The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-01-06

has never bean the writer's fortune TO
VISIT an, oas is of'ary Of tho great des-
orts of tho physical .,Aorld, yet it Lps
bson in tile social world And of all
that we have ever visited, there Is no
0 Q to. which we feel that we. san re-.
vert with more. pleasure aud uasi,fao.
tion than the ope we visited on Christ
mas morn, at Messy Dale. Our es.
teemcd friend and teacher, Mrs. Sim-
mons, principal Of the Messy Dale
Academy, feeling that the minls, oc
her, ,pupilsneeded, Hftera term of ar.
duons study, some relaxation, and do
sh GUS that they should spend Christ
mas as PLEASANTLY as possible, deter.
mined to give them Christmas tree.
The patrons ,.f ,hc school, being ap.
priscd of this fac, came forward
and gave n helping hand in the way #
picnic, Invitations were extended
to- few of the young ladies' and gen.
tlemen Of the ,adjojuiug. neigbborhood.
Accordingly on Christmas morning,
long before the fiery chariot Of ph@>us,
bad nrpproched the zenith, quite IL
crowd ot young folks, in addition to
the pupils, had assembled to partici.
, pate in the pleasures Of the day. The
eutire morning. was spent in Innocent
plays, conveIsAtion,. nc. At ono
o'clock, p, ~, old. Santa Claus, as
true friend to the children as was
Damon to PSthias, made his appear.
ancc and though at first he seemed
to be scarce Of gifts, owing, as We
thought, at the timc,a to the fact
that the radicel, were in the ma,,r..
ty IN his country too, yet in IL
few minutes we found that we were
somewhat mi>ta ken. Aud though old
Satta ,heSIcwcd gifts literally upon
ali ,he children, yet as We heard him
Gail the names Of Miss J.ssie Slu,-
m"le, Miss Maggie Smith aud i am.
| Perry SO OtLen, We. were led to the
| conclusion that old Santa too had his
share Of human impertcolions, and
CONSEQUENTLY favo ties and whcn
We saw what u source Of pleasure and
qualification these gifts were to the
children, we almost wished that We
could doif the "tng't uiri1is" and don
the '.toga rnsriiis' aud become pu.
pill at Messy Dale, especially if wo
could have teacher to INSTRUCT us
81 we'll qualified for the task, as Mrs.
summons. Santa Claus, having CON,
pleted bis MISSION, bade us ad1eu
leaving us TO spend tie rest of the
day as we had the morning. In
few moments, however, dluuer was
ann"uuced- We at once resorted to
The hall Of the "patrons of husband.
ry,' where we found the tables
groaniug under the. weight of good
things to eat, to: which IN our iudc-
ment, we. did ample Justice. Diuner
pelng oyer, we returued to the school
room, where, we resumud our con.
Vereat1ons, etc. And, Mr.. Eii,or,
as We cat: and cunversed with
the young ladies. wc thought that
some OF them 30 far suroas ed the god.
deasa Venus in beauty tina. she would
DC ashamed to make her appearance
At Messy Dale; aud ,wc beard disrinct-
~ the whizziug of the arrows If LITE
cupid az they few ovcr,an'l around us
ond VIC hrlnl ly,belic7e ii our he rts had
not been in7ulnerable, .wc too would.
nave been pierced BY IL, darts. Thus
inc enjoyment cont iLlied It'll ln.o
hour in the eveniug when We all rctir-
I'd to ,.our ho mes, with many wishes
tor the, success of Mrs. Gin mons and
ner prpllsa feeling that we, were will
ing TO differ with the Ancient Phi.
losoph or, ."that tie, fewer enj,ymen's
man had the happier he was likely
0 be-"
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