Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1866-12-19
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LOCAL AFFAIRS,

LOCAL AFFAIRS.
ANNIVERSARIES, &C.-On Christina:
evening, the Lutheran Sabbath School:
Of this place will hold an anniversary
the exercises to consist of the presentation
of emblems by each class, with motto:
and verses, and the amount of money
collected by each class during the past
year.
The Episcopal S. $. we understand will
hold festival on Christmas day.
The Presbyterian :. S. hold their ami
versary on Sabbath, 30th inst. All oft these
occasions will be interesting, and no doubt
largely attended.
aF The Clearfeld Journal notices the
proceedings of the court in that county,
with Judge Woods presiding, rs follows
"A special court has been in session in
our borough this week. The causes that
sre being tried are such as Judge Linn
was Interested in before his elevation to
the Bench. His Honor, Judge Woods,
Of LewistOwn, who is presiding, has
made an excellent impression both as an
officer and as n man, and he will doubt
less carry away with him the kindest
wishes of all with whom he has come in
direct intercourse"
OYSTERS, &C.-Dalby's saloon, corner
of Dorcas and Mill streets, affords a fine
retreat for those who indulge in delicious
bivalves. If you want oysters by the
plate, pint, quart, or any larger quantity,
he can supply you with the largest and
freshest of them. If you wish to eat
good meal, go 10 his rooms, he will set
before you what cannot fail to satisfy.
Test the matter, before going elsewhere
CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEARS PRES
ENTs.-Ladies and gentlemen will find
splendid assortment of Fancy Articles,
Jewelry, &c, suitable for Holiday Pres
ents, at H. W. Junkin's establishment,
corner of Brown and East Market street
Many new and rare things can be seen in
his cases and on his shelves, which can
be had at a considerable reduction from
last years prices. Before determining
what present to make, call and see his
stock.
CHRIsTMAs.-NeXt Tuesday the long
wished for holiday will be here. 1t will
be, as usual, says the York True Demo
crat, time of great rejoicing among the
young folks, and the old and the middle
aged will join in the festival in commem-
Oration of the happier days gone by. To
Us it has always been welcome season.
We hail its coming with as much pleas
ure and satisfaction as we did quarter of
3 century ago; for although the friends
who at that time surrounded Us are gone,
and many sad changes have passed over
Us since then, we are not insensible of the
fact that others are made happy by its
festivities, and that alone is d compensa-
ton for all we have lost. Welcome, thrice
welcome, merry, happy Christmas; the
season of love and gaiety, the occasion for
the renewal of old ties and friendships. /
and above all the anniversary, the glori-
Gus anniversary of the day which gave
to the world a Saviour and Redeemer, and
thus bespoke peace upon earth and good
will to all men.
The celebration of Christmas is of very
the early Christians Immediately after the /
commencement OF the Christian era. 1t /
w;:s then held exclusively as a religious
festival in commemoration of the nativi- !
" Of the Saviour. 1t derives its name
from the appellative Christ having been
added to the name of Jesus, to express
that he was the Messiah or The AROiHted. .
In the eastern primitive church, Christ
mas and Epiphany were deemed but one
and the same feast, and consequently all |
the Intermediate time between the twen- |
ly-fourth of December and the seventh of |
January was duly observed. 4 solemn |
feast and divine service was ordered TO be /
Performed on the twenty-fifth of Decem- |
Der, by Pope Telephorus, about the be- |
ginning of the second century, but in the |
early part of the fourth century, under |
the reign Of the Emperor Diocletian, of
Rome, that bloody, prosecuting official Of
fered terrible opposition to the enjoyment
Of that privilege, and on one occasion,
while keeping his court at Nocomedia, he
was informed that the Christians had as
Sembled in large numbers on that day to
Celebrate the nativity of Christ, and be-
came 50 much incensed that he ordered
'Ae doors of the church to be closed and
tne building fired, which mandate was
uuly ooeyed, and six hundred men, wO-
men and children perished in the burn |
ing building. We have no brutes of that |
character TO deal with in modern times, |
ourooservanceso ofChristmas, whether |
'Ae! De religious or otherwise, are subject |