Daily Republican., 1881-12-28
LETTER FROM BLACK BIRD.
Christmas Times With the Ch,l.
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v BLAcKBIKD, DEL, Dec. 27th, 1881.
9 Ihe word Christmas, when uttere,
. prooahly has as much, it not more a
j. .lactlon, with the young, than an
, o'het "oru III use; there are 9th,
"orus which have been inmortal,ze
py writer's, such as mother, home, &c
h ht there is something connected wit
~. word Christmas which ,sne,iaii
deli hts .he ear OF the young. Lon
betnn. this anniversary of the Esdeemt
isat ha I'd, the little folks begin to spt
cuIate n, the intervening time. The
c.nnt tha uonths until they wane int
waak. Va ard then they will count tn
lonr weeks nd then the lengthy days
which still in trrvene, and O. the hol
festival draws NJ arer, their little mind
will become more ana more occupiet
with the Thoughts o. that child-fralnet
friend, sold kriss," .ia'd tho joy, pre-
seuts and happy ant.'c'patims whicl
await them on the fAst.ve morning
All is joy and Sunshine with the chill
dron on the eve of this universal fes
tival. Before retiring for rest on thai
happy eve they will hang up their tiny
stoceings, OF place some recspticie II
a con venient place, so that 'Oid Kriss,
may not fail To deposit something there
in during the night. Aud then they
go to their little beds, not so much to
sleep, for they seldom get very sleepy
during these exciting ume', but that
the donor may have a more favorable
opportunity Of filling his generous
mission. Ia the mornings gray dawn,
and in some ca,os, ere the eastern horl-
zon reveals The frs fair blush of the
welcome day star, the little ones minds
are so impregnAtod with the bou,tlcs
which awai; them, that they can no
longer content themselves, but will
jump from their warm beds, and hurry
through the cold house In quest Of their
"ChrsEmas Gifts" On what = sdelight
ful time with tho doners They hastily
take down their well filed stockings,
and begin TO take from them candies,
nuts, cakes, do! Is, &c, just what they
have been wanting and wishin. for,
for months; the greatest wonder with
them is "How did 'Otd kriss' know
what | wanted"
Christmas, however, is losing its
charm among the grown up children.
Years ago when We used to hang up our
stockings on Christmas eve, for the re-
ception of our gifts, we conducted our
selves very much as the children do at
the present time; but tho morning was
ushered in by firing salutes, bursting
blaiders, sc. Often the father would
get dom the fowling piece and, after
firing "a round or two, would put i'll "
small charge of powder and place the
tiny finger Of his son upon the trigger
and assist him to fire his first gun. The
old folks then would CondesCend to be-
come child-liko for the day, and there.
by make the day one of real pleasure.
The general complaint is down here
that we have had dull Christmas, but
| enjoyed this Christmas day as much
as any other one. | came down in the
morning, bat not as usual, the first one,
but the fifth one; for my children were
all down inspecting their gifts long
before was out of bed. But on com
ing down enjoyed myself with them
aud that night we all, with
some of our neighbors' children,
seated ourselves around the fire, re-
hearsed jokes and propounded puzzles,
until we became merry company.
found myself, however, quite deficient
in the puzzle business, for the children
had later style and more improved
stock on hand than had. So after ad-
ding up all the incidents of the day, we
concluded that We not onl y enjoyed our
selves hugely, but years hence, Christ
mas day Of 1851 will be cherished and
Iemem bered by us.
To all, would kindly say do not
celebrate the anniversary OF your Sa-
viour in the future, by excessively in
dulging in the use of Intoxicating
drinks. Should you desire to use that
means to celebrate an anniversary, let
it be that of the great enemy Of souls,
If YOU can ascertain when it occurs.
Last Monday morning as Mr.. Jno.
Brockson was riding along the road,
near Blackbird, his horse became
frightened, and suddenly turning from
the road, and leaping over = hedge
threw Mr.. b. to the ground where he
W., found in senseless condition by
t. villagers, who saw the occurrence,
Il - hastily went to his relief. He was
[ .nen to his home which was about two
Anndred yards from where the accident
occurred. DR.. j. II. Parvis, was sum.
moued and reports Mr. Is. as being bad
ly hurt, but no bones are broken.
Mr.. V. o. Hill, of this place has an
immense hog which he intends to butch
er in few days. 1t is supposed by those
who have gazed upon this monster pig
that it will weigh between seven anc
eight hundred pounds. Who can bea
this, considering the dry season. ).