, 1863-12-28
gratitude 10 God as they witnessed how mich
epoa 1ha hoen accomplished in Sabbath acaool

gratitude 10 God as they witnessed how mich
mbora
The purchase Of a cabinet organ for tho uaa Of
ne Euseley School, by the scholars and friends OF
tho felop. was made the .occesion Of = pleasant
fssiiral Thursday afternoon. The exercises were
surp1fec for the children, which might anp-opri-
atc1y usher in their Christmas festivities. At an
earlier part Of the afternoon In his efforts to fur-
klr. Bt1ege was himso,f tho Victim Of a. eGactuai
ore. He had arranged for his assistants 10 dine
with him n order 10 afford an opportunity for the
their teachers With subetantal tokens of their
st.ectton and e:teom in the shape Of books. a.
hums 9apsin rings, g.. whom one hiH schol7rs
IN behalf Of his cl1ssmxtes, In An appropriate ad
dress, asked Nj: BEiega acceptance Of in elegant
silver water pitcher. The affair WAS admirably
noanaged, and WI be long remembered by all WHO
Festivities and Celebrations In the
The city was full Of festive gatherings. The
Post Office, Custom Honse, banks and eto1es we1e
joyins himself Il is worthy OF notice list very w
few cases Of drunkenness were met With.
At 1u1 HOTELS.
Christmas dar shone in al1 its glory at the hotels,
whose iotdly barons Of beef andlMagnlncen turkey
scnthdowns md slices Of buffalo. Of course as the
tables groaned with huge piles Of substantia!a,
lanked With dellcions morse!s. The butchers ct
fame, and brought into the market q chow Of NEST
probably never befose equal1ed here In quality, So
It certainly exceeded In quantity: Andwe all know
well covered table; how many hundreds there arc
who realize the beauties Of hotel fare at Christmas
and Thanksgiving. The feast Of reason and the flow
may be very attractive but thereis something
more nagnetically strong in the play Of aalnltlss
exercised between good roast and . gourmand's
stomach Tse Eag.lsh sss e3hsEgfd Tta heP$
50. but it isa species Of fnssniy that alcts mang
on this side OF tho water and We cannot help think
The boaen eaa i he
lection, and though nnany Of them followed the
hotels afar Of" Jet IN tie great majority the "a,
improvement on the usual run Of a1tEnentafy ma
terial In such places made and provided.
FAMILY oBsEHvAECEs.
In pr1vate families, the day was celebrated much
he san @
war taB rather Increased than diminished our Pc
cuniary resources, and with the absence OF 80 many
brave boys In the field there has besn work enough
At good wages fot all who remained at homr.
Hence, in many families costly presents were the
tahe, aPd <, e tEe ESed thns
tify. Thousands Of rocking. .horses and gutta-per-
eha baoles hare Ssea added tS he ho9se
haa been fully represented in the hosts OF drums
trumpete and fags which now deck the nurseries
Of tic city. Alael liks The season which they
| half Of them already broken, they will scarcely
survive the advent Of the New Year, and will, ere
atwelhh part Of 'he annual cycle has rolled round,
be numbered Wit the debris Of past ages, and Will
70 10 swell the .clics which viii, perchance. form
at come subsequent period the data whence ph1los
ophe1s viii draw eoacluso1s 5 ~ as to The nanne,s @
] SIC transit gloria naInda.
| OTTER nKcREATioNs.
| The foys OF the home circle were not however
sufficiently attractive to keep the great public al
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