The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-04-17

Eas yp shows in u y garden but the peas
Ind onions. The flowers mske nc
n,oyress. There is no sweet south
Friod to breathe upon them-no sun
Ch;ne On NJ ,ndny the grandchildrer
Emposed upon me with their Ripdoo
|n,auks. They gave me o cup Of
Chocolate with whipped cream on top,
6,d it was nothing but soapsuds.
|n,e,epded to be fooled, but I wasent;
/ Maid them back in various waye.
Tbe Hindoos started this childish GUS
km away back in the ages, and it still
h,sases the children. And now Eas-
fer day is at hand and that is another
lane that came down from the Pa
|Lsus. Ostera was their goddess Of
Epring and il was corrupted into Es-
6as How these old names do stick
10 Us. The names Of the days of the
|zeek and Of the month came from
k5em. So did The planets aud tihs
eoustellations. Even the prophets
Ind Job had to take them from the
Egyptians. But the Scotch people
bon't call it Easter. They say .Pascha
Bay, or passover day. They won't
b,ttern after anybody but John Knox,
Ind he said Pascha. But there is q
keason for calling it Easter, for the
bouiDg Of spring-the opening Of the
! ksrth and the flowers is emblematical
bf the resurrection-the opening OF
Bhe Saviour's tomb and His return to
Bless aud comfort His people. This
tay corresponds closely with the
Jewish passover, and SO they OBJ
berve it,
| Now I waut the young people to
know that Lent is another word that
means spring. It is preceded by that
Foolish festival called mardi gras-or
|at beef and continues forty days in
remembrance Of the Sayiour's long
last, aud it ends with Easter, and the
ommuuion and other rejoicings. AS
|he oldtimc almanacs would say,
about this time look for Easter hats
|nd flowers and finery." Christmas
another festival day thati common
% all Christian nations, There are
many other days dedicated to the
|aints, but in course Of time it was
|ouud that there were net enough days
|n the year to 60 round, and SO the
pope stopped the sainting Of SO many
|nd had one day set apart as All
Paints day. The next day after that
: All Souls day, on which mass is
|aid by the Roman Catholics for the
|ouls Of the dead who are in purga-
('ry. 1t seems that about 900 years
|go pilgrim from the holy land found
hermit in Sicily who told him of an
opening between the cliffs Of the
FOUNTAINS near by that communicated
Fith kades where Pluto lived and that
20 could see the sulphurous smoke
f'ing and hear the groans Of the lost
Pouls who were being tormented in.
bell and he had known some OF them.
, escape through the prayers Of the
Priests and this made the devils very
pad and he could hear them cursing
|hs priests with awful imprecations.
Fhe pilgrim told all this to the abbots
bad monks, and they had day set
part to pray these lost souls out of
fsll or hades Or purgatory or whatever
Ills. -. s5
Besides these international days
|asfe are naticaas days in every coun-
Fy. Here we have the Fourth Of
PnIy and Washington 8 birthday and
PscOration Day and some others.
termany celebrates the birth Of Cal-
Pln and Luther and the kaiser. SCOT
Pad that Of Sir William Wallace aud
Pfuce and John Knox. In old Eng
|lnd they celebrate the Queens birth
E'y, Magma Charter day and Waterloo
E'y aud May day. Nay day is the
|hpplest Of alland has been long re-
FenOered in verso and song and in
lnc'ng around the May pole. Ten
F'son wrote sad, sweet poem called
Fae May Queen. : Mexico celebrates
Fil tho Roman Catholic days and has
Eae other that the rabble call Judas
|.earlot's day. 1t is the next day
E''er Easter. On the be.utifd! trees
II the piazza or park they suspend
a''ebOard images Of Judas Iscariot--
Eaages as largs as life, with little
|'oies bored in them from head TO foot
'ad ln every hole is fastened Q cannon
1acker. Ata given signal the fuse in
|sefg cracker is lighted and eli Of
|'aen explode nearly at the same time
u such aterrifio popping was never
|aeard outaiSa re 30 hartgeIs Il Iss -, !