, 1872-12-25
CHRISTMAS.

mas the pleasure Of wishing all its readers; bi
and Little, rich and poor, Merry Christmas an
OF expressing the hope that the Christmas tre
IN each house is well loaded with gifts, and tha
upon each table, this noon, there will be q smol,
mg-hot goose, apudding we'll stuffed With plums
and plenty Of good old ale. For the twenty
seventh time, also, it bespeaks bounteou
Christmas charity for the poor, to whom thi
day is specially sacred by virtue OF the memoir
OF the birth of OUT Lord, whose father, the car
penter, was likewise poor; and rejoices tha
tne world ID one year nearer that time when al
the nations shall repeat the song of the angels
which the shepherds heard on the Bethlehem
Plain-'s Glory to God in the Highest on earth
peace and good will to men"
There is very pleasant custom among tht
young people of hanging up the stocking or
Christmas Eve, and an equally pleasant belief
that during the night, while they are sleeping
Santa Claus drives his team OF roindeers athwari
the housetop, and, tethering them to the CHM
ney, descends with wel-1aden pouch and fills
them full OF Christmas gifts. And while the
children this morning are examining their stock
lngs, it may be both pleasant and profitable for
US, who are elder than they and have outgrown
the Quaint old Norwegian legend, to look into
the metaphorical stocking, and see what it con-
tnlns this Christmas morning OF the year of
grace and Of our Blessed Lord, 1872 The gifts
with which the stocking OF Chicago is filed are
and tar er,1 f,o
follows:
Itena-A new city which has sprung up like
magic out Of the ruins Of the old, with complete
outfit Of magnificent stores and warehouses.
with it's railroad communications in perfect
order, it's commercial machinery running
smoothly, it's schools and churches in operation
again, and room enough for every man to do
business. Last Christmas, we had 1900 acres Of
battered brick and stone, twisted iron and
Jagged walls, the embors OF the October
calamity, in our stocking.
Hem-A large assortment Of thermometers,
marking from Is to Is below zero, according to
their ability to do justice to tho subject. As
incidental to this low marcuria1 habit, plenty Of
burst water-pipes, exploded ranges and Stoves
demoralized kitchen help, and hilarious plumbers
Item-A collection Of ta1-bills of divers Sums
and sorts, peculiarly adapted to produce feel
ing Of cheerfulneBs upon the part OF those who
have to pay them, and doubt whether it would
not be better and more economical to turn in the
property at once and take receipt.
Ne111-A tight money market and a generous
supply of notes in bank, and fine opportunity
to study the question how not to pay them.
Ltens-A good ice crop for next years juleps
and creams.
Nena-Plenty Of fat beef and mutton, conya-
1escent horses, and one-horso cars.
Nens-Coal at s12 per ton, and coal-dealers
who agree to deliver and never do 80.
Nena-P1enty Of good and cheap gas, OF diff
ferent kinds.
Hena-some abatement in the Bridgeport
stink.
Ltena-Better acting at the theatres at higher
rates OF admission, and whole week without an
amateur concert.
Ie'm-An increase Of marriages, and q pro-
portionate increase Of divorces, showing how
beautifully Nature always establishes an eoui-
ibrium.
Aena-Quails, neck-tio aociableg auting-irons,
Congressman snapp and the shirt of Nemesis,
hay in the horse-cars, copper boilers, iced side-
walks without ashes, Shrewsbury oysters, no
beer Sundays, Theodore Thomas in February,
Lucca in May, county taxes in December, South |
Dor ~,
roast goose to-day, and dyspepsia tomorrow.
For these and numerous other Christmas
blessings in our stockings, this morning, let us
bo duly thankful and ever devoutly pray II We
ind it difficult adequately to express our graft
ude for all these gifts, let US make good the de-
icit by remembering those whose stockings are !
empty. In this bitter cold, there is more suffer-
ng than We can ever know, in the novels Of the
Door. By so much as re make the fire burn
more brightly on their hearths, and add to their
comfort in table and store, shau ne find our
ins Of omission and commission shortened On
he Final Day. Remembering that He whose
'irth we celebrate to-day Was born in
manger, let us also remember
II the poor, to whom this day belongs, andmake
heir Christmas o merry one. In every home
7hero it goes, TIE TRIBUNE bespeaks merry
Christmas dinner and fat Christmas goose:
merry Christmas tree loaded with Christmas
lifts; merry young faces and old; merry day
illed with good wishes which shall all be full
illed !; and 3 merry night Of good Christmas
music, and Wassail, and cheer. And once more,
Glory to God in the Highest; on earth, peace
nd good will to men" IS the angels sang, while
be glory OF the Lord shone all around. For
;hrigtmas comes but once year, and after
Christmas the sun begins to 1iso hi CHER in the
THE NEW STATE house,
We have received 2 copy of the report made
, the Governor by Messrs, jacob Bum,
ohn T. Stuart, and james 81. Beyeridge, the
tate House Commissioners on the 18th inst | ,