** uch to fl,aM
“** UJ ’ ” M ,0 ° “ ’
* *T 1 believe >W von are 816 rioht cWdl child it Bat *T 1
n
must provisions. iffa saul.scc..fth<Bit Oraciousf an it extra will supply 1 fortu of
:hj
irate if we don’t have a famine.”
He wiped away tire mist from lus old
daughter eyes, brought thereby the thought to"whistto his
had mrggostwl; tried
bravely with down touch the of very rugged situation olo<iuenee he hail de¬
me
fended, and hastened to call his man-of
nll work and give him iustmetious. “Yfi
rierva has qoinc back, Mike, ” he? said
“and is going to have some kind of a
blow-out on Christmas Eve, She calls ita
ubl"i vevnught, or something of the
kind.
“A fwiiftt ?” questioned the Irishman,
Bcrate-hing hfe hcml in the most ptusslotl
nuuincr.
“That’s what sticks me, Mike, though
I did not let her know it. Anyhow there
to to be some kirnlof a female circus, and
the i,uiDials will want plenty to fed. ”
aad “Blessings ivrv on the briglit eves of her, kill
if she its thing on the old farm 111
Yea, wantait, I the OariiitV
* ‘ believe you. That gid seems
to have a faculty of twisting every one
around her finger, and—”
“Dinl a won more thin her ould fay th¬
ee. ’ said Mike as he proceeded to oliey
the orders he luA ritceivod, “aii mtithcr
lashins of poultry,” well knowing that
his share of the feast would be no stinted
one.
Tt ki l rf x \Tl
»v ^ Am i'A il the neat Ta day *° wasaronuuua ^ ^ b "t
Tulu^f « ! P ‘glowed'^alid plei.ty *-° d
Dutch oven wliilo
ruled triiunphant, the old deacon
sf l a
» proyokmgly olhoions.
«th So the. everything day passeil ready mi the for night the gram! came
w
«*».,.
Tkirly the house began to be tiJI.Ni with
» merry eoinpuiy, and were welooiucd bv
father, mother ami daaghtur, the httf-'r
abundantly w»pleti«laut iu « of tleecv soft* white,
trimmed with floating
laces ami looped with artiflwai fkiwers.
while natural roses, fringed with invrlto
and pnifax. were half hidden aniid" her
golden iiair and pnleatwl nisui her jov- S
urmly thvofibing fawom. *
For an hour there appeared to b« a
oesiseiess chiming of sleigh-bells, and
dom*. rosy, laughing fteieed, loads dewositod at the
«o many were the teams
that Mike was. frirttieto know what to
do with them. But the Deacon believed
ik “the moro the merrier’ principle, and
k.u>* cv. rv.mc bmv uid contented Yet
f <>r ;v n (| ie sha<l/of gaily' dnociucr and now^and
comimnv tl J cr ^a a bis fai.'He nerulexitv had not solvj • I
*1... mvstcrv ..r ti», „,„i nfalitm^ h |
uwn fiim as a tnmblesome
Sbfa ni , ou iSSe strong" 'foundation 5? funS‘fnJU^d It was a ■
born.kd trlia'lhYoii 1
circling arm and mam a pair of ears
g^sr A‘;/...... t tiri. ‘ “ 1 ■« " " 1 "
ur
But good, buxom pride dame Hannah had
almost as much iu her cooking as
in her one dea* iamb, and when the
ancient clock made its huge, heavy,
coffin-like, case throb with the ringing of
ten, she whispered soul to l«rhusband, that‘“the good.
T*** prudent that she was, 1
she was going to see about the tables, j
aoJghtoSf In^it t undld^lh^ i
we» going folks to have supper, and that the i !
young hail Wtter stop romping and
tateSr nr wm of dJdh them would Im
tr *'fy4 to fShe^ ”If !
