The Newtown bee., 1879-12-31

quested.
With this issue of the BEE num-
Der of its subscribers subscription runs
OUT we trust they will attend to the
matter, and send in their dollar at once.
Frank, the Central House hostler, was
polishing stove a few days ago, but ow-
ing to the innamable nature of the COM
pound, and that the stove was slowly |
burning, the material caught fire, and
ended in an ugly burning Of Franks
hands.
Among the many Christmas gather
ings in this good old town there was none
pleasanter than the one that met at the
house of Philo Nichols. A handsome
tree loaded with about fifty fine presents
was one OF the attractions of the evening,
and table. loaded with good things in
the shape OF refreshments was another.
May the company that was present all
meet on next Christmas day.
We are compelled, for want Of S. ace,
to hold over until next week en- explana-
tion of the Christmas Carol, sung Mon
Jay ulSlIJ ut INC GlilIuIGu lGSLlNdl III
the Episcopal Church. The Rev. MIR.
Haskins says that it is supposed to have
been additionally handed down to W,
from the old British Church existing In
England and Wales in the third century.
The Sunday-school Festival and re-
presentation of Jacobs Ladder, at st.
Johns Church, Sandy Hook, on the even
ing of the 25th, was well attended. The
ladder was trimmed with evergTeens, and
heavily loaded with presents. many of
which were not only useful, but elegant.
The programme Of exercises for the even
ing was well selected, and the singing by
the children was creditable to themselves,
as well as to those who had the matter in
charge. The church itself was neatly
dressed in evergreens, and the we'll
chosen remarks OF Rev. T. w. Haskins
were listened to with marked attention,
not only by the scholars, but by the older
ones who were present.
We were glad to notice so many alb
sent natives OF Newtown come to spend
the pleasant Christmas holidays with
their parents and friends. It manifestly
proves that people born in Newtown, no
matter what the attraction of their every
day lives, have always warm spot in
their memories for the "old house at
home" Their ere perhaps no feelings,
no associations, so grand, SO thrilling, so
pure or sacred, as those that cluster
around the cottage where ones youthful
days were passed-passed so free from
care, and tepming with blest childish in
nocence. In after years we have to bat
tie with the world and to fight, day after
day, the GOODNESS, Indifference, and not
unfrequenuy the treachery of strangers.
How abundantly do those thoughts crowd
on the mind at the holy Christmas time,
aud who Will say that such thoughts DO
not make US better men and women, and
moro worthy members OF society. Oh,
may such thoughts often return, for they
are pregnant with memories of the faith
ers and mothers who so zealously and
aTectionately taught us to lisp our first
prayer to our blessed Maker.
A day or TWO ago, as we were busy at
the desk OF cur sanctum, we heard q
gaGtla knock at our front door; our for
mer "devll," Tom, as If by intutive
knowledge of the presence of the gentler
sex, responded, and ushered into our
midst Miss Mary A. Houlihan, our mil
lncry neighb6f over the way, accom-
} panied by lady friend. Although sick
as heart from over-work, we thought we
were called upon to exhibit our galIantry,
, and act the cicerone to the ladies. We
endeavored to do our part, and explained
to the extent of our ability all the intri-
eacies in the paraphernalia of a printing
Office. We were industriOusly piled with
. questions, and as expertly answered
them. Finally, when our lady visitors
distributor, we were asked, what we
wanted of that stoUe-lid?" This was
reaching climax in the iuquiring line
= and we had to give in-the eXuberance
of our risible faculties got the mastery
> over our discretion; we ha / to place oul
arms abimbo until our laughter subsidized
3 When We came to ourselves, our millinel
:. neighbor and her friend had Quilted fo
d more congenial quarters.
Many Of our Nowtovtownians wer,
visiting friends on Christmas day; one
> whom, for obvious reasons, we shall leave
= nameless, imbibed some warm decoction
4 which evidently had more vim in it thar
; Schenck, and, some time after the shades
. of night had fallen, wendell his way t.
i his Arcadian domicile, where he kneY
his better half was busy with her pre-
c partitions of the Christmas goose, ant
:, other savory edibles. He arrived O.
" home, he relates, as hungry as
!, hawk" fully determined to do justice t,
;, the occasion. After several gutteral at
tempts, he succeeded in making We goot
dane to understand that he wanted t,
IS regale himself with some domestic fowl
v She complied, and he showed the white
Ir of his eyes when he discovered, that OF
g. account of the inroads of his youn.
= hopefuls ard the materfamilas, tina
said bird was devoid Of the appen dage
q 50 necessary for flying and pedestrian
" Ism. However, being the last on deck
= he resolved within himself to make tn
: best of it, and with much muscular eli
"a Tort he carved out the part that i
- mover first over the fence He gulpet
"a a. ons mouthful enough to fill good
sized pail, but he calculated with hi
host. His wife, at the moment, enter
: ing from the back Kitchen, asked no,
= he liked the goose; he essayed a
y answer, but 1t was sorry attempt
10 "Oh, W. w wife he has hookc
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