HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron News-Record, 1889-01-02, Page 2SU Ouros 3 (ItiO aeon:, swept, away the poor mania labor.
Seeing all these things he thought
Is ifieusnr,D. to himself, he would rather remain
Every Wednesday ivfoening, in Canada. Canada' was good
___-uyr.._._ enough fur him, and it was a great
Nit niNtc`AF�r, uv.i�., rdeal too good for the men who J doubted its future. (Applause.)
AT THEIR Such a man should be consistent
POWER PRESS R$INjtN ROUSE, and go to the country be thinks
best. `Visile he (the speaker)
Ontario Street. Clinton. thought Canada would be all the
better if a few first-class funerals
.1 50 a Year—$!•£'S ire Advance.
were to occur, he thought if Provi-
deuce spared the men in question
The proprietorso(Tut+aRtcri plant
should spare them too.
having purchased the business and lat
of THE Maws REcuau, will in future Canada never seemed to him so fine
publish the amalgamated papers in Clinton, as when he landed at Vancouver,
under the title of "THE fluaos NEw8- With its sparkling water, wild fowl
RECORD." and snow•tipped mountains, with
Clinton is the most prosperous town in fringes of green stress at their base.
Western Ontario, is the scat of considerable The scene was the grandest he had
manufacturing, and the centre of the finest witnessed in all his travels, and
ar'rhe rural seetwu in Ontario. when he went on board, the train to
The combined circulation of'rlraNity,s
REcoan exceeds that of any paper 11ub- start east he wits on the beet equipped.
- fished in the County of Huron. It is, 'railway he had seen in all the five
therefore, unsurpassed as an adver}ising continents he had visited. (Loud
medium. applause.) After alluding 'to the
ILates of advertising liberal, and marvellous cheapness of travel, he
furnished on application.• again said
reParties making contracts for a speci
bed time, who discontinue their advertise-
ment, before the expiry of the sumo, will
bo charged full rates,
Advertisements, without instructions as
to space and time, will be lelf to the ju 1g-
ment ot•tite compositor in the pistil:1y, in-
serted until forbidden, measured by a
scale of solid nonpareil (12 lines to the
inch), and charged 10 cents a line for first
insertion and 3 cents a fine -for each sub-
sequent insertion. Orders to 'discontinue
advertisements must bo in writin_.
r Nottees set as REAnINr; NA1 i'1'•n,
(measured by a scale of solid Nonpariol, 12
lines to the inch) charged at the rate of
10- cents a line for each insertion.
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Offices west of Toronto. Our facilities in
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of work
poster,inf rthe1calling
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known mammoth
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CANADA NEVER SEEMED SO FAIR
before, bccauso he felt that it was
his own country.. All Canadians
could have the same feeling
(Applause.) The doctor then al-
luded to Kingetou, 'saying that as
lie had %net old friends all along the
line of the C. P. R. ho had begun
to rhipk he was a Citizen of no mean
city. Among those whom he met
was Judge Hatuiltou, who promised
to send ou his next birthday sub-
scription of $1,000 towards Queen's
endowment fund, He referred to
the great schemes which had been
consummated iu Kingston whileehe
was away, and said it retniuded him
of how little consequence a MAD was
in a 'ommunity. He spoke of
those ito had departed, viz., Mrs.
A. Guun, than whose no kinder
heart ever beat in woman's 'breast,
and Miss Macdonald, Sir John's
sister, fond of old Scotch stories,
whose humor, sound souse and geu-
iality were ever brim%uing over
from the cup that was always full.
She was always young, and so
attractive to young and old by a
magnetism that was genial and irre-
sistable. Principal Grant here
went en to point out that the Aus-
tralians know as little about Can-
ada as Canada did about Australia.
He had been asked
Wednesday, . Jan. 2nd, 18139
PRIESTS ANI) PATRIOTS.
THE CIUISTMA cittaspus GUEST.
There is a beautiful custom among
the eerie of the Danubian valleys to
invite into the family on Chrietmas
eve a stranger guest who is for that
time one of themselves; he is wel-
comed upon his entrance by the
traditional handful of corn which is
thrown into his face by the house-
mother who cries to him :
"Welcome 1 Christ is born 1"
Ike, answers meekly au echo to
her words.
"Christ is born."
The Christmas guest is then taken
into the heart of the family, and
with them visits the oxen in their
stalls, the sheep in their folds, and
the fowls and goats, giving them the
spoke -head and repeating the . for-
uit1a:
"The peace of God be on thee!"
