Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-01-03

upon this rule in selecting their mem ber-
ship, they may save the Deputy from the
necessity of performing disagreeable
duty and much i'll feeling in the commu-
nifty.
Our correspondent from MoNTyILLE,
writes the follow ing:
The festivities belonging to Christmas
are generally very pleasant 20 participate
in. and the Press is usually delighted with
glowing accounts of them, till the tired
reader signs for change would hard
II trouble you with another, If what have
to tell were not somewhat out of the old
order of things.
Christmas trees had, with US, become
rather san old story and we, too, sighed
for change. At last some one hit on the
Christmas Cabin. Who ever heard of a
Christmas Cabin? What was it? No one
knew just what it was to be- but the one
who proposed it. The church was filed at
an early hour on Christmas Eve, and
when the curtain. which hid the stage, was
drawn aside and the Cabin, loaded with
gifts and replendant with wax lights, was
revealed to an admiring assembly, 1t in
deed looked athing OF beauty. The archi-
lecture of this structure we viii not at
tempt to describe. 70 us it seemed more
like miniature temple than cabin. 1t
was circular in form and covered with ev-
ergreens, the apex of the roof being sur
mounted with a flag and wax lights. 1t
was made to revolve so that every side
was in tu, n displayed to the audience.
Before the distribution of presents,
there was to be short literary exercise,
consisting of dialogues, recitations, &C.,
1st. Singing by the choir.
I'd. Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Norton.
Sd. Declamation-Mrs. Santa Claus and
Jesse Brown-by Miss Clara Robertson.
Dialogae-Two Yoices-by Miss Jennie
Mowry and Miss Lncy Pickett. g.s~ -
say-Christmas-by Miss Helen F.
Shaw.
Dialogue-Rose and Thorn-hy Miss
Phebe Smith, Miss Ella Garritt, Miss Alta
Burr and Mr.. W. e. Baldwin,. -
Song-The Jockey Hat-By Master
Trannie Caraher.
The Young Street Wanderer-By AFR.
| G. w. Tucker. :
A Christmas Night vision-By Miss
| Dialogue-Brandy Drops-By Masters
Elmer and Dellie Brown and Ernie Rug
| giles.
Declamation-Progre Mr. L.
Grant.
| Dialogue-In Search of a School-By
Miss Clara Robertson. Miss Ella Ruggles.
Miss Carrie Keen and Master Frank Rug
giles. =.
Declamation-Our Darling Baby-By
Mis- Gaeorgia Grant.
Song and Chorus-By Sabbath School
| Clsss.
Essay-The Christmas Time-rBy Miss
| Ella Garritt.
Dialogue The Wonderful Scholarly
Miss Hattie Rhodes, Miss Phebe. Smith
and Mr.. Frank Baldwin.
Soug-Twenty Years Ago-By b. w
| Burgess.
/ Valeaictory Address--By We: Bald
win.
Singing by the choir.
| After the literary exercises were over,
Mr.. l.. Grant informed the audience that
he was about to hold a little conversation
-nE
to be at home inside the s.Cabin.'' Mr.. G
then proceededto knock with staff at the
door Of Santa's house. and voice in the
distance inquired, s.What was wanted;'
after some talk, the old Saint confessed BIZ
was s.down cellar after CIDER" which ac
counted for the subterranean voice, but ht
| was not to be so easily coaXed above
ground. At the close of a long parley ii
which it was hard to believe that SANTA.
. tar away voice was but the result of Mr.
Grants ventriloquism) the old gentle
mans sleigh bells We're heard, and in
moment he rushed out of the Cabin clad il
: fur, with lingling bells, aud distributin:
pop corn balls and candy, right and left
with generous hand: and after maxim:
the circuit of the house several times, dis
!, appeared and was seen no more.
Then came the distribution of presents
during which the audience was entertain
!. eds by good instrumental music, afte
which the people dispersed feeling gener
ally that it had been an. evening of NOR
than ordinary enjoyment.
During the entire exercises the best O
order was preserved. due in a great meas
ure to the efficient officers elected for tn
occasion. :
, AsHTABULA COUNTY The Sentiae
: says:
In ANDovER, in the Darnyard of Mr.. n
, i. Sweezy, after the late rains, a bubblin
up of the water was observed, like boil
/. ing spring. Mr.. Frank Payne of this plac
! was at Mr.. Sweezey's at the time, and the
. investigated the matter by digging aroun
! : the "bubbling up,'' and bailed the waite
I out, and discovered a jet of water comm
up with good deal Of force. but on ar
! plying match it did not take fire; so tn
l query still remains. what is it? We shout
suppose that most probably it is-watel
: / JOURNAL REP
/, THE Ashtabula Telegraph tells us tina
Captain Gary's suit against the l.. S. &
S. Co., for having been elected from one
$ its Jefferson trains for not having procure
e a,ticket before starting, has resulted in
}. verdict for plaintiff of $3.50. An apes
e has been taken and new trial moved TO
: Chapman's suit for the same cause WI
). probably await the termination of Gary
5 case. Captain Gary has large array {
{ talent enlisted as counsel, and Sherma
e d Hall al attorneys for the defence.
!. THE Meas, published al the same piac,
u says that some time last Fall, Miss An
y Arthur. of Plymouth, while driving
young horse on Nam street, was throw
f from her carriage, we belive, and severel
o injured, because her horse took fright at
large stone left at them main street railroa
: crossing. She brought suit against tn
Railroad Company for $4,000, and: he
!. Last week both suits were settled by til
payment of $4,000 by the Company to Mis-
n / Arthur. . - y
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