Columbus morning journal. (Columbus, Ohio), 1865-12-25

              '."2 '55 7 HOLIDAY GOOD8- Moraing Journal: m . A X i J ? t i . I i i i i : i re?' iiuiu avb immn n . tCQMLY,ROBY & SMfTH.: Offlo If, la. M Mats) BtrMt. : COLUMBUS . I , t v Our Christmas Story." Iuiplred "by our own good win toward ' men, and yielding to the influenoeof Chriit- mag time, we propose to write ft ChrlslmaB Story. We promise so romance of Castles,' and, Knights, and eonflioU; no brilliant llory of the war; no Isle of lore and adven- , ture, nor ghostly horror, but s pleasant sto ry without plot and without high-sounding title, to suit the times sod plssse our read ers. r Acting on the good eld fashioned prinolple, "that there is no place like home," we make Columbus the tccalt of our story, ' and without further Introduction or expl nation raise (he ourtain on scene first. Blank shall be the name of the street, and blank the number of the house the . time last week when the keen blasts of real wintsr oaused us- to fully appreciate the line qualities of good fires, and enforeed the cold weather regulations about them in oontraotlng the family oirole, andjjringlng ft members elbow to elbow, to oonsider in a kind of a.oonualttee of the whole the im portant faot that ( Christmas was ooming." One night last week, (the nights were all so muoh alike we are not particular as to whioh one,) in the house and on the otreett above mentioned, was oolleoted a pleaeant . family group, mlnuathe sever presenoe of the father and . the quiet controlling spirit of the mothor. Papa and Mamma were out oalllog, an elder daughter and the young man of the household were supposed to be Out on the same kind of a mission, and tb younger members of the family, the little folks, with a lelnforoement from neighbor ing families, had the field to themselves, the supreme commander being a young miss of twelve, duly important with the extraor dinary responsibility resting on her bands, i and not well oaloulated to go-tern the little rebellious subjeota questioning her everv oomniand. At lsst eTerything was in or der, the fire replenished, the hearth swept, and the oirole formed. After a multitudinous clatter of Toioes and a troubled count ing of fingers, the precise date and day of that not fairly understood institution, Chrlalmu. w Hind, and the rilaniiaalnil naturally tended toward tbe propriety of ' mMl1 ,or hlm- ani be "w mre presenting the always expected Christmas undeolded with every look, and at last de-Gifts. Wishes were made with all the en. termined to send for his daughter. thusiastlo volubilitv of childhood, and oould these have been oomplied with, there would have been suoh a tumbling of toys and fine things generally, to that locality as never oame with the wave of fairy's wand. Tom, just in from a skating frollo, gave a brilliant description of tbe illuminated show windows, and reproduced the bright panoramlo picture of toys In bettallions, books and albums In glorious profusion, I furs, and drees-gooda, and boots and shoes, in picturesque arrangement, that caused wishes to shape themselves .into expressions, i "I tell you what, fellows I" cried Tom, Ig noring the female population after the man. nor of boyB, "We'll just takeaoopyof the Jouenal and look over it. and sea what there is to buy for Chrletmas. That's the I way to get the good ones. The old stlngies I that won't ndvortise never'givela fellow the I worth of his monev 1itr thi iw ones. I a. i .. .t anvthln of anv. body who don't advertise . in the Journal. wku, .... ... fllw. Ik that a bar. , T, 1 1 ..V......I" .!,(,. j all. in concert bovs I and glrle-for in anything requiring the ...l.a of th. conversational talent, airls are at least, for so long, equal to boys. Then they all oommsnoed wishing and saying what they would have. Emma said, if she oould select her own present, It should come from Rodibill's, on High street. Hue would have a nice oka-ting cap, with a set of furs tomatoh; and wasn't quite sura but she would take that love of a hood so temptingly displayed In the show window. Tom would go to Randall & Astox'b, and revel among the piles of rare books, and pioturee, and albums, and the groupings of statuettes, i Even if he couldn't buy a cent's worth, the vieit would be in itself a pleasure to be prised as a Christmas privilege. Minnie would make a raid on Bellick'i Baiaar, where she would find books, and toys, and piotures. Bhe would go to buy and have a doll, and a pioture book, and everything nice and pretty. .Boo. "Oh, pshaw I That's always the way with you girls always getting doll-babies, or ribbons, or some trumpery or other. . I'd go to Smith & Coiiad's, and get me a good bat. or a osn. or something of I use to a fellow. Doll-labial" he repeated in great scorn. "Robert I" said our little Miss of twelve, who was presiding gravely and with digni ty, "Don't be so rude I You have fright ened little Allle until she is afraid to say what she wants. What is it dear?" Little Allle, the pot of tbe family who I had been waiting with wonder-speaking eyes that no one thought of candies, at last broke out with an Indignant protest.-- l'apa bad taken her to walk on High street, and she saw a prsttier plaoe than any talked about yet. She would go to Linde- menu's and come back loaded with oandy toys, and funny fixtures, and nuts, and oakea, and a doll, and -... j Willie suggested that aha take them all buy out the shop, and Allie, with an Indig- nant snap of her eyes, subsided, and sank I into her little shalr, to dream of Linde-1 mann's show-window ooming up to her bed- I elds on Christmas morning. - : . - At this junoture In oame our young lady and young man, who, after laughing at the I little folks for being so foolishly employed I joined in with them In making most trt-ler, - mendeus wishes. - I ' Miss Ada Would go to Hxadlit's and sa ' loot a cloak; to SoHSEuEEHoaifo and Rim's I please you, and fixtures for games and put-and oome baok with an outfit oomplete, at-1 lies to suit Bob, that papa must take you ii uYiuS suippsain at jiDDUELi s ana maybe at Oonead for gloves and a set of furs. - Boh, as moderator, her called her to order, and, deolared it necessary to adopt the old