The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-01-07
For The HERALD.
VIRGINIA, December 2j, '73.

VIRGINIA, December 20, 10.
MESSHs. EDrrORs.-A meny Christ
mas and i happy New Year to you, but
ere this reaches You, Christmas will
have been numbered among the things
of the paSt,-another link in the cham
of "reminiscences; another Year will
have been ended, and old Father Time
with his frosty locks and keen scythe
will have nnfurlcd the Calendar of
1874. May it indeed, be Il Happy New
Year to You, and may the rosy-tingcred
morn, is it announces the recurrence OF
each succeeding d:ty, reveal to You rev.
Citations Of Il most pleasing and agree
able nature, and may the ''IIEEN.D"
flourish and prosper, and may it, us it
ever has been, be herald Of Joy and
gladncss to every hearth and home
which it may enter.
Our pcncillings this week must needs
be fragmentary, composed of items, i
sort of ''0ntniUne gtLtcru1n tolltc polite
hoIc rlm L0i!c," this is the sound if not
the SENSE. Our friend, "Phi," takes lis
off beautifully in his article Of Dec. 5th.
He says we are Il "singlc man. and we
would add perhaps not only single, but
singular. We are also infol med in the
above article that there are some fair
ones in or good old State. We know
it, and only regret that our pen is too
feeble to speak Of their charms, they
are too bright, too beautiful, too fair,
for us to picture. You, Mr.. Junior,
know when we used 10 60 tower the
hills and fur away" so does our friend,
Phi. Those were days of "tritlS,'' y but
we can still sing with Tom Moore,
"Pcace to her heart, though aroth2r's it be,
And health to her check, though it blooms
10, tor mt"
Yesterday eve the Christmas Tree
came off, to the great satisfaction of the
little folks. The church, though large,
would not accommodate Ill to seats. 1t
MAS beautifully and tuStcfully decorated
with cvcrgrccnS, which gave the church
qnitc = festive appearance. The tree
WIS Il cedar, the pretticSt of its kind.
till and reaching nearly to the ceiling,
with many 4 flr-rearhing bough laden
with pretty presents. The exercises
Were opened by i very sweet piece of
music, rendered by the choir-then
prayer-thcn singing by the Sunday
Srhool--thcn m addrr<s-thcn, then
what? Then m address by the Tree it.
self, very much to the surprise Of the
entire audience. 1t began as follows:
Il am Cedar Tree. | have no
tongue, hence cannot speak, and have
employed the Superintendent to read
my spccch.n From this it went on to
give m entire history Of itself. speaking
Of its early years, then its more mature;
Of the ripping stream beside which it
grew, and the sighing trees, its ncigli-
bors: of the singing birds that lodged
in its branches, and the gambols Of the
rabbits at it, feet; of the snowy white
with which it WAS sometimes clothed,
then of the living green. This is the
first time | ever came to town, and |
have come to subServc i purpoSc.--
Each of you little Girls and boys have
purpose to fulfil. God made You for
purpose" The tree had many beau
tiful things in its speech, and I'LL We're
only sorry when it WAS through speak
ing, so good was its speech. But now
we have more sweet music rendered by
the Sunday School, after which the dis
tribution Of the presents hogan. The
first distribution waS half dozen Jews
h:lrps to rs many Of the City Fathers,
which created some fun. which was fol-
lowed up by the distribution Of many
beautiful presents. There were pop
guns, wicker baskets. dolls, candies,
clromos, books, jewelry, hats Of the
till species; well, the fact is we don't
know what all was on, and under and
around the tree. For IN hour and 4
half the speaking wonder was ut his
post, and not q minute did he lose call
ing out names. Bat all things must
have an end, so must this, and now all
are ready to rejoice at this festive scene,
to 90 home with happy hearts. and, we
hope, there TO rejoice, TO welcome the
anniversary CT the advent of Him who
came more than eighteen centuries ago
to redeem this world from sin and