The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1878-01-17
aVs Had 4 Splendid fine
EDrIVR 6TAE--I noticed the follow
Ing communication and comment In
the Reed City Clarion Of Jan. lIth:

| Ing communication and comment Ia
the Reed City Ciario', Of Jan. lIth:
To the Editors Of the Reed City Clarion
VIII you permit me, through the columns
y"ST = prRss sc eo,us % as Of the LANE ucusfr
/ 6rAR OF Dec. "a, ~, In regard 10 q Chri,smas
win As am one OF The parties there alluded
1 to, wish In justice 10 naysclf ana others 10
state the facts as they occnrrea. Ineie ne w"s s
| Sunday school scholars, but II was free for al |
20 put presents ON for their friends. -, Win
! c0n,mitfee 10 procure tree, and a com mmittee |
| of Indies was chosen TO dscorate IL anu han9
the presents and spisn,',,n, ~, irs or .w1 coupt
honss. I1sII, IN the shape Of AN as:h, and the
trees loaded with prcsepis- In ths ,,. evening,
iisent community gathered TO witness the
dlstribution ofthe presents, end we hna
~ to cali OF the gins, and none OF the COM
% cline Until they wess handed to US io ss on,
| md do not think there WIS more than ono
0rtwo In that intelligent community that aiu; %
/ But the presents were called as presented, and
smve Iopes, sc one @ mark ed Pills, the either Pump
kln Secds. and pint nursing bottle , eomRir.Ss.
S$w .Sppcse ,nt the NIX ax 9r 1. must
have sourcd ON Y. n, or he wopid not hnve
( c0,ne out as he did, nor do ! think he Wi!
tie tImr he gets that intelligent community
csiucai cd up 10 his high statute, he Will be
about as cid ss any any S,s os evI, . oss the
Wheeler presidinE, aud {. X. takes his pres
b~iorr him and rxclainns, in All the anguish
Of his spirit, "Judge. is there any redress"
s. "sS Sn ss sS NO, sn0v q d"S w"aa
my sdvIcr is that you take srcn things as % 9th.
,s.. sss's sss'G ss' anos
- Yours rSpectf@lly,. "A
Il rive dive space for the above because we are
always willing that both sides snomm ,rs p~h
stoop 10 sssch wificss ss.nselcss Jokes ~ por-
tion of the people of Baldwin induiye.-Eni-
TOR sLAnION.l
Now, the above reminds me Of a
C1,rist,nas tree that Ihad hand In
getting up; this, too, not thousand
: miles from Baldwin. "I wish In JUS
|. tice to myself and others to sfote the
, Eacfs as they occayred;;" us far as / am
: aware of them. I might give eniy
that part OF the "facts" which relate
: to the "justice to myself" but think
fla man Of my cloth should make clean
Z breast Of IT; for can't help but think
1 that there's some 'justicc" due the
newspaper man, too. So here goes.
y Yes, we had ''a splendid tree;" oh!
1, and .'we had splendid time" all!
"None Of the community knew Of any
: presents for G. X Radcliffe, ani do
:. not think there was more than one or
Two ia that intelligent community that
did, all! "One marked Pills, the 9th
}, er Pumpkin seeds" all! ('The mark ON
!, the i,ottle, "in justice to myself" viii
'e say nothing about; for thdf, you see,
= shows the true inwardness of the whole
% matter.) q, 1--WE had n splendid timc!'
1t "was a Christmas tree got up fol
4, the benefit of the Sunday school sch0l
j. ars;" but the s.sciiolars" got apples ant
= candy Except where their parents ol
,v.d friends furnished something more sub
a, stantial); while the presents went t.
Il make up "a splendid time" "But th'
~. presents were called as presented" lex
cs cept, perhaps "a tobacco pipe, for "A youn,
a. lady, which was withheld; not becatIs'
~ "the prcsents were called as presented
~ Int n miuht mar the morlls(?) of "a
y, splendid timc.p A bottle (which pco
kc plc might bc left To infer, IL they choose
he contained whiskey) was presented .
a. one; pins to young men; Pig
tail to n young lady; coarse comb To
'n young lady, with the instructions &
I'd keep her hair conibed, &C. 1he re
of marks made throughout the hall; th
:. symptoms OF modification and expires
- a, sxn- from snrnxs these nm
X fortunate enough to be present to re
ot ccive the insults, were highly enter
AZ. tniuing(:c The remark of u lady tina
we ttos,ght tO be ashamed for puttin
such things OH the tree" rather dam
pcucd the "splcndid time" In her i'm
-. mediate vicinity; but still the fun wen
on. 4 didn't somehow seem t0 thin
I'D, nor care much about the secession, o
the associations and memories of tn
:, sacred Anniversary Day; but was beil
na upUn having "a splendid time"
2 was well enough to talk about "Peac
on earth; good will to mcn;"--the Pre-
Y ccpt part Of the programme; but se
|. ting the example part OF it would spo
Az for .'hanging" those presents, 6
. necessary for IA splendid time" / M
not pres1med to know anything abot
m la committee Of ladies was chose
nd to decorate 1t, and hang the presents.
II Soo,e. who claim to be ''cducated up
his hjrh stat,Ite,u might think that tll
fact of such indelicute "presents" ha'
$ inw been chung was taking advar
fa@e ef innocent ladies upon tile con
= mIttee: and looked like dastardl
- sneaks hiding themselves In their col
tcmptiblc acts behind unsuspectlng y
males; but I never thought OF fhdf;
i'll did, Il would have made no diiie
encc; for I was bound to have "a SPEC
did time The young lady who W.
=, 50 grossly ipsulted, without Possio
and cruel modification In public, I
receiving the coarse comb, broke u
pjeccs and threw it upon the fioo
This. doubtless created - spicnd
rm. time In the dsof the children pre-
the am not prepared just yet to .;
nae; that knew who hunv the present
:. a., the tree. ana NOT prepared to -
- that realized that the net 0f scalliI
efYr the "prosents'' and dexpOetnT the
- 10 public gaze made the tllischicft rat
- or than tile acts OF placing them on q
tree, foor, table, or other place wne
- sInpls minded Creatures WHO mugn
"A the Idea Of being 'edueateo up "
S them. bud forgotten the fable Will
=. teIls IA that IL WAS the cat which n
ifs DAVIS scorched pulling the cl!estnt
q out Of the fire, and not the ssonx<y III
nesv WeIl' in'iI hpdn;t sAlriy recovered fre
the effects Of seeing that 'spleno
"a tree and having s'a sIResdid time
when q little item In 3 lDewspAper col
rlctelv knocked me OF my buIan'