Ljoeum rule, and confine the participants to five minute spesohs.. . Harry mtschevlously remarked that as the young lady was making the rounds, shs had batter oall In at Bui. & Paasox's, where oloaks were found In abundance. As for himeelf he thought he would best eon-suit his own Interests by visiting the oloth-lng stores of Marcos Childo, or Claeer. orSitBBENi Towne, or by leaving his measure at Biem It Swateex's Tailoring Establishment. If persons were inolinad to make him preeents he advised them to travel that road, and be oonvlaoed that com- mon eenee fixtures, that improved th outer man, ware th most appropriate holiday gifts-" Ther is no poetry about clothing," said Emma. "Wer I brother Harry, and had I a sister, I would travel another road. J, would go to LaiqoMius Bjw.' Jewelry VOLUME XXVIII. Btore, and amid all the glitter and gold, I would find a suitable present lor tbe said sister. ' 1 - ' ' - - n Harry took the hint, and we may sup pose that on tbe evening afterward he contemplated with a kindly feeling the golden eagle with the gas jet in its mouth, shed-,llfi. raftiVenee ova a .daiiUnit array of ornaments that ladies prsa most highly, yielded to Us lofluenoe, and became at onoe a purchaser. A thoughtful, quiet little fellow, to tne eorner, in answer to what he would bare, suggested books from Bun's. He had been there with bis father, who was a teacher, and bad listened to the talk about books. That was a long time ago, and his father was dead now, but stiU thi love for Biley't book store, was strong within him, and where he had bought toy books he loved now to pour over volumes of greater worth. This unexpected referenoe quieted down tbe enlhueiastlo noiBiness of the little oir- cle, and while quiet reigned the father and mother oame in. They entered no protest, they said nothing about being foolish, but with softened eyes took plaoes in the oirole, mil unnn lha hrf atmltta of the little band. After tba rehearsal of what had been said, they hesitated not to give their experience. The father said, "I havo no wishes to make, no selections that you are to know of lust yet. (knowing wik. a quiet smiles all round the oirole,) but I have a story to tell on thle subject." A voun man on his way home from the South (he had been, a soldier, and bad but one arm,) stopped in the oity last nlgut to provide himself with presents for those he was to surprise by his uuexpeoiea return. Hi vleited none of the plaoes you speak of, but finding his way IntoBeltier's, purchased of Bdhheb & Co. a " Whaler and Wilion," as a present for his sister. Another gentleman, wealthior, and older, but affected by the same present hunting mania, ignored the Sewing Maohino, and busied himself about the Pianos at Woods's, and Sewzke's and Hiatu s. He sought a present for his Idaugnter, out " i;uioinug - " And whioh did sue onoose, asaeu r-m- ma and a young visitor In the same breath, aoh ready to defend her favorite. "I oan'l tell you, as the question is not yet decided, "I'll bet she'll take a Kmbe," said Emma. "And I'll bet she won't," replied the other. "Hello," said Harry, "here's a ohanon for an argument. Pitoh in girls a little spice will help the matter. Women will differ on matters that they are supposed to know all about. I saw two ladies to-day hunting for sewing maohines, and they found them, but in different localities. Oue was enthusias tic over the "Florence," sold by Mrs. Jan-net, and tbe other just as muoh so over a "Wheeler and Wilson." They asked me whioh was best. I was In a dilemma i refused to testify, so I appreciate the feel- lugs of that old fellow about the piano." "Time's up !" said Bob. "Motlier, your turn now." ,. , . ... . , "1 saw a little boy in a dilemma, to-day. Ha had Just been paid a week's wages, and hlod him away to buy a Christmas present. His highest desire was to posijess a pair of shoes for his little sister, who bad been ""P1 '" ,ohl")1 for m wa,,t of i,tm- He "ood at Pieece 6 Kiniel', as undecided as was tne Old man anoui me pianos. ne great mass of big shoes and little, and fine shoes and coarse shoes, so bewildered the little fellow that he scarce could tell what he wanted ; but when the purchase was made what a happy f aoe was his I But this was not his only purchase. He muet have P"t for his widowed metier, and went to OEirriN & Champions to buy it and what do you think it was I A little saok of buokwheat flower and eundry arlioles in brown paper, that were to enable that family to have for onoe a happy Christmae Dinner." " What a funny boy I" said Allle. "What a funny Christmas Gift 1 1 said an other. "It was curious, but sensible," eaid Bob. "I saw an old farmer buy a present to day at Wm. A. Gill & Co.'s, for his wife, that was more curious than the boy's buckwheat flour. It was a olothos-wringer, and he was ae proud of it as though it were a piano." ! "Age of Spinning Wheels dsfend -us!" broke in Tom. " That's a brilliant stretch lof imagination, my boy." "Oh no," replied the fathor. "The farm er made a most appropriate choioe, and so his wife said, no doubt, when she reoeived the present." Little Charlie, who had taken three nape and listened well between limes, now claim- d toot: " I say, papa, why don't you talk about th mu'1(J at" nd th toy shops. ' I like buckwheat cakes, but I don't care for your pianos and your sewing machines. I want a drum, or a music box, or a whistle, or a boro, and If I had a dollar I would buy them all." - Allle oame up with a bounoe. Candy was big In her oyeo, but she was eager for a oompromise. " I don't like musio 'tores 'oauie dey don't have tandy. Why don't bll tores all teep tandy?" "Some of them do," said Bob. Thrall ft Beneam have mixed up with their drugs land msdioines as pretty a lot of eandles I and trinkets as yon oan find any where. Their store is In Holiday Dress." "And near by, my dears," said the moth lifting Allle to her lap and oalllng I Charlie to her side, "at Randall b Aiton's Is suck an array of love, and tor honk, in usfe." - ;. ' Pusilee, mother I I don't like puulee, said Bob. Charlie may go to Alton's, and I'll go to Abbott's and have a pair of skates. I don t like any of your ourious presents." " Tou may talk about