This is to ensure good luck for
the coning year,
The house -guest is then iuvited
to ".warm the kettle chain." The
serfs have a tradition that this chain
can never be warmed ou Christmas
night, since it had been touched by
the Virgin Mother when Christ was
born. And that is why they burn
so many yule logs trying to infuse
heat into the stricken metal.
We have several times recently
had occasion to notice the p�tr.iatic
Send 11181is of those high_ 'iu author-
-itry- irrthe--lif et,h, elll st; Ela iscopa l ,--Bap -
tietb and Roman Catholic churches.
.It is particularly gratifying at this
time to.be able to supplement the
views of the many Christian priests,
or pr aeher8 if you like it hotter,
with those of the thoughtful ,and
eloquent 'Dr. Grant, of Kington'
Ont. Dr. Great, principal of
Queen's University, alter an absence
..of nine months, returned to the city
on Saturday, 22nd Deer„ his 53rd
birthday. Siuce his departure from
Kingston be has encircled the globe.
When the train drew up at the sta-
tion the large crowd present gave
three hearty cheers for the principal,
and the students sang"Horne, Sweet
Home," and "On Old Ontario's
Strand:" ,
Dr. Grant was received by Mayor
Thompson, who escorted hint to the
city hall, where ho was tendered a
public reception.
DR. GRANT'S RESPONSE.
On risiek• to respond Dc, Grant
was received with prolonged cheer-
ing. IIe began by stating that he
would make a formai reply at a later
date, and that he would speak to
the citizens before hits in an infor-
mal way. Ile felt at a loss how to
respond, but he would say what the
,young man who acted awkwardly at
his woddieg said. Ile would do
bettor next time. Ile did not know
why ho should receive such a mark
of honor at the hands of the citi•
wits, because he understood that
such marks were reserved for those
who had been away on public busi-
ness, and had returned °rewired
with laurels. Ho had simply taken
n holiday, his masters ordering him
to- do so, and to draw on thein for
expenses. Ile had done what he
was told and secured what ho went.
alter—good health. IIe had travel-
led through southern and northern
henlisphero8, crossed seven oceans
and had touched at five great conti-
nents, also the islands that stud the
Pacific. here he quoted from
"Locksley Ball" ;1a fellows
On from island unto island at the gate-
ways of the day,
Larger con tellations- horning, mellow
moons, and happy skies
Breadths of tropic shades awl palms,
In Chester knots of Paradise.
These words shone like music,
but for all they ,vero true, and yet
not all the truth. Ile had been to
southern lands and knew
now POOR THEY WERE,
preserve the courage of life in the years of military rule and still
midst of etruggles of *serer' and wor-, continue. The governor has done
ries, and to spread joy around us eo nothing to suppress liquor stores
far as it i in our power. and dance houses in Sitka and
other mining centres. In fact,
there is evidence to prove that he
DANGER IN THE DUSTPAN• has issued licences for the sale of
liquors in Sitka and Junes,
SOME OF THE SURPRISING EFFECTS although this is contrary to the
OF EXPLOSIVE OATMEAL, FLOUR territorial laws. The result of the
AND SUGAR• immunity to these grogshops is a
great epread of immorality among
(Naw York Sou) the natives, who will sell their off
-
Ohm
all nonsense.), said Dr. spring or wives for whiskey.
Charles Perry, the pharmaceutical
expert, ''to say that the two explo-
sions in Chicago this week were I DOFFING THE HAT.
caused by dynamite or bursting BAll HAMILTON BAKERS.boilers. They were caused by dust 1 That there should be a fashion in
and only dust. The public doesn't a man's doffing his hat in deference ----
seem t0 realize that the dust of any to a lady is in no way more rewark- EIGHT BAKERS FINED FOR NOT COM -
vegetable substauce which will able tha>i that there should be a FLYING WITH THE BY-LAW.
buru will explode when mixed fashion in the hat itself, but the
with air, but every chemist knows average man who pays attention to The prosecution of the bakers was
it to his sorrow. If you blow your .t}ie style of his headgear pays but coutiuued at the police court on
gas out and go away, you know Little attention to the manner of Saturday when ten of them sere
that when you come back and strike .taking it off in salute—so long as hectlat';;ed with not complying with
a match there's goiug to be an explo- gets it off, and at the proper time. the by-law. Thomas H. Snider had
sion of the mixed gas and air. You The correct mode just at present 130 loaves seized that were wore or
also know that if you put a lighted is borrowed from the English. toss under weight, but the shortage
match in an empty benzine or
When the fashionable man of to- was nut very large. He admitted
naphtha barrel, when a little of the day meets a lady on the street with that some of the loaves were slight -
original liquid is left•, you are whom he is acquaiuted he stares at ly under weight. Angus Mundy
pretty sure to have the barrel dis- her lpersistently until he receives a had 18 loaves of common bread that
appear in small pieces and find bowor smile of recognition, then were under weight. P. Costello,
yourself iu the next lot. The same instantly with an' automatic -like Philip Viedenhenuer, Geo. Steven -
rule applies to any tine dust which movement, he jerks his hat down in sou, William Geiger and Mark . .
