West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1880-01-10
OUR TUNNELTON LETTER.

Editor ArguS,
The long Anticipated day o. JOY
aud mirth ia lumberei with past,
aud Christmss OF 70 We bld YOU a
long farewell never 10 be iorCo' p.
ten. Tmnkiag probably, Mr.. Ed
itor, a bliet synopsis of how CHRIST
mas wos spent by our citizens and
others that came under cur obser-.
vatou during Who holidays would
not be am'ss, We APPEND tie iol-
lowing.
The Christmas tree, ct
the school house, WAS highly eujoyel.
Tue christ mas tree, some ten feet
IN height and OF admirable propor-
items, was the lealrs attraction
and, indeed, was chsrmlngton TO
look upon, and being loaded with
some hundred and fifty old pres
ents, elegant and butltli, consisting
Of. well, just everyl thing imaginable,
and little more W. S. Hay
mond. j. q was the orator OF the
occasion, and he acquitted hims9il
with all the graJe OF Patrick II r.
~ or Daniel Webster. Wills
reputation as an orator "a too well
known TO need any comment from
Us. The distribution of presents
commenced at 8 o'clock. There
were several costIy presents given,
among which We cannot refrain from
making mention OF the capital
lrIze, which was handsome Ola
dy'9 gold watc h chain, and was the
giit OF Mr.. G. j. SbsTlr to his
amlable wife. The le tvItles cosei
at quite a late hour, and but little
time WAS given Tor visions of apple
dumping &c, to i5et through any
mes head before oli KRIS had bl
them fond aiieu Poly wistes
to return her sincere thanks TO the
party OF parties who put on the
Xmos tree Tor her, the pig foot,
Billy goat, and bottle Of OH
be joyful They were all very
appropriate presents, girls; dom
you score us again? ChrHtunas
day wa rather duh here. Snow
l.ljnc frequently during the day
aud the mtu, NLIch vac q most knee.
deep, mNie 1t very unpleasant for
pedestrians TO get around. The
usual Christmas dinner was enjoyed
by all.
IN the evening a eoolly number
OF the would be have some fun
fellows left tor different localities to
enjoy themselves. We had the
pleasure OF observing the Smiles
Of Newburg on Christmas night,
and visited the NJ. Il. Feat val
where smith assured us we would
find plenty oil good looking giri,
How near we came in finding good
looking grla. is immaterial to the
readers Of the ARGUS We found
the Church beautifully decorated
with Christmas evergreens, end
with it's wrosthes and garsuds WAS
quite beautiful. The Christmas tree
itself was model Of beauty,
and while Mr. G T. Ellis and DR.. |
Lanham continued TO distribute the
presents the hearts of little and
big were happy 10 the glorious an
tlciPatlon OF what they might get
AtC. +, we found large crowd
o. ladies and gentlemen who seemed
to be enjoying themselves hugely |
Fair 10 the eye, inviting TO- the
taste, we're the many Injuries, and
AZ we wUiingly pas ed up and down
the hall, we noticed Mrs. Piummer
and Frumhart in charge Of the Oys-
ter table; Mss Mary Healy bad
charge OF 4he Confectionery table,
A. the Fancy table We found NJ sses
Mary Knuy aud Anna Moran, and
Mise X. G.. Daley acting Post Me
tres' ~ the latter place we were
informed that tn re we've severa
letters tor us After paying tho
CUSTOMARY postage tor such eWsli-s
they we're delivered 20 us and, 10
deed. Mr.. EI'or II you wish 10 ere
fair specimen Of The feminine soft-
less you should read these misslvss
By all means. But Christmas IL
Chris mae the world over, and why
need we tire the patient readers Of
the ARGUS with repeating what
every little girl and boy IN the
land knows bv heart
Judge q T. Raymond and con
Tom, Of Fsirmont, were visiting at
fhe residence o. W. s Raymond
lsat week.
Mr. WILDER Posten and bis cahrn.
ing and am able wife, OF Mssontown,
enjoyed the hospitality Of NJ. and
a.. D.. G. IA