, 1866-12-02

plenty Is biackherrles In scaso1. Blackber-
RES ore falling OH from year to year, and
holldays are decreasing IN number from age
10 age
N the days when the supremacy OF the
Roman Catholic Church was not cou0ned to
the Eternal City, but extended all over the
world, the church festivals alone were sufl-
cicnt to supply more leisure time than could
be comfortably employed By any save Isa1-
Ian fazeTo7t, and thesc festivals were untVcr-
sally observed. Refortnations and enlarged
religious freedom In almost all countries hnve
even eaaeed all recollection OF these good
old lazy days, when trade was simply supply
md demand, and commerce. was unknown.
Church festivals losing their eaat. natlonal
oncs were Instituted to give people tleIr al
'ofment OF spare time. Revolutions de-
inanded new order OF things, until the
FRENCH Republicans declared that there were
an"Eether TOO many sundays. and estab-
ilshed a regime, under which Sunday should
only come once every ten days. Nan aud
beast, Worn and weary. oTer~orkcd and
laded, soon nccessitatcd return to the ways
Which Providence had provided for them,
War and changes OF dynasttcs deprived
people OF their old excuses for celebrations
without always giving thcE. reason to re-
iolec orcr something new. It was tried in
this country. A vain but desperate effort,
which listed about four years, was made to
oblftcrate the Fourth of July from the cal
endar of festivals. In other countries such
attempts hare from time to time been more
successful, until England has only Derby
Day, Franco the fee day Of the Emperor,
who was so qucerly elected By the people,
and United Germany will probably p1,t on
sackcloth and ashes annually By way Of cele-
bratinr tic birthday Of Bismark.
In our own country VIC never take too many
holidays, nationally or individually. I'VE,
that is tn say most of us, for there arc some
cxcept1ons-enoueh to prove tho rulc-arc
inclined to work too much and play too
little. Outside Of the school system. We
have scarcely holidays enough, and even
the echoo1.boys arc apt to complain. Ma
t1ona1 celebrations arc naturally dcsirat1c,
not so much because they afford holidays,
as because thcy pcrpctuate the deeds g.
compl{shed aud euuear to our 1ueulory, In
such cases thanklcssly unretcntiye, The
names md 1fyes of those who did so mnch
for us. Nothing makes our appreciation so
Keen as a holiday. The birthdays Of our
parents or friends should never be forgotten.
The birthday OF fur nation shou1d ALWAYS
tp celebrated. The birthday Of the Father
If orr country sf1outd he so1cmn,r observed
It IL meet and ."saarsellous ,,ropcr', too,
that NC should stop TO give thanks. ut least
once a wear, for all our blessings. It Is ina,
as proper that thanks shonld be civcr n
dinner us during fast and tta .+ho1Fe am
atway, peartfer, It Vas formcr,v tbc ru.,
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