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FROM RAY TOWNSHIP.Ray Town*iffr, Dec. 27, 7ft.Mu. Emtou—Not having seen anything in your columns concerning our part of the country for some time, I thought I would try myhand as an ink Hlingixt and give you «pme few items concerning the boitofn part lt;lt;f Ray.Times are pretty dull in our bottom this fall filftl winter, owing, in a great measure, to out being washed out by the July freshet, which destroyed near ly all of our crops; but thanks U to Providence we raised n copious crop of Ox, or Granger grass, aa some mil it, which is a good substitute for the tame grasses. We think, by judicious man . ugement in) feediftg and caring for our ' stock, we will lie able to gut them . through the winter in tolerable good condition. The fall sown wheat looks fine, so far, but there was not a large breadth sown for want of seed. Wo are looking forward for spring to open, when, I think, there will he an unusual effort made to repair the losses of last J summer by putting in large crops of I corn, oats, ifcc. Our citizens uro awake 11 to the siuation, and will nut spare any t reasonable exertion to catch up with the * times. *We have had some little sensation in 1 our neighborluxwi, created by having a J Christmas Tree erected in the old I Mount Zion Luthern church, on the j evening of the 24th inst., under the ■ superin tendance of William Lingle, 1 Benjamin Goss, William Agee, James Houser and William 8helton as com- 1 mittce of arrangements, assisted by a 1 score of ot her gentlemen and ladii*s in * its erection and decoration. The tree was a magnificent one, decked with all the paraphranalia usually used on such occasions, and literally covered with presents ranging in value from a one | cent toy to a fifty dollar suit of clothes , As it was the first thing of the kind ever gotten up at our old church, eve* ^ rylody seemed to take a deep interest j in making it a success, which, i believe, every on* pronounced it who saw it. There were six hundred and forty-six , presents distributed1 from the tree. The house, although a dark and muddy night, was literally jammed with peo pie, both old and young. The organ, under the manipulations of Mr. Jesse Smith and Miss Mattie Shelton, dis-1 coursed sweet music, along with the Moud Zion singing class, to the audi euce until seven p. m., when old Santa Glaus made his appearance in sujierb style (in the jereon of J. S. Lingie, our 1 efiicient school teacher, ; to the great consternation of the little folks and the merriment of the older once. Santa Glaus’ venerable appearance and hoary locks would indicate that he was the veritable old Santa of yore who put candy in our stockings when we were young. Santa made a short speech for the benefit of the little folks, and then made hie exit at a back window behind a screen. Then commenced the distribution of the preeente, notable among which was one for U. H. F., a young 1 (lisciple o^ Eeculapius. in the way of an jph*io§t, drugs used by the profession. There were other sells of not much note. The widows and orphans received a goodly share of the good things. Good order prevailed all the time, and there was notan intoxicated person present. The distribution ended about nine o’clock, when the crowd dispersed to their re spective places of abode, I think, with the feeling that it was good for them tlt; be there. More anon.
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Martinsville Republican
Martinsville, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 30, 1875
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