can be •burned, and which 6Y front of his face for a single mo- 'Smith were charged with selling
reason of its fineness, can be sus- ment, replaces it, and the act is fancy bread that was over a pound
pen -tied in the atmosphere. More done. This is the correct English and a half. The bakers seemed to
is a large tin can. I ,throw into it st le think that it was unfair to have
a teaspoonful of pouore de riz and yNo longer do we see the slow, bread seized that was over -weight.
a pinch of lycopodium. 1 shake it quiet sweep of the hand that re- In many cases the customers pre- .
until the can iy full .of dust -laden - [[roves the hat deferentially to ono ferred to have fancy bread, even if
air, and touch a match to it. Ott' it side, while the wearer, seniles at the the weight was a little short, 1, C.
goes, ani, ouch 1 I burned my hand fair creature whotn he salutes. Chillnan had six loaves of common
iu showing the fact. With gas it
When such was the mode there was and four loaves of fancy bread
takes about eight times as much air even a chance of uttering a few mur- seized.- He was pleased to see the
as gas to make a good blow up' common niuringp laces and to look polios -because lie thought every' •
p thing
With dust the proportion is about into the bright eyes before one withwas all right at his bakery.
Twenty two loaves of common bread
the game.'lt►uguishfng glances. But all this is
"The last explosion iu Chicago changed. The new style precludes were seized at I1lark Hill's. The
defendant had assigued to F. H.
was oecasioued by oatmeal, which the possibility of a smile. It seems and claimed that he was not
is, I think, the first time that Scot- as though the plea prevailed that Lambin the business. This case, and a
land's gastronomic mainstay has the thin, must be finished as soon
behaved so badly. Flour has a iblas posse, and that one must not charge against. Jaiues II. Rodgers
for selling seven French loaves that were over -mo
much wickeder record. It blow a by any chance have an opportunity (i ht, were adjourned
groat mill in Minneapolis .all to of casting more than a glance of g
pieces ; it made a first-class wreck recognition. until Monday. Tile magistrate
of a building in Hamilton avenue, While American wen are ani- thought every driver should be pro -
Brooklyn ; it knocked out the
venially conceded to be innately vided with a pair of scales, so as to
show the customers they wereget
Jewell's establishment at Fulton
more considerate of women than tingthe correct weight; In refer -
1 urry, in that city, and it has ruin -Europeans, they do not usually fol once to tho fancy bread, he said the
ed I don't know bow many other low 'those outward observances of customary were deceived bocauss
places. politeness which count for so much theythought the loaves weighed
"Flour • isn't alone," continued in the ameniti s of social life and two pounds.All of the bakers
Ile, Pers..",r--Pin .this 'lr.euerty. -7..ifill. obtain so generally abroad. „ ,
Powdered sugar cleaned out a huge The rrouchmal. `u��!'r overdoes the cept Hill and Boners, were f od $5
eae'ir.- ) , , 1)):eacl_. .ae-- nfiscated
store in Courtland street only a few thin. � ; ,his insincerityis obvious to and will be sent to the charitable
years 'since.' Pulverised cocoouut the most casual observer. On the
institutions.
sh.,tls tame near burning up a other hand the average American is
seven -storey building in west too careless,. -
Broadway. Drug grinding mills Hepleads,perhaps, that the rush TERRIBLE. FIGHT WITH A
are frequently the scenes of such p p ' BEAR.
explosions. Paint mills, which of business and the activity of
pig- mind, which are natural 'conditions
reduce lampblack and similar
in the fast life we live, must necea-
The Rev, J. W. Stokesb(try of
meats to a dust, run a similar risk,
Bakers are ever within an ace uf sadly louder it almost impossible to Watertown, Dakota, has received
being blown into eternity by the fully eunfartn to those social usages intelligence of a terrible struggle
dust of starch, flour and sugar. which era demanded of the Luau who his brother, Prof' D. E. Stokesbury,
Fine sawdust is apt to indulge in poses as a perfect gentleman ; he entl
recy had with a boar in the
same the sae pyt'otechnic display.