1 Ifttntr, ane uuweted- answered, «Tmt nut we we i ;
,
f iU f ,*“*% f>\! ft!L aU ™ u far f \£ a}'Mr sha !
t JL >
p ra k Fturn m .non Am w 1, 1 am arm s,ia * 1 n I
1 f Vn .Vt'« ;
”
A ■ >;e»ia>nded tlie olu man; ;
it I ’l , ScK■??';;• ;iL «,J’ '
tol *
“No! tell* , 1 .
but mother, MinenaAbWd please, T want
her.” And Mis* away
k) hor 0 , v „ private room, while the old
u ' a « told the fiddlers to adjourn to the
what Bkd?n“»TI?rflh,prt,„ going m l OTto d
was on, if the Deacon did not,
f or they cleared one end ,,f the hall.
hung a great patch-work bed-quilt across
and marshalled the company into some
thiag or<fcr Then, ‘after a brief
pause, m which there was much wkis
pering, tho improvised curtain wasdrawn
aside and disclosed Miss Minerva stand*
•sjtt.itt’* : tg lady Mr *tad - F gcatleaian ~ kE -
T,tTZC''" - cl the old minister be-
1“ ariiiSriSsSS J hi f n*5
^ kls (Uidenitan<tol'g, and ^ hp cxclftuuod 1
^ . ' 14 th ^ , tar y d M a mr '
The heart v laugh that followed sufficed
f« r a full explanation and it needed not
the- assurance of the minister to convince
him that hiadaagbter was’honest iv and
And legally married to thetnsw of her choim
yet at first he was disclosed tol>c an
gi 7 . They 1m saw the foolishness of
S®J|y^'^ Lstion of "his U ,%, l '^
daughter " ’ and ' entered
* ,PartsW inkl tha agatast him
»•■}• That s what you call .. a—Tcnwaicm!
T I caci t * f >eak the new fangled name—is
'» Vet it wasn’t hardly fair to fool the
l (} id -xp-ct yon
fi’-mght, find.something child, m , your stocking*
‘ but not a great, live man.
is all right umvtbu.g J, she
' «” iM have done would have bouu and
; well make the best of it, and yonr moth
er and I will have plenty to do in getting
_
things that—” ready to fill the little stocking*
A soft white hand stopped bis word*,
red and ripe lip* were pressed upon his
<*m, »«lkea fee wai laid hia
. w” r e^fn<TdiwiT U T LT U 1,W ^ h rw *' I ,^ Ipa * t
Md mth tai *™9 ^ »
ue man
called the young husband to his side,
gave him the hand of his darling, aud
“Take her wad may God bless row
both, my children, if I have lost a
daughter 1 .have found a son and shall
have another arm te> h;au upon when my
eyes grow dim and steps unsteady
and—’
■More he would have said but a great
per—and ringing of such bells summoned them to ruj>
asopper. It would have
made grim Famine commit suicide iu de¬
spair to have walked upon the tables, and
Time throw away his hour-glass and sit
blythcly down aiid enjoyed the feast
The* g<xid mother had known the secret
from the first, and with her pride stimu¬
lated had distanced all former efforts,
even the to produce a Christmas supper, aiui
only when complaint was violins of exoestnre full
ni-es, again the summoned
the party to the hall.
A rarely few mare hours earth of such and hSphtem the
*« comes to old
house liecame silent. Tlie company had
departed, but not before the Deacon had
invited ail to tie present that day year,
whfejiering at the saum time something
in the oar of hia daughter that sent the
blood Ijounding to her cheeks and caused
her to turn suddenly and Bhaniefaccd
away. he
Was right ?
Come with me this joyous, blessed
day. You will be welcomed right royal¬
ly. Come and assist in the festivities
&¥ e rcpii bright-oycd tiou of tli« babe ginul is christ¬ cheer,
ened, join alt with ail in wishing to lnm, aye
even bountiful to Christians. noon earth, a happy, merrv.
cum>»
Says a writer in the Youkers f7<urr«f /
iwtte ”>« so much about Uimtnuw that
w*$« <*f harmony, concord, jpeace— a
poatfe^thnt tion of hostilities faeans.not between merely coulhctwg th« eessa- m
tercsts hi our mx'ial world, but that ms*
rm«t, broader, deeper peace which
unites man to man by all the tie* of
frWliy universal interemursc desire wliicb make proceed Chmtmtts out of
an to a
bright, the spfd among like the thh fading memories the
of year. l sentiment
more because it _ pervades every corn mu*
«»ty and brings to view the brtfcff Ntfe of
eveiy man s oharacter. Not a Scrooge
uor ! a himself f*iwdgrmdon earth huuwniaing can wholly
sU '* against its in
fhieuee, ftud_ and though ehantv tlie(flowing dispensed of the glad- day
may no will or
uesa awakened, yet it at h-itot snrelv
°* ' 1!s habitual severity
‘’hinted. ft there is ever "pe«c« on
ear ^> initsfulkMtsons&itisonChlist
mftS ' 1 do n.»t lielieve that custom and
versary day of the Saviours nativity one
of rfi ^ ,olHg; lt hm glad ovor tiding* tK>c,u ' red to me
tfad wince first the went oat
frwra Bethlehem, the event has left it« un¬
? Sit"* f th f w ^ re u,,t 80 1 tluuk *'? should aee
. .
