The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-02-14

china, etc.-articles of clothing, etc,
ETC., are offered for sale.
Now as to the appeara.c ce and arrange
ment of this Fair: The bco.hs are not
very large, and are arranged in checker.
ed rows, leaving someTiat narrow way
between the different sets of booths for
the frequenters of the Fair. Some OF
these booths present an attractive ap.
pearsnce, and have very good quality
OF goods, while others are unat.ractive
and perhaps the salesman may be found
eating meal, which has just been cook.
ed upon bis lamp. p.stove.
A good many little shows attend the
Fairs of this and other cities. Some
people make their support by these
shows, and lead sort of itinerans life.
1t is surprising to ace how MANY toys
are sold for two or three cents apiece.
Many articles of Tyrolese carving arc
cheap and we'll executed. The sale of
furs is said to be rery great, and that of
leather and wooden goods also great.
Many females are engaged in selling the
articles at the Fair-perhaps as many
females as males. The New Year's
"Messe" hss closed, and the people had
q rainy, disagreeable time.
, GHRIsTsIAs HoL1oAlss M GERMANY,
The Germans have about twelve uni.
sers9s holidays during !hs year, upon
Which .he places eE hasi;;sss ana shs
schoo' are closed. The principal of
these occasions is, of course, Christmas.
During what we include in the "Christ.
mas holidaye," they have eheir stores
closed upon three days-the 25th and
Goth December, and New Years Day.
The schools and University have two
weeks as rule.
The custom of having q Christmas tree
Is, in Germany, quite universal. AL.
most every family has tree, whether
there are children in the family or not
These srees are hauled into the city iu
great numbers, and are provided with
boards at the foot, serving to keep them
in an upright position. They are then
ready for sale. The fir tree is most
usually found in the markets. The
larger sizes used cost seventy. five cents
to dollar or two. Many of these trees
we're sold and carried home on Sunday
preceding Christmas. They are usually
ornamented, as with us, with colored
glass, wax and other ornaments, and are
provided with wax tapers. It is not
usual to hang present upon the tree.
The usual time of presenting presents 10
upon the evening of the oath December,
but the custom varies. The tree is usual.
ly illuminated upon the Oath and 25th.
The Germans make much more of
Christmas than of the other holidays.
AS with US, more business is done in cer-
tain lines upon the weeks preceding
Christmas than at other times. The dis
plays of goods in the store windows were
magnificent: and Of the greatest variety.
Throngs of purchasers filled the streets
every day.
j seems TO be quite general tradition
to have q cake denominated 'sstolle"
upon this occasion. There are two kinds
of cake called "stolle"-one is with raj
Gins, and corresponds to our fruit cake !;
the other is without raisins, and 10 sim
pie butter cake. Students who are away
from home often receive a box of this
cake from their homes. This does not
mean that this cake is not used on "every-
day occssions" also. Another dish
which am told belongs more particular.
'ly to this OCCASION, isia ''salad" composed
of white tIrishl potatoes .(boiled and
sliced), apple (not cooked) and herring,
mixed together with vinegar. I am not
disposed to believe, however, that this
delicacy(f) has found any great favor in
Germany OF anywhere else.
have seen uery few displays Of fire.
works in the city, and am told that they
are not very commonly INDUCED in.
The Germans certainly enjoy Christ.
mas, and try to make ali present enjoy it.
Upon the last evening of the old year a
crowd usually gathers upon the market
place by the old City Hall to greet the
New Year, and as soon as the clock
strikes che midnight hour the crowd dis.
perses through the streets, making much
noise and often shouting "Prosit Neu.
-" which mesns "may the New Year
be of profit to ;you.". "Prosit," from
Latin "Pr>sum, ,ameaning ito profit" or