The Cairo daily bulletin., 1871-12-09

rock-bound coast. As hen gathers her
chickens under her wing, 80 do the "old
folks in New England gather their
1ocks about them, on the annual re-
turn of thi. fostivo day. On this occasion,
for the first time in many years, we had
the pleasure cf being under the old home
stead roof on Thanksgiving day. Hal
| lowed moments which will be kept green |
in our heart for years to come. In the |
neighboring town Of Chester family by
the nome Of Pallard had their goth family
reunion ON the above day. The old
PATRIARCH AND HIS GUIDE WIFE
had the pleasure of seeing at their table
their descendants, whose united ages
amounted to l,ll3 years average age,
81; Oldest person present, OIL; youngest,
monih.. In Middlebury the day was
almost religiously observed-that IL, as
far as closing all places Of business.
Everything was shut, even to the barber's
shop. 1t is true the churches we're open,
yet il was 80 intensely cold, maiy pre-
forred to torgo the intellectual repast Of
christian food for the fo,cter but more ap-
. pcLizing dishes at home At the Episcopal
: chapel, beautiful design was placed in
= front Of the chancel called the
"PRUIT OF THE EARTH"
h 1t rested on a wooden structure several
n feet in height, narrowing from the bottom,
10 to the top, on each side sheaf OF wheat
G. the spaces between filled with all the fruits
~ vegetables and grains that grow unde
lis and above ground, harmopiously arranged
. The top Of the pile, was surmountod wit
wine and bread, symbols Of the Holy com
munon.
an In writing OF the cold weather and snov
sh we forgot to mention that it is said I'll
,n- Russian custom prevails here, of pullin
ror ones nose when it is in danger Of freezini
oil Many Of your readers are aware, th'
rti- one may freeze ones nose, and not
y n aware of it at the time. Hence when oI
tier accosts you here, If he sees by Il
lied color Of your nose that the freezing proce
ster is going on, he knows there is not N
laps ment to lose, us in q few hours the na
pro.uberanco would be in u mor,ifyi
ro condition. Instead of shaking hands W
or in you, he will grasp handful ofsnow, in'
your proboscis in the same and hold on
ition II, until ne S'"e i'oS' o''' iou u
who not feel offended as it is an act of kindne
IN SO besides you knows how it is yoorsclf
rs so Thursday, thanksgiving night the me
itics was its full, and sent down flood OF m
low light. Over the snow capped MOI
tain and valley, hill and dale and r.
and fern hundreds of boys and girls Q
3 - children Of larger growth wended tn
way to Otter creek to enjoy
-, CARNIVAL OF SKATING
o be on tho smooth CLASSY ice. Every {
pose skates here children learn before they
their a. b. c., and vibrate from one side
the other, with astonishing rapid
mp and move along with marvellous &C
me- rity. We saw that evening some Of
we're finest exhibitions of skating we ever "
ctor messed We caught the infective, and
ling saved skstes and we are bound to say Il
tent as u skatist we were not successist-
fact perfect failure. We were soon p
o,o. forming such grand and lofty tumbi
IS 10 "o''' ""'.
with "' "' "e''o"' W my
use. sight.
We Immediately got our back
against bank and struck out, right
IN mormenward elegantly-left leg no ear
atty " account--could not be brought up to
fer scratch Second round-struck out apa
as before, right leg equal to anything
L.. quired, left leg sitter than sycam,
nav stump and far in the rear. Third and !
round struck out wildly--right
fairly eclipscd ali former efforts and 81
pre- out beautifully; left leg intensely excited
drew rapidly away from right and start
mo- on its own hook for the opposite bar
Result-the immediate sitting posture
your correspondent on the ice, and co
ku- pound fracture of the same. Tdblea,
magnificent celestial and astronomi
phenomena, brilliant scintillations &
corruscations Of all the stars and plar
Including Juniper and March) aur
Sks- borealis and all them other f,llers. WI
Al. viewing this extremely brief but entir
comprehensive heavenly view, we tn
and there, firmly and eternally resoly
. that we would in future break no me
ice with our skates. We took them
ind the cause of "our rise and fall" o.
Rip started homewards, singing to ourselv
the 'Not tor Joseph, IL he knows II.
the Not for Joe, oh no, no."
,, M We notice by late copy Of THE Bu
LETIN that you have had a quarter Of
~ inch of snow in Cairo. We presume tn
'"' Dunning improved it in HIS hsndsou
turnout, with the same string of 'te
~" bells encircled about the neck of his fe
So | .toal that bo ba6 ahap 20 20,