ss.
of action tor the alma gatherer, fewer v«
Citing hear homely loss old storic* of legendary
lore. caroling of ‘'Christians
aw.ike,’ find a sparser harvest of Bustle
toe, and we would have far more con
traeted views of our life-cldud’s silver
liuiiig. And tlmn, too, I like the moth
oda we have taken as a nation to show
0ur “SaterSv^d appreciation of Uiat day. tortlSem They are
to^.aSei riit fa W^iteX Ui^
mnra i Aevclopment ’te\uopu.t nt. Where vv licit thoughts mougnis
f u< V™ »«nmy
Io0k auce ^AS*^^** (> f (jhnstmas w made known the through ofeserP
benevolent acts, kind word* to thedw
‘Mv ftud t F dwtn bu ! U) ? of ^ het h ‘
er the celebration I l be to honor the day for ,
the day s sake or not, the occasion is one
t j iat ve should lie truly thankful for.
mas «»“ ®'"Y or *« of “W'r lts Goulet 1 help to
* “ emor4bte -
Do you see. the fx»r,
thin mao? How sad it fa
to ba poor, and have no
lur-key to eat. Who is
the naan? He fe an ed
i tor. What is an ed i
tor? An ed-i-tor is a man
who robs hfe own stom-ach
to fill the heads of oth-er peo-jfie.
Poor man! I, will Bead him a big.
fat tm kev for his Christ-man dtn-ner.
Do 3 ou see the fat,
> thick man ? Yes; I
can see , him . with ,
one
eye. Does the fat
IB
M B, * n * <w> t-'trekey?
tso W You bet. Is he
I A "' 'A
i «d-i-tor, too, Ma-MBtf,'
l\ Nix-ce, mv child,
nix-ee.
A Christmas Nnowhall.
,! . Sijowl»lls ft Bt f jd** of lilted holiday with hunnw', Christmas A frapie gift*
of f whalebone i or wires in halves is failed
with toys and bon-bons, covered with
hick paper, the halves lightly fastened
together and covered with pure white
wadding. The bah» may l»e mmle small
and (he fun of pelting the family with
thorn forms part of toe coromotues of
Christmas morning, the ball flying.open
and scattering heruf the presents over the re*
reiver’s Ora huge snowball is
made and rolled into the room, V part of
the Christmas tree festivities. The semi
circular whalebone or crinoline “dress
snowballs improvers" in can thrnr bepnbtogood by joining use. pair for
way n
and covering round with cotton,
doute'wtaidy Tv®f»vili m»v fi«-b “.s3 hrim.ten* an <«
of a Bve pluck's and
By **” h,!t ,f he
single bristle from the beard of Ban to
C Uus, there will he a row.
no. n.
SOUTHER* NEWS.
Etowah, Ala,, lists over to* -payers.
Twenty-eight failorrs occurred i n Alabama
last mouth,
‘flic city lax rate at Mobile Is" $1.75 per
fliHi. At Mrrupbie it is $2.
A gin for sea islsud cotton 1ms lawn in
vrnted by sgcreven unty fteorgistj.
Cape. Hcary IVl'untl marie .the first Wl(Jc
■ west in Arkansas, In the year fttte.
Aliyep raising is said t» be the principal
industry of ti.'iicv!! i'Mvftfy, Ala.
Sheep-raising i# ssifi to be the imneipal
industry of Geneva county. Mm.
The. forth comiii c report of the Auditor will
show in North t'lirolim* 1 ..Y’.fi 4 S 3 bog*.
Twenty -seven :ui* -iili webs aty it! Fort
Worth, Texas.
A bill in Alabama propose- to turbid the
shipment of fricight on Sunday
Itt Birmingham, Ala., more than 100 houses
have been built in six weeks.
Gov. Wiuniotttll expect- to make over eye
million pounds o£ sugar ttiis year ,»u his
Magnolia, i.a., phimution.
Mr, T, M. Boyd, of V*., has been csSh-ii iu
the eh urge •:! the Kuitmia. A is., ftrwbytcrian
church.
