Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1888-12-20

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show. Half the boys bad tin horns, aud
they blew them regardless Of time and pro
pretty against the music Of a tenor drum and
lfe; and there marched before the band the
drum una or with wonderful cap and
baton that he swung furiousy enough
to knock out all wao came IN bis
way Unhappdy, however, the grand pro-
cession met n procession Of boys OF Fifty
ninth street little further up. aud each pro
cession claimed the right Of way, and fe,I to
taunting the other after the manner Of men
in campaign time There was lively but
SHORT fight and the consequence was cOusid
cradle bloody gore; and then, with great en-
thusiasm, the lines were reformed and the
professions marched their two ways with as
many hurrahs as If each had wiped the mua
with the other. ns indce1 was the case a
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Thnnkssivih Is hardly gone when the
Christmas air begins u circulate, and II the
Christmas frost is not on tae windows it is
looked upon "a an unhappy oversight. The
shop windows are so Chrlstmasy that the
boy and girl linger as lon. as they poss bly,
can, aud are amply rewarded with the feast
given their wistful eyes. As for toe grown
person, vino has nobody to chide him, he is
never tired Of lingering, and the wals up
Broadway, If be gwen to that pedestriauisia,
takes him twice ~ long sit did a month ago.
Presently It will take him i've hours TO maze
that brief distance, and then he wall get tired
OF his lingering until just before Christmas,
when he viii take tho walk again and get
home to 1uI there has been some alarm and
things at his astonishing absence, As for the
ladies' as well a the boys and girls every
thug they do has the Christmas mystery and
expectation IN IT, The shops are crowded
from 10 O'Clock TIL a late hour OF the eycnag,
And as the days 60 On the crowd becomes
jnm--always good uatured inn, however,
aud no impRtcnce. The elevated roads from
Fourteenth up are packed AT twenty third
street they are running over, and every man,
woman and child carries Il box At Thirty
third street the guards are generally ooA,ed
to ring tho trains against stops and 10 pass
on. leaving tho jam on the platform gre,e cd
to tho heart % well as co.d to tee y.jl,s At
Forty second street thors i5a slight REL
but moro passengers get on than st of IN
tho way % llrcm tie trains are parked,
more people standing up than are sitting
down and when one eScaYes from tie stccm-
in bat good ua:ured Christmas crowd he
e.acl,ltes thanks IN vcrl languages.
THE DAY.
Il is \ very quiet day Most Of the music
oat ide Of tho churcle, ia maze by the small
boy. horn. which isa feature Of every sGa
stree. and ali the avenues The boy process
SONS are not as large, as numerous or as gro
tesque as those Of Thanksgiving, hut tley
will do There ere great Eauy small asso-
Citations that parade all alone hy themselves,
with lines like rail fence and the marching
q band Of undlsci pl.ned. pigeon ,oci la
In hacks Or more open aso-s, bearing boa
qnets and sweet sniles for Their lady loves, il
behalf OF whom the paralers Frequently 80
several blocks out OF tAslr way To .lv0 tAs
procession a set purpose and make tie suas
pardonable, the association IL frequently
followed by tho usual little black boy v nh a
target a. well as by tho purvcyor III a
wagon laden mostly with beer, tn, larger
aud more generally popular liquor. s9.as
sand Nlches. cold TURKEY cold chicken, AID
always the cheese Of foreign extraction.
When tn. procession returns, tue boys always
in good bumor aud some Of them having
considerably too much OF it, it IS toual tdst
the target h 5 been astouishinsly ierfurat-d.
but the dlstance Of the shooting Is not 2cca-
ratelv giveu, and the remarkable part Of
il is that none Of tlo boys were slot.
Meanwhile the smaller boys haze been
blowing their horus as IL all the wind
Of tie atmosphere had settled in their
brief lungs The churches have been
packed and the serm 'ns have been as good
as anythu. Of that kind furnished in this
world The matinees have been thoroughly
successful the city round The bc-sars
have been supplied ull they can scarcely
carry their baskets, The saloons have
BEEN well patronised. but there IS Little
more drunkenness than On OF er days II
there has been good riding in the ~ par<,
all the carriage AMI horseback riders have
been enjoying 1t. and thousands have
looked at them from the benches ami tho
walks. OF course, many familiar faces are
missing for thousands have gone to the old
homestead for the old fashloned dinner;
but where one Of that kind has gone dozens
Of new faces meet the New Yorker at every
place OF resort and on all the corners. II there
is skating the lakes Of Central PARK have been
skinned by thousands OF laughing girls and
boys, and they will come and 20 until 10
oclock-
THE EVENING.
The theatres on Christmas night give their
best acting. and toe large audiences they
draw give their best ami most liberal ap-
plause The Broadway theatres are not as
decorous aud critical As usuai-thev are too
good natured Those on the east side arc
largely given 10 frolickins, with an oc-
cassonsl outburst Of temper, which, however,
is promptly checked. At toe Grand Opera
houss, built by JIM FISK, on the wess side,
there is an immense audience, largely made
up OF shop girls and Other workers, and they
are delighted at everything that Is done, Is
they always are, and applaud every move
ment and every act as If they thought
the show the finest IN the world The
music halls are iamned with fsshy men
and rapid women Cigar smoke fi,ls the
air, and the various beverages. from cham
payne down, are sold in unlimited quantities.
There is great deal Of loud talk. It is very
seldom you run against quarrel or = fight.
New York is made up largely Of people from
the rest of the world. but in is convivialty,
and at all other times, it is tie best natured
town in the world There are few crimes on
Christmas night Everywhers every mans
purss is open. The Differences Of the late po-
litieal disturbance have bsen forgotten.
There srs small gatherings Of ueishboss in
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