Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1892-12-26
CHRISTMAS. II;;.,,IyN IN ASHEVILLE
HOW THE UNIVERSAL HOLI
DAY CAME AND WENT.

AAONS NE OESA NGkASAAS HULL
DAY CAME AND WENT.
A Beautiful Day That EverybOd,
EnjOyed-Special sunday schOO
CelebratiOns-AH Happy Time q
The AlmshOuse.
Christmas Eve came in windy and cold
The boys who usually. to use their ex
preston, raise sand" on such occa
sions, were not out in full force. ant
those who were out put in their time al
ternately warming their hands in theil
pockets and blowing tin horns, and oc
casionally popping cannon cracker Of
coaxing the many -colored fire balls from
Roman candles. There was notabl,
and gratifying absence of the usual bat
ties between small armies on opposit,
sides of South Main street, using crack
ers and Roman candles as weapons o
war. Apparently the boys were getting
into their heads the idea that Christina.
ought to be celebrated in some Other
manner. 1t is hardly possible that they
were too cold-for what boy ever cared
for cold weather on such occasions?
The afternoon train from Salisbury
came IN two hours late, carrying large
number OF passengers who were coming
to Asheville to spend the holidays. When
the train arrived it was learned by the
passengers that the current had been cut
Oft the Asheville street railways lines,
and the cars were literally "out OF
sight" The number of carriages was
inadequate to transporting all of the
passengers to the city. The car on the
| W. A. & S 5, road did not appenr and a
number of passengers had nothing to do
but sit down at the Glen Rock and wait
until carriages could be ordered from the
city. The comments upon such a state
o! affairs were vigorous and not always
couched in the most complimentary
language.
The chief occupation of large num-
Der of Ashevillians was hanging around
the express office, waiting for packages
Expected from friends abroad. Hun
dreds, yes. thousand or more packages,
lay piled up in the room, while a half
dozen clerks were kept busy checking the
bundles and waiting on the impatient
throng standing by.
Christmas Day.
Yesterday, Christmas day proper, was
beautiful one every way. The sun
shone its brightest, and everybody put
on his most pleasant smile and greeted
his neighbor with his cheeriest MERRY
Christmas" The ladies decktd them
selves in their handsomest dresses and
all went to church, to enjoy the special
sermons and listen to the beautiful
Christmas music. 1t was day of lowell
ness, and the world or so much off as is
made up by Asheville, at least, was in its
happiest mood.
Several OF the Sunday schools of the
city held specialexercises yesterday. At 10
o'clock the Unitarian schools sang Christ
mas carols and listened to an address by
Rev. Frederick Sanders in Hiliard hall.
At the close of Pastor Sanders address
collection was taken for the Kinder.
garten.
The North Asheville Sunday school,
under the direction of Superintendent !.
II. Weaver, celebrated the day with music
and appropriate recitations by several of
the young people of the school. Rev. I.
D. Arnold, of the Asheville Female col.
lege, and Professor P. P. Claxton made
admirable addresses to the little ones,
and altogether the service, which took
the place Of the regular church service
was very pretty one.
The school of Trinity Episcopal church
held exercises in the afternoon. Christ
mas carols were sung under the direction
of Organist Peacock, and an address was
delivered by Rev. McNeely DuBose.
A song and praise service was held by |
the school of the First Baptist church.
How IL is Today.
When Asheville got up this morning it |
found half inch of snow on the ground
and more following, which. however,
ceased early in the day. The principal
stores of the city, the banks, county
offices, postoffice and collectors office
observed the holiday by closing. The
crowd on the streets during the day was
small, and everything was exceedingly
quiet. with the exception of an occas-
ionally.exploding cracker. About the
only amusement the crowd had was
that OF laughing at the unfortunates who
greeted the slick sidewalks about the
square, in which predicament they had
been placed by their incautious feet. AL
together it was the common remark
that this was the quietest Christmas
Asheville has ever known.
Christmas at the AlmshO Ouse.
A little after 2 o'clock Saturday the
twenty inmates of the county almshouse
sat down to what was, to them, a sumpt-
uous dinner, and one to which the most
fastidious could not have objected.
There was turkey, chicken, ham, celery,
English tarts, oranges, ETC., provided by
the following ladies': Mesdames Rankin,
Barnard, Carter, Rawls, Bouis, Penland,
Burroughs, Mcdowell, ,Froneberger, Saw
yer, Fitzpatrick, Collins. Mitchell, Aston,
Graves, Ward, Turner, Davis, Chester,
Dayis.
Miss Chester, the energetic president
OF the Flower Mission, superintended
the setting of the table, so that every
thing was neat and attractive.
After doing ample justice to the good
things of the table, the inmates gathered
around the Christmas tree, which was
large and beautifully decorated. Girls
from the Home Industrial School opened
the exercises by singing "Ioy to the
World" Miss Chester then read the old,
old story from the 2nd chapter of Luke,
which was followed by the song "Oh
Wondrous Name by Prophets Sung" She
then read Phillips Brooks carol be-
ginning:
in lands of the fir tree and pine.
Christmas in lands Of the palm tree and vine,
Christmas where snow peaks stand solemn
and white,
Christmas where corn fields lie sunny and
bright,
every where. c Christmas tonight.
After the carol the always welcome
While Shepherds Watched Their Flock