The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1880-12-28
CHRISTMAS CHIMES.
How the Various Sunday
Schools Made Happy Their
Little Ones.
Scenes on the Streets srd in the
Stores of the Future
Capitsl.

S0pitSl.
Christmas has come and gone with its
Joyous merry making. The dsy - eagerly
anticipated rs childhood has Jswned unon
hem with Its borBirons gifts, ard pro 10 : ID
treasures, and swiftly fed, leaving bnt bro
ken souveuirs of lie uiemories and assocla-
lions. The housewife can gather ~, tine
fragments OF the feast which .or u
week had exhausted her knowledye 81 the
culinary art TO prepare, and at last las
relief from the sizzling, srutter:ng, irving
and s'ewiDg that hes made the kiIche a
domestic pandemonium. HJmsriiy will
awaken this morning, with heavy leads
snd d;siendcd SION achs, and a scer- 81
decentralization will he vaguely imp cd
upon Us ali. But the world again will fail
into harness, the wreck will he re roved,
and iiie glide on 10 il. accustomed cha lel
That il has been happily sUd p.ofi ably
spent by our readers, we most eaInesr Y
hope, and that many occurrences @; The
happy dsy may be experienced be- ali.
No day 10 the calender can compare wish
this ia point OF interest 20 Young and old
alike. Ii Is hallowed IN the memories of
our earliest recolieciions, aud
ITS PLEASANT ASSOCIATIONS
linger along through manhood and old s:e
To the young il hss charIn- ,batcIn Eeyer
be efiaced When she davs shorten snd
cold winter embraces the earb, happy
childhood gieefally counts on the tips Of
lis ioey fingers ,he days that inieI vene be-
tween them and the resiiz .tion O. their
hopes. Dear Old Ssnis Claus. What
would ca 'Isimas be 10 Juveniles Without ne
mystical visits of THE GENEROUS peIsonsss
In vain they puzzle iheiF iis;ie brains 10
account for the chimney descent al ,he
little old man and his immense pac;, which
owe, flows with such childish TREASURES
Eut In its swt e. innocence il tax IL ali
for granted, and ewpiies lis stockings in
voc,ferous gratitude and ecstscv.
For weeks
THE MERCHANTS OF So ALA
had b. en- preparing for the hoii,iay trade,
and their preparations were On a graUder
scale than ever before They rightly an
sicIpaied On enormous amount oi bus,Eess,
owing 10 the Increased prosperity Though
out the entire ccuntrS. Their good were
attrsc,iyeiy displayed, and nov they have
reaped the profits.
A walk through Main and Ohio streets
this gladstone Christmas season OF cold blue
skies and shimmerins sousnine Was Ike n
rambie through fairy .ano. The eve, here
ever il turned, MAS met by beauty AMI
LONELINESS such as this lar city Of all her
sister cities cosii alone present. Frs, O:
all there was the ever changing, u -ns-..ued
picture of surging humanity ,ushiag s.,us
in amending prece>sion-iae brilliantly al
Tired woman of the world, the leader ri
fashion, the sturdy, resolu:e artisan .a.i OF
the consciousness that he was a cis.zsa OF a
common wealth where 10 be Al aIiissn w,-
10 he the most hoaoIed OF oiiizsns.
Judging ircm the throngs eDcounte; ed
yesterday, Navigation on the street Will DC
extremely difficult iron now Till mex, "a, T
day night, ami clerks, male and female,
will be driven frantic bv the appeals and
demands of the jos,line crowd.
TIE sHoP Wal DOW.
Every window was rlctuIe brighter
and more besuiIiui than artist ever
painted. The looms and mills, and work
shops OF all the earth seemed 10 have heen
laid under contribution 10 add 10 the spicB-
dor of their decoration. The eiimGer Of
diamonds and precious stones, bronze and
statusry, quaint carvings in ivory and
ebony, marvellous besuii.di creations oi en-
srsver's pen and painters brush, were 10
he seen on every side. A study OF the
stores Of our merchants was s!Gu,t
a liberal educstioE-an education 10 be OBJ
tanned without cost and without price
There was nothing new in arr, IN sc'ence
in invention as applied 10 the necessity or
the luxury OF the mos; r.a,ions People in
the wor d that they did not contain. But
perhaps the mos: wonderful part of sii this
brilliant holiday exhibition Is it's eia5ora,.
artistic arrangement. Every article was
placed 10 just the position and the iig i;
where il could be seen 20 the v-rv bss, al
vantage. No painter ever pat coIors on bis
canvas with . finer eve or a nicer taste
than the shopmen and the shop women OF
Sedaiia grouped their holiday treasures.
The display was the very emhodi ren' of
the genius Of mercantile decoration. Il ~ss
the reduction oil business 10 one OF the iine
arts.
COLD FACTS.
Yesterday afternoon . reporter took a
tour among The stores with a view In gath
ering few cold facts in regard TO The noii-
day trade this year. His prime object was
10 learn whether the purchases OF Christ
mas gifts could not be taken as On in,.ex 10
the prosperity of the city or country. A
leading jeweler, in response to q questions. re
piled that his sales we're much larger thsn
during the holiday season iast year, and
;hst purchasers had bought better ard
higher priced goods. He had kept daily
account Of sales, and found that compari.
son With similar account lac, year showed |
an increase of from thirty 10 ffly per cent |
A bookseller and s;stioner who cs,riee an |
elegant stock of holiday goods estimates |
the increase at from twenty-four to f.iy. |
Eve per cent. At the art stores. At the dry |
goods imporiums, at the notion stores. the |
story was the same-ihe season Was enc Of |
anex ampled activity.
THE WEATHER
Was moderately cool aud cloudy No i.o.,
covered panes hid the glislening treasures
within the store windows, and young Sc /
aaiia hs,tened Its nose rgain-; :Le glass
with impunify, and in childish delight.
Huge bundles whusked from stores into
wagons, and we'll fed hores, with hurried
ilivers, whirIed Of with their burdens.
CHRISTMAS EVE
vas celebrated BY nearly all the Sund.v
chcois while The little ones were centrally
and rendered infinitely happy.
Fret Baptist Church.
The Sunday schoof children q. this
hurch assembled Friday evening al The
hurch 10 receive thei. annual presents.
The audience room was very preftily
decorated With evergreeBs. Letters wrought
rom everereens. merry Christmas" On .
Ihite background, Suspended mid-sir in
he church, near the front, was the most
thing as the sanctuary was en-