Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-04-25

! carawAy com6t, such as is found in the
nest Of the humming bird, to one as large
as boWl--the ostrich egg. for instance.
The toy chops arefull Of egg shaped boxes
within them are dolls aud playthipgs.
Here you have chocolate eggs, full OF cream
where the yoIk should be; there you have
sugar eggs filed with liquor, and again
ivory eggs within which is q scent bottle.
Passing along the streets are women with
barrows crying aload, "DeS 9utS! des
egtSr Egg eggsl" On their pream-
bulating boards are piled two lots of eggs.
one white, natural; the other red, cooked
in logwood water. Thus red eggs ready
boiled, are sold in every street in Paris.
Some of the nests are beautiful works OF
art. Here is q sloat of weasel stealthily
climbing up tree to suck the eggs, with
the parent bird in battle array, ready to
drive the intruder away. Altogether in
Paris Easter eggs are one of It's sights, and
well worth seeing.
The rank of princess does not shield
her from salute on the cheek BY the low
est boor who presents her an egg at Eas-
ter, in Russia; and the custom OF distribut-
ing pace, or paehe ege-the Passion or
Easter eggs still observed by the peas
sn,ry in different parts of England; while
the young people Of Scotland, where the
festival has been suppressed for centuries,
stu throw about and play with hard-oored
eggs, which they finally eat. =,
In the days when old and yaung alike
received these eggs. the demand for them
was such that they commanded oftentmes
great prices. After they had been boiled
hard, and colored red, violet, blue, green.
etc. dives, Inscriptions and various designs
were traced on them, and those ornameu'
ted were exchanged by those sentiment
ally. inclined, very much after the fashion
a. are the valentines Of the present day.
The palmer were saved by the youth and
used on Easter Monday IN playing ball,
which, by the way, vas tayorlte game.
o. Easter Monday even the clergy IN
dulged in the delights OF this game OF bal.
which men. women aud children reyelsd in |
In many instances it formed part OF their |
service, bishops and descOas taking ball |
to church, and at the commencement OF the |
anthem, while dancing to the music, threw
il to the choirsters, who handed it back and
and forth to each other during the singing
After this service they jail retired for re-
freshmsnts, which usually consisted OF a
dish of bacon with tsRsey puddiug-this
sst sym olicsl of the bitter herbs they were
commanded to take at the Psschal feast
Though these old customs are often
modified and greatly changed, they all bear
to those ftom which they
,prung. In certain parts Of England the
sosurd and seusless practice Of lifting or
'heaving" is in vogue This is performed
,y two strong men or women joining hands
across each others wrists, forming a sort
If seat, in which the person to be lifted
its, when he is thrown up into the air two
Or three times, being often during this pro,
cess, carried several yards along The street.
On Easter Mondays the mea lift the wo
nsn, and on Tuesdays the women return
compliment. Very ludic.ous incidents
have been related of travellers who igCo
rant Of the prevalence OF this custom, have
been sstonished to fad themselves in the
strong arms Of these people, and "hes7ed
IN spite Of their eEscrs:ions and efforts tor
release