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BY (HAH. S. LONG.It is, perhaps, a little late to wish the numerous readers of the Missionary Weekly a “Merry Christmas,’1 and so I will just wish them a “Happy New Year” and many returns of the same. I always appreciate Christmas as it is an anniversary day withme, marking an important epoch in my life that occurred some yea rs ago. Wei 1, Ch ristm as came to Ronceverte in two ways yesterday, or rather two kinds of Christmas; one kind that brought peace and joy to many weary souls, and another kind that leaves sad hearts and desolate homes. The first came in the usual way, just as it has been coming for over eighteen hundred years, ever since the angels sang the glad song of “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” The other kind came in on the west-bound train, put up in gallon jugs. Yea, jugs too numerous to men-tiou.Ronceverte is a local option town and no vile saloons are tolerated here. Hence any consolation needed, or supposed to be needed by the inhabitants of our thriving town, or by the dwellers in the regions round about, in the shape of ‘•pizen” must be imported from the more benighted cities beyond our borders, in sealed packages. I happened to be at the depot Christmas morning when the train arrived and had an opportunity to witness the distribution of jugs to the thirsty gentlemen with queer aliases, for be it known that most, if not all, of them, hove two names—an every day name and a jug-naine. The sight reminded me of a gathering of those noble birds of beau-tilul plumage commonly called buzzards, when the body of a particularly offensive carrion hasbeen discovered. If this comparison should seem to reflect upon the buzzards, I willingly apologize to the birds, for I do not wish to do them any injustice. Their gathering: is a legitimate
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Richmond Missionary Weekly
Richmond, Virginia, US
Thu, Jan 03, 1889
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