The Goodhue volunteer., 1862-12-31

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sCuHlsTMAs.-Christma is over, an<! may
bc set down as one Of the days Of the past, la
den with pleasant "reminiscences. The night
of the oath was just cold enough to freeze the
earth slightly, and make the walking good
E,rIy in the day, however, old Sol put on
his most brilliant robe and soon coaxcd the
frost out of the ground to such all extent
that the walking was considerably damaged.
Nevertheless presents enough 10 load down
two large "Christmas Trees found their
way 10 the N. L. Church, which was filled
10 oVertlowing in the evening, and after wit
,ciseS BY the Sunday School, the presents
were distributed. The pleasure OF the &C.
'caslon was slightly n'arrel 10y the discovery
chat there were few for whom no prc,clts
had been provided. This, however, occur
red by reason Of the absence Of one VI two
Teachers and has been amply l'cu:l;cd.-
Altogether i. was beau,tlui ia;', ;nl was
enjoyed more fully and perfectly t44" is u>ua'
in lAi; place. There were, in various sec
tons Of the town, private Christians Trees
that uiI lo::or to the gercrou, jn.vv,.t> who
got them ny for the qualification Of their
chi urc:i. For some rca5o II the !.ni> pals
po>tp med their celebration until SATURDAY.
evening, when they erected ,heir CA!istlna>
Tree at the Court House. The tree Was
beautiful beautifully decorated with pres
,ents, aud finely Hum: mated.
Many in Red Wing VIII, IN years 70 come,
remember christmas of 1862 With pleasure
DHrEMDHG 1852 1t has ney:r be fore
been our fortune to experience weather So
delightful in mid winter as that which we
have enjoyed during the just closag mont!
of Docc,a ber. Scarcely d.; mas there
been that has not been as t9auiful as May
No storm, ne windy days, 40 cold. All
the time the air has been 4. aud balm;
the Sun has shone brightly YnA everything
has bc'uH!:.cd tn" most peace al and oyel,
passage oE The usually mach dreaded month
sof December into is eternity Of the Nigh;
past.
New YEARS AUD;ESI.--Ne are a4ait
Indebted 10 Mrs J. +. Akers for vaIuabl,
contrib :lion to lie EoLUSrEEE in tie shap
OF New Years Address. Mrs. Akers is
writer whose happy and brilliant ideas ar
all derived lrom real ma! ure, and her article
are always read with great pleasure. Sh
ilas surpassed herself in the New Year:
Address for 1858. See first page
SuLDiEHs AID CoNNlrrEE. Mr.. Hancock
has called upon as and denied having writ
zen the article in the RpuI2 con to whic'
wo referred last week, or any knowlcdy
thereof so Of course, We take back all "
s.'d in relation to him personally.
A RUS.-It seems that our friend Niue
had hecn indulging in rum on sma
scale, on some Of our prominent shnpl aste
bankers, while ut the same time he was i:
suing that inian,ilc currency. The banker
aforesaid became greatly incensed therea,
and last Saturday evening commenced O
dim. One at a time they came bringing but
small pars Of their boarded change, and d
manded its redemption in small amounts
thus prolonsins the agony The run Taste
about two hours, and was intended only
atriendly hint that "'hose who live in gla$
houses must not throw stsnes.' Abo,
$40 was presented, and promptly redeeule
in that time, thus proving the pertec, soun'
mss Of Mues' Bank. The redemp,ious we
NIL made with" green backs" so tar as Il
amount presented would correspond 10 ar
denomination o. that species o: currency.
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