, 1872-12-22
r4e1 Year's...HoN It TTas Observed b7
the Bgrghers Ct kieuW
Amsterdam.
F7ints es to the Entertainment Of
Z Callers.
Ehe Question of Presents-..Articles for
the Little Ones, for Gentlemen,
and for Ladies.

i 0FSA4 1A0 4l4po1 C-AC-HtIu 1IEE OF1E0IE0S.-tOl
most querulous voice las ring Of gladneBs in it.
Especially is this noticeable among tho women
enc meets as they frequent the shops in searcl,
OF holday-presents, thus proving that 't It is
more blessed. to give than to receive" Very
a7tly too, for to sivo argues to certain extent,
full purse whence the offerings caa be made,
s2o full purse is i very comfortable thing
really, one might say, . blessed thing. OF lato
Se->s, the habit of making presents at
CEg1sTM4s
has g7oTn into much greater favor than in tho
earlier part Of this century. Christmas has al
rays been holdny at the South, and, in ante
surrender days, erory 1.ouse-servant aad plnuta-
ton hand vas ready witt his greeting Of !" Christ
nnas-box," sure Of receiving something from
master and MISTRESS They had the entire week
for holiday, in which those who wore hired ont
had the privilege of seeking 1ew homes. Indeed,
It was at times very difficult t, get tho ordinary
honse-labor performed, 80 generally was this
custom, accepted by ail pntsies but ss .No..,
duons change tout cela."
New York, being cosmopolitan, and. With the
South: having eundry English traditions, hns
always kept Christmas es holiday, 1t least to
the extent of closing her PAGES Of business and
making merry for the tine; but twelre years
aso, in Boston, only three hops we're closed on
that dag. This was done through the influence
OF oae gentleman, who, bsdint Of earnest per-
euasion, induced two othetz to follow lis esn,,,-
pie; but, among the piois little ma1inas IL
sti1ed into our childish ninds were TO not
Taught that
Largo oaRs from ltnetco1ns sror7
An6 so now Bostonians clos their shops or. as
We gEandiloquently call tom, "stores." and
1ofrain from turning the ho,est penny On that
day They deserve work Of comnendation.
FOR are they not ineal descecaants Of those rood
old Puritaas who brard unknown ter
1o1s for liberty OF conscience. aud
proved their consistency by incontinently
sending Roger Williams aoout his business
IS q soon as he advanced ideas that differed from
theira? Only the same Old struggle of might
against night, or orthodoxyis my doxy and let
erodozy isyour doxy, whicllhas rrlac its chnnres
s;nce tho world began. These good people,
then, who h.d ont-protested the Protestarts.
End had scnt the Church Of Englaad after its
mother at Rome, were no. to bo caught in snareg
laid for them by the Scarlet Wona7. the Daby-
M nnisn Harlot,-anti-carist himself perhaps.
lae Re hFe,S,9a was PIE Rs;n ehs.5aotion
no fires nor ungodly fddses, but surroundings
that must lave mado every man, to say nothing
OF the women, pray most fer7ently, "God be
1nerclfu to me, sinne:." When or how tho
1fst ldsa "a. dawned ~ upn them that Christians
-N~1A@
some outward recognition of the day upon
which the Man-God hey professed to wor-
sup Tes born, NC cannot Sag. It was,
However, the non-Eyan5'cal Churches that first
ua;Ip fo!towed. possibly upon the principle Of
tpe:aIetaodists in regard to their church iuusic;
FIAT the Devil shall not have all the good tunes.
relther snail he hare all tie holidays At ali
events, We have Christmas as an established
holiday, aud Christian and Pagan haye We any
ofthe lt-er amo1g Us y, theorists and material
asts, gain the advantage of the cessation from
!sbors the multi e :1ous g1ft-cnterprses and tho
Spc-y goodwill which the season brings Will
tie tire ever come when NC cen afford to take
the entire week for rest aad recreation7 Not,
RE feas, until the irrepressible Yankee has been
1aeiloIed byano;her century: and until then.
Ne suppose the 2sth Of December will rec busi-
rsss resumed and carried On With unabated zeal
until
NEW TEARS DAT.
:. This Is the New YorEe-s' special hoIiday,-his
.nherisance from the good old Dutch settlers;
Ed, On this day, every mothers eoa OF them
dcns his best Btore-clothes, and rushes forth to
ca1 upon every oae ho does want TO see, and q
great many that Lc Goes not. Immature beau
and bele-dom aro trusting to havo long sums in |
addition to run Up At nisht, aggregating calls
made and receivod, -qnan1ity, NOT quality, being
conservative with age, find their visiting List |
annually weedsd Of incidentala, until will, gray
BARS come the few old friends with whom one (
compares memories instead Of hopes. It is 8
gsaclons % custom, however, for it brings to-
sight Of altogether, and yet whose different |
avocsdons aad interests msy mako intermediate
visits more trouble than a pleasure.
vastly different, however, is Mamma in her
good old Frau Von Tronp, or Yon Setback. in
11ae days when Wall street bounded aris:ocratic
Now York, or Nieuw Amsterdam and Dutch lug
gers sailed up Broad STREET, while old Peter
stnyyesant had his country-ssat out in his Bou-
sr1e, near Uhcso the Doston road bEanc1ed off.
Then BurgEer Won Deutchcr started on New
Years day, OF the head OF his family and went
% call on his frien1s and neishbors, leaving one
% member At home to, to receive any guests that
night visit him With FRAU Von Dcutche1 at |
lis side, and al his he!rs and hoircssos follow
ng,-fuc Smiles in miniature Of their elders,-
e entered his netghbor's house. He probably
I'd not present his card, nor did IN Ethiopian
y Alberniaa show him to the drawing-room- He
ltcl1sn, with fitches OF bacon hung to the beams,
Ind :. w1de-nouthed Fireplace, whose backlog
.aa drawn into position by horse power Here.
shile m tho FIRE csackled and blazed. aud danced
arthern Jug filed with potent hot stuff, the Sc
Tet OF %hoee manufacture is among tho lost
IT'S; whlle it wos balanced On the other side BY
J great pan of hot crullers, the aristocratic
Ianea M n2 o. % tn9 pretze1 family The kiss of peace
,ood cheer partaken Of, and Mynheer, with his
frau and olive-branches, went On bis way 10 the
ext friends house. Such was the custom until
lew York covered the vast ares south Of Cham
ers street. and began to encroach upon tha Col
ect-Men, as she grew in size, and there
ins less OF New Amsterdam, aid mora Of
sew York, in her local population, as tho
:nglish residents around tho Battery and In it's
lcinity grew il influence, the manner OF visit
ng changed until ne hare indeed arrived At a |
7dely-di1elcnt form of reception. The custom
as gradually spread to other citiea; but the
,1sinees portion Of Boston do not recognize It.
nd still turn the honest penny on that dsy. Of
least take account Of stock. It obtains. low
Fer, among ; few who are courageous enough ]
~ IN the face Of puritanism, and give Satan
chance, which he is proverbially admitted to
ake advantage Of when hands aro idle. That
1a custom OF | )
NAMING CALLS
as been abused, may have been, to o certain
1tent, true; but we doubt it thoroughly we'll
req people have ever been Tictimized to auy |
ktent. IN days OF volunteer FIRE companies, .
1ese Individuals may have called collectively
Eon some OF their political pets; but Office has
Obligations as we'll AZ it's euaolumcnts. aud
70 class OF politicians who we're subject to 7
'ese raids were probably not mortally offended |
them In regard to making preparations for +
sly 183Y'8 Gar {aIea IF ! :