Tlie total loss by the tire at Durham, N. »
last week is estimated at |vi 0 , 0 t )0 tu |«; 5 , 0 f*t.
Fourteen or tiftcen Imilffingx were destroyed
'Lite Alabama sciutte has passed a bill au
thotizing the appoiiitmsnt of a conimlssioticr
of immigration.
i ujit. Dwyer is cleaning out tlie Knoxubce
rivor for steamers, which can reach Macon,
Miss,, by spring
The quantity of leaf tobacco sold ni l>an
villc, Va., iu November, v. b*m r ®4
jxjunds.
The Henry county , Atabsuia, jail in witb
<Mit an oecupaut W tin- first tteic since It
was built
There are over i>,0w bates of: cotton in
compress in Vieksbarg, awaiting transportn
t'ton to New Orleans.
There will be 39 farmers ia the next 1 ‘jtfis
lature <»f Testis. A very huge irobority «itl
l*e lawyer*. •
fa the AiTicoii MeihodiM clmreh of rionth
GarolinA, there are J 00 local preachers, and
!>•> exhortm.
The New firieaus. Democrat say# that the
Sabine ri"vr a* ver floated so aiari v ste.un
hosts as unit .
The ’ MveS on St John's river, in Florida
it tlihugtM M» he 50 per cent, greater ’ thnn in
i'te- . ■■■
t? is said »h»l there is plenty of idle laiul
in Lfmwiaaa, which mo be iKuight i-heap
and pifl yield large crops of i-wo, : cotton ami
• am . , ■
Gyi*. J oseph F, Brown lives on Washing*
ion street, AilanUt: jtenj. If. Hill, <>n (Va"h
tret , amt (feu. Gordon, :il Kirkwood, a «nl>
urban village.
The census returns front ten counties of
; ",ai r xr <be result r^m- «ill show that tuorgia “ U t ha- u f fa- i
tween l,t/.tO, shi and t,lg),0uo populvtioo.
The new ice fa.-mry iu course of erectini
ai New Ortranr wl I turn <jwt shout 38)900
ten* of ice aiiimalU, and etuplov about, r.*.
hands.
The Jackaouvilte (Fla.,) Union repaid* the
reception In rail in that city far shipment
to northern factories of 55 specimens of
Florida wood.
The Gazette my* that German or Bweedfeh
M-rvHiit girls arc to be supplied to responsi
ble feiwilies at Little lock. Two or three
have already arri ved.
Poisoned water is said to have appeared
in thegulf. The Pensacola Gazutte hopes it
will not reach the itpj« r tianks. The tfeh
seem instiuctively to lie • item it.
The bicrvillc South nays that live'ticres of
cane ground fast week on Mis. Paulin On
py’s plantotioii yielded Is-, ijuarters hogs
beads of sugar of excellent quality.
The constitution of Florida provides that
after 1 S 80 the legist!)ttire slutH pass a few
making hii edueatiou qualification for
voters.
A plusi to Mrllle the slate debt of Virginia
prcpcMs fo issue three per cent twmife for
the ivliols of the principal and e*t«hli*h a
siuking fluid.
The siuomu fit jntblie school mom v avail'
able in Goorgia, thi* year is $34(1,373, or
about 30 cents a head on the school popula¬
tion.
The roll of th New Orleans Gotten V.x.
-change is now'larger than at the elo-.- of
any previous v<*ar. t he board is about to
buy the property known as the Denham cor
ner.
An orange crop embracing -'>5 acres eon.
mining about »»*W t'recR. in Sam for couaty
i lk,, has been purebawd by a Go)utubus.
fie sold the fruit, cow
oh‘i> ,: - free* far A.;,<X«>
The aimt«I report of .Major H. *. Thomp
stAm Siiperkuciidcnt' of education of
Carolina shows 3,3K schools and :t, 17 i.
teacher* for faTti-50,against 2,W1 m liotvfe and
“gjpgj teacherafar tofeto'fe 1*78-79. ami 2,074 Iu teacher*. Ittifi-;? there
were
Tweuty-five m embers of the faunii i aroli
no legislature are in tautr o; holding s e t , n -
stiniti'oiud'wovetttlMi; IA arc in favor of reg
i-tratiou, t*‘ «»uf the Mam ami fcticcaS. eli-et
j-.un separated, " desire » properly or cducs
qualdifaUnii for Htpira.m .
