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 There gre many who have he definite idSa 6f these Catholic customs. The Washington sagfss.' ponaent of the New York Js4nal of Talm4ercc, turnishas some interesting information cn Ae,sf,. ject. In the annexed letter. xss sss.s
 " This k Easter TuesdaY. aEa sae hs6aar isssas Jays are oFer--EASier, wAsea ss heuA , Aessaas with Psgans and K so. siia Asth sons asfa.l5a- tons of Christians. zszs sse
 We have, hsreabonts. many .as fae sasl .sos of Easter, which have been hsnde ss.esla isssss generations past, and from soascss losi ia K ScaFsy of uadliioa. The Catheiies were a as- mer tiiles the prevailing dennminatou n Map. land, sna the Protestant Episcopaianx refc tte popular reliRioRsts in VsFgtnla
 Tn each they were the prevailing, ansl ia sofre sense the established dsnaminatus Rnssas seevsnwas the last century and they still hounsh TAe asss- tern customs prevail here, perhaps to gfeAfSSpS -eat than elsewhere in the URIaa. The sslAe as have, to this day, holiday Easter Monaay Tnr Easter eggs arc still handed abeat@-or kasAs eses
 e. paschsi eggs, as they are called in Ffaaee i "a the Greek and Roman Churc es Easter was osfe. braied as grand festival. and the ectfnoa peo. pie enjoyed t a holiday. Among tae Gre aks the day was spent in Teieicings. The salatatsaa ot every one, as he met his frcnd, was Chglstps Gnescfe, * Christ reen's
 In Rome, the Pope. when there was pspe used to go tn the grand ptocessson to St. Pesafs and assist Tn hsgh nasS In Turkey. Easter is still announced by twenty salutes of cannon N break Of day, snd sacrifices of animals ase naaae amidst the rejoicing of Inc people. h England q working man would lose his csats who suFke6t na Easter Enesishmen try to amuse l. einselgeS-.or did 80 Ia old iiraes on thia day. The opcnlns of the CoaFtz ot law, and the relgionx obseFv aBrsS are still regulated Engiad by Easter II lsa lli. day al all the public offices except these of ESlise, Customs and Stamps
 During Lent, the people had 10 mortified tsesrs seyes, that were glad to throw of rsslrasnts mna lndulge in good cheer Hence aFnsn a lAaasass uyanv If uuh tch lat conSIualltv. The pFieSts, in the Catholic coar- tFes used to divert their congregations wiFf EaS- ter tales of Fabais PascAaiee, : e fttn4y sssTsss some which have are very ladcrous aud ysss .s.-. offensive. and probably instructive.
 Easter may De traced far beyoad the era of Christianity It was 6 pagan observance but ysas adopted by sotpe of the early Christians sna ap piied to their religion. The Christians cafmsesao rate Easter the resurrection 0f Chrrst the fessi. val originating in the idea that Christ as typ lel by the paschai lamb With them t had it's orirlsl In the feast of the Passover as ordained by Mnses The word Easter is said to have been derived irOm the name of Tea:0nic goddess t,steFa svl,oee 'east was celebrated early in the spfing.
 That word was derived from the word osfeiS, which signifies rising, because nature fises anew ln spEing. The word East has tile anne orlstn, being the quarter where the sun rises. ThG ag- cieni heathen feast was intended to celsblate the resurrection Of Bature the Christian festis hic6 was substituted for ltl the esurFectioa of Christi
 t><als Wtlfn pf1eNuca EAStek was alsp 0lNGSNEa by Pagans. and the word is Teuionie, meaning the spring tune of the yeaS.n Leni iz nakaagaz I.Ag observed ii thls lmVaeliase region than n ahs pos ton of the United States so much se taat ls has visible effect on our markets
 There IS differences of opinion V hei hee S fsie. aaly lasted tarty days Of forty hours but sae Chureh has established thc 2et.ad at lsgiy days The Catboiles universally. and stne EISe 9Eali4la ahstan during the season. from neat They eAf hsh aud eggs. and Co use phrase from AsyssuFa
 With LsAFsS salads eoa tl,sF bGs,usl ,7s
 Many of the Chaihoie obSeFyaAce4 al E. s4,g gre shown to have been deriYed flaa tfe Ilehsa@ rituals. whsie others wee of Pasan orlrfn ss
 The kasssFia or Greek Church vas probably more indebted 70 PaganIan fos acme of its eus- toms, than the Western er Roman ehnIeh. < q proof of this, refer to the ceremony 8eset kS Dr. Clarke. he traveller. which prsva, r, " Greek lslands of eying sslenas iss lreeesSica at Easter. This was also sn aAessslss EAgap sas.. i' Silenus was grave philosopher. aa segs asS.rt, be presents very merry aspect hav0 Ab ea graSing of one, said to be sftef an etekns Asn sardonyx gem that belonged ss the lass l)ske. uf Dcyoashises and Il is the very image s aIaer aswi staEltF csstfy mixed This engraving iS.aiso I,sr. tect representation of antique, in niafhle rLcA l possess Raa which was presented tG me by fnend who resides in Tuscany and which rs ssaapsl to have beea taken from Poanpeii. Hut fl tAa4s. was any doubt of that, 1t is removed uy lhe [ ass erpion and engravinKs of the rnosquns iiY Yfnarssr and bronze, taken from Pompeii, and belnsHsns tn the Townsend gallery in England, These ar0, al identical with the figure, ia tue Eastes pn2eesa 3sa in modern Greece. as described by Dr. csaSke
 This mention only as osso psoofsyf rtss aifri'N tnfo of Pagan rftesgwith inc obseFyamres oE ts,e Greek Christians. ss.