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Kill}; " l*t:.icc tin Kartli " — Kfjoite, O hi.itls that iiKMiin, l-ift up your hcatU — the I'liiicc ul Teacc is born I kins; t"lirio plateful vnitfs (softened, {lerliaps, wlili tears!. Give thanks tii tiocl fur these last *' Hundred years!" O let tlieir plad ihanksj^ivinj; jn\ ful make 'I'lir hearts of ail (lod's poor — for Hi-, dear sake ; Lei nn one cIliM in all -St. J.'hn, at Iea*l. Have iieeii of uherewillial to "Keep the Feast!" It is the ChUiiren^s F^.tst, who have a rij:hl To have their own sweet way on t'liri^tinas iiij;ht ; And we, the older, must i;ive place to tlieni, For Christ was uncc .1 child in Heihlehem I Kcniemher, ton, the sick — whose wcariiicss Nei'deth a kindly liand to soothe and bless; .'\h, who L-an tell what wistful loni;in;: dwells /'','r //it-nt, ill the sweet suiiiid of Christinas Itells! And you at whoso Firesides the "Vacant chair" Standi, sa,l!v wailinj; one who once sat there ; 'I'lie wtl! beloved — wilhoiil who-.e tU-ar face The wolld is but an empty barren place! He comforted — Cod took them — that is best; Make some one in /Ae/r stead a we'cinne yuest — And Ciod shall bless von witli a donlile share Of love and joy to fill that vacant chair. And you whitse children gather round your knee 'I'hi- (Jiii^tma*: tide — your joy and pride — \h ! me, Think of the little ones as fair as they Who share no tender mother's li>ve to-day! Know what you pive to /Aem to ChI is given — And or/thil'is* fir,t\'ers arc alwavs heatil in Heaven! And, perhaps, some **boon" you'vf a>ketl for hiiu; in vain, 'I'liro' their sweet Ruileless prayers you may obtain! With generous hearts give noble charity 'llial knows not lace, or cieed ; but rovaily With lavish hand brings warmlli and fiMHi and light To all w-liu need theni on this blessed night! wmTTin ro« ttsTissi* CHRISTMAS: A FANTASIA. BV Rl.VKlti!.:. D. .Mas .>•• D. U "■jTT TT .W jjiiivvs ylootiiiir ,i.iiic<" nf I.tst year's (.'lit istiius lives •''ii'l lliirc is .1 chilli k'ft In atitiLiiLite nitli hcaliii;; heart tht- arrival nf aiiDllnr, anil to renew the wish : " rapa, t woiiM like that then, was a (Miristtiias ilay every «i el. '." We hmior Mr. (Irail Grinil, with his strict reoaril In tiiatlcr-nf f.ict ; but we (In nnt Inve him. Whyshiitilil it he fnrliiilileii to set iina^jiiiatitin fiee, niiw anil then, In wamlei at its nwti sweet will in the realms nf fant.isv.' Let the iliililren leail us fnr a little. I. el us all fnr an lintir or twn revive the v.inishin^ jnvs nf iliiMhnnil. t.hristmas semis us liai k, hy its custnms i>f festivitv anil snni; anil tliaritv tn ci iilttiies Kuif; anteceilent In His liirth who has mailc the ilay ami iicriiul s|ieeially his nwn. The Maj;i came I'l welenmc the li.ibe in llelhlelietn ; ami. ever since, I'.ijjanism in all its fnrins has laiil its best at the feet, ami left its wnrtliie»t in the train nf Jesus. With a strange ti.cilley nf Christian anil I'agan rites, — lelicsof the Knniati Salmiaiin, when the very slaves enjnveil one day in the year nf uniimitcil license, — rclii s of Clennan revelry ami liruiilical supcrstiiinns, — we celebrate the birlliil.iy anniversary of the worlil's Kcileeiner. What mat- ter that the .\iiliiiii.irians hive imt yet succeeileil in assurini; tliciiiselvcs that the Jjth nf December is verily the day ? I.ct them crack their nuts. We shall crack nurs with none the less enjnvmctit ami fearlesstie.ss of iKspepsia. ."staml beneath the Mistleinc, m\ fair l.aily C'lar.i. Let the lij;lit nf the Vulelon pkiv with vniit shadow on the wall. What matter that, in yiiniler cniivenlicle, some sour I'ltiitati is proving to the heart's content of himself ami his acidiliuil hearers that niiitli is the mark nf the beast, and the sin lli-il hath never forgivene-- .' " l.tck shall pipe ;tnil Jill shall dame. Kor Christmas comes but once a year, and iherefnre let's be incrty !" Let me give the little childien a nasnn I'nr loving our (Jtieen in cntincclinn with the fe«liMties nl Xtnas. The good St. Nicholas is perhaps the iiiosi widely popular in cni.neitioti with festive-mirth of all the saints in the < alemlar. .\ native nf Asi;i-Mini>r, the ailnpied patron nf Knssia, the nmst luniorcd of .ill the saints in sniithern Italy, in Lnglaml, some four hundred churches arc named after him ; and imw, in .