Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1877-12-23
The deep came
The merry deep came,
AS thou dost freely quaff-a
Sing
Fling,
Be as merry as a king,
And sound a lusty lau yh-a.


Fling,
BE merry a a king,
And sound lusty lauEh-a.
Old Stove tells us that cat Christmasst
there was in the Kings house, wheresoevel
hee was lodged, lorde of misrule, or maystel
of merle disportes, and the ike had we in the
house of every nobleman of honor, or goode
wOrshippe, were he spiritual or temporal.
Ben Johnson's ''Masque of Christmas" relates
| to an old custom of fantasies belonging tc
the olden manner of celebrating this holiday
| Referring to the immense salaries of the Bish-
| ops of Canterbury and London, and the habit
of the former prelate to give great Christmas
feasis to the Londoners, Sidney Smith in one
of his sharp letters to Archdeacon Singleton
says: els it necessary that the Archbishop of
Canterbury should give feasjs to aristocratic
London and that the domestcs of the pre-
lacy should stand with swords and big wigs
round the pig, and the turkey, ard venison,
to Defend as it were, the orthodox Gastronome
from the fierce Unitarian, the fell Baptist and
the famished children of dissent"
We will bring these excursions" to a close
by the following extract from this same series
of letters by the gifted Canon of st. Pauls
1t is none the-lecs welcome from the fact that
it is not strictly Christmas story 1t is en-
titled
THE DUTCH CHRONICLE OF DORT
And is as follows: "And before my lords
the bishops, Simon Of Gloucester, who was
bishop in those parts, disputed with Vorstius,
and Leoline the Mork, and many texts of
Scrip ire were banded to and fro; and when
this was done, aud many propositions made,
and it waxed toward twelve Of the clock, my
lords the shops prepared to set them down
10 fair repast, in which was great store of
good thin sand among the rest roasted
peacock, having in lieu of a tail, the a ms and
banners Of the archbishop, which was goodly
sight to all who favored the church-and then
the archbishop would sly a grace as was
seemly to do, he being very holy man; but
ere he had finished, a great mob of townspeo-
pie, and folks from the country, who were
gathered under the window, cried out, Bread.
bread, for there was a great famine land wheat
had risen to three times the ordinary price Of
tie SLEIGH and when they had done crying
Bread bread they called out No bishops
and began to cast up stones at the windows.
Whereat my lords the bishops were in great
fright, and cast their, dinner out o. the win
dow to appease the mob, and SO the men of
that town We're well pleased, and did deyour
the meats with great appetite; and then you
might have seen my lords Standing with empty
plates, and looking wistfuy a. each other, till |
Simon of Gloucester, stoosl up among them
md said Good my lords, is il your pleasure
% sand here fas ing, and that those who
,ount lower IN the church than you do should
east and fuster! Let us order to Us the din
Ter of the deans and canOns, which is making
eady for them in the chamber below And
his speech Of Simon of Gloucester pleased the
bishops much; so that they sent for the host,
ne William of Ypres, and told him it was for
he public good, and he, much fearing the
bishops, brought them the dinner of the deans
nd canons; and SO the deans and canons
-ent away without dinner, and were pelted
Y the men of the town, because they had
ot put any meat out of the window like the
ishops; and when the count came to hear of
!, he said it was pleasant conceit, and that
he bishops were right cunning men, and had
ingd the canOns well! "