, 1875-12-25

christmas Ar7 come again, with its holf
and 1nistletoc.boush, ifs Yula log md boar
head. it's Santa Clans, kriss kringlr, Christ
kindchcn n''1 kntclst Rupert, its goose i
tho North and Turkey in tho s;onth, it
hearcd-u1' rlattcra anu fon'ning tnnkartls, il
i chimes, aud carols. aud cheer. It il alwny
customary TO alladc 10 tho merry character o
Christnns-title. nnst to fnncy that it's 200.
cheer extends even to tic brute boasts vii,
knclt down ht midnight Inst night ;n respec
to the memorable event TINT occurred amont
their ancestors in The stable 1,s7;, years ago
wlen the star in tho enst blazcd with III
brightest eiIulgcnce. nnsl the Kings of th<
Orient ca,no bearing gifts, nni tile sweet
! voiced angelH male tho bethlehem rlains
revcrberato with tl1cir mc}olous tlinet
OF peace md goodwill. Perhaps it will be
ns we'll upon this OCCASION to glance ut a few
people who may not be inclined to regard
this Christmas us especially merry in its cllar.
acter. Mr.. TWEED, for instance, whether IL
bo in New York, Australia, or the Hebrid -.
md notwithstanding his si1 millons will
harl'y regard tho day Ms n very cheerful ono,
or hang many ,nislctoo-boughs. Mr.. JOYCE,
looking through his prison CRATE, will hardly
hear m anEsl sing to him as he reflects upon
The tortuo,.sncss Of crooi,el whisky. On thu
18th Of November ms. he wns in n frnmo of
mind to have celebrated Christmas. for tbcn
y tho rnin fell lightly Oil the mountains, the
Eun.. sllone warmly on TIM nla;ns. an1
tic food was settling into ;,s farmer bed
where the crystal waters sl,a11 aon;n valiant
l. <-ft
and tho gentle breczcs md birds of snr;nc
shall make merry music in tho cathedral
aisles Of generous nation" Tint WAC IN
tho true Chrietjan yciu. but nov. Mas. he 3oo
"nbant!oncd the yaticiuation racket md m
longer showers down borbaric pcorJa ,,ofora
tin popular swinc," whatever that operatiou
NAV be, There nre ,nany other t}en,cra in
tho crooked Ehiyer;nr in their shocs o,,,
looking forward to deys Of tr;bulnt;on ond
exceeding wrath who are not in frame Of
mind today to ceIebrato Christmas win that
degree Of youthful exubcranco ncccssor.. T.,
O complcts realization Of lin mcrr;,nc,,t of
tl,c t1ay. Tic Rao.Bahv viii mt md wal,
comfort hapc;no mon III. lirbtcd trco +l,ot
mucl-nfliictel infant being now in tho caro
of tho doctors mud nurses Tho norc,,,t-
tax.pnycrs of Chicago will not ]ano n,, t1,o;r
stockings with keen cxpcctat;oas nor sine
carols md drink sack a, they would hovo
done lind not tllu CITY Assessor pavcd tho
wa5 for the CITY Collector to tuko their nor.
sonal property to satisfy thu taxes. Thrv
may possibly lo reminded of tle fact that
ChriGt happened to bo born in Bothlchcu, In.
Cause ;JosEru went down thcro with Mary to
pay his taxes, hut oven C.EsA1's creed did not
pile up sttch bill of taxes rs pnrLLrrs,, It
will be safo to wagor considerable sums that
Mayor GOWN did not ret up last night TO
eco tho animals kncel, and thet he will not
wander through tho Ciiy-Hall today war;
bling carols rs lie sccs tho probabilities Of his
holding on nniil 1877 grow fainter and faint-
or. There will bo many other ungracious
souls who will not brim over with jolity to-
day, but will fret, and worry, and growl
through it, and bo glad when it in gone.
Fortunately this clues is small. It is tho
worlds holiday md tho brightest and best of
oil the holidays. Thousands Of men, women,
md children, III all tho four quarters Of tho
globe, will celebrate tho day with glad hearts,
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