Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1877-01-19
Christmas In England.

The labnring population Of England
have an unpleasant way Of celebrating
merry Christmas by getting disguatingly
drunk. Some mornlists have attributed
this to Dickens gush in many books over
the extreme jollity and general good fell
lowship Of taking more liquor than is good
for You. Whether or not the populnrnoy-
elist has this sin ON his spectral shoulders,
the fact of the general drunkenness is al
mitted. The London Times gravely warns
the English that unless Christmas stakes
somewhat more useful and active turn, and
so iustifes its observance to the world, II
will not much longer hold its own" So
seems that the Puritans, who prohibited
bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to
the bear, but because it gave pleasure to
the spectators, and who also prohibited the
ohservance of Christmas because il gave
rise to "unseemly and goddess mirth," are
finding tardy justification Of the acts.
Bear-baiting is gone. and now Christmas ia
threatened with like fate But MS long
as there are children-and there seems no
present probability Of n stoppage of the
supply--so long the Christkind, and Santa
Claus, and st. Nicholas will come down
chimneys and ill stockings ms vigorously
as ever. The drunkenness of the poor will
but by removing their poverty. The colos-
sal landed estates Of England. which in
volve the wretchedness Of tens OF thousands
of people, are the real promoters Of power
tv, and int0xication, and uncleanness in
England 1fsome OF these were cut mp into
peasant farms, the new owners would not
celebrate the birth of their Saviour by an
unanimous drunk.-E1.
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The Canada Southern Extension.
A new interest to the Canada. Southern
arises in a proposed new trunk line between
Chicago and New York by that road. Since
| Vanderbilt controlled that line it has been
rather expected that the road would never
reach farther on in the original project,
but be turned sonthward 10 meet the Air
Line at Elkhart, thence by Lake Shore
double track TO Chicago. 1t is now stated
from n. Y. that 'he work stopped only on
account of Vanderbilt's illness, and that
in the course of time the road will be fin
ished beyond Fayette. Meanwhile comes
a new proposal, to patch up a through line
by the Eel River Road, thus: The Canada
Southern is built to Fayette, and the grade
made and tics down 25 miles further to
Edon. From Elon to Butler, the eastern
term linus of the Eel River Railroad, the
distance is only nine miles, and the Eel
River Company has proposed to build a
track to Edon, if the Chicago & Canada
Southern will complete its line 10 that
place. BY this means n continuous line
will be established to Logansport, Ind.
and thence to Lafayette, ST. Louis, Omaha
&c. "This arrangement, says n Chicago
paper, "wOuld also give the Eel River Rail.
road direct connection with Detroit and
the North and Fast. The Chicago division
of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad crosse,
the proposed new route twenty miles weR
Of Edon, thus furnishing direct line e
the Chicago & Canada Southern to Chicago
by passing over twenty miles of the Ee
River track. The Eel River Company h Al
agreed TO pro-rate with the Chicago 4
Canada Southern, and the Baltimore 4
Ohio has offered very favorable terms fol
the use OF its track to Chicago. The dis
tAnce from Edon TO Chicago ia about 15(
miles by the proposed route. Ilis claimed
that there il no Intention Of abandoning
the original purpose of building an indie
pendent line from the Detroit River Il
Chicago, but the new line will be used un
Ill themainline is 6nished.-!SumdGy Journal
There 10 young mAu and also a young NO.
man, In SanduAky, who are In . terrible suG
pense over The Presidential question. During
the excitement of the campaign, the young
man sgreed 10 marry the young lady In cas-,
Hayes was elected, and the young LADY agreed
10 marry The Young man in case Tilden wal
slectad. This is The terrible suspense that Il
now mArsinR their happiness, destroying con
fdenes, paralizinR courtship, and throwing
! hands out OF employ meat, SN4ve yeuyAal.