The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1876-12-29

/ pdllI 10 TIE SOOu Old laSliCn.
Still when / saw the surprise. auaze-
nent and delight OF the little peoT le
On Christmas Eve, when they wer
permitted view of tbei' lighted tree.
then l was inclined to think that he
best. II is difficult to decide. but one
thing is certain, that Christmas is
growing every year to be more cher
ished festival; or ought this seem
strange in a professedly Christian
country, where Christ is worshIpped
a. God, when we realize that This i,
bis birthday festival. Being so much
freer from the reality, we are not go
much afraid Of the slladowy bugbear
superstition as our Puritan ancestors
We're.
1t was very dirty wea' Eer curing the
week preceding Christmas. bu it did
net seem TO keep a single rerson in
dcoIs- Never was II community so
good raturedly pushsd d and jo.tled as
wer, cur ciiy people at that time. The
handles of the wheelharrow which PAT
was taxing home to his heir puneht d
you in The back, willie The gun that
Aa dameMillionaire had bought for her
son nearly put your eyes oet.
Bundles to the light of you,
bundles 10 the left of YOU
Bund e h-hiUd ou
CroTding and brusine,
seemed to te the Inevitable result cf
being abroad, and in case you were
walking, ify you succeed in getting home
with s.alf your purchases and your hat
still on your head, you were a lucky
person
The shops were never more attract
i've, and the dollars nelts d away Ike
fairy gold when in them, though
wiki better resnlt than is usually at
tributed TO that. The poor benefited
10y the good feeling everywhere, for
one conld not be buying dollars worth
Of pleasure for ones own and refns.
pennies worth 20 those who sircic ched
out supplicatiug hand.
To lay the foundation for the win
tiers Dyspepsia on Thanksgiving Day
and finish the structure ON Christmas
is now the way to build up the nation
al deceass
We cannot be accused here of much |
barshness TO the Heathen Chinee.
Quimbo Apo, who has killed SO many
people, was Only convicted, in the last
case, of manslaughter, and sentenced
to seven years imprisonment. The re
suits of such acton as his seem to
prove that, individually, a good many
lives have been ruined by Chinese
cheap labor in this case. Seven years
from now, if he is not pardoned soon
er, let the people look out for the no
torious Quimbo Apo
The diamond suI;, in Which Il wom-
m who keeps boarding house was
accused by a boarder of stealing her
was dismissed Friday. 1t
caused much amusement. so remarka
BILE vas both complaint and the plain
.iff.
Agrest deal of anxiety was beginning
% disturb the people concerning Mr..
Little Tupper, and it was said that
Nr. Talmage had talked him to death,
ut proper search las traced him TO a
luiet retreat in Canada, where he is
esting, rusticatiDg, and writing lit
lie more proverbial philosophy.
The Baron Palm cremation. with its
disgusting accomplishments and de-
noralizing effects, has had the effect
o turn public attention entirely aside J
rom any such way of dealing with the /
'odies of loved ones. Quite naturally
reaction has taken place which brings
he metallic burial case to the front as
ully meeting the best sentiment and
of the sincere mourners.
'hese cases or caskets have been
rought to perfection, and may be re
ed upon as combining beauty with
ndestructibility; and, better than ell
lse, they preserve with all natural 6
ess, the features of the departed, so
hat, Tor years after death, friends may
asiiy recognize the face ofIoved ones, =
7bo thus may be literally spoken OF as
ot lost to sigi or memory. The day
I the old wooden coffiu of horrible :
1ggestions las almost gone by, and
hat Of cremation (for corpse roasting)
ill never come. Meanwhile the Ray
lohd manufacturing Company of tbis
iiy has come in to meet a universal
'ant with its metallic, alright, beau -
ful easkets, Which. regards price and =
ariety OF style. are within the reach
I all persons, al d will suit all tastes.
The picture sales of last week were
inject of much interest to all art Low
rs. but one felt sorry to see such real
good collections as both the Seabur,
I'D johnson ones were, scattered in
Il directions. Most of the pictures
rought fair prices, Mr. johnston
he reaching S315, 762.
Two pilots have been fined for
OllisiOn which occurred to the bCa', T,
nder their management, one beeaus-
e kept on and the other because h.
id not stop. How would that nnswe 4
railway accidents-to punish tb.
ficers all aroundl The innoeept r
ight suffer for the guilty, but in sucl
stances the benefit of the doub'
oes not always seem TO be desirabl. r
Some of the dolls this year are iin =
sDse. and the little ones do complain q
lat their children tire them so.
Do you wish 10 know how yCu
,vefn your lamilyl Just listen TO ;Ls q
amer in which your little daughte
.Iks to her doll and you will find tina >
le holds the mirror up to nature. Z
ay be e little extorted in eertai'
ords or exaggerated; but general,
le child is very faithful imitator OF
n elders.
A young woman who was highly
TO Passai, dry goods
ealer from the church of the Holy
in this city. has been de
eted in pilfering her employees goods
hieh only goes TO prove how little We j
know of the people that We
C ,mmerd.