New-York tribune., 1877-01-02
THE HOLIDAY IN BROOKLYN.

HOW THE NEW YEAR WAS WLLCOMED-CALiS RE-
CEIviD BY MR.. BEECHEH AND OTHER CLERGY
MIN AND CITY OFFICIALS.
The new year was welcomed III Brooklyn
with the accustomed peang Of chimes, dscorlat notes
Of hols aud OF mirthful singers The streets
wi tie many stroller upon thcnI seemed almost as an
iniatcd rs at midday. Many private residences were
Iiahtcd, and evidently flied with merry home
ro!ps waiting the close of the centennial year. The
various Methodist churches OF the city maintained the
Old custom of watch meetings and IN some Of the other
churches special ursci services were held Inc most
imIrc~,ive Of these exercises were those lhat look
lacc At ~; Anne Church on the Ill shts At IL o'clock
the chimes brcRc oal changes OF eight bells followed
by -iN other air, Al the conclusion of the last one
DAYS and moments hwifuy flying" the exercises
within the church bcgan. The building was filled TO ITS
utmost capacity, and many were turned away. The
service COnsi ted Of series OF questions Dy he rector
egar,lng = the lapse OF time and chosen from the
Ecllntulrs. with responses to each by the choir
The final Interrogation from Job when shall
! arise and the night be gone f' Was answered
by the full chorus OF singers with the chah',
"Ihe night is far spent, the day L. at hand Let us
Therefore put off the works % darkness and let us put on
the armor Of Hght" Al the conclusion OF the lGu-cd
performance the congregation bowed in silent devotion
until hour o. - struck when The chimes broke out
into the air, Happy New Year TO AL followed 10y hve
other selections. The Gloria ENceSis. the pastoral
Nea Year loelings, aud 1ne OcneiytJA concluded The
exercises.
Ihe streets very quiet yesterday morning and
thongh large number were ready receive" at 10
o'clock il was fairly before many callers were 10
be seen. As the Afternoon advanced, the numbers oi
thosr both u sHshs aud foot increased rapidly and
probably fully a. kent open house or called upon
Their iIcMd-. aS IN prcvIUus years Among tIr lille
baskets waiting cards at Ia" doors of closed houses
tue large number fastened with Tho significant black lib
boz. was noticeable. At the cts Hail. Mayor Schroeder
received any cti1rms calling upon him bct"ccn 10 and
IL =. M Duriue the last hour tlry foinwcd last aitrr
eacn other uLlI the lI-t HuinocICd about 900 John
French, President Of the Common C0ulCll me- large
pniuncr 81 his friends hr residence on CHnoI-dvc
On the aNcuI" Commissioner S0cm was also al
home during thr attcruooH A large huhheI called
upon Commission u Fowler ana Adams SlIOsac wee
der Coroner ~nms, ana H. elstei Bare. MI Beechers
house was open from II a. III. until D. III.
Dgiug that time count was kept Oi 300
cai.CrR, but there cOnsdc: able numbcr not
lucuG,d list oversight. Call Il round
thousand" raid Nj. beccur Chccriy, and yOa VIII l
INSIDE Tue member. And nad good time. II '0u
don't believe IL. only WISH You Lad been here to DO
soinr of tie Misunderstanding we've done to-day - from II
iii seven lUurs-uS hand has been squeezed c0ni!nu-
ousIS iii il is fairy sore Among the first visitors were
TO- pcrsCs the Bethel married mems class, who almost
overcrowded the paIlOrs. These were soon f0-
LWed by about 30 of the aytiOweT Mission.
Among tue ministers Rev. Mi Bray OF Montreal
aud tie Rev Mes,Ts Hale anG Porter OF the clty Ihe
list included about 20 lawyers prominent among whom
were Judge Benedict and Messrs. NInslOw ant Ihit
Ramul : Armstrong, aud eX Mayor Hunter also called
Thomas She earmsn did not appear on account OF III
heath The Rev. Mcssrs. SOrIh, Hall, 1almAI. Ctyicr
Tungtou scudder, DuTy yea aud Fulton, re eyed each
O. them large number oi friends at their respective res
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