The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-12-25

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ClrY MArEERs.-Subscrib ior, the
PHGNIx. rW Y Fut "a Geao e
Damp and r.~and yer, = aaisasrs'esAbass, s's r. ys.-
Mr.. D. Epstin has orr thanks for our
arst Ohsistmas present.s H. .si
The colore,l people f,om the country
focked 10 town yesterday.
! Services will be held in several of our
churches To day.
/, Whis key will unlock q great nanv
hearts to-day.
! One week more Of life Tor the veners.
be Auuo Dumini 1873
| The seductive beverage o+ll Vi "gin.
ger ale. seems {, have ''pIayed ont"
! Main street WAS literally jammed, yes
terdsy, with persons making Christmas
purchases.
Well bet shilling that Santa CLAUS
don't put fish horns in any child's
Ohristm sock.
A. this seAson of the year, gloves are
particularly acceptable. We have to
thank Mr.. G. +. jackson for puir.
Messrs. Hoffman & Albrccht have
articles of various kinds adapted for
Christmas. Sac them.
The school children arc loose now,
and perfect happiness is the predomi.
mating expression in heir cou utsnances.
MIR. A. +. Spiro, agent of the Fle-
miug Safe Company, is at the Wheeler
House, unti will be pleased to exhibit
the different styles.
To-day being Christmas, holiday
which printers can aud will enjoy. as
veil AZ everybody else, the PHOENIX will
not be issued to- morrow.
We made slight mistake, yesterday
it was Messrs. Black e. Waring who
furnished the calendur OF the North
British and Mercantile Insurance Com.
papy.
Hard times" sociables ara fashiuun-
ole. The guests ure compelled to ap-
pear in patched clothing. and the re-
freshmepts cousist of mush aud milk ani
baked potatoes.
There must have been large num-
ber Of men on tue street. yesterday,
with corns on the bottom of their feet.
They didn't all walk steady; something
must have been the matter
Don't lend this paper. Make people
! pay for it themselves. Never mind the
panic. Everybody has fve cents TO
spare ior 80 good q return, and it will
just increase their happiness to make tue
investment.
+ Many OF the retail stores, ,tably the
toy shops. are decorated aud present
destinations irresistible to the juvenile
mind, and. besides. afford refreshing
sights to children of much larger
growth. Some Of these bazaars are be
wildering in tho great variety and i'm
mense numbers of the attractions dis.
:, played.
y GAINED. While walking down the
street, last night, unconscious of any
premeditated assault, We were called
into the store of Mr.. VIM. Glaze by 9
parsonage much larger than onrself
and, without q moments warning. We
we're handsomely caned. We must &C
. knowledge that We submitted with G
good grace, Offering not particle o: re-
aectment. The head Of the cane shal
;. be engraved: "R. X. s. to J. A. s.,
, December "a. 1873"
THE GIFT SoIRgE.-Prof. Silvano, ir
. consideration of the fact that the at
tendance at Irwin's Hall. last evening
was rather slim. being Christmas Eve
! postponed the performance. He vii
I give matinee this afternoon, at
5 O'Clock. when lady's handsome hunt
t ing case gold watch will be the leading
gift, besides 200 other presents. There
, will also be an evening performance
|, when the leading gift will be gentle
mans hunting case gold watch, and th'
usual 200 presents. Prof. Silyano viii
remain hore this week.
PHd:SIXASA.-How TO make u SLOW
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