The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-28


inspect it. That it does not explode ami
scatter the good Receiver all around,
is a wonderful thing. But Wag. was
/ born luck yand is one OF the few i'm
mortal men who were not born TO die.
Tom Williams received Il "force pump"
and Is practising on 1t for the benefit OF
hls heirs and assigns.
After the distribution Of presents, il
was announced that the unveiling OF the
! Christmas tree would immediately take
place. The crowd rushed off in that d.
rcction. Santa Claus amounted the ros-
trum," Unole Johnalhan gave the signal,
and up went the curtain. What scene
Eas there presented. The tree, as
beautiful as when it grew upon It's ma
tive heath, was robed in gorgeous
dress, wherein was represented all the
colors of the rainbow. A thousand or
naments gIistened from the sprigs and
and limbs, and angels almost spiritually
foated in the air about the tree. Below
was a variety of scenery, which seemed
actually real and not artificial. Away
in the northwest was range OF noun
tans, surrounded by snow, and among
the Undiscovered rocks ana in the cav
erns were various wild animals. A
beautiful mountain stream flowed down
to the plain below. In the glen, beneath
the heights, was collection OF animals
of various kinds. and men TO tame them,
and animal cages in the rear. TO the
north, in among rocks artitcialiy ar
ranged, was the representation OF the
birth place of Christ. There, too, were
the figures OF the wise men who saw the
star of Bethlehem, and had gathered
for the purpose Of worshipping the Son
of God 70 the right of this scene, on
an elevated platform, was represents
ton Of the home of Santa Claus. Lead
inc from this was u winding way into
the plain below. And on the plain, un-
der the tree, were the hocks of sheep,
shepherds, etc. In the center was Il beau
tifuI tountain-evcr fowing-which sets
off the picture handsomely. Our words
are ent Try too inadequate to describe
the beauties of this scenery. We advise
all our readers TO go and see it for them
selves. Soon after the unveIling Of the
tree an illumination, under the direction
of Mr.. Chas. Low, took place, and the
effect was gorgeous. The Christmas
tree was trimmed by VIM. r. Gels. Mr..
George Kruger, assisted by Mr. h. ).
Martin, 'made' the scenery. Mr.. kruc
ger has good reason to be proud OF his
success as scenic artist. Mr.. Chas.
Low arranged the fountain which works
so handsomely. While the audience
was looking upon the illuminated scene
~, musi. from "fairy land" fioated
through the air. 1t was delightful.
Following the unveiing ceremony on
auction took place and several fancy ar
tc!es were sold Mr.. W. x. Gels is at
home az an auctoneer. Price and Beech
had better look TO their laurels.
The talking doll was introduced 10 the
audience. The bachelors looked grim
and sulen when she looked them square
in the face and shouted, d" Papa !"
The walking doll pushed her cart
about in the middle Of the floor. and act
Cd IA natural as life. It's handsome toy.
Quite 4 spirited contest arose over the
voting of the blue vases and pcriumery
bottle They wero voted TO Miss Anna
Murphy by a large majority.
Oysters were served to Il number Of
people and pronounced Us tar above the
usual festival oysters rs the heavens are
above the earth.
The evenings performance was
profitable one, not only for the visitors
but for the church.
Forth Evening.
- rf "a n
tions were placed in different parts OF
the room. They add to the brightness
and checrfulncss of the hall. The dane
ing department had been put in good or
der, too. Hawkins band was present
and early began discoursing their excel +.
lent music. Sets were formed for The
qua lriIle and the yoang folks were soon .
deeply engaged in the dance. This
pleasure, in the DAFT" part Of the room, I
occupied the whole evening. j seems .
nearly rs attractive for people = watch I
the motions OF the light feet a 10 be up .
on the door and take part in the 'iauias-
TIC gyrations.'
The chance solicitors, althonLh not
were "handy about and .
kept the BOYS "payiGg for safety" The
Young ladies forced many OF them, how
ever, TO an unconditional surrender, and .
they hung up thciF harps on a willow
tree and pned for the money they had .
so unwilinglv "shclleG out" We piticd
the poor boys. They looked 30 over
whelmincly melancholy. We uninten-
tionally insulted them by asking them
ii thew had just come from funeral.
They looked savage at Us and told Us 10
slide ont or they would punch Us. We
acted discrcc;ly and slid.
We were invited (ot course we accept
ed to partake of oysters. The man
v ho paid the bill was a terrible cbaTac-
.er. Wag told Us that he bad killed ten
men in his day and eaten them. We did
not see any OF the marks Of the canni-
bal about him, except that be devourcd
oysters with remarkable avIdity. But
he oysters were excellent, excellently
prepared and better men than canni-
)als would have swallowed them down
1v the boat load or car load. The man
ayers Of the oyster department are GER
ainly entitled TO great credit Tor the
EXCELLENT ..stcxs, raws and fries" they
'urnish their patrons. The gentleman
rom Dradwood did the handsome thing