, 1870-12-15
mASaURRS AED MUHmER8,


tr1,h.., - .0e LIZ Eooe ooWs nor, PtSo2pes
sagea. 0na might alto ali Cbsrlos D,cksas
Ina aPos,ie OF cntis:mas. 10 sirnuuou1ly. did
% dteH On tho Eating and drinking and
@esl ymANsE sics It 1bi1gs. But thereas I
.I. Its ". ana - older Cb.issmas eyen shan
,n.. ts 2. Ar, Dlesen. aud his chs erful school /;
INTO ssI.h e9 H. "a ~ n. cSsi.tnss msfts,s,
as.nd ~ .hat Z to 20 understood Of Cnnst-
Mes, 1en must hase heen mucu Ia ths couassJ
q anong the country people: ,ou tuust have
q lons'd 10 ftm3tI tna' ltSI6uSfr fept up 1T
too onae1vinees Of Ch;is:msa; md you must
naIo s1aa ~ 10 lasts. natural or acquired. for
see.ee9H&,an stse and old folk Lore. an afraid
deetne1asion ct its oh.e;vsnces. Il .seus to
nc tnet we st foggy, damp, mild ChI1.t-
matet. instead Of sla1p frost, or t.o feet Of
sneT On re Ground, and the zoaring n2rsh
N;nd: 4ou canLot hrgeIJ heto up fogs
Q, tne ceasth. nur imeiba nightly
st.e,aa ~. ~ t W. ssesall bnwi, In tho
~. assence , os ench adjuocts. The plain fact Is
such tremendous lsao by ,bn - n. far she
1eeilfiea'tont tf the calendar. have r1aJo5 .he
Sef3 Histhnf with tho toeie, Our tickle.
rainy A'y u roe the Msy Of our uld po-,..
~. Tnen 'oos 10 thisdof The leafy days of June.
:dne CEAtn.aa cf tlis ceu,usy ii not the
Cntls'mae u. OF on1 ance.tore. which cana af'er
,,.rs .a p,np9,tsloa OF ths cold at JAau&1y. De
peoa upon " ~e haEo lost n1ots than we thlak
n ~ oI .ose char g. Of the calendar. Bat 5 i'll
Cns,staaa II Carastmae, uhich soanas a salf-
te1aet aeee1tion. but Which IL, nevertheless.
PROPOSITION embracing vef1 vide couae-
II you keep Christmas In tho plsss,ut,s..
aunF iess way. sou Co not keen 1t 70 well 4. il
fashions stll-and there ia fsstionr tht
hlTe tean t1retlievably Topped agsT in fhs
caurte OF lima All! that ruetrr timp Of YQ1o!
that grand myati: word Yule. wi,ict 10 phfteko-
kiat can txpsxt1't aEd Which sssuuY to carr us
away to old Scandinavian ds5a, xheu the gar
tuPt 1sit'ions Of the Norh ai1ngglad with, lad
~sfe ofien iheorcoratod xith, Christi.n feAa:a.
you Keep up th. custom Of .bs E4tgl !(l!.!(
ao6 the big niock ftona the 1ast years brI*a.
nco, Fefhaps. aighttt 6 up your Christmas c+n--
rser. remembering thai Of old this FesRkaf
tbe Ns1l!t was called 1ke Faass OF Iight1
In 9ha bappicst ettats OF olden Cari.tutu
Tho uasque;e and munmera bald theirhrty1t,
1a.;G tafg.s.s Esseis. they Welcomed Fateet
Esslsnda ard banners, 3ud Ill me cloioe nt :
tust tqnenenH Of garb and costume What
au1lht p.gaxntxy flashed through tbs srra4-
Luz 6 room! what waFirc Of plumes.
What g'anciug Of spfAss, ~ the fantastio pso.
Eetnoa passad q through ;he po1tcullis Of Tho
htu of castle kotp INTO the Ettast Of :ha tit-
i~Ee That nsssitd close to it1 mighty neightoe.
ana fhoush tho uunuel woro tbs stranKAas
aud mott gtute:que OF Maskt, 5oa NAV bo
Ente th1t the maid roeagnized eye aud .1:;ea
CT lin that voEe It, ard, nothing coy, CON
mitted herself 10 that strange esnbrace in IL
merry dance. We emile, perhzps, II h,1r hi.
ccetors N 'be'r strange E1oe.pgs After dlt
Enise aud t1sFst'gsnza, Loi "a not fores
1nas oa1 e,ea o't ~ inest stssely post, 10 ii
;a;s4s.e ;,a;n q conua. hho *rd 10 what ra'p
sse-ss or toetsy tue sna>q1e might CON
Asa, ind. %, II that old comedy of ss II ,ss.,
IL d,fxeeA" rytr &1tiuct. and arc on1 sos, 4
masks more .innocsGt thaa theirs q. Wmld
'.seo u Christmas siue, in .hi4 yeaf OF srass
there my he mono moro harmful thin Iii
1nummc1b Of old! - /
For soms dsYs before snd for .,ou,e day,
attar Chr1+tnoas shere used to be- distsa cns
aoms. Old and austnt. = lsw OF shish ltngel
rtre and there. hut da7o no general obsekE
ance, and oven lhe merton OF theu mar b
new to mot Of ne. On St. Thouas' Daj
uomtn won1d :'ga \ goodipR," aooe xomai
Who sought for sims, giving THAR .beosfae
tots IN return iuuehes Of p1imroses; \ cur
Tom row gone ont. On tho other haud, 10,
happy cust1u "to g q csroliag " pro5ahl,
prevails more especially 1t the preeent tima
TIERS is IN i1tiuats deal thAt might bt
sid about the carols, Of wbich.heroaftes. Il
tome places On Ch1i.tmaa Eve they hout4d
tee wren, II d OF Christmas Day oEl5 ami
spar.o~a; at eoue, places they ha .hs
.'Hotby.ho1se D.1cs.' In tue Old .ime
chriHImaa wae cften celebrated by ball
b1i:irg. to which the puritans obj .cts1. =,
MAcanlaE eaid. mot because 1T Kasa p.in t.
tho ult, tut tecau.e 1t gave pleasure to th.