funny presents," said Tom, " but we had a gay time aver at VANDiEoEirr'i yesterday, and outdid the olothss wrlngsr man completely, One of the boys started to-day for home, and last night we gave hlm an outfit for traveling, oomplete, that is, In the line of satohelsand trunks. ' We tried to persuade him to have a band-box, but he rebelled, A woman bow would bars taken two or three bandboxes and several bassets." (Tom here dodged a random projectile In the shape' of "Harper's Monthly," coming from the Indignant Emma ) The 11 whin " waked Harry from a sound sleep, who gathered th offending Harper ", lo himself, with the remark1 that' a wletUo- BruDia's, or nxTL-s, or KENMDT's, where the plotorlals aaumagwitnes, with aU.Unrlchneas of Christmas offerings, were piled round In j , - - ' " r i , i 1 1 i ii i abundance, afforded one of the riohest treats for the holidays, and he would oom- menoe his treat by appropriating the "Har per" that came to him, as in a dream, when he was sound asleep, and hoped that Emma would not forget to throw "Frank Leslie" and several " Magaiines " at him on the mor row, and he would not objeot to a box of ci gars and a " meerschaum " from Levi's or Kinnei's being toeeed in the same direotion, "Vou shall have them all," said Ada "providing however that you return the compliment by going with me to Mrs. Van Houton's Millinery Establishment, and al low me to ohoos what I wish and you be paymaster fbi the occasion." Harry wb in another "dilemma'1 and had nothing more to say. . The father suggested a compromise. "Let Harry spend the money that would buy a 'love of a bonnet' in another cause. Leave an order at Tan Deiiien St. Diminos for a wagon load of coal to be taken on Christmas morning to our poor neighbors over the way, who have now in proopeot a very oold Christmas. Do this and you will have a lighter heart thau if all the oigars and meersohauma -'and nerlodloals la the world had been thrown at your feet." With thie kindly feeling prevailing, so muoh in conoord with tbe spirit that was breathed in the words "Peace on earth, good will to men,,' we drop the curtain on our Household soene and close our story, wishing for all "A Merry Christmas." Christmas. Institution of the cni-intniita Festival How II wm Observed In Aaolenl Tlmea-Tvaultlona Connected Tnere- wltn Cbrlalnaaa ' Celebration In Ena-land and tbe United Mtatea. As appropriate to the time, we give the following interesting facts in regard to tbe origin and observance of Christmas, whioh we extract from tbe Amerioan Cyclopedia "Chrletmas (Christ and Mass) is a festi val of ths Chrletain ohurch, obBorved on Deoember 25, as the anniversary of the birth of the Savior. Its Institution is attributed by the decretal letters to Pope Teleephorus, who died A. D., 138, and throughout the subsequent history of the ohurch it has been one of the most noted of Christian solemnities. At first it was the moat movable of Christian days, often confounded with the Epihany, and oelobrated by the eastern ohurches In the months of April and May. In the first century the urgency of St. Cyril of Jerusalem obtained from Pope Julius I, an order for an investigation to be made ocnoerning tho day of Chriel's nativitr. The result of the inquiry by the theologians of the East and West was an agreement upon the iolh of Decem ber. The chief grounds for ths deoiaion were the tables of tbe oensors in the ar-chioves of Rome; and although In the opinion of some of the fathers, there was no authentio proof of the identification of the day, yet the decision was uniformly accepted, and from that time the nativity bae been oelebrated throughout the church on the same day. It has alio been a oommon tradition that Christ was born about the middle of the night. mo custom 01 tue Koman utinoltoooun- tries of ushering in ChristmaB day by the celebration of three masses, one at midnight, the seoond at early dawn, and the third In the morning, dates from the Cth century. The day was considered in tho dcuble light of a holy oommemoration and distinguished by devotion, by vsoatiou from business and by merriment. During ths middle ages it was celebrated by the gay, fantaetio speotaole of dramatio myste ries and moralities, periormeu by person ages in grotesque masks and singular oos- tumes. the soenery usually represented an infant in a cradle, surrounded by the Virgin Mary and St. Joseph, by bill' heads, i oherubs, eastern magi, and manifold orna ments, 'the oustom or singing cantioles at Christmas, oalled oarols, whioh recalled the aonge of ehepherde at the birth of Christ, dates from the time when tbe oommon peo ple ceased to understand Latin, ine biebops and lower olergy often joined with the populace in caroling, and the songs were enlivened by dances, and by the musio of tambours, guitars, violins and or gans. Fathers, mothers, sous, and daughters mingled together In the danoe; if in the night, eaoh bearing in his hand a lighted wax taper. "Among toe revels of tbe Christmas sea- eon were the so-called feasts of fools and asees, grotesque saturnalia, which were sometimes termed 'December liberties,' in which everything serious was burlesqued, inferiors personifying superiors, great men beooining frolicsome, and wbioh illustrates the proneness of man to oooasinally reverse the order of sooiety and ridicule its decencies. In tbe Proieelant diBtriote of Germany and the north of Europe, Chrislmaa is often called the 'children's festival,' and Christmis eve is devoted to giving presents, especially between parents and children, and brothers and sisters, by means of the eo-called Christmas tree. A large yen bough is ereoted in the parlors, lighted with tapers, and hung with manifold gifts, sweetmeats, apples, nuts, playth ngs and ornaments. Each of thoBe is marked with the name of th person for whom it ia intended, but not with the name of the donor, and when the whole family party is assembled, the presents are distributed around tho room according to their labels, amid joyful exolamatlons and congratulations. A more sober scono euccoeds, for the mother takes this ocoasion to say privately to the daughters, and tho father to the ions, what has been most praise.wor- tny and wnat