Smyrna times., 1880-12-29


was out and on coming into the house
found it filed with smoke. Assistance was
called and on tearing out the plastering
around the chimney the wood work was
found mass OF live Goals.
| Yesterday evening the stove in the store
of Misses Collins & Savin was accidently
upset scattering the contents over the floor.
Bystanders caught up the stove and burn
ing Goals before anything more serious than
a scare had occurred. Moral, step lightly
among the enbers.
CHRISTMAS INcIDENTs.-The present holi-
day has been in a measure uneventful ex |
cept the event Of the unexeeptonably bad |
weather.
Snow banks are not inviting places to
work in but somehow those who wanted
Christmas trees got them and there are
quite number in town more or less hand
somely dressed Miss Maggie Sisco has
beneath hers a miniature lawn with fish
ponds, &c, and in the rear a handsome
model of house neatly made of tin at
considerable cost of labor by her father
Painted and furnished for occupancy
and lighted up, it is novel feature in holi.
day decorations.
In these days of individual dishes at
hotels and restaurants they rarely come
overfilled. In this respect our shop keep
ers have lesson to learn. But two or
three OF them have heretofore kept full
| I;oa 80 IL b,,K
year they were the most common thing in
\ the market and the consequence is a con.
;. siderable stock in the aggregate to carry
q over.
$ This season has perhaps surpassed all
a others in gift making, and some have re-
,, ceived to safety. The boy of fifty years
@ ago who had nothing but his stocking OF
:. molassss candy and ginger bread, pop.gun
Is and bladers to "bust" managed to extract
d about as much joy out of the occasion as
!. the overloaded boy of to-day.
% A. p. Griffith who has been doing brisk
trade in musical instruments delivered a
piano and organ each on Christmas day
d and ordered third.
d Not the least of the busy men has been
a our photograph artist who has been crow.
le ded with work all the time.
le The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. E
n Williams was introduced by the pastor in
u the presence of number of friends on
ut Monday evening, into the solemn services Of
ne the Bnptismal rites with the title of ' Ed
~ win Charles"
d.. The Irma QuNrtette" were the wedding
10. guests yesterday of one of their number
IL. and most enthusiastic member, VIM. P
bit Dickson, now of New York, who took hi
.r. bride, Miss Susie Wilson, home with hin
as on the evening train. 1t now looks as i
ly the "Irma," once our pet and pride, were on
Of the things Of the past. The tenor wa
the first to put his head in the matrimonial
moose, now gees the baritone and the bass,
"e we'll the soprano feels as if he alone wa
~ left to sing of the sweet memories Of tn
nc past Mr. D. and his bride were compli
d. mented by handsome present from tn
"e trio. After arising from a bountiful tabl
the four, as if to unite the past with tn
'n present, joined their voices in one of thej
on audieus and amid the congratulations @
III friends the happy couple boarded tn
y" sleigh for the depot. --
Oh One of our bachelors and he not SO oil
TAI as his head would make appear, in tn
absence wife and children did the mex
best thing in making Christmas PREF
:" ents-in providing poultry and all tn
necessary Accomplishments for a good dir
~ ner for five needy families.
es?
st. Nhhisl@As'--lh lie CHRISTMAS sSosO" Ju'
passed was at once one of the liveiest an
one Of the dullest. The sleighing Of til
az three days just prior, with unusually actiS
Ist, mercantile trade and q large number {
an purchasers OF all conceivable objects f.
"if presents and home comforts, made tn
n a season in its preparatory stages one {
.ep great life and activity. Christmas Ewes OF
as like old fashioned show days in their inau
be of people and the wonder is where do the
1w. all come from. Thesttreets and store
me were alive with people. Our advertiser
nix tell us that sales were large, which show
that the larger part were on bushes
try There were others, however, who came
all meet an OecasiOn-an event Of the YET
n. which they had not the mind or NOR
ion perceptions, to appreciate, but felt som
ms. thing out Of the order or to a larger degrC
an must be done. Then it is that the bru
. .ns instinct takes possession Of the man and
IL finer instincts that would otherwise te
Gus him that he is becoming a beast, al
ON crowded into the back ground and silence,
The whisky holes and dens were the reso
On for such. and the alcoholic beverage
by sloshed over to an unusual degree. Tt
let negroes found an open window which 40,
W.. .ne ed out to them freely, and large numb,
.cu of whites, we are told mostly from ii
hey country, went in and out Of open doc
its where there was nothing to sell but tn
tue which damages the buyer and sooner
later the seller. The behavior was goo
day however, until near midnight when COT
ing, pany of dozen or more of young mt
zen, from the adjacent country, bent on havir
ank a "bigtime" divided among themselves
ow' a fight Their profanity was the mo
on offensive feature Of their gibberish spre
has. The police were notified but before tn,
ley, got to where they were, knock down
ard two had occurred and the interference
zzie one OF the latter caused him to get Il
lard blows. He could have had help in makil