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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

When st. Nicholas has left the chill
dren return to their own homes, but
they do not believe that the generosity
OF the sanity bishop has been ex-
hausted. After saying their prayers
and going to bed they place dishes or
baskets upon the windowsiil, with
their names written within them, and
in these their parents deposit small
presents, which their little sons and
daughters fancy he has brought.
In many places the bugbear over
shadows in Importance both the Christ
child and st. Nicholas He appears
under different names and in different
guises. In Lower Austria hesis the
frightful Krampus, with his clanking
chains and horrible devils mask, who,
Notwithstanding his gilded nuts and
apples, gingerbread and toys, which
he carries in his basket, Is the terror
of the nursery. In Hanover, Holsteln
and Mecklenburg he is known as Clas.
In Silesia his name is Joseph.
Sometimes the bugbear was a fe
male. In Lower Austria she was
called the Budelfrau. In Suabia it
was the Berchtel who chastised chill
dren that did not spin diligently with
rods, but rewarded the industrious
with dried pears, apples and nuts.
The female boyle survives, especially
in Russia and in Italy. In the former
place she is known as the Baboushka
in the latter as the Befana. Befana
il a corruption of Epiphania or Epi-
phany. For it is on Epiphany, Janu-
airy 6, that the Italians make presents
to their children in commemoration OF
the gifts given by the three wise men
to Christ on that date.-Ncw York
Herald,
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

a soup made of a piece of suet stewed
in boiling water. When the sardine is
in season it is added, although this fish
is generally eaten broiled, and when
the chestnut comes all hands stuff at
all hours of the day, The children
dress just like the grown folks. and
for both a single dress is kept most of
their lives for the best, while on every
day their collection of garments, save
with the better classes, is remarkable.
But there are interesting customs
that happen there, and have happened
for, 10, these many years, since there is
little change In Brittany. That of
feeding the poor is a significant one,
taking place on Christmas Eve, as well
rs at other times. Here comes the lit
tie ones of the poor to get their pieces
Of black bread and the bonnie Of the
good cure distributes without preju-
dice to all Corners. The clank Of the
sabOts is heard along the stone streets
as these unfortunate children tramp
up to the rectory, and the picturesque
ness of the scene is emphasized by the
opera bouffe clothes the suppliants
wear.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

When the average visitor arrives III
Brittany for the first time he generally
rubs his eyes to find out whether he is
asleep or awake, for he discovers a
land so novel in its aspect, a people
so quaint in manners. customs and
clothes, that il all seems like a dream
from which he will presently awake
to the nineteenth century he certainly
leaves once the confines of this land
are passed. Think of low, fiat coun-
try, with a strange growth of gnarled,
Queer-looking trees, Of great stretches
OF plains with dark, surging grasses,
only now and then a low hOyel of
matched stone house, in which the ma
tiyes and their live stock, particularly
the pigs, dwell together.
1t is a place of little joy of living,
for the land is ungrateful. and it re-
Quires all the energies of the husband
man to get even the smallest return
for his work. The poverty is appalling
and beggary is on all sides. The peas
ants rarely eat meat because of its
cost. They live mainly on a soggy
black bread, which is broken up into
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

st. Nicholas, according to the hagio-
logists, was a bishop of Myra, who
dourished early in the fourth century.
He is the patron of children and school
boys.
1t is strange that everywhere st.
Nicholas is most honored and his feast
day most observed the most pious and
instructed among the common people
know little of the legend of the saint.
He is treated with that mixture Of
seriousness and friyolity which be-
comes a dying myth. One masquer-
AIDES in his dress in the evening and
prays to him in the morning, and so
fulfls a duty without spelling the fun.
Yet even the mumming has an educa
tional purpose.
THE GERMAN SANTA CLAUS.
In Southern Germany and Austria
youth possessing the necessary relig-
ious knowledge is masked, dressed in
long white vestments, with a silk scarf
and furnished with a inter and GRO
zier. He is accompanied by two an
gels and a whole troop of devils. The
angels are dressed much like the choir
boys in Anglican or Catholic churches.
Each carries basket The devils
blacken their faces and add horns OF
pigs shouts or such other fantastic de-
vices as the ingenuity of boyhood can
devise. They are grit with chains,
which they shake or rattle furiously.
1t is thought much better fun to be
devil than an angel, hence the number
of the former is only limited to the
number Of boys who are able to com
mand the necessary regalia. In the
twilight of the evening of December
the good bishop and his suite begin
their round of visits. 1t is the season
for juvenile parties, and almost all the
children of the village are collected in
a few separate houses, each of which
st. Nicholas visits in turn. He enters
with the two angels, while his swar-
thy followers are left to play their
FRANKS outside. A great silence falls
upon the children, and one by one they
are called up and examined by the
saint. This part Of the evenings bust
ness is carried on with the greatest Sc
robustness and decorum. Simple relig-
ious questions suited to the age OF
each child are propounded after which
it has to sing hymns and recite pray
ers. If the ordeal is successfully
passed the angels present it with nuts
and apples. If it fails it has to stand
aside. When the examination is ended
the devils are called in.
They are not allowed to approach
the good children, but may tease and
brighten the naughty ones as much as
they like. They do this at first as a
matter of duty Duty is followed by
the pleasures whose anticipation had
caused them to enlist-pleasures which
consist in strange dances and antics,
and in pursuing the larger girls with
the attempt to blacken their faces.
Their whole appearance is intended to
be grotesque and farcical. For the en-
tire evening they are allowed full IL
cense in the villages. though in some
of the towns the festival has, for good
reasons. been prohibited. For weeks
before the eve of st. Nicholas devil
may occasionally be seen at the Win
dow of some cottage where the chill
dren are supposed to be naughty OF
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22
His Christmns Carol.

His eye was wild as he strobe along,
Through the thick of the pushing crowd,
He hummed aloud bit of a song,
AS in the ranks he ploughed
Twas but the last Of closing rhyme,
Yet it drew from the man a sigh
The song he sang without tune or time,
Was simply Buy and Buy"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22
florida Coniirmations by Ssnate.

The senate in executive session Fri
day confirmed the following Florida
nominations: Collectors Of Customs
George A. Allen at Key West, John
E. Stillman at Pensacola; Tip War
len at Apalachicola; Matthew B.
McFarlane at Tampa.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

ing old Santa Claus is i'll
9 O hot water Preachers and
b n B parents are rising up
@0R against him, declaring that
he is a fraud and as such
ought to be suppressed. Thank heav-
en-, a sporadic agitation like this can
have no serious results. Recalcitrant
parents and preachers will pass away.
Santa Claus will endure until the end,
as he has endured from the beginning.
No one can say how old he is or at
what period he made his first appear
ance among prehistoric men. The
name of Santa Claus, by which he is
known in America, is the Dutch pet
name for St Nicholas. The name
Crisis Cringle, by which he is known
in England, is a corruption of Christ
Kindlen. or the Christ child. But the
festivities that distinguish Christmas
existed long before Christianity, and a
Jolly god Of good cheer appears rs the
personihcation of the period from the
earliest pagan times. Now, the Santa
Claus OF to-day is simply that old jolly
god sobered up. washed and purified.
The Dionysia of the Greeks, the SAT-
urnalia of the Romans the Twelve
Nights of the old Norsemen and Of the
Teutons all celebrated the coming of
the winter solstire. People then gave
themselves up to all sorts OF reyelry
and excess. In the Dlonysia the repre-
sentative figure was not the young
Dionysus or B0cehus. but the aged,
CHEEKY and disreputable Silenus, the
chief Of the SaUrs, or the god Of
drunkards. In the Saturnalia it was
Saturn, in the Germanie feasts it was
Their, both long bearded and white
haired gods like Sienus
Now, although the central figure of
the Christian festival is the child God
the Christ Kindlein, the influence of
long pagan custom was too strong
within the breasts Of the early Chris
tians to be easily superseded, The tr0-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

their elder sister is known to be par
ticularly attractive. 1t is proof of the
sound nerves of the children that no
harm comes from the ordeal.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

IT'S said they're trying once again
TO scare old Santa Claus away;
All, were they born as grown-up men,
And were they never children, hey?
Chicago News.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

Now comes the season Of unrest
When many a generous soul will sigh
And wish she had begun her quest
For Christmas presents last July.
Washington Star.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

companied Him in His Christmas tray
els. as. indeed, he still does in certain
rural neighborhoods of Europe where
the modern spirit has been least felt.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1905-12-22

Hope springs eternal in the human breast;
Wherefore. it is, each year,
We vainly dream that things we truly need
At Christmas will appear,
Chicago Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
RANDOLPH CELLARS FLOODED

The sudden change in the wea Their
Saturday night and Sunday caused
considerable trouble in Randolph.
The part Of the village known as
Weston flat suffered the worst from
the surplus of water. The water in
many places on the flat is four feet
deep and about 80 different cellars in
this section are flooded, some having
over four feet OF water in them. This
section is surrounded by hills on
three sides and all the water from
these hills runs down there and when
the ground is frozen boats and RATS
are necessary whenever one wishes
to leave his heme.
Nathaniel Hart, who lives on Elm
street, suffered the loss of four hogs
that were drowned in his barn eel
lar. DR.. Francis Eaton, who lives
on Central street, had quite an expe-
rience In trying to save his hog. He
found the hog swimming around in
the barn cellar and, with the assist
ance of his nelghbor and rope, he
was able, alter half hours hard
work, to land the hog to terra firma,
but it was several hours before the
animal could stand on its feet.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
The Local Option Law in Wood
stock.

The Woodstock Spirit of the Age
tells story of the moral bluff pos
sible under a no-license vote in a
community that suggests the fact
that the habits of fifty years Of pro
hibition are hard to overcome in
some places. There have been hints
before now that mo" did not mean
no license down in Woodstock.-St
Albans Messenger.
Some prohibitionists had an idea,
and some others have it now, that a
prohibition law or license vote was
something automatic, something that
would enforce it itself. This has
been disproven. 1t may be prohibit
tionists who secured the no vote in
Woodstock and other towns, but that
does not release advocates of the
present law from their implied OBJ
legations. They have seen that state
prohibition does not work automatic
cally and have had faith that bet
ter condition of things might pre-
vail under town prohibition, and it
is their duty as good citizens to take
up the matter and make the law
more effective. If we are to retain
the local option law in Vermont re
must prove that as a prohibition
measure it is more effective. than
state prohibition Montpelier Ar
gus,
The agitation which calls forth
these comments is likely to bring
wholesome results, after half CEN
fury and more of prohibition in
Woodstock. The point made by the
Argus is well taken; the success of
the local option law must be proven
by it's practical results and the inter-
est of its supporters in its enforce
ment.
The Landmark concludes some
comments on the situation here in
this way:
Woodstock is only one instance of
the failure of the local option law,
and it will be found after little
longer experience that local option
Legislation has largely failed to ac-
complish what was prophesied would
be done.
A longer experience, too, may tell
a different story, as there are indica-
tons that a general desire to better
present conditions is taking the place
of long-continued popular indiffer-
ence to the workings of the law.
Then, if the Illegal traffic in liquor
here is checked to marked degree,
where will the credit lie-with the
local option law or the discarded
prohibition statute?
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
CHURCH SERVICES.

Christian-Rev. M. T. Morrill,,
pastor. Morning service at 1880,
with sermon. Sunday school at IL
o'clock. Junior {. E. at s o'clock,
and Y. P S, c. E. at 7 o'clock.
Welcome to all.
Universalist-Rev. II. l.. Canheld,
pastor. Morning service at 1890
Sunday School at 1850. Y. 2. g.
u. Tuesday evening at 1880 o'clock.
1890, Sunday schooliat 1850; YES
per service at 5 o'clock. Tuesday
evening prayer meeting at 7.3o.
Congregational-Rev, F. Z. Put
nam, pastor. Morning service at
1890, Sunday school at 1850, YES
per service at S. Tuesday evening,
prayer meeting at 7.3o,
Methodist Episcopal Rev. Joseph
Hamilton, pastor. Morning SER
vice at 1890; rI.45 o'clock, Sunday
school $50 p. M, Epworth League; ;
evening service, 7 p. M; Tuesday,
mid-week service 100 p. m.
Catholic Rev. E. c. Drouhin,
pastor. Mass at II M; evening
service at 1880.
Services will be held the fourth
Sunday of each month at Village
hall, Quechee, at 9 o'clock, and at
Barnard, at the town hall, on the
second Sunday of each month at
o'clock.
st. James-First Sunday OF each
month Holy Communion and ser
mon at 1890. Evening Prayer anc
address at 500. All other Sundays
Holy communion at 7.3oa. M, morn
ing Prayer, Litany and sermon a
10 20, Evening Prayer and address
at 7. Z. IL. Wells, rector.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
auEcHEE.

j. w. Parker joined his family in
Chicago this week, Later they will
spend some time in Louisville, KY,
before returning home.
j. j. Dewey has returned from
Boston, where he attended the auto
mobile exhibit.
Mrs. Cushing of Thetford is with
Mrs. B. X. Wright.
The Ladies Aid met with Mrs
VIM. Lindsey Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. d. L. Cushing is with Mrs.
Stockwell in Albany, N. Y, for few
weeks.
Rev. Mr.. Waite, Mrs. ellison and
Miss Lille attended the meeting of
Congregational ministers at West
Lebanon Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs D. G. Badger, who
have spent the winter with their
daughter, Mrs. Howard, in West
Woodstock, have returned to their
home on the West Hartford road.
The lecture by Ernest Harold
Baynes in village hall last week Fri
day evening was quite well attended,
something over $l2 being realized.
Philip Lussier and family spent a
part of last week in Springfield.
The new furnace in the Congre-
gational church has been received
and was used for the first time on
Thursday evening.
We are all glad to see our venera,
BILE friend, Chas. R. Whitman, on the
street again, after his recent illness,
Mrs. d. @. Landers is with friends
in Lebanon and White River juno
ton.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
PETITION For plvoRcE

STATE OF VERMONT,l who'd
WINDSOR County, SIS. Edna D
Quirin of Bethel, vt, has duly filed
petition to the County Court, setting
her legal marriage to Edward NOAH al
then of Tioga, in the State of Newl
that she hath resided for six years
State of Vermont, that she hath kep
marriage covenant, but that the sal
ward hath violated the same, for th
hath treated the petitioner with intOletl
severity and for that, being Of suhd
physical and pecuniary ability to SUN
and maintain the petitioner, he hath I
tonly and cruelty neglected and refuse
to do, and also for that he hath comm
adultery; wherefore the petitioner
for bill of divorce from the said Ed
Noah Quirin and that she may haUa
care and custody of her minor child
And whereas it appears that said I'd
is without this State; so that the SUM
of said Court may not be served upon
IT is THEREUPoN ORDERED that the
Edward Noah Quirin be notified AM
quired to appear in and before said 4
and make answer, if any he
and abide the order and judgmer
said Court in the premises. at
term thereof next to be held
Woodstock in and for the County of ".
sor in the State of Vermont, on the
Tuesday of June,l AID, 1905, upon
first day of said term, by publishing
substance of said petition, together with
order, for three successive weeks, in I
Spirit of the Age. a newspaper pubsbs
Woodstock, in said County, the last p
cation to be at least six weeks pHd
said term of Court, which shall be dea
sufficient notice to said Edward Noah
rim.
Given nnder my hand, at woodstock
the County of Windsor, this I'm day
February, A. D., 1905.
JAY READ PEMBER,
Clsi
HUNToN & STIcKNEY,
Attys. for Petitioner.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
Woodstock, VT. March IS, 1905

Representative Haskins is reported
as not voting on the mileage grab
bill. The Vermont delegation in
congress would cover itself with
more glory if it oftener made point
of being on hand when an important
piece of Legislation was under way.
Once in a while the people at home
look in the papers to see if their rep
resentatives are doing something for
their salary, and the citizens of the
second district would have been glad
to see Congressman Haskins' name
in the mo" column. Where was
hep
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
TRIPLETs AND TWINS

Riley Baker, who conducts farm
on West hill in Wallingford, has a
couple of medium sized COWS among
his stock. A visitor to his farm last
week might have seen two members
of this COW family one day, and a few
hours later seven members. The
two cows mentioned gave birth to
five calves a few days ago, much to
the surprise of the owner. One COW,
the smaller of the two, had three
calves, and the other two, all five
making their appearance on the same
day, and within a short time of one
another. 1t is the best record of this
kind in this section for some years.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
purahlIIty "a Wood.

+ Some interesting experiments have
been made to ascertain which wood
lasts the longest. 1T was found that
birch and aspen decayed in three
years, willow and chestnut in four
years, maple and red beech in FIVE
years and elm and ash in seven
years. Oak, Scottish fir and Wey-
mouth pine decayed to'the depth Of
half AM inch in seven years. Larch
and juniper we're uninjureda at the
end of sevenyears. In situations 80
free from moisture that they may
be practically called dry the dura-
bility of(timber isIunlimited.S
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
About Making esrdens.

There is nothing better than pure
Ground Bone in making gardens.
A teaspoonful in a hill is a perma-
nent benefit, lasting all summer.
Enclose 1925 in check or postal
money order, or in a registered letter,
and a trial barrel Will be shipped to
you promptly. If you don't need 1t all
divide it with your neighbors.
We publish little booklet. showing
how to use Ground Bone as a Fertilizer
In gardens and in greenhouses and to
promote the growth Of your flowers
and shrubbery. Send your name on a
postal card and It will be sent to you
free by return mall.
O. s. Page, Hyde Park, Vt.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1905-03-25
Butchers, Merchants and Hide Buyers

Butchers, Merchants and Hide Buyers
Butchers, Merchants, Hyde Buyers
Should write to Carroll s. Page, Hyde
Park, VT, who wishes to purchase
their Hides, Calfskins, Sheep Pelts,
Tallow and Bones. He pays spot cash.
He pays the freights. He pays full
market values. He wishes to arrange
with some one in every village, where
he has no agent, to sell Poultry Sup
piles and to pick up for him Hides,
Calfsl1ins, Sheep PeltS, and Bones. He
furnishes money with which to buy
and he keeps his agents thoroughly
posted at all times as to market values.
Write him for full particulars.