most faulty in their conduot. unriitmas naa aiwojs been at once a re ligious, domestic, and merry-making festival in England, equally for every rank and every ege. Tbe revols used to begin on Chrislmaa and continue after the Candlemas (Feb. 2,) every day beginning a holiday till twelfth-night (Jan. U 1 iu the houses of nobles a "lord of misrule," or " abbot of of unreason," waa appointed, whose otbce was to maxe tne rarest pastimes, to delight the beholder," and whose dominion lasted for "All hallow eve" (Oct 811 till Candle- suay.' ine larder was filled with ca pons, hens, turkey, geess, duoks, beof, mut ton, porx, ptes, vuauincs. nuts. Blums, su gar, and honey. The Italians have th fol lowing proverb : "lie has more happiness than English ovens at Christmas." The tenants wer antortaintd at the hall; and the lord of th manor and bis family employed (very art oonduoiva to mirth, which is thus described in an old English song "Ua Obililmas it tbe blU wr niD; i Oa Obititmu eve th. nmi vu soot ; . That only night, In all the jiars, Saw the stolid ptlMl the ehallce tear. Then op.n wine ths bsroa's ball, To vaual, Unant, serf aod all ; ' . ! , Powsr laid his rod of ruts aslds, ' ' And ceremony doffod his pildt. Tb hetr, lb roiw to bis shoot, Thst night might Tillage ptrtur chwtt, ! All balled, with unooatrolM delight I Aad gnwal volon, Ih. happy eight, ' That to tbe cottage, es the erowa, ' I Biouiht tiding, at Miration down. i England was mirrr Eiglgnd wb.a ,. Old Obrutmes brought his iport again . ! Twos uanalaais brosehod Ih. ia.rrl.it els . 'Iwas Christmas told lbs msriUst Ul:t . A Christmas g.mbal oft would ohm A poor man's htarl for all ths par. "A glowing fire, made of great logs, th principal of whioh was termed the yule log, or Chriitmas blook. which mlirht ha hnmi till Candlemas eve, kept out th severity of w.auiei, sin ueaounuance wasshsred am musio, oonjunng, riddles, hot oockles, fool plough, snap dragon, Jokes, laughter, The oommon oustom in Eni-linil r.r hl ing the houses and ohurches at Christmas with Evergreens Is derived from ancient vraio praotiMS. u was an old belief that .,..u iruru uignt noox to tne ever greens sin remain unaipped by frost till COLUMBUS, OHIO, MONDAY a milder season. Th holly, ivy, rose- uiarv. bays, laurel and mistletoe furnished the favorite trimmings, whioh wer not re moved until Candlemas, unapiets oi inese were also worn about the head, a practice to which the phrases "kiss under the roes. to "whisner under the mistletoe." are allu sions. In old ohurch oalenders Christmas Eve is marked: Tempi ezornalur (adorn the temples.) It waa an old Engllgh superstition that on Christmas r.ve tbe oxen were always found on their knees, as in an attitude of devotion, and alter that tne change irom old to new style, they continued to do thie only on the eve of old Christmas day. There was a famous hawthorn in the Churohvard of Glastonburg Abbey, which always budded on the 24th and blossomed on the 26th of December. After tbe change of style, it was observed that it blossomed on January 6th, whioh would have been Christmas Day, old style. It is said that slips from this thorn ar preserved, that which blossom on January 6th, to ths pres ent time. The Christmas Celebrations in England have lost their primatlve postsrous charac ter, the gambols and oarols ar nearly gone by, and family reunions and evergreen trimmings are nearly all that remalne of the various rough merriments whioh used to mark the festival. In the United Stales, elnoe the Puritane wero at Drat stern opponents of Christmas pastimes, the day has been lees generally celebrated in New England than in the Middle and Southern and Western Stales It has been made a legal holiday in some of the States, and is usually observed by a religious servioe and by making presents. .nil wtnk unl'veuamtly by trimming hOUSBS and onurcnes witn evergreen! and by Imi tating tbe German oustom of Christmas trees. Trot : A Christmas Story. BT ANNIE S. HOST. " Hor-EDALE I" I opened mv sleepy eyes as the conduc tor's voioo rang through the oars, and, taking lny carrel-bog. sprang out upon the platform of the little elation. My brief holiday was over, and, with a snrug, 1 pro oared for my short walk through the morn- ing air, looking forward to the good lire and ueuoiouft oup or couee 1 was sure Kirs, Watson was keeping for me. it was a very rare event ror me to leave the little village whose name beads this Btory. My lather had been tbe only resi dent physician there, from tbe time when I was a boisterious sohool-boy, up to the hour when, in hie professional rounds, he fell dead with the heart disease in the main streot, leaving mo, bis heretofore aseistani, sole heir to his name, property, and prac tice. Ten years before, tney nad carried my dear mother to the little ohurobyard, and installed Mrs. Watson house-keeper in her place. The villagers were willing to let the young dootor etep into his father's place beside their siok beds, and bo for five years I had filled his duties In all those five years I had taken no holiday, eo when an invitation oame from my old college friend and einoe ooi respondent, Clement Payne, to spend Christmas with him. at hiB father's plaoe on tbe Hudson, I waa Borely tempted to aooept, and finally concluded to do so. It was literally Ohriitmu I spent, leaving home at midnight on the 24th, and my friend's house exactly twenty-four hours later, ll had been a pleasant break In the monotony of my life, and as I stood at sunrise on tho Hopcdale station platform, I wsb Burs my reoreation would give new rigor for my daily duties. As 1 turned to deacend tne steps leading to tbe road, Boine impulse, nay, a Providence, led me to look in at the window of the room, by courtesy "Ladies' Room," of the station. ed, and there was no furniture, unless the hard woodon benches against the walls could be so denominated. Butourled upon one oi theHe benches, Bleeping Boundly, lor strange ohild. His dress of rioh fur- trimmed velvet, the warm fur oap, long gaiters and mittens, spoke of wealth, and tbe pale face, round whioh oluBtered short curls of a sunny brown, was round with health, and wonderfully beautiful. He was no Hopedale child; I knew them all. My professional lull I not made my heart thrill with suddou BUook, as 1 caught Bight of the pale face, for well 1 knew the danger of that deep Bleep In the biting winter air. How long had he been there? Wae be already dead ? were the questions 1 asked myself as I strode eoross the room, and lifted him in my arms. There was no breath oame from the white lips, no throb at tbe wrist, only a taint, very faint fluttering under my fingers as I pressed them over tho baby heart. Mantling him warmly in my heavy oloak, I tore down the steps, and raced along the road homeward at a pnoe that would have considerably amazed my patients, bad auy of them been awake at that early hour. Allowing Mrs. Watson no time for amase-nienl, I preBsed her into service, and in what she oalled "a Jiffy," we had tbe little form undressed, iu my bed, anil undergoing the most vigorous treatment. It was bo long bef.re we were successful, that my heart almost failed me; bill at last tho faint heart throbs grew stronger; oolor oame to the pale lips and oheeks, and a pair of large brown eyes appeared from under the heavily-fringed lids I had watched so anx iously. unly a look or sleepy inquiry was visi ble, aa he stared a moment at me, then oboy-iug my order to drink the warm food Mrs. Watson held touts una, my Utile patient olosed hie eyes again, and turned over to Ontsn his nap. Ho was aafe now, I knew: bo leaving him to Mrs. Watson' oare, who by this time knew aa much about him as 1 did, 1 went to sleep myself, to be ready for the day's duties. It was nearly nine o clock when my house keeper aroused me to say Ihathrcakfast was roady and the child awake. Very wide awake I found him, ths glo rious brown eyes staring round my room, taking in evory detail of Its arrangement. -wnoareyour now dull get nerer Am I nearly at Australia? ; Who's that man in tbe picture V" were the quostions poured rapidly rorlii, ueiore i bad time to frame one inquiry. "I want to got up I Who's got my clolhcsV oame next; then, "Who put me to ocu witn out any night gown r Not a sign of fear or a word of honie- sicknesil I was puiiled. "What is your nami'f" I asked, sitting uown oessae mm. "Trot I I want to got up I" "You ehall get up in a minute, but first ten me your name, and now you came to be asleep In the station?" "My name's Trot; and tbe claguv oars started off without me when I got out. It waa a uiri uiguv, anu 1 oould not catch them, io I went into the room and went to sleep tin tney oame again. ' "Was your mother in the train in th oarr "Mo; nobody but just me. I'm going to Australia." "Yei; Ellen's therel Ther have roses there at Christmas, and w wanted lorn for ur tre. "BuL my ohild, you did not leave home alone?" i "yes I dldl I ain't afraidl I'm rolnr haok right away, as soon as I find Ellen, and get the rosei." "But, don't yon know you will have to sail in a grsat ship for months to get to "Ellen went In the oars. We saw her go, mamma and I. w went in the oarrlagc and said good-bye, and she got into ths oars with Mr. Williams." "Who is Mr. Williams?" I said, eagerly "Ellen's husband. Our milkman ha was, before he went off to Australia. He's iollvl always filled my cup for nothing, when I was up." 'And who is Ellen?" "My nurse." "What's your father'! name?" "Papal" -"Bui his other name?" "'Harry, door.' Mamma always called him so." "Where doss hs live?" I "He's diadl" said the ohild, in a whlspsr. "Mamma cries all the Urn, most, and wear an ugly black gown every day." MORNING, DECEMBER 25. 1865 ' "Well where do mamma live? ; "At grandma's with Aunt Daisy, and Walter, and Sue, and btby, and ain t it fuuny? baby's my ancle, and he e eo little he has to b oarrled about, and Walton littler than me, and he's my unole too and Sue s only six and she a my aunt.,' : "Where doe grandma live?" i "Why, home, in her own house:" "WelL what ia her name?" - i "Grandmal" in a very positive tone, and beooming restive under so muon question ing. I look bim from the bed and began to dress him. and explain his position; but oven when he understood that he mast give up-the Australian journey, and waa mad to reel something or nis mower uespair at loosing him, he could give no due by whioh to find his bom. Grandpa, grandma, mamma, who was called Mary by th rest, Aunt Daisy and the three children, were all mentioned, and persistent questioning revealed that he lived in a large house in th country, but that was all. My heart fairlv sickened as I looked in his beautiful race and pictured tne grier oi ni wiuowea mother over the loss oi mis oniy oniui. in vain I searohed his ololhing for the myste rious ' looke' containing the miniature of beautiful female," always found on tbe etray ohildren in novels; no "strawberry or raspberry mark' disfigured nis smootn whit skin. His clothing, of the most dainty material and make, wis marked with the initials "A. n. Days psssed away, and still the little Trot for he would own no other name was an inmate f my cottage, tho very dar ling of Mrs. Watson's motherly heart. I advertised him in all the large oilies,hoping Boms paper would reaoh bio oountry home ; yet as Hi. Uj wore awav. and he beoame reoonoiieu to nis new noiuv, and oa.ed to grieve for his family, I began to dread the hour when he should be olaimed. His frank, bright joyouaness, his morry prattle, his loving caresses, began to fill an unsuspected void in my heart, and Mrs. Watson was a perfect slave to his tyranny. She made him pretty garments to replace the rich velvet euit wbion wo put carefully aside, in caae they were ever required to prove his identity. Sh furnished for hie bedroom a small apartment leading from hor own sleeping room. She made tho dev one long aot or aervice ror nis comfort, and as weeks glided into months, and there was no due found to guide us to his home, she taught him to call her grandma, while unole t-nariey became my newly aoquired tine. i ten now he was pelted in tne vu lege would be a vain task to attempt. To say that he was the hero and idol of Hope- dale, will give but a faint idea of his popu larity, ur actually tne memory of nis home, Ellen, and the visit to Australia, died away, and he seemed to forget that he bad ever Ived away from