Christmas Feasts and Festivities From Ancient Britons to New York
A wide survey traces Christmas food and customs from 18 kg turkeys in England and brawn pies to the Tudor masque and Royal pageantry. It contrasts village worship with grand city revels in New York, noting mistletoe rites and royal animal carols.
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Norwich
Ding Hall
A Call to Charity For The Winter Season
The piece contrasts wealth and destitution during a holiday festival. It describes starving families, cold hunger, and a distant rich household as a stark contrast. It urges readers to open their hearts and provide shelter clothing and food to the needy this Christmas season.
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Shell
Iris
Washington Senate Rivalries Spark Playful Barbs
A Washington correspondent notes light barbs between Senators Brown Wilson Hale Wade and others amid a heated prelude. Wade quips Never, amid mention of a slave issue. Hale mocks applause and questions which Buchanan is referenced as the President’s message is debated.
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A Case for Leumsnaton on False Weights and Theft
A reader argues that stealing two or three pieces of sugar is punished more harshly than a grocer who sells a pound with false weight. He questions why the greater thief pays less and calls for equal penalties for both offenses.
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Shadows of an Awful Winter Reflections and Epigrams
The piece echoes Rev. E H Chapin on a financial crisis causing despair, calling for charity toward the distressed and urging hopeful faith. It weaves in satirical quips about the stamp act repeal, a New Jersey grave stone inscription, and temperance humor about cider barrels.
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John Adame
Mind What You Say Before Children
A long moralizing passage warns parents and adults to guard speech before children and fools, noting kids imitate every word. It shares anecdotes of children revealing adults' slips, then urges gentle discipline and teaching self control to curb temper, pride, and indolence.
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