\nierica, on one evening in the vear, Sanla Klaus is nmre devoutly thought of by at least oncli.ilf nf the pnpiil.iiion — the juveniles — th.tti is their Xmas pudding, t otne away with nic to ymider .Mms- house, nsiiallv so prosai. ally giim. On thi^ on Xinaseve — there is mirth in the .Mm.s-hmise. St. Niiholas h,is planted a nivstcrintis tree in a corner, which, all are assured, licars fruits unknown to earthly gardens. Oh, the delight of the little childien! Ave, and of the grey-beards also; hoary sinners, some of litem : but for one half hnur nr sn, they feel gimd. The intrnductinn of the Xmas tree with its lamps and toys and fruits ami flowers and gills that make young eves glisten, and young voices shriek with delight, is due, among the I'.nglish siwaklng ■ -.» CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. people ..( the gl-l.e. mainly. I believe, to tl,e example mwl ,nfl»- emeof „ur(Jueei,, C.Kn.lcsslRr! r.ef.Te her m;mi..;;., at ,nv rate, the custom was imki.own in Kn^land ; aiul now, it is well-niKh nniver-al. Perhaps, when i^uuul political events with whnh her name is associate.! shall be forgotten, the establish- ment ..f the Xmas.iree in everv honsehoUl will pcrpclu.itc her ""('■'lirisimas is a me.lUv. Its ^ames, its .arols, its reli^ions observances in the morning, followe.l bv its rare noo.l-cheer in ,he afternnon, and its sports in the evening, blemi piety am p. Slime in proportions somewhat bewildering to youthful n.inds Hut vne set of customs is nnmectcd with it which, above all others, does it true honor -its Iharities. On the I've before, .acc.rding Id belief, the l'owers..f Darkness are prostral.d, so that no evil influence can be exerte.l by them on mankind. " Some MV lliai i-viT V-ii'"" ',>'•)' -T"" ''"","" WluMcin ..nr S,ivi,.ur s hnlh is cfkDr.lH-.l, The hir.l ..f .!:.« ni..B si"S>-lll .1.1 i"'.:l>l 1""B ^ . A„.l Ihfn, lluv S.U, n„ s|„„. <:.nn «.llk .ihroj 1 , The- i.ii;hls .n.' »li..le~..nK, th.-n lu. pi.intls Mrikc, N„ hirv Mkis ""1 "ilch ''■T'' l""''^^'^ 1" cl..irm; S„ li.lll.'W..il and >.. Kraci.>ll^ l> llie lime. The cattle, it is in some places believed, fall on their knees i n ihoir stalls at midnight, in adorath.n of the Saviour ; bees \mu. in ,|„ ir hives, and bred baked on Xma-sl've never becomes nw.iUlv .\ssurc.llv, the bread cast abr.iad as Charily never ,„„uhls. In Mnglan.l, birds, beasts and beggars all receive un- wonted icg.ird. ".\ giiid New Year, I wish thee, M.igg.e ouoth Hums to his .uild mare ; " Mae, there's a npp to thy aiild ,;.i^^ie"_;,n extra feed of corn, to-wit. .■\nd some keep up the old custom to this day at Xmas and New Year's. And as for the birds and beggars take these lines by a wcll.kn..wn Knglish writer: o ,\m;.l^l 11.C frec.ins sleet ana sn,.w. Iho limia r,,l,incnmc, ; inVity 'I'i'''-' h"" '"" '■■"•"■' '"" '"""■'' " ■ An.l l,.ive vnilr il.ior iip.m llie latch tiir «ll..s.>.-vcr c.imo'-. The ,«''rer thev, n„.rc' w.lcn.e five, and setter out your crumbs. ^:^m:^":;;:r'^:;;:r'i.:;;h'a:iSeri^^^^^ We will not vouch for the orthodoxy of the d..ctrine implied in the two last lines. Hut our e.i-o' has a wholesome horror of theological controversy! .and, besiucs. cmtroversv and Christmas do not rhvme. In fac, at this season, .piarrels of all kinds, sorts and sizes should be furgottcn. For one day, let all ckisses try to be brothers; the rich dealing out with lib- eral hand to the poor -the poor constrained to be amic.tble toward the rich. In yiew of the Gospel, acc.r.ling to .\dan> Smith I S Mill, M.althus and Co., the professors of the Ibsmal Science -politic.il econ-mv, as Carlyle hath it - .alms-giving is the most ruinous of immotal ,,ractises. Never mind _ lie immoral to the utmost of your abilitv in this respc- at Xm.as time ■ and be content with the compensation of having dilluse.l some temporary sunshine of joy, of having even momentarily disper.sed some .loud of sorrow. .Xnd then, in the boson, o, your own families, with boar's-head serve.l on silver trenches, or peacock adorned with its gorgeous plumage, "food for hn-ers and meat for lords," or turkey, g.msc, roast beef, and tit-bits r.are "e.at the fat and drink the sweet, and semi a portion to them for whom nothing is prepared ■," and rejoice without stmt in the remembrance of llim ar.nmd whom the glad angelic host sang : ..Glory to Go,l i,. the lusl.es,, au.l .m e.,r.l, ,.e.ice, g.-.i-wUl ..