us. Mamma and Aunt Daisy had boon the two of whom he spoke most; but I judged from all he said, that his father's death was very recent, and his residenoe at his grandparent's a brief visit only in his memory. r-leven months bad tbia dear little trea sure been an Inmate of my house, when uere came tuto my lire a new dream ol hope and happiness. About five miles from Hopedale there resided and had lived for many years, an eooentric old bachelor, by name Herman Graham. - His home, Lee-haven, was far away from any duster of houses, indeed, nearly a mile from any othor residence; and here, in solitary state, with only two ancient servitors ror bis honsehold, he had lived ever sinoe I oould remember. He was a morose, ill-tempered man, and some early oross had made him adopt perfectly hermit-like seclusion, though his wealth oommanded every advantage soolely oould offer. It was early in November that I was summoned to attend this odd genius, professionally. The little note brought to my office . by an elderly man on horseback, was signed "Lilian Graham,'' and urged my immediate atten- It was a long, oold drive, but the man represented his master as verr ill. so 1 prepared to obey the summons. "I had no idea your master had a daughter." I said. referring to my note. "That's masters niece," was the reply: 'a nice, sweet-spoken young lady aa ever I see. She oomes down on a visit sometimes from her father's place near Albany. They were ourni out, ner rawer s folks, last winter, and the family all went to Europe while the house was a building. Tbey oame home about a fort-night ago, but they won't go to we new nouso tin spring, bo some or them s boarding in New York, and some ioAlhany, and Miss Lilian she's come to speud the winter with her uncle. They're all ooming down for Christmas, I expect." i round my new patient very ill, and for week my visits were frequent, and more than once I passed a whole night by his bedside. I do not mean this for a love-tale. so I will not weary my reader with the why anu wnereiore or my neart bending in al-legiauce to Lilian Graham's charms. Her beauty, geulleness, and winning graoe touched my heart ae no woman had ever before thrilled It, and before that wearr week of anxiety and watching was over I loved her. As her uncle begaa to reoover, my visile slid from a professional oapaoity to a social one, and I saw that my welcome was a sincere one from both the old gentleman and the fair girl, whoso devotion to his siok bed proved her love. I was agreeably sur prised to nnd the Hermit neither so savage nor inaccessible as ne nan been rebreaent- ed to me. He had a painful ohronio disor der; his manner was briuque. and his voice often harsh, but he could soften, and I was able io give mm reuer irom pain, for whioh he repaid me by a gracious reoeption. unnsimas was urawing near, and I had resolved to lay my heart before Lilian, and aek her to be my wife. I was heir to considerable properly left by my father. I had a good practice, a pleasant home, and oould offer her the pure love of a young heart, so I was not without hope, especially aa I oould see the fluBh deepen on her oheek, and a glad light spring to her blue oyes, whenever I waa announced. Sh woro mourning, and I often longed to Question hor about th loss it implied, but our pri-vile interviews were very brief, and but seldom cccurrod, and she never spoke of her sorrow. 1, too, had a story to tell. Of oeurse, if sho beoame my wife, Bhe must nar snout xrot. It was tho day before Christmas!, and the enow was smooth and hard round Hope-dile; so I ventured to propose a sleigh. ride, meaning to open my heart to her as we drove. She accepted my proposal readily, aid were soon on our way. Somehow there fell a long silence between us ; I longing bit not daring to speak, my eves fixed unon that lovely faoe framed in that pretty fur-bound hood, tho eyes looking down, the sweet mouth set with a sadder expression ttan I had evar seen it wear. Suddenly sae epose : "I expeot my parents, brothors, and sis tr her to-morrow." "From Christmas gayetles 7" I questioned. " No, to escape, them. They ar ooming liera to pass the Say quietly, far away from auy festivity. It is a sad day for us. Doo- tsr, do you believe in a broken heart ?' "Yes. I know they exist." "And ar fatal?" "Sometimes I I have seen heavy sorrow drain away life I" "My poor Bister," she said sadly, her eyes tiling with tears, "I fear her heart is bro ken." And after a pans ah said : "A year go a year ago poor little Trot I "Troll" I oried. br.athl.sslv. "My sister's only ohild, whodledon Christ mas uay last year."-"Died?" I said, my hopes sinking. "llurnt to death!" aha said, aadlv. W had had a Christmas tree for the ohildren In the nursery. My sister bad been a widow only three months, so ws had no holiday R.uicnug; oui wo ursBsed a ire for the Utile one and lighted it on Christmas Eve. ins next morning thev. the children I mean wet all In the nursery, and wa suppose one oi tnem tried io ugnt we tre. certain II 1b that-thev JOt-tha room on fir: and be. for we eould eav anything th whole house was In flames. AU escaped but my sister's cniiu, aer niy one; ne penened in tbe fire; "Are you oertain? ' , ,, "When tin oould he be? My two little brothers and my silter war saved with difficulty, and Ih roof fell in while wa were all frantically searohing and oalling tor Arthur, or, a w called bim, Trot. My lister's health gave way entlrelv under this blow. Bhe had oonoentrated all th strength of her love unon tbia child after her hus band died, and tbe loss prostrated bar ut terly, we took ner to Europe; w aava nau th best advio for her, but shs is siowiy dying of a broken heart." "It 1 from no impertinent ouriosity, I said, that I question you. Will you answer mr innuirlee?" . .1 W war speeding over the frosen ground toward my horn, as sue answersu . "Certainlv." "This little child had he a pet name for you?" ' ' ' "Yes; my bom same. They all oall me Daisy, and he oalled me Aunt Daisy." 