matters of form at the most. Whileusually considers diem mere useless r ontlains of Wyoming, in which
Wood turners and finishers are
always on the alert for accidents of this may be t•he case—while they the Professor was probably fatally
this sort. Even ,iu cotton, linen may have as high an esteem for injured. Prof. Stokesbury is 0 gee
and woollen mills, the find lintwomen as he possibly can have— logist connected with Prof. March's
which tills the air of every room is the only way a woman has of dis•
covering it is the way he- treats her. party. About a week ago while he
liable to ignite, and, if the proper
This alone should be a sufficient ex- and au assistant were engaged at a
tion of air to lint is right, to
ruse for exercising whatever know- poin sixty miles north of Carton,
explode with more or loss force.
ledge of polite usage the man may
they were over taken by a band of
Lady housekeepers, who do not a 1 seven silvertip bears. Observing
clean their furniture, but allow the
have. — — theta approaching, the Hien sought
dust to accumulate, run the risk of --- —' refuge on a large rock, and being
an'explosion, when, in a fit of re- FARM AND HOUSE. well armed„ succeeding in despatch -
form, they vigorously sweep a close ing four of the bears and wounding
room in the night time with the When au animel has the scours a fifth before losing sight of the
gas lit." it indicates indigestion in some game in the thicket.
----�— form. It is not desirable to attempt Flushed with his success, the
AMERICAN' IMMORALITY. to give medicine unless you know Professor sprang into the brush in
_ the cause of the difficulty, and the pursuit, when he was suddenly con-
(NcwYork Trit,u„e.) safest remedy is to dint the animal. fronted by the wounded animal, a
The investigation of the charges A warm mash of bran twice a day, mounter female. In turning ho fell
of indignities practiced upon squaws with no other food, will sometimes and was at once caught by the bear,
in Alaska is awaited with tnueh effect a cure. If the animals are and received a violent shaking.
interest by the Alaska commercial not thrifty, with the coats rough, 'Dropping him, she caught him in
company, which had to boar the the allowance of a pint of linseed . the in'side of the right leg above the
odium of the misdeeds of the meal once n day will often improve knee, tearing off the flesh and splin-
miners - and the military.rhe them rapidly. . ' tering the boricShe next sprang
general opinion among those mak-
When manure is 'spread on the at his face, bet he intercepted the
ing the charges scorns to, bo that ground at this season it should be attack with his left arm, which was
the Alaska companycontrols the n heavy ground, as the matter bitten entirely through. She flew
whole of Alaska territory, and is leached out will not be lost, but on at his side, vnd at cue blow broke
responsible for its morality. The vary light sandy soil it is better to three ribs. The Professor, who
simple facts are that the Alaska apply, the manure iu the spring. had throughout retained hold of his
commetctal company has no station Where the rains have a, tendeuey rifle with his right hand, finally
within 900 miles of Sitka ; that all to wash the land a lois of soluble succeeded in giving her a fatal shot
its business is carried 00 in the matter will result, and in applying in the head. The beau' weighed
northern part of the territory ; and the manure the lay of the land 700lpounds. Stokesbury will pro
thateat only one of its stations, should always be considered. Y
ie.
llelskofsky, is there a miming camp
The digestive"�
powers of animals
in the neighborhood. Its agents differ, To allow a certain quantity —On Christens day an overland
are forced to behave justly and of food to each cow, treating every oast -bound Central Pacific train,
honorably to the Incdillus, as the cow in the hord alike, may result was hold up by robbers in the,
natives in this part of Alaska will in an insufficient quantity for 80110 Sierras and robbed of about $50,e
not permit such treatment of the
and' too much food for others. •The 000.
squaws, 88 is tolerated by the individnnf characteristics aro to be
—At Wheeling, Virginia, there -
Iudiaus of Sue.t.horu Alaska. A considered, and etleh animal fed were ten cases of dynamite aud 310
nulla the latter it is tiro custom of according to her requirements and kegs of powder in the ma azine of
a chief to give his principal wife to the product expected. the contractors of the \'heeling
an honoured guest to be the guest's
Put the wood ashes under cover and Lake Erie railroad extension,
companion during his stay with
them, and the iuot•als of these - and do not add them to the Manure which exploded a few days ago. A
Indians have always been bad. heap. Save them carefully and 14 -year-old boy, Charles (Beck,
keep thorn dry, so as to apply them who was visiting a family near the
Those who are most familiar
with Alaska ascribe the beginning broadcast in the orchard early in magazine, broke a lock, and, with
of gross immorality in Alaska to the spring, They are excellent for two other boys, went inside ewok-
the occupation of the territory by strawberries, and should be applied ing. C'lock's companions ran be -
United States troops. No stronger on the beds next month,°if the soil fore the explosion took place, but
testimony of the evil influence of is heavy, but on light soils apply they were badly injured. Gleck
the soldiers could he given than iu February. I was blown to atoms. Seventeen
that of \V. Si. .Dodge, collector of The shorter the
manure
over thethbetter
landy menhe badly
thhur innste early
customs and Mayor of Sitio, who it can be distributed
iate
ill a report to Special Indian Com- and the more valuable it is for pro- vicinity was, blown ttotpiec s, and
ntissioner Vincent Collier, in 1869, siding plant useless labor d. litlong i its hanrn- d1.. ewere e at a scriuti ill greater distance
Fifty
says ; "'1'hn conduct of certain oro onset f were 50
l;t litnry and naval officers and ing. To throw coarse suljstattecs on rods away
which++s+s11nott e}epludiitn
t
s.ddi"r+ h•1s h,rn had and demurer• the lissome heap, and expect them in a cave,
linin}; its the extreme." These to decompose by
pr�ing,a i uottonly, tL he injure1 d` en were mostly Italian
inun;;t,;lilies c'onlinnerl during ten j a 10,8 of labor
but
A teaspoonful of guano, added
to two gallons of Water, and the
mixture need for sprinkling potted
plants, will keep thous in good con-
dition during the winter. The
pots should have good drainage be-
low, and should be placed where
the frost cannot injure the plants,
A cellar that is iutended for vege-
tables should not be used for stor-
ing coal or for a furnace. The coal -
dust blackens the walls and articlee,
while a furnace, for heating the
house, causes the temperature to
be too high in the cellar when the
weather is only moderately cold.
Thou there is a kiss of peace.
Even from that the Christmas guUyt
is not debarred. Ile may kiss the
prettiest maiden of the Monte, but
he must also kiss hex bearded broth-
ers as well. This chosen guest—he
is called in the language of the
country a "1'olaznik"—is not always
old or ill-favored. indeed, the mer-
ry maidens of a family will put it
Tutu tho beuse•father's head that
such and sack a youth has uo home,
ot• is a stranger and should be asked
to their festivities, and among these
innocent people n0 harm 0)111es of
a genial custom. But the kiss im-
printed on a girl's rosy cheek, even
though it be .consecrated with the
prayer -chant, "Christ is burn," very
often sinks in blissful sweetness into
her young heart, making the bold
mountain lad master there.
YULE -TIDE AND CHRISTMAS
Christmas, 1888,has come and gone
with its Christmas trees and lights,
its Christnla& gifts and joys. The
festive Yule -tide has been a holy
season to out Teutonic ancestors
since tile.; - ^a+ ;ere -re 'Mitt and -set:
si a,, -'in their northern homes in
Eurape,Which their•.dsseendents, the
"Norweigans, the Dauer', the Dutch,
the'English, and the Gernlaus Still
inhabit. The dreariest, days of the
year, when darkness and frost with
snow and ice were most oppressive,
became by reaction as it were the
most joyful time.
In the northern parts of Norway
the sun disappeared entirely towards
the close of December, and when
after an absence of two nights or
more it rose for a short time on the
horizon. it was saluted with bonfires
lit with yule -logs, with festive pro-
cessions, with fir -trees illuminated
with candles, with merry -making
and family feasts of all kinds. -
WAAT RETALIATION MEANT,
and he replied that ire could not
terewer roe-. lieulke so 'tar distath,111tt�
_there were.two_6hin='s_he_
-_was_sure
of. First, Canada would settle the.
question of its future on the merits
of the case. It would not be bul•
lied or bribed. Second, Canadians
Lovett and respected the people of
the United States, not all politic-
ians, however, not even all politic-
ians of their own country, and they
wanted to have no. friction with'
111,1111 in their close relations. He
1'i:•1iev,'d the people of the great re -
politic loved and respected the peo-
ple ut' Canada, hut he also believed
that they would neither love nor
respect Canadians if they could be
either bribed or bullied. (Loud
applause.) He wanted no higher
'position than to be a citizen of Can-
ada. The da)8 of class privilege
were gone forever, both as regards
spiritual and secular fueling. Ile
spoke of men's duty to the conlnrun-
ity and to humanity, saying that
during his trip he had learned to
love humanity more than ever. No
matter what the color of skin or
lunguage spoken, he found all were
willing to listen to the claims of
justice and mercy. The second
form of the community was
OUR OWN COUNTRY.
" In our own nation," said the prin-
cipal, ".we have a country and a peo-
ple, too, of the right stook. In all
my travels I never saw brawnier
men or bigger heads than I have
seen since I lett Vancouver. With
such a people, if we can't nerke a
country, then God help the coon -
try. \Vo have a country. Stick to it,
and de your best for it. Do it
without thought of fee or reward.
(Loud applause.)
• TIIE CIIU,11011.
'I'tie Doctor next spoke .of the
Chureh, which should include all
the good hien 'in the country. It
was right for teen to organize into
churches, but the fuudameutill ques-
tions to be asked were : What kind
of a rutin is ho 1 What kind of a
Citizen is ho 1 and what sort of a
man is he in his own family 1
These were his views as to the
Church's place in It community.
Tho question of what denomination
did a man belong to was a 8112811
matter. It wits a small matter
whether it mall was Protestant or
Roman Catholic., what political
party he belonged to or whether ho
was bonus or anti bonus. In con-
clu+ling, I)r. Grant reminded the
mayor that his services were at the
disposal of the city, and then he
said he would hurry to the third
form of the community, his family.
"God bless you all," wore his clos-
ing words,
not iu theta -all -tieing its many com- Three hearty cheers wore given
fortablo homes a8.t.hnre are in On- for the doctor es he 881 down. IIe
tario. !Applairse.) He had stood is in excellent health and looks
beneath the palms end the cocoanut vigorous and contented.
tree?, end while, he hal learned —, 1iaq,et;"nf train on the Louis -
went,
the mill in the eoceennt A "
lie dust! nut sit down, as rifle ,4 \nshvilh: Railroad ran into
thr' (let,l!y' vi!tet' 12'0.4 lnrkinq near, thtl I\nus itiench passenger. Two
Then t!Irre err' Il I. t: 00,1;:1 1„ iter ltd-ee nge(5 lreve killed and eleven
•2111 11 WI10 \ r ',Lc ?•' t11,1,4 ri11d 1'1.)101"1.
The mistletoe which grows ou
holy oak -trees and remains green in
winter -time, whose seed was sup-
posed to have fallen from heaven,
was the sun-god Idaldur's sacred
plant. With ti,istletoe therefore the
houses were 'decorated, and the
greeting under the mistletoe was all
love and friendship in the name of
Odin's fairest and most righteous
son. Raldur had been killed by
the dark and gloomy Hoodur, but
he was restored to life again. With
Baldur all nature received new life
and all mankind rejoiced in hint.
When Christianity was introduce,-
ed,
ntroduc-ed, how could a better day for the
celebration of Christ's nativity be
selected than Baddnr's festive day.
''The birthday of Jesus was not cele•
brate.d- - in the early ehn:rch, and
there is not even the faintest legend-
ary account regarding its date. Our
Teutonic ancestors succeeded in set-
tling this problem in favor of their
dear Yule -tide by a quotation from
the Scriptures. John the Baptist
says as to his relation to Christ
"i le must increase but I Rust de-
crease." (Joiun.ii: 30.),Accordingly,
5t. John's day was fixed upon the
24th of June when the days begin
to decrease, and Christ's upon 25th
of December when the days begin
to increase 1lgain.
Yule -tide lost none of its charms
when it was changed into Christmas.
On the contrary, the sacr;e1 joys of
ll'eiltnacht gained iu spiritual depth
and importance, preserving all the
while the old pagan ceremonies that
symbolize the immortality of light
and life.
Christmas is not a feast of any
special creed. It had been cote•
brated as the pagan Yule -tide long
before Christianity existed. The
custom of celebrating it has spread
from the Teutonic netiuna to Franco,
and Spain, and Italy, unit, Ireland,
and over the' whole world. It is
now the family least of almost 811
mankind, +vhc titer they holie,ve fn
Jeftes as their evio 11' 0!' nut,
\\'n keep 11t9 1'hristnt88 es e dear
and socre21 lime.which in the midst
of a dreary wintry night reminds 218
of the son's ietern. 1tnrkttess can•
not cotopor light, and ,1enl11 enlnot
conquer life, t'iui,Imn, te2011es us
to hoar IT hist ply in tt01114!e8, to
l: It up 1101,0 in i,i'erin1r' , to