Gov. ifagood sa* in Starfimrougb comity,
c. C., * field of .130 Hero* which yfeldod this
year, an it did afeo lost ye n, 350, hales ci fa>t
too weighittg 500 pound* each, At t# «*»«
a pound rise grow vslnr ol the crop is $80 ,m
scry, which fe *h »U as Uni# »A -the ti wi is
worth in tti<* marfert.
There are -lx mo*? factories is New
Orfeauf. a ml vicinity. All the «(** rrinited
is shipped abroad sa thiriuroimre usaiuifm-p
ur«* do set bay it ginned, preferring to
pick And eteoti it «wm*dlv*-i TV tn«i
sewmaf paid teeth* temgh mm by nt--- g c
»crs, uphfirSietftf* ' and .osaftrese mskere «f
Jh * Np ” <>***** T»» »*>»‘hat tto< %
fa tiJ rapidly drifting tato * deafentMt eenffi
mi if the uarmw iUifand idea* of die
w«s*-baek rffBfut ure a ft<>«r«4 u> prevail
«nw.-h.loH(«r, mates d r.f being * great uu
trofMp*, it *$11 |>e « rUkety: ilet-aying old
tv'wn, with dikj>jfe»t,.,i building* unpaswabh
»lrwi#ami a gemm-*) aU uf r<-» aiidruiu.
Major Mark*, a (fenftaosa fa ) sage cmm
ty. 1 ferula, is -mid to bar,- conceived the
*dH'«»e of securing Henry Ward I Jowl,ora
samucr tent, capabft uf seating 4,000
pie. or some otljcr eijuaiiy sum-fans one. and
pitt-hiug tt ainoirj 11 , b»aa«»f;sl lake* that
environ tit*: itwa t,t iheiae'htlte*;
ei-e to be pitch* i agreat itomhei of mpalfar
»•*»<►. ‘or lodging room* for guests. Dinins
owfi fairing fadl, biHfei-d i mou e r» HIT (dl
.
to lx- within this iniamuw- t< ot, (Hid tl.e
•holt to lx' fitted tip and furnished e^uf,! to
the most perfectly equipped hotel. Roaring,
fishing and hunting would eonstitati the at
trapt'ooa.
f mtismis humor.
Ths muss that children are tuitions to
get into—Chrwtruus.
As the Cimatma* fare# w famt m iy
the youthful heart made glad,
Chkih-tuah is the anniversary of dya
pepsin’s h >w fast coiutpiracv agsinU tmn
birt
Hoas morn despised by little children
(ban the matt who takes no stockin’ Manta
Cfews? .
Remwmdrh the barber, the bciotblack
—and the l>arteiidci'—,p/ >o /Jack
dors.
Soys, folks will bang up their stocking*
Christmas eve, a»d some will Jasmg up
the bartender,
Theiuhu who taken uuto himself a wife
on Christinas eve w ill >»• sun; to have
well-fi.lieti stocking*,
• Tr is said t hat a child tyjm on Christ -
ntos will always hate tmkt. and goose,
*nd lean towards codfish and bacon.
The small ixyv now puts in eight hours
a day flattening his nose against the
windows of confectionery and toy stores.
" Is Tt* Kite wnslf Ktoglc ter Mid stive, jassth
*• AS: yr*. *ad • kickfaut,* **
S*id Ibc fiuaily'* te*4,
Christmas is rapidly coming this way,
and the young man with * No. ft foot
will, as usual, l>c presented with a pair of
No. ti slippers.
tbtix V> tktv vJslgh-te'it* jnijjte! ajlnvlil
See Ibe iumry «nvw-tl*vfl»
Hour It make* Wit UUditiwd tl«jl»'
A rovul welcome to old Kri»l rin*t«!
D* you really desire to perpetrate a
practical joke upon your jirinter this
year just send him the amount of yoat
subsoriptiim on Christ mas.
WHAT ItIM tb* tetUbfli rotlvouiid,
The bud teij , will iu fux-kv,
Led by tlie e»i, t« bit m* draw* neer,
Ai>d gvueth fti* box
“Hano up the baby’s stocking!”
shoute it the distinctly Hackensack uudmlood firmWean. that, We
want we
haven’t any such »]>pendagea
A. Yoraa man who gave bis girl r $75
during gold watch the last (’hristmas, married her
«ummer, and now he think*
the present was 1 ‘time” well spent.