1 "And vour sisters' names are Mary and Sue, your orowerr waiter ana dmbj. "les. ves." sn eeia turning vary pais. "And Trot' nurse, Ellen, did she go to Australia?" . i, "Yes. a vear ago last fall. lour raoe is radiant! Sneak ouicklv our lost boy!" Wa were at mv doort her faoe was ashy whits with emotion, but ah obeyed my mo tion, and let mo load ner irom tne oioigu to mv office. I made her sit down, and began to explain, when ''Uncle Charley' conn I Unole Charley!" rang out from my pet's voice, and Tret burst into tns room, mien rose to her reel witnawiiu ory oi -xroi Arthurl darlinffl" i For a moment he stood bewildertd; then a sudden rush of memory earn over the obildieh heart, and be sprang into her arms. -Aunt Daisvl Where a mamma: i want mammal Quick! quiokl uncle cnarley Aunt Dalsv. lake me io mammal" For nearly three hours we sat In th lit tle office befora Lilian oould tear herself away from tbe ohild; but at last she let me take her to ths sleigh, consoling Trot by a promise that to-morrow ne enouiu sea nis mother. . I left the disclosure to her woman'y taot But, on the morrow, when I drove over with the child, dresaed in hia black velvet suit, altered to fit him by Mrs. Watson's trem bling fingers, and moistened, 1 am ear, by many tears, I found all prepared for the great joy. Such a ChrlBtmas never dawned for me. To tell of the gratitude of tbe pale widow, tbe joy of the grandparents, the boisterous greetings between tne onuuren, is oeyono the powers of my pen. Of oourse, the precise tims and manner of Arthur's escape from the house we oould onlv ecniectur. The nurse was ia the kitohen nearly an hour wnen we alarm oi hro was given, and tne namee nao gained great headway before they were discovered, tbe family sitting-room being on a different floor, and some dlatanoe Irom in nursery. Of oourse the fearless boy had left tbe houae before th attempt to light tne tree wae made, but the others, absorbed in Christmas delights, did not miss him.- The distance from the house to the station was very abort, and Ellen had gone to Hew York from the village near which Mr. Gra ham's house was situated. The departure for Europe, and the certainty all felt for his fata, bad prevented any search being made for th boy, and we presume tbe rail way officials supposed ne oeiongeu to some party on the train. It was a glad day for all, for If I lost my little treasure, I won from Lilian the right to be oalled in good truth Trot's Uncle Charley. ' OUR HUtTND TABLE. Our Hound Tabls is a; veritable faot an ever present reality a something tangible, useful and usable. Unlike other things ith like titles th name in this oase Is no misnomer. Unyielding to prejudice, uncontrolled by opinion, standing firm in the midst of a host of troubles, bearing up under the boavicst pressure of the times, ear round table always oomes to time, is al ways ready for servioe. It is the compro- -t. i..j t... ik. .Jit..- uk and the waste basket ; a receptacle for all that good, bad and Indifferent; a general utility kind of a machine; ready to play any part or represent any oharaoter in faot, a veritable round table " on wheels." Here are piled in mountain masses the Thunderers of the American Press side by sids with unpretentious county papers, all going the saji road, all treated with the eame irreverence, all passing from the easy ohair " to the " round table," from the " round table " to th floor. Her all the first effort of new fledged writers find a reeling plaoe, and her th stray waifs of son timent, and poetry, and non sense, flutter around for recognition. The round table is oareless ground, an old shoe kind of affair, always oomfortabl and always aceessibls. It is ths band-shaking ground between th contributor and the editor the border land between ehaos and order; the parade ground where squibs, and essays, and items, and letters and con tributions are marshaled into line to follow the " Leader " in oolumns that ar to olose en mane for an attack on the public It is little world in itself, pretty badly mixed up, but always ooming out right, and a place where Charily joins hands with Criticism and brings good out of bad. "Our Bound Table" is not one of the things you read, orread of, or readabout,but is aa unassuming affair behind the ecenel, without a name, without a fame, but with a grand old history. This history is of that kind that is locked within ths homos of families : that ia to remain unwritten ; and that is to perish with the Round Table. Occasionally there is a ripple in the Current, a flash before the curtain, a rise above tho level, and a reversing of lha regulations, affording glimpses of what is there and thereabout. When thise intervals ooour we will set the round table in its best trim before our readera, remove all hinder-ances and give all a fair opportunity of partaking Of all entertainment not always rich, rare and raoy, but abounding in isolated oddities, vigorous variety, oommon sens nature, and flashes of sentiment. Th charm of Oray's Elegy is the touch of nature that oomol with such smooth flowing expressisns as "Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, and waste its fragrance on the desert air." The fact is a common plaoe one, but not until it was so prettily expressed did the world appreciate It, and then the lines became house hold words. Commencing on this princi ple that full many a flower it born to blush unseen, that full many a flash of sentiment, or word of wit and wisdom flutters on ths round table, wasting fragrance on the dosert air, we will gather them together and send them forth with no pretentions for themeslves and no promises from us. Oeisin or Boots axd Bboes. Boot are said to have been invented by the Carrans. Thev ware at first made of leather after wards of brass and iron, and were proof againet both out and tnruat. it was from this that Homer oaitea me ureess uraxen-footed. Formerly in Franco, a great foot wa much esteemed, and the length of the hna In the fourteenth oeatury, was a mark of distinclion. Ths shoes of a prince were two feet and a half long; those of a Baron (wo feet; and those or a anigut eignteen inohes long. ( The editor of ths Boston (itutttt says that Artemus Ward has written to him to say that he is tired of answering the ousstion as to now many witch jjhijuu . lis says that all he knows about it is that he una dav need no the multiplioation tabla in A,niln