The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-01-01
'BY.BY '9s, HOwDY 1900.
Gladstone Welcome to tie BIflh II he
New Year
BELLS AND HORNS ANNOUNCE rHE EvtNI
watch NiEht Service, Midnight MaHss
Noisy Dcmonstration, Horns and
whistfes Usher In New Year.

Farewell to 1899 and welcome to the
baby. Farewell to all troubles. trials ana
tribulations and all those things that take
the zest and Joy from life. For she
coming year. the new year that was ring
In at midnight with such tumult Of bells
and horns and steam whistles and human
shouts, Is going to be the very best ana
happiest year that ever came to bless thu
earth. II is always so on the nrst OF
each recurring January
Peaceful was tho dying OF the year Just
gone. Its last hours were joyful and
painless. II IS true the sun failed to
shed its lustre upon the last day, but thS
weather that made the cradle for the in-
FAINT year might have been worse
Those who kept watch last night and
were upon the street to greet the coming
OF the new year were exuberant. II is
said that the clock in the market tower
(oled the hour OF IL as usual H.
may be true. bur II so no one heard ii. az
the din aud noise was so great as to drown
the tones.
la the nulay demonstration that pros
claimed the coming OF the new year there
were used plain ish-horhs. and In addi-
ton ia the hoarse kagoos there were big
bass trumpets, long as mans arm. and
possessing voices that would shame tho
far famed fog-horn. There We're shrili
treble horns the screams OF which
sounded like the dying wnil of lost
spirit And there were SO many ot all
these things, and so industrious the va k.
ers thereof that the choral tnmult that
greeted 1900 can not possibly be described
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IN many ways the people celebrated.
For those that love the Lord and take de-
light In prayers and songs of praise there
were watch night services that lasted till
the midnight hour. Then there was a
midnight mass with the administration OF
tho holy sacrament celebrated al tho
Church Of The Aupnncation The
watch night services were held al the Nc
ikee Street Methodist church and at the
crluenton mission at their hnll at sii
Prairie avenue.
AZ The midnight rlass at the Annupcia,
ton church. Naydn's mass was sung
with an offertory by Mr.. r. G, DaArm.
and and an Ave Maria by Miss Sadie
Timmins with violin oblieatu by MIR udin
Kendall The church was hlled with 4
congregation that taxed US capacity
There were also special services yester.
day at the Central Christian WITH come
specially prepared music and sermon
by the pastor. Rev j. c. Mason upon
The Closing Year
The Houston Frohslnn had an entertain,
ment last night to see the old year out
and the new year IN There was singing
dencing and merrymalinE, and the end
of the year came all too soon for the
merry party
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( Today will be observed as holiday.
The courts, banks and public Offices win
close and the postottcs win omen from .
TO 1920 a. M, and all divisions will be
closed, md no trips will be made by the
carriers.
In conformity with custom ths, has
boon observed by the club for years, she
Left Handed Fishing club VIII receive to-
day from II 10 / They win hold a recep-
ton and banquet during those hours TO
which they invite all OF their friends.
There win be music and refreshnents
and some Genuine left HANDED hospitslity.