Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-12-25

The joyous Christmas time has come
once more with the annual round of
time 1t brings its joys and its sorrows,
its pleasures and its heartaches. The
shadow of desolation rests upon many a
| household this morning-made all the
more deep by the surrounding contrast.
But joy is so greatly predominant that
the busy, bustling world marches on,
little needing the personal aff1iction
which so deeply weighs upon so many
Individuals.
! st. Paul was no exception to the rule.
| On the surface there were no individual
SORROWS. Everybody was happy yester-
day and apparently intent upon convey
ing happiness to Others The sun shone
brightly and the air was as balmy as
April. There was scarcely a token Of
mid-winter to be anywhere found. The
streets were filed with young
and old. The stores were everywhere
| throng ged, and the multitude and character
| of the purchases made gave no indica-
| tion of 'sstringency in the money mar
| ket' St. Paul has never seen Christ
mas before when trade was so liberal as
| in 1881. Clerks were over taxed; deliv-
cry messengers were worn to shadows,
and still the ebb and flow of the endless
tide Of people came and went. The peo-
pie themselves were loaded with bundles.
The letter carriers and the express
companies were doing rushing business
in bringing in remembrances from absent
friends. In fact, the preparations indi-
cate that joy will reign supreme to-day
and the individual Affections will scarcely
extend beyond limited circles. st. Paul
was certainly in gala dress yesterday, and
the preparations for a 'sMerry Christmas"
surpassed anything heretofore seen by
the oldest inhabitant.
The happy children who have not out
grown their faith in an actual Santa
Claus, with reindeer and chimney
Accomplishments, retired last night
with their little heads filled
with bright thoughts of the budget
in store for them Happy, thoughtless
children. No wonder that those who are
older and know something of the world,
delight in perpetuating the childish de-
lusion. These are their happy days and
they should drink them to their fill, as
all too soon they will enter upon the
manly stage and find what those who
have gone before have found, selfish,
heartless, cruel, thoughtless world. The
greatest beauty of the Christmas time is
the perpetuation of the delusion named,
carrying as 1t does pleasures that once
gone are never repeated.
Remembrances of friends were numer-
Gus yesterday-so numerous that only
1.-THE will ever reach the general pub
lic Among those especially notable was
one to
PHI. KELLY.
IL has grown into an annual custom for
the employees of Mr.. Kelly's great estab-
lishment TO make handsome Christmas
present to Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly, and this
year proved no exception to the
rule. They ordered through Mr.. Brown,
bronzes representing "Day''and "Night."
bronze being in the center of heavy
eighteen by thirty inches in size. 1t is AN
entirely new style of preparing bronze
figures and makes choice work of art
In addition to the above they presented
two NEUROLOGICAL sketches representing
riot, and companion piece. These were
also mounted with wide, heavy plush bor-
der and make beautiful accompaniment
sent over to Mr., Kelly's house yesterday
dence in the evening he found them or
namenting his elegant mansion. 1t was
a worthy token of the good fellowship
hot uoar on, n1orar op6 o,,1rJ0xo
fellowship which is especially char
acteristic of Mr.. Kelly's establishment
COL. A. ALLEN AND HIS COLTS
Many costly and appropriate presents
were made in st. Paul yesterday as
Christmas token, but the GLOBE doubts
if any of the many made, any one was
more of a surprise and carried with it
more real pleasure than the one bestowed
upon Col. Allen, the genial gentleman
and princely host of the Merchants
hotel. The Christmas testimonial was
from his son George of the Union depot
during noon, and his grand son George,
and consisted of an oil painting, repre-
senting himself in road wagon behind
his four and five-year- old Hambletonian
colts, going at about 2:30 gait.
ue ULOBE reporter mas watched LnlS
portrait from its inception to its finish,
and has become no little interested as to
its excellence.
In the "horse Department. on several
| occasions the GLOBE has expressed the
opinion that in the matter of correct out
lInes-a true portrayal of the horse in
| the position he was made to appear, COL
or, carriage, and the general ensemble of
the animal-Mr. w. II. Cross had earned
the title of par excellence, so far as work
done in this section, or exhibited here
The painting in question was done by
Mr. Cross. 1t is in size about twenty
eight inches by four feet. 1t represents
| Col. Allen in road wagon, with a wood
background and lake front lit might be
| called ComOl driving at about 2:30 gait
| Not only does the portrait show Col
Allen to life, as he holds the reins, but
! the artist has produced a most striking
| likeness of the colts in size, color and
movement. When the reporter saw the
| picture complete, several days before
Col. Allen knew of it,) he pronounced it
the most life like animal portrait he had
ever seen, and its public exhibition does
not change his opinion. To say that Col
Allen was pleased with it but feebly por-
trays his feelings. He has among
his souoenirs many testimonials of