■ 'be cl.il.iren of men." Arid so, to one and all, a Mkkry CllRlsiMAs! WHITTCN roil "CtllTeNOUL CNHI»TM« ' REMINISCENCES FOR THE CHRISTMAS SEASON IN ST. JOHN. ,IKK the Kails ..f Niagara of which VI' > so much has been written, it is all iL ( but impossible to a.ld aiivthing to ■"■"■' the volumes of passages that have, from the beginning of the Christian Kra to the iircsent lime, been dev.ited In Sage, «» J vi,n =i, I'riest, r..et and Kd tor, to the conteiupla- ^^S«»l«'-^ ~ 'i"" "f ''"'" "'"■ Kfialest event remrded in sacred or profane history. .And yet, at such a season one cannot help but say s.imething, h.iwever feeble, as it is a sea- son of ihonghtfulness, reflection, restr.is- kM/L^f-S pection ; and in thus taking note of time, <^SlmMA.4 |,jj^, ,„„i present, we are brought to realize the great privileges and blessings we all possess, living in a Christian counlrv, and amen.able to and pr.itected by Christian laws, shorn .>f their sanguinary and barbar- .lus features. Whatever be our rank, however humble our positi.m. no matter how miserable our circumstances, at this season wc endeavor to ease the burthen of .>ur sufferings and our s.irrows, and feel that we ought to try an be happy, even th.uigh this season be shortlived ami ev ..escent. .X thousand years are but as a dav t.) I Iiin who frame.l the Universe. The davr. with us .Irag along wearily when l.i.iking forwar.l t.> that which is ovetcil. but when passe.l they arc like a weaver's shuttle, rapid in its lliglit, never conliniious in ..ne stay. Christmas Hay, h.iw- ever, to the well or.lercd mind, has always been one .if pleasure, as well as ..f thanksgiving. The pleasure is n.it al.me that which we ilerive from the conif..rts of our hearths and the health and cheerfulness ..f ..ur families — but the pleasuie als.i .>f trying to do g.rod t.i others — t.i .administer from out of our abundance to the wants of the needv, the destitute, the suffering and the dying. The pleasure of l.>..king back upon what we have .lone, ..r tried to .'o, whether in the cause of tempcran.e, m.irality, charity- to reclaim the wanderer and backslider — to rai.se the f.Ther from the lowest depths .if degradation and to restore him to his suffering family, that all may go on their way rejoicing. This is a pleasure indeed. .■\s it is a season .if retr.ispecti.in, and one of which it is sometimes pleasant to revive incidents of the olden time, I pro- pr.isc t.. take up topics as thev suggest themselves in c.innec- ti.ni with the history of St. John, and hope that thev niav pr.ive of s..me interest t.. the re.aders .if the " Ci ntknni m. Chkistm as," especially the elder ones, whose memories only recpiire to be awakened to bear witness to the statements. V.IRK I'OINT FORTY YEARS AdO — TIIK VICII.AN rs. Ill i.S^i, there were no organized Night .ir Oav Tolii-e in St. John, so that the rough element had pretty nincli the whole CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. 3 1.C St. Iiolc lilv witliiii it- gr.Kp, ami \vn< ;i l( tr'ir In .ill l.uv-.il)iilini; I iti/cn*. (iisti(c H.i» .i(liiiitii>ti'rcil In the .MiUrincn, litlur in thiir own iil now >taii>ls, and from licliind his cipinitcr he dispi.ii-.cd justice to all nho came before hint, and with a strictly impartial hand. 'Ihirc Iwiii}; no Vij-ilants tisoii, in lS.(i, to keep the peace ami prevent depredations upon persons and prop 'ty; and York Point lieini; considered at the tiiin' a- ilir lie h! <|.i.ir- lers (if sin — the l>irlh-pl.aie of all the treasons. •.tr,ilaj;nns and rriiiie- that were hatihed in St. Jol'.ii, if there «as aiiv rowdv- isin at ni.L'hl, any false alarms, here was the ipiirti r to look fitr tlie trouble in the t'lr.st place. It is an axiom in the l.oinloii police that St. James is protected liy watchini; St. Ciilcs'. So ttith St. (ohn fortv vears ago; If an eve wen- kept upon the iif'itiii' of York point, the city w.is romparativclv safe. .•\ few weeks In fore Christmas (iS.)i) this liedlam of vice, suddenly liioke loose — some of its worst spirit.s one night took it into their he. ids to destroy the city l)v faggot and sword. Persons passing through Dock street and in I'ortland were knocked down and train|iled n| on. Four central points of the citv were sit on lire at the same hour. It w.is premedit.ited that bv kindling far apart, the hand-engines, being ineflicieiit and limited In number, could not be concentrated in aiiv one direction, