The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-01-03
OUR CINCINNATI LETTER.
The Holiday Gaieties-Duilness or
Busfness-A Brilliant Wedding
The Democratic Convention.
CINcINN ATT, December 20, 1875.

C1NcINN ATT, December 20, 1876.
Editors OF the Register.
II there is any time of the year one part
OF the country is more interesting, or
one city more glorious or exciting, 1T
must DO during the holidays, when
merry Christmas bells are Ginning and
gay masqueraders crowd the festive
hall, and when gay New Year callers 60
winding their hilarious way to
open houses and bounteous spreads.
at this time the air ia celebrating
and everybody excited-the streets
throaged, the stores crowded, In short
all are merry-making.
1t has been long since your CORES
pondent tried to pen anything about
Christmas times, for 1t strikes US that II
is particularly hard time to be sober and
express sensible ideas in any kind OF in
teresting words, and your writer, like
Grant, Is not dictionary of splendid
savings and wise expressions. Neither
is ne good in belIe!--to stand above
humanity like n Talinadge or Beecher,
"A Moody or Sankey lowering over ones
heads like birds Of prey, and like
carrion bird STOPPING to catch even
q scent Of some morsel TO glut On. 1t has
struck the writer That during the holl-
DAVIS is a very poor time to go to church,
and many act on this belief, hence SO
many church soclals, fairs, lunches, DC.
We nope and expect to spend very
io!ly time during these blissful days OF
freedom and pleasure, and wish others to
go and do likewise.
This is the winter of Our discomfort,
made glorious BY skating. Every
BODY skates, the girls, the boys, the old,
the Young, and many skate who don't
want TO-, simply by an involuntary,
double back action, generated BY
the ice in the streets, regardless
of life, liberty, linen and happiness. A
very livid example-iilustratlve, too, OF
q late expression-happcned on Vine
street last week. A very accomplished
and buxum uptown lady, OF arlstocratic
style, little heavier than the usual pro-
norton OF women, who has spent several
winters abroad and was uuacquainted
with the splendid facilities OF American
skating, and who had brought home
very fac poodle-as she priced him
WAS coming down street to shop. Mr..
Poodle accompanied the lady close at her
heels. When above Fourth, on VINE,
an excellent opportunity was AFFORDED
for sliding, when she Immediately en-
hraced it, and dropped so sudden, with
out apprislng Mr.. Poodle, that he really
did not know whether lightning,
n .thunkerbolt or house
had dropped on him.. MI.
Poodle was mashed" so fiat that he
might have been taken in mistake to
patch hole in a stove-pipe.
We have Kinks everywhere-in the
valleys, in the parks, along the river and
on the hills. An er terprising firm has
made rink on Prices Hill, 600 feet
above the streets OF the city, and very
charming one 1t is. 1t affords day and
nightly amusement for skatorial artists.
Your writer went skating Christmas day.
He lays II to the dinner, which was
bcavy; others say it was egg-nog. New
er,hclcEs he came home with one rib
cavcl in and hip out OF Joint. However
he made an important discovery while
out, interesting to star gazers, That one
could see stars in daylight if they will
only go skating.
Business men, VINO we think ought to
know. say business is dull-one man
sad It was SO dull, that if salt was two
dollars per barrel, they could not make
enough to salt n jay bird!. Business men
have high hopes maturing, dependent on
the inauguration of Tllden.
The State of Kentucky will he turned
into poor house if Tilden should not be
inauguratcd.
The onjy class Of men who have made
any money III this city for year past
are the candy men and free lunch men
One has killed thousands OF men by sell
1g his articles direct, which in
many cases produced hydrophobla.
Tn. other gives soup which produces in.
slant death, which makes money tor the
coroner and relieves him Of dead beat.
4 very brilliant wedding occurred in
tho upper circles Of our city last night.
Miss Annie Matilda Hubert was mar
RED To- NJ. Peter r. TAFT The bride is
y beautiful Young lady, the daug hter of
u very wealthy land owner here, and the
room is a son OF Attorney-Gcneral Taft,
Tn. legal adviser of Mr.. Grant, also a
prominent member OF the Cincinnati
bar.
The Dcmocratsy of this State are TO
meet on the S.h, of January next. "A
general out-pouring of the masses Is ex-
pected. The meeting viii either take
place in this city or Columbus. Should 1t
meet here, your correspondent Will try
to lot down some OF Its iolngs
The political fever Is very nervous
very uneasy; shall devote some space
TO il NJ another time.
Wishing you all n happy New Year
permit me to say good night.
JULIUS,