Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1870-12-22

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placing Crabb and Catchitt as pivot!itien
at each end of the line. 2Then sJ0bson
struck bell and the large deoEwas Iopepr
ed, and in marched about sixty children,
of all age, singing, q Onward a6hfistiaH
Soldiers; 80 lpretdly andt sweetlvvand so
softly, till their parents end friepd pdsI at
when they had been led by f6gir SfS %jni9Srs iR5r
up and down the. room, and llacedJd dn due
order, the whole hundred and twenty
voices and the twenty or thirty guests took
up the chorus, and finished the hynfl IN
fine style; Catehitts who sang bassI throw
ing the whole power of his lungs INTO the
which he cultivated at the Tulses hill sSOlEfa
Union, creating quite a sensation. z al
Then Jobson, in the silence: which en-
sued, took PIN out of the band Of his
cassock, and said, ~ Children and brethren,
l want to hear pin drop" "a And he did
hear it drop: and so did Crabb, and Cat
chit, and Isymes, g. C., who was looking
down his line like drill sergeant won
derfully amused, with the scene, oT
After the silence, ?obsop wished al his
guests a merry. Christmas, and explained
how itwasA!bdtths wasa pious fctiohf y
that the ladies and gentlemen present had
provided the feast, and how they did SO, In
name Of the holy Founder iof a greater
feast, and that he Wahtedito shOWGhow or
,derly 'tweS3 Che, never once said !" they,
making himself entirely one of, .them)
could be;i and then he khelte feverehtly
down. and all followed his example, Ser
geant Symesl troop going down, like one
man; and then the good Cufate offered up
q prayer, so true, so full of afeeHRg! and 30
beautiful, that omore ithazio one Teye-and
Katie s1,sd dBroEPjohns I've eyes iR PFJtiGplar
Amen ITO thelLords 81 Prayer, dvh1chI all
iOir h
took in the Fortnigttty Reosssc,S and had
subscribed to the fWomanss POST t.mUrtem
and Surgical sSociety, also, to- the move
ment for granting equality to the sexes by
making Women butchers. Aftesf the prayer,
Jobson symbolicaily took Dfahis coat and
said, " Let us begin-usyRes, my good
f'H@sir," said the sergeant, saldtinS. sni
"Take your two most eflcient aids toFthe
'na Ses " snoie sir saple ssid svlos, so333d in
:" jify :" Crabb and CaSchitt were hlafched
off and placed rs earvers,at the tShlesa sb
"Mr. Bolter,"" cried the 4Curate and a
a white headed old gentleman, a deeply.
penitent but ohee. ffauddlentl Bankrupt,
came forward please take tHe end efsfhe
centre table, Mr.. ISymes, you win be. my
aide de-camp. Mr.. Browhjohn and MI
Boldero, you are at Abresent the head
walters; 0esIiall not dine illseve4 And,
ladies, You will attend to the hildrel, and
make yourselves generally usefuI.s y
Away went Mrs. BrownJohn, Patty
ParkynsS Maggie .Sgmes, bEimming over
with happiness at being useful, and tuck
ing and turning up their hne dresses so as
to wait with more ease iAe il went Crabb
and Catchitt, each furnished with huge
napkins TO cover their best black, and In
marched file of cook-shop men with
roast and boiled fowl and flesh, and vege-
tables in abundance. Crabb, who had q
knife as sharp as a razor, carved like the
professional and pasty faced gentlemen
who, by living in the neighborhood of;
boiled pork and peas pudding, grow, like
them Mr., and Mrs, Boldero were alb
sorbed in looking after the little children,
Symes was ubiquitous, and all were so
anxious to please and to serve, that aftera
most desperate engagement, in which
Brownjohn came up out. of breath wftl3
delight and wonderment, and esaid,et' By
Jove, Mr.. Jobson, Il never saw people eat
SO much in my lifet" u o.
"Ah, sir" said the Curate, " remember
this is their one feast many have not
eaten their fill for weeks, and some have
tasted for day or sc. previously" fsol
You're a good man, Mr.. Jobson," said
Brownjohn; put me down for ten pound
"Sirr' eried the Curate with delighta {, !
al beg pardon for, offefing so little;
make it twenty five, ifayou please. Halo
why, whats that? Can II believe N.Y.
eyesy Whya they havesnotspoken'forsiz
months r. .-4J-ttT ss.<-,sN
Yes, it was actually the case there were
Crabh and Catchitt shaking hands. The
Victoria Gross sRmbohcaf1y at carving the
beef, had felt hfs Occupation gone with the
puddings and ChfiStnaasspies, and had5I
deserted his posta no slonger usefullY to
be held-and had hconstibnted himsef as
waiter, still under the GWatchful eye of
Symes, Q.O., whos having bet his daughtsnl
Maggie that certain Bob Swallow would
eat more pudding than Ben Bolt, was
of winning, the bet live kisses against one5
pair of Jouvin's best No. 6l-y eAs Catchitt
had also constituted himself waiter, and,
seizing a plate of pies, moved hastilya6
the left, where he espied q 9temporaryllall
in the battle, while Crabb, with huge
pudding, moved eagerly to the right the
was9 that 4Getehitt sent one
being the taller man, and Crabb de-.
posted the pudding in Catchitt's manly
% Beg pardon, II I'm { lasunfee," Z ne" said NE.
Catchitt, who was gentleman, and quite
ready to take the fault on himself eS2S
w nat LnaJ you saiu! cr1eQ CraDD. >
I said that begged 5your pardon, :
and 1 do,% said ECabchitt, somewhat
stiff1y. = :o1 nSst
And I grant il, my boy, thousand 1
times over; give me your hand ~ and
Crabb, who had only waited for the OPP
portunity, and was longing for the e0nh1
to be made1by a partner Whe
was his Junior, caught hold of the hand
that was about to pick up pie, and shook
it with fervor. 30 on 9Sis1
Thanks, Crabb my boy" said his
partner, quite delighted y and now I'll
thank you for those pies. Hurt my shirt 1
front 9-no |; damaged the napkin, that's i
all. say, isn't it jollyPs3s $50
"Wonderful, is it not? / say, got any
thing to drink ! Sharp work that carving.
You and had all the work, Catchitt. ~ I'd
"Here you are, gents Waters in the
room," said little Boldero,s who, with his
wife, had taken charge, of the canteen.
Bro wniohn was on the spot by D marveh0f,
course, and clinking their glasses like
stage ,conspirators, the,r three partners
poured down their tRroats what seemed
to be nectar -s-f5 7iuii rf5e.at % n
After that the fun grew boisteroqs, !;
Punch for the seniors lemonade for the