Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1885-01-08
CHRISTMAS IN BOSTON.
NOT A LEGAL HOLIDAY IN MASS
ACHUSETTS. s-
New Year::Not Celebrated in New Eng
land Anymore than the First ofcany
Other Month.

New Year::Not Celebrated in New Eng
land Anymore than the First ofeany
Other Month.
Special correspondence of the Sentinel.
BosToS, Mass, December, 31st.-
AS this is the last day of the year l
will wish your readers, friends and
yourself Happy New Year for many
years as well as Tomorrow. [ suppose
you observe New Year down there
although we do not in Massachusetts,
Here the first day in the year is not
observed more than the first day of any
mouth, it only causes q few to make
mistakes in dating the new year one
number behind and number of 9TH
ers no doubt are bothered more or less
to meet the demands of their landlord
and there is many poor person think
ing to-day where they can pl ocure the
required amount to meet some hard
hearted and exacting landlord to-mor-
row. To many indeed it will not be
happy new year. % Too bad that so
many are suffering for the want of
few dollars as l learn by the daily pa
pers, when such large number of per-
sons have their millions or hundreds
of thousands.
Christmas day is observed to
great extent in this State and to many
it is the holiday of the year. 1t may
be piece of news to many of your
readers to know that it is not legal
holiday n, this state, but such is the
fact, and the whyfore is this:
| 1of
England and sought the new country
I and landed on the bleak and chilly
New England coast; they thought to
start pure religion, with no taint of
unho'iness about it and one ofthe.things
they did, was to reject the observance
of the birthday of Christ, as
it was never really demonstrated or
proved when He was born, but an old
pagan festival taken by Constantine
and used to commemorate His birth,
the Puritans did not believe in observ-
ing what had been formerly a Pag-
an holiday, therefore a law was passed
forbidding any one to observe the dav
or to ever discontinue their work for
the purpose this was punishable with
"a severe fine, instead of Christmas a
day was appointed as a National Day
and called Thanksgiving Day. Many
4 when they are enjoying their Christ
mas in this state little know that they
are committing crime.
The Anti-Tax League, E. III. Hey
wood Scribe, has held its regular an
nual meeting and dynamited the whole
of the United States Government, al
il we're, "no Taxes" is their motto.
suppose many poor man will soon b'
wishing this were true, when he has tx
pay his tax soon, as it is $3.50 pc
thousand this year we hope it will b.
; better next, as we have new set o
!, city officials.
. The Boston Journal informs us tina
! the Pope of Rome is in a great rag
| because the students at the Rome Stat
, University have selected a site AM
e raised $4,000 toward erecting lif
| size bronze statue to the Italian phi
Y osopher and father Of pantheism, a
!. we'll as a great scientist. Giodano Bru
/ no, who was burned at the stake, Eel
t 18th, 1000. for not recanting an
| again become member of the Catf
!. olic church, which he had left man
|, years before.
e For the benefit of your Germa
d readers, L want to say that there hf
D lately been started at 10 Beach stree
+ fine German weekly, called the Bo
[ toner Ratnschau, it has enly been star
is ed less than a year, but its influent
e is felt and it swayed the German yo
I here to Cleveland and Hendricks.
" REuLY S. SIDELINGE