The Holt County sentinel., 1899-12-15

Fresh oysters. celery and cranbrr
rirs at Moorc'S grocery.
A box supper will be held at the
New Point public hall, this Saturday
evening, December 18th.
The Balar held hy the young ladies
of the Presbyterian church last week.
Was grand >ucrrSs, over Si2 being the
result.
/ For Sale Cheap / team of good
work horses. one Newton wagon. one >
seated extension top surrey and double
set of work harness. ii c. SCHuIDT.
Our advertisers have taken possess
ION of the first page of this weeks paper
consequently the fourth page is all local
and in addition considerable local mat
ter will be found on the inside pages
TN account uf the absence from
home of the secretary last week mention
was not made hy the PRESBYTERIAN ladies
of the gift of eleven dollars from the
Chrysanthcmum society. Our sinccrrst
( thanks are rendered. Cow.
i Remember the Christmas entertain
mvnt at the NJ. t.. church. Saturday eve,
ming. Dec. -, 10y the Young folks of the
! SUNDAY school. An interesting program
i is being prepared. Vt the close of the
| entertainment, candies. fruits and nuts
scholars.
! There will be Christmas enter
taiument at the VI. f. church. Saturday
evening, D-c. y, gwen by the SUNDAY
/ school scholars. The program Will con
/ siS' uf speeches, rtcitatIous. vocal ana
/ Instrumental music. after which the
scholars Will Receive a treat uf candies
aud nuts
-Th"r" will hr grand nti-saloon
temperance rally al the VI +. church
next Sabbath evening. the lIth INST. Til"
meeting will br addressed by several Of
our cItjZrn< EycrN body Interested in
! tar moral welfare of our community
come. Let u~ try and save our boys.
''Wu'' unto him that givrth his nnighbnr
/ drink, that puttrtS thy buttl" to him
and uakrst HIM drunken also. iBiblr
Committee.
( Tin, laii,a- uf the NJ r.. church, who
ar" holding their I;azar. in the Howell
! building west -ilr uf square. have AN
/ elegant display of Christmas and IIuIi-
/ day goods for sale. and very cheap. You
should not fail 10 call and see them
you can certainly find something that
will suit You amung the many fancy and
useful articles they have. Dressed Dolls,
Dolls Furnishings. and Home made can
dies Il specially The Home made can
dies are delicious We acknowledge the
receipt nf hoN a. fin" a. we have ever
tasted.
Tn" second number If the lecture
course was DR. Lamar of South Caro-
lima. The audicnr" was large and az
prcciativc The speaker WAS in good
humor and gave the subject. 'Dixie, Be
fore and During tn" War-The South
Since the War" His powers of descrip
ton and impcrSOuatInn were very
strong. On the stage he could easily be
star" actor The unwrittrn history
of the South Land" both before and
during the war: the real animus of the
conflict; the prevailing social conditions:
and the result of the struggle. were por-
!raycd in a mastcrful manner. There
was line "f deep philosophy through
ont that was true Ia the conditions.
The mar NaS caused hS misunderstood
ing. intianci hy politicians and drma-
gu%S. Three fourth~ of the soldiers in
the southern armies. who seemed to be
ilShtln% Tor slavery, never owned slave
and had no sympathy with the institu-
ton. They thought they were fighting
for constitutional liberty. They said
they would win or die in the ditch, and
they died IN the ditch. In part the lee
ture was deeply pathetic and all through
was very instructive.