Middletown transcript., 1875-01-02


half sheet this week. This We have done fol
the double purpose Of allowing our employees
an opportunity to visit their homes and
friends, and to get chance to have our Office
cleaned up and put in order for the winter 8
work This has been accomplished and we
are now ready to receive orders for anything
in our line of business, and to i'll them quickly
and satisfactorily. In as much as we give
! our readers the usual amount Of inside read
ing, we trust they will excuse the want of
outside matter.
Profanity In the Streets.
Ladies complain, and justly, of the terrible
profanity and disgusting language Of the
negroes on the streets. The gathering o.
these creatures in crowds upon the street cor
ners has always been nuisance, but Of late
! it has become worse than il has ever been
before. On every clear day especially during
the winter season when they are not at work,
a crowd of them collect upon the corner Of
Main and Broad streets, where they amusa
4 themselves in dancing, loud yelling, boxing,
kicking and other such manly recreations.
At night it is worse still. The crowd is in
creased mt il they literally block up the side
walk, and their loud talking, coarse pro-
family and disgusting language is source Of
annoyance to everybody passing, or who
lives within sound Of their voices. 1t is
shame that such doings are permitted in
/ Va that tho fnuv
AUTHORITIES have frequently endeavored to
break il up, but without avail. We scarcely
know whether we have town officer or not,
but if there is such an individual, he might,
probably do something to abate at least some
of this justly complained of nuisance. These
are some or the fruits Of that most absurd
folly-negro citizenship.
Christmas In Aiddletown.
The celebration Of Christmas differed in
nothing materially from that of former years.
| There was the same amount of church
services-at the Episcopal and Methodist
Churches--as in other years; the merchants
closed their stores--in troms-the confection-
aries and variety stores reaped the customary
harvest; the boys kept up constant din BY
firing guns, pistols, little cannons, fire
crackers, &c., frightening horses and endan-
| gering uecks and limbs a. well as property.
| fOther towns, and cities, have put stop to
this method Of holiday celebrating, but Mid
dletown hasn't reached that point yet We
are waiting for a big conaagration to teach
US the necessity for precauti0n. The darkeys
had their full share of Christmas. Beginning
the evening before they collected in great
numbers, taking almost complete possession
of the sidewalks, walking up aad down the
streets singing at the top of their lungs
keeping it up far into the night, and for
aught we know to the contrary, all night:
for they were at it when we went to bed, and
when we arose in the morning we could still
hear them singing away as loud as ever. In
their own way they had truly Merry
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Childrsn's Christmas Entertainment.
The usual Christmas entertainment for the
scholars Of st. AIMS P. e. Sunday School of
this town, took place last Monday evening.
| The children. and large number of their
friends assembled in the church at the APP
pointed hour, o'clock, where a short service
was held and an interesting address delivered
by the Rector. The scholars then formed a
procession ard entered the Sunday School
room, where, instead Of the customary Tree,
they found Jacobs Ladder" beautifully
trimmed and loaded with good things. The
ssLadder" consisted of two small ladders
securely fastened together at one end, and
placed in the form of the letter A. This was
fthickiy covered with evergreens, and from
| round to round cords were stretched, on
which hung the presents, candles and other
ornaments Candles were also placed on the
| rounds from top to bottom, all Of which,
when lighted certainly presented a beautiful
SIGHT, and Was thought BY many persons. far
superior to the ordinary Christmas tree. The
singing Of carols, inspection Of the "Ladder''
and distribution Of refreshments to not only
the scholars Of the school, but all others pre-
sent, occupied the rest of the evening, and
after the benediction, the children returned
to their homes, no doubt much pleased with
the little treat Of 1874. !
Adrift ON the Nanticokc.
We are furnished with the particulars Of a
case which occurred ON our river, one night
about two weeks ago, which we give as fol-
lows: 1t seems that the sloop Helen James Of
of N. j., Capt. Longacre, was lying at anchor
off the mouth of the Nanticoke river. Between
and 2 clock, p. m. three masked men ap-s
preached in a small boat with muffled. oars,
and climbing noiselessly on deck, secured the
negro man, who was employed on the sloop,
whom they bound and gagged, and then pro-
ceeded to the cabin, which they entered.
The captain who was in his berth at the time,
was aroused by the noise, but before be
couldget up to dispute their right Of entrance,
a revolver was placed significantly to his
head, and gruf voice demanded him to
keep quiet He was led from the cabin by
the three rufians, and one producing strong
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cast him over board. Fortunately, the knot
became loose, and keeping hold Of the board,
he f1eated around for some time, when cap
tain of . passing boat attracted by his cries,
picked him up. He told the captain what
had .ranspired, when the latter put his boat
about and went back. The thieves had es-
capped, and the first thing they did was to re-
lease the frightened negro. Next, they pro-
ceeded to the cabin, where they found every
thing in state Of chaos, and on making an
! examination it was discovered that watch,
valuable gun, suit of clothes, and $3.50 in
money had been taken. The captain has
strong suspicious as to who the parties were,
as he believes one of them to be the same per-
son who was present when he received his
$3.50 in the morning. The negro said they
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