the lonst stockings on aoleth.s line in Brigham's back yard, and went off. feeling diny. ., i - , -a A writer, describing fashionable ooelumes ha saw them in Chestnut street, Philadel phia, says: I observed that-the prevailing .1.1-. r .vtar waa hlua. Th lata atvla at hoops Is what mabledn to.makthaobrff'ajjoi"'';. servatioB. NUMBER 137. TELEGRAPHIC. REPORTED FOR THE JOURNAL. I - Change ia the Patent Laws Indian. ,A.fl'u,irs. The Peruvian Trouble. The Chilian War Ltiiilf ersarr of the New ng-. laud Society. ORDER FROM UEN. URAItT. From New York. ' Indian Aflalrs. New Yoek. Dec. 23. The Herald's Wash ington diepatoh says Congress will bs oall ed upon for further appropriations for the support of indigent Indians during ths winter, me estimates state tnai i,iuu,- 000 is necessary. Th Western tribee ar represented as being in exiremsiy uesti-tut oondition. A latter forwarded to the Seoretarv of the Interior from General Bully, of date of December 8th, says tbero are a large num. ber of Indians assembled at Fort Itioe and elsewhere, on the Missouri rivsr, who ar manifesting mo moBt friendly reeling ror the whites, and ars quits willing to snter into liberal troalies. Osn. Sully remarks that he offers this information in order to irive dlreot oontradlotlon to the newspapsr aooounts of a contrary slate of affaire among ths Indians of that eeotlon. Last mgni a nre arose oui ei no. iss Fulton street The damage of property by fir and water amounted to about $16,000. Cbasige la tne Patent l.awa. Tho llerald's Washington speolal says that persons interested in patents for inventions, and who have been led to believe that it is intended to obtain through Con gress a modification or tne raient Laws, are authoritatively informed that no material ohange in suoh laws will be asked for during the preeont session. Only a few of ths miner point will be changed. Tbe details of scouring patents will bs modified. Unlearn Allaire. The World's Washington speoial containe the following : The Department of State has completed the InBtruotions whioh it desires tne Minister to Mexico to follow, ana ne will be dispatched at onoe to the headquar ters of the Juares Government, and remain with the president or tae uepubito, and lol-low him wherever he mar (to; thus making an active demonstration to Maximilian of tbe policy which the Government intends to persist in, It is this whioh has given offense to the Frenoh Minister. ' The Republican issued an extra last eve- ing on Mexiosn affairs. Its information purports to oome from a loader, and It deolares that a seoret understanding between Napoleon and Maximilian allows the former to withdraw the French troops from Mexico whenever Maximilians payment should become embarrassed or ia arrears. Ifje feraivlau 'I'rooble. Benor Garcia, Peruvian Minister to this Government, has been recalled. His rsoent manifesto says; The President of Peru has produced this recall. Benor Garoia's departure has uot been announced. The Consul at Now York has also been removed. Benor Garoia has been Minister reeldent in Washington for many years. The Chilian War. The State Department is in reoeipt of dispatches from our Minister to Chili. The war between opsin anu uniu is still progressing. All the principal ports ars blockaded. Tbe commander of th squadron is only waiting Instructions from the Spanish uoyernmem to commenoe mora aouve operations. The Admiral who is commsnding the squadron off Valparaiso has grossly insulted our Minister, T. H. Wilson. The Amerioan and English merchants and resi dents are very indignant at his conduot, aad have laid Ihe matter before their re- peetive Governments. Ths United States Minister has all ths schedules prepared, and is ready to pay the interest on the registered bonds of 1881. The Government will probably commenoe paying them early next week. The Algonquin has received her spars and rigging, and 1b reoeiving a ooat of paint and is otherwise preparing tor tne raoe with the WinooBkl. On examination of her boilers it was found that they were so far oorroded by tho use of salt water as to render them unfit for service, and the old ones were being replaced by new ones. Disabled Soldier Order from SJaneral Urant. The Times' Washington special says: An order will be Issued by General Grant in a day or two directing that dieabled soldiers oapabts or doing duty as watenmen or pun- lio buildings, anu otner nxe servioe, snail have preference in suoh employment over able-bodied men in the army. The object of this order is to prevent tne discnarge and mustering out of disabled soldiers as far as may bs, by making room for tnem in positions where they ean perform service as well as able-bodied men. Mr. A. P. Lanks, lato military scent for the State of Indiana, wnc waa relieved by Governor Morton, has been appointed to a position in tns House oi llepreeentatives. woranDBTsne-ne' trmon. A speolal meeting of the Workinimens' Union was held last aftnlng, at whioh a new constitution was adopted, ana a oircu-lar was distributed oalling for a convention of delegates from the various town associations throughout tbe State, to be held at Albany on tne bin or ebruary. Property Mld lor Violation ol lha Heieaae Law. ... i The Heralds dispatch says the Seoretarv of the Treasury baa issued a oircular re lative to the release of property seised for violation of the revenue laws", stating that no eollsotor of customs ha authority to release any property whioh ha been seiied for violation of the laws, upon tbe payment of the appraised value, unless the sequester is surrounded by peculiar clroumstances. and the appraised vain of th same ha first been reported to th Secretary of the Treasury, with th recommendation of the collector mat it be released, and requestin authority, and th same has been granted oy tne eeoretary or tne rressury. Aanlveraarr of Ihe landing: ol sh s-iia-rim rawsis. The two hundred and forty-fifth annl vonary of .the Pilgrim Fathers on Plymouth noox, ana me sixnetn anniversary or tne Hew England Sooiety of this slty, was oele brated laet eveniDg at Delimonioc's. There was a large attendance and the ocoasion was a very pleasant one. 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