Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1876-12-27

of speed, the drivers being only sat-
isfied when their cutters were
ahead of their rivals. Big sleigh
loads Of Sunday School childen
passed up and down the streets
the hsppiest of the happy, besides
which there were numbers Of the
boys with their gals, family parties,
and other groups who seemed to
enjoy gliding over the "beautiful
snow"
The festivities Of the Congrega-
tional Sunday School were very in
teresting and must have pleased
both the children and those who
we're not children. The church
was crowded-many persons being
obliged to stand. AS soon as the
singing, recitstions, etc., had been
finished, the Superintendent in
formed the children that Santa
Claus had apparently forgotten to
send his usual gifts to them. Here
was trouble for the young minds.
What would they do! No Christmas
presents. Terrible tidings! The
young faces full Of bright antici-
pations must have paled. Oh, why
did Santa Claus forget theml They
had been good children and at
tended Sabbath School regularly,
and now to be forgotten OF last
A gentlemen moved that o com
mittee of three be appointed to go
to Santa Claus and find out what
was wrong. The motion was car
ried unanimously and three young
ladies delegated for the mission
The curtain was then drawn and
the home OF Santa Claus disclosed
to view. The committee then pro-
ceeded to arouse the inmate, and
after various adventures and much
ringing the old man stuck bis head
out Of the chimney and wanted to
know what they desired. As soon
as he found out he came down
but informed the committee that he
had no presents, having given them
all away. The committee refused
to leave without the pressnts-they
must have them. After some dis
cussion Santa Claus took another
look about his house and discover
cd a basket full OF sweet things.
The next thing WAS to carry the
presents to the children, and as
tho reindeer had been turned loose,
a new difficulty presented itself.
The difficulty, however, was settled
by a charming little fairy queen,
and the children found that Santa
Claus had not forgotten them
1t was one of the most pleasant
Christmas scenes we remember hav-
ing Witnessed.
At the Catholic Church there
was a Christmas tree and many
persons were made happy with
presents. In addition there were
vocal and instrumental music, tab
lesux, etc. Those present carried
away with them many pleasant
memorie. Of their evenings enter
ment.
At the Baptist Church, there was
a Sunday School concert on Sunday
evening. Monday afternoon the chill
dren were delighted with q sleigh
ride, and on their return they par
took Of a supper prepared for them,
and then finished their Christmas
festivities by . grand jubilee.
In the M. f. Church there was a
Christmas tree, and after the fes-
tivitios connected with it were
over, the children adjourned to the
church parlor. and enjoyed them
selves as children only can.
In the afternoon there was
shooting-match in which number
Of our sporting-men participated.
Turkeys, geese, ETC., were tho tar
gets shot at.
Christmas night was passed by
che lovers of "the dreamy waltz"
at the hop given by the Alpens
Guards, at Alpine Hall. About
sixty couple we're present and all
appeared to enjoy themselves to
their utmost.
To conclude, our devil got so
chuck full OF Christmas that he
couldn't stand it, so he retired to
bed quiet early, and dreamed that
Santa Claus tried to shove the
north pole and pair Of reindeers
down his throat. Waking up he
fonnd Ia had kicked off the he'd