Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-12-22
MERRY CHRISTMAS.
rrs uu rHyAscn nruus rAa,y.
Celebrations In the rubrc schoo,.-kn
picyrs rrcsented WIN Iursrys--lbe
Inristmas Greens In the suusrs
Wright roIidsy weather


-hrtght nclidsy weather
All over town are evidences of tho An
! proach ui Christmas Centre Square aud
the vicinity ot the several markets, are
hNcd with cNcrgrOcus-the stores and
suops make u most brilliant display OF
( elegant aud useful aUticlcs for Christmas
/ prtscuis- our markets are overlooking
/ with everything pertaining to the Christ.
mas festival, including uurivaled speci
mens of big turkeys, young geese, fat
/ ducks, tender chickens aud all the other
| cOncomitants of big dinners-the schools
! adjnurned with concerts aud presentations
D the churches aud Sunday schools arc
! preparing for the great holiday, aud al
! most every family IN tho city has made
more or less extensive preparations to
usher IN the greatest holiday of the wear.
Tho bright weather and good sleighing
/ have greatly stimulated the Christmas
| trade 10 night, there is no doubt shop.
! ping VIII DO largely engaged in and to.
morrow the thousands who indulge in this
delightful pursuit will have opportunity to
re-col ieot what has been forgotten, and on
| Monday It can bc provided for.
| Our business Men,
Perhaps 1t is unnecessary to say more in
regard to the merchants aud business men
OF the city than that their stores and shops
| never presented more beautiful and at e.
ttactiHe appearance than they do to o.day.
lhe advance III art and esthetic taste is
seen ia every branch Of trade, from the
toys that please the children to the costly
works OF the artist that please the eye and
tempt the purses Of the wealthy and re-
| hned The stores should be visited by all
who have an hour or a dollar to spend.
limo VIII bc saved aud direction given to
tboso have who not much leisure, by a Do
I TnSAl nf tho all -, ~
lLGENCER wherein is set forth almost all
that is worth having iu tho way Of
| Christmas goods.
The Markets.
Lancaster markets were never 50 con.
veuIeut nor 40 we'll provided with market.
| ing as at present. The erection OF the
| Northern, ERstern aud Western market
houses has added vastly to the stock of
neCcsSlres from which our citizens now
havt the opportunity to draw. Our
butchers are not surpassed by any in the
country in thor skill in placing the
best roast before customers in the
most attractive form, Our grocers,
! fruiJerers aud husksters are always
| on hand with the best varieties of their
| produce, and our farmers and gardeners
are becoming every year more expert In
! producing and more apt in preparing for
market the products of the farm aud gar.
den. Poultry, of course, forms the basis
! OF the Christmas feast, and never before
was il more abundant or of better quality
than now. Turkeys from six to thirty
pounds are offered, at from 1t to
20 cents per pound young geese
AZ from 81 to 81 so each ducks 40 to 60
cents each, and chickens at about the same
price. Rabbits are offered at 20CG25 cents;
pigeons AZ 2jG3O cents per pair. All
kinds of fruits are cheap-apples at l5d
| 80 cents per half peck-oran2es 20(dyjO
cents per dozen bananas 30Cd50 cents per
dozen. Miuce meat sells at l2 cents a
pound, and crauberries at l2dl5 cents
per quart. All kinds of nuts and cOufcc-
tiOns are abundant at low prices.
Wm. B. L1renz poultry dealer Of this
city, shipped during the present week to
Philadelphia aud New York, sixty-one
barrels OF turkeys, weighing 10000
pounds.
ChristnS 8 Greens.
The supply of Christmas green's is very
abundant, and would be thought to be in.
cxhau'ttble had not experience taught us
that the supply never exceeds tho demand.
Trees aud branches Of evergreen of all sizes
and OF all varieties blockade Centre square
and sell for ), 10, 25 80 cents or a dollar
each, according to their excellence.
Tied greens are abundant at rea-
sonabe prices, and bunches of laurel,
branches Of holly, baskets of MOSES,
bright berries, wreaths of evergreen,
crosses, anchors aud other pretty designs
are displayed aud rapidly purchased. Out
side wO will have "a white Christmas"
but within doors there will DO an abund-
ance of greon.
closing the schools.
We mentioned yesterday few Incidents
-
There are some others worthy OF notice.
At tho boys high school yesterday
afternoon, Prof. McCaskey, the principal,
was presented by the boys with Rogers
beautiful group, the trial scene from
ShakespeaIe's Merchant Of Venice"
Mr. Gable was presented with an elegant
shaving apparatus finished in silk velvet,
and Prof. Glover was presented with
silver mounted set of carvers. The pre-
sentatiOns were accompanied by appropri.
ate speeches and followed by an i'm.
prOmptu concert OF vocal and instrumental
music by tho pupils lod by Prof Matz.
The teachers and pupils of the girls high
school were introduced and assisted in the
jOiliticatiou.
In the gIrls' high school there was o
very delightful wind-up of the session,
consisting of recitations, Dialogues, vocal
aud instrumental music aud presentations.
In Prof. Matz's German English school,
the Strawberry street school and several
other schools there were interesting
Christmas festivities.
The A class of the Rocklaud street
secondary school remembered their prin.
cipal, Mr. X. s. Gates, with a valuable
present and in the afternoon some Of the
members of the class paid their oompli.
ments to their teacher, Mr.. Gates re.
turned the compliments of the season by
treating the boys to confectionery.
The pupils of Mr.. Stamy's Lemon street
boys secondary school surprised him be-
fore the school closed yesterday by
presenting him with a big turkey, an
elegant set OF caryers, and a number OF
fine cards, confeotions and purse OF
money.
Miss Carpenter Of the girls secondary
school was made the recipient of three
volumes of Dickens works; Miss Holbrook
received a gold pencil, aud the other teach
ers handsome testimonials.
Remem0oring their Employees.
Many business men and manufacturers
remembered their employees by presenting
to each OF them Christmas turkey. WIN.
Waltz, cigar maker; Geo. B. Schaum,
furniture dealer Fred. Brimmer, livery
man Lewis Haldy, marble mason, are
among those who INDUCED in this laudable