,pscsasore.s Tbs Pus1tana endeavosad 10 pu1
GoFn Ctlittmas atd alt euperstitiona
feaats. They uAde : Parliam Antaty order OF
the .subteof, and in q: me cases sen
tcupd tie ezi*rs IN cities 10 euioi1 obs
dience But chti.tnas Day bad = recu
psia'ive vitality Of its own certainly 1t had II,
eupeisltione. Thefe was onco m old pic
tuteequs notl.n in WeAt+rn Devon thtt-1t l:
o'clock It Eight 90 Christmas Eve tie oxen it
their Stale arc always to b. found on thei
krees- sincs tho new stsla, they ahps
themselves superior to .aaTpnoruy jb1
only doir8. 10 On tho evo Of old Christ
mas VAy. An honest ,Weet-countt3msa, tol;
Brand or Ellis ,hts, with eoma o:hsrs, h.
mare 1rssl of tho truth Of this 1zriug, ~;
watching several o1an IN their tts1ls 1t tn,
aboygsims n u o'clock At night they %
e+xF I'd Tho TWO oldest oxen only I'll upon the1
tnseSt and EnAka 81 eruel rnoAE, like Cusl. I'll .t
cfeatptes-" OF eoutre tho m,lts ID Ill lind
.of supenti.iors touching thar esse.aeart.
aEd future hus' ands. Cht1atuae-baxes viii
1snrporc, be the isst Of Chtdes1 u1=1ona 81
a9Ses thai Hil1 u h&sst6ts, and necs<saFy aims
h>s1H % e1pintntly. good. but "a An or
canned: k5stem Of irr4gnI&r sA1suca ~
on8ht .fo' ee. swept awsy lik~ tho ser
vsn':. Tetst; Plum paddiags .nd mineo pis,
will tFAya ha eonsitded, II ouly on acooan q
their annual harvest for the DOCTOR TIT
mined pie wls often mad. the tIea1snt tee
Of -Pun'ani.m- An old writer s&ye: "Hoa
EfeatlJ ought we 10 regret tho neRlsc. o!
niDeed paea, which, beslacs TIN idea Of mefrJ
pAkiDg II eeparsble from them. vore alvay,
considered ~ fbe test Of -sctisuattca-" Hap
dtx, to tbe nt,er confusion Of a1l fAcasical re-
cueants, But the prettsees sup.rsttEon OF Il
Is that 20 mua,c.lly gtvep By 6hakapexre, h
lines which we al oa8ht to knoH BY hsazt-
{. Some F15 that eyer ,ealnst that seasoa comes
Wherein our sssles's h'r1n u cs.enF .sea
Toe bird Of 02wntrK s1tketh all nixns louE:
fSe % ia niaas 81 s.s xsoieso@e: % taea IL 10 % Sisnes
No t,,r, tsfes. nor witch has pover 10 charm.
50 hal!oWrd and 81 gracious il the NmaT !. *
Il will be remembered ho~, in Mr. I,onzsel
in s"saudiolun," bird drinking being ia
arder e the day; whlle Luc.fer, ciagnfso.l
aseuren them that thero is no foundation 10
come eto1iea told to his disadvantage. The
Ill caruute eagerly.
"Exe*ps tnss He!ar.oua:
Sseh9l0- The FefccsorzHuH,"
r,,tst +na .hhot E,,..x. :, r,,o,, +h,fr a.h.,.,
:1. .a sus e.aos ~ ~ s..4,f H,eu a1sh ueoAoci
4Da sftonHe etua tne oaNap'insoA koe ec1u3Ka
snrpfct fbaf thefe Vas many euca 8ttns
In tbs old medieval days, md that the }oll,,
Of tho t,mea ove1hoWed even within cons.n
and m9I.sts,y ~ salls. + nn.t be s.td, hs.
fast, wh,1e II Ia now untvetsanyi
fesst Indeed, through II
the ecclesiastical world 'donbtliss
The Cb,istm3s Eve Has kept u fast. Tier
we hear tbedt waa 4 well.deiued custom al
Matrcillea Tn1t Ill the members OF = 9az:iI,
re<inent Ia The Town should cup together n
n,diq7e, Int ths next day the EcElish tube,
m.dt I. eufar Dart Of tho feast, and thh.t
was I follS party On the Christnas nirht! n
The coultry tbeT bad lheir reyets, fpst II r.
b.ye nur c,rols, The pleasant Whistlec-a af
.h.ii desct;he n. rjorinns inT1aI dninor a.
ns itasvai Chr,stmaS -
- uoTsneads Of ho1 ey. ltldt rtius ut nnsta.d.
Ias,on and fsItFd oeeve4. sid bacpo svte
Hefons and b:tef1s. pteasants, swan aat
buHA'd.
1 1xa,, masos ps.oas. "iossen, ss @ ano ~ y aae p
f4o. 9st raoo'nss' pAnsA~se' ~Pp'S p'e1 A1o va
And fot to.,ev,,n .nev drank eood e.na,