, 1870-02-13


an cid COLLECTION Of docuEen:a dated Ftofua1I.
17<G 4 cersa,a AkfERzes Brew Et7:ea - ner
.Aght .en es.o,ed = q rSk"s: a. ,a ~ ooan .steso;s
Sil;eT. Who sre1sly fss1 that her 'ose4 v1n cease
az a aoNfy a,s ass sand. ssns .ssnrcs I'm ot ner
aR1sus rsyetrnds sod xnscapful aaa ny TEL
veil tGloya Esinnf;,f rteomsl1de me unto Joa
full Eere,eiy. de.3nl1g to hero CT your we1.re,
which beseenc Almighty God loag tot 10 pie.
Its.s rl ~ pls,S1s; ana 5o155 5IsC sss ni IN
destroy Ter let!ef. anu ADDS tazt 'tlf It plehsea
hiE to here OF her welfare. Tho Is not IN Rood
nxln q n1 &c, 5s = nor ,a sa sne nfa,s
Wcar.nr, IN his "Hts:oly Of Eagllsn Poe.rJ."
gives a curious French TAeaure. ea.d TO have
caaoceS. TIE re!sss. q % also, @ q he poss q Or
!exrf, tA'neT Of Locs XII, IN bocor OF This fesu-
ral soc,c:encI PROVE the custom to be lang ante
Oilers, acatn. aeAe1t that thus day WAS an oos.r.
vArce peculiar 70 carnival TINE, which occurred
cscai iof aaIdled1 oi Suighu 10 sis,s he dGercn1
"fatr !adJes" x.tn psReALuy and teats ol arms
1sItcalaz 13lahs. rho .as . se1se her torA
"Nnoe 1ene," and 10 perform dusstg nc ap-
preaching crusaaa whatever abe cnose 10 con-.
wete Eot q li:Ee curious. One would Wish fos =
tit Of saCda!-1ood; another Won looE fot
paSe q sSe nosy cFoss xnlio IN sso,ns1 Eou,a
one Of tie tn1dei leaders, dts.ri1g HIN, lu1,cK Ii
delivery. 70 tSeak bis nose and pu l three nAtrB
gaSemen,a, the 1n'Ea;s, tnaa b5und, woud na:uI-
ally cause nc praises OF their iadT-loyts 70 be
ceiet1ated ID the amo1ous kors4 O! ihe HlIsIe.,
SEC TINS ni2 h1 have htlsen the preseo. custom Ct
ceEpos,rf atd tetd:ns love Letters Of this dA5.
Mera>e. Ia h:s Et5 theological n.ct.onasy, ao.
counts 1or ire term rdR"t'ne BY stating taat
- tMadaEe Koya.es daughter o; ktrR Henry ". u
France, hAr.iE built pallce e y Tug!a-Tlico,
y bGtor q sam: NAelune, then Il h:ea estceE,,
Ne aast I1s ne1 a.s = ~
loStIs tr the taE By ost, 1eserstrG 10 herself tae
p:lFsteEe OF bttrg indeieEdent OF Ihaace. and OF
which ih:s saart fs:sesss'sare t ds1aS ,ae JesI, @
II was directed ,nas each latJ snooid receive q
toteas5 IRON her lover. and that NJ every toural-
bJ hts mistress, on coEt:tion taat the pnzs OBJ
sa:ned eneEld be herr. THIS custom oceas:oaec
Tue n ost rrubsble conjecture, however, Is that
o. NJ Dolce IN n,s ln.szat:oIs OF Shakespeare
that the custom OF va!eut.res - re.ic II pa:an-
sa5s, "dur:cc Srta. part Of tna month Of Febsu.
az, 10 cel=1tA'e tie Ln1xrcaia, which we're lcasu
II hbt OF OF rau ann into. whetec ine latter
ettc- On this occatlon, atnidat variety Of ccre-
ntE!css tne raIs. q yoarg Eomcn we're hat into
srs n9a IRON Gs wn:se they e.. we1s dFa p ne men
Chrs::an CauIen, b. every possible Eeacs, en-
tcasoted % eradicate The vcsi.yes Of pa,an s1res-
situ,ed IN The pfesest instance The Eames 0: pit.
tlcuIas sa:u,s. instead or those OF the women !:
aEd, As TIE 1eat4ya! q the Lulesea:l4 commenced
Pssr ~ sae have sae sse.sn vssS,5{ b5sy by
ftt celebrating the rer festival. because
II occt1rtd d nrsEy At The sane time. Thls Is, IN
P2lf, Bntlet p.n:tn IL h,A L,eea OF tae Sa.nts
II would teeu, 10 eTer, tta. It WAS utterly In.
post1ole TO e1.irrate altogether any ceremony to
which the csmmca people had been much aceas-
tsclcg the origin u other papa.sr supeIssiaons;
std accordingly The oasl1ne ot the zn:lsnt cere.
saapa,,on 10 Inc Canst,au s,ssem. 1Iislessons
able to suppose thst the above 1rac.:ce OF cnoos-
iuR mates uoald GRADUALLY become 1ecip1p:al IN
oe called l'a'e.f;nt.. fIoa tie da1 o. which the
The nere modern custom Of celebrating th,s
day. thoulh somewhat different In !oEn. Is really
but "a modification Of The rast-tnt Custom or
drawing Io's ard the tdea Of chaEce thus Involved
sE E1essryea iu me present p,asss q sending
I ore custom Of ST Valentines Day, however,
which foruC1ly ontained-of contidetlnX the trtt
destined object-nas now otconc Incorporated
INTO the ceremonies Of All HalioF Eve 1tney-
e5tEeess wa once paEt os the celebration Of 81.
teat shateRt care alludes when The ia:s Ophels IL
ri E sG,5sS IS ,,;s. =; 81; ss;t x:tnae'
And = maid u Fo1E wsanow,
Occasionally, also. ihets was some harmle.s
nethod IekoIted 10 BY lore-.oln causels in order
Of Inose clicnmiianees i gwen b. % oil Enellae
Wnter. u letter supposed to be wfltten 70 niu
p1A Joups isd1:
night s'e!ose rot ave bay leaves ant pinned fo1l
| o. them 10 the four co1Leis 0: my pillow, and ;le
otth 70 the middle, and then I dreauei CT ny
( fofe the Year was ont But 10 make 1t more aure
eo!fed an eT4 hard, and iooE out Tie yo.E auu
y IN r. s and Hasa went +. ese az
| It. We also wrote our 1oyeJs' nAmea upon bits oi