Now comes the season when the young
mau. on au eight dollar salary, bothers
hfe brains to raise the stamps to get life
girl fcemm* a twenty dollar holiday present. —
i%t</ Tithes.
Christmas tails on .Saturday tins year,
and severe atoms are predicted. The
storm will likely break when the young¬
sters wake up and find their stocking*
filled with chunks of coal.
The morning dawns, and the house¬
hold is awakened by the sound of ilrurii
and fife. But it ism.t war. ft is not the sum¬
mons to go out and slaughter the Zulus.
Nay, brethren, Krpn:$$. it is Christinas \cw>
York
“Mamma,” said the little one, “do yon
know what you are going to give me for
Christmas?’ ‘ ‘Why yes," said tlie moth -
or, “of course f know.” “Well*for nier
eyVsftloy with don't tell me,” responded the
puss great vehemence.
As Christmas approaches, the young
man who has been toasting life toes, and
lounging on the best parlor sofa, i*egm*
to try and get up * quarrel with hi«
vonug'girl himself so as to escape bankrupting
on a Christmas present.—
Baltimore K <•■■■/ .Saf tir/Jay.
MIE Hipped tt #• til# »i,ivhy [ORsios,
And Use wind. Ui*t One*lj i.leir
An Incli «r *n of her
Expmsi h> tbs Mbitc visir.
■ iri.t 011 tb«.<)«st cornet
W,* tfttttitn tly Iinud to T
•>Tb *HVlt tiir 0! neat thlo* In s Cocking
f fas- r« teen fltttCteJetw** 4**.“
“ .Sis« »yi‘ the merry mi.Utlo*,
Tlie meirv, merry mlttietoe.
•The merry, merry an.iWue,
Ti»» mintltttn* Wwh,"
F lestStt nf 11 <■ in e m b ra ace*.
Sitting her*-, 1 find myself holding a
levee of deparfotl Ohriatmas nigh fa. Si¬
lently, these hita my study of iuiagination
come mantles, hrooehed sppuitiionh, <da<l in snowy witli
fmvts. Their and do gerumed
niimfa'rs 1 not care to
count, for they arc the number of h»y
yeitt-H. The visages of .van*- are sail
enough; but,'on the w hole, ’ti» a con¬
gregation of jolly ghodfa, I hear u t-oimd
as of light umaic, St wiiiok of women's
dresses whirled around iu d&uoe, and the
click as of glttsaea pledged by friends.
Before one apparition is a mound on
which the snow is lying. 1 know that,
spring midst! of _Under mistletoe 0, spirit in the
it I swung the girl 1 loved
atul kissed her, too. And thou, loo,
•with Umolier iu hand; t ivuncintw thy
reigning night. Where now arc the
many boys iu end blaze? girls that thrust tl.cir
fingers M'hc diy
1, kindly Chi iatiuts tree, from which
trust every gentle reader will pn)l a
bun-ton or two, n already sparkling with
tho sweet fruits of if*, season. You,
voung ladies, will pluck gittlings fruits
from it; and with the sugar-plum you
will find one of those delicious eornm
drotna, which the confeetiom-rs iui.m
ducc into the sweetmeats, and which Ap¬
ply There to the canning passion of Jom
who dou’t are some standing atxmt the tree
care about the love-riddle part.
Patience, little peqple! a down Cbrfel
mases more and yon will be reading
those wonderful contmdruhis. As for n*
older folks, we watch the young people
pull mg at the branches; but we no lung the
er reach for the fruits, and for us
Ohristtcuui lights have mostly gone nut.
Wealth Not Omnipotent,
Wealth fa potent in ite own sphere,
but telegraph itnjMvfont under lieyond the if. It can put *
sen and oovn* tho
lard with n wdwurk *>f wires io< with it
Spider's bridge vv<-b It ft can htiild buy railroads houses aixi
oceans, can aad
lands and every material advantage; but
h«re it.-* iw« ttojis. ft i»£iii.rf pur
chase goodness, or just roe, or geatlawh*.
or If patience, or love, cham-for or true friendship.
cannot make stronger, or
life sweeter, feed ft can mv to the minister,
I wifi you and clothe yoa while you
are making I men better, and to the
teacher, will Uric care of you while
you arc making men wiser, m» it eaa do
nothing without the brain of wisdom
« the- heart of geodaew. It con build
raiirreeda, but it fa powerless to traiki
H r who ha* ridden in * country stage
jmmh knows how meain <f«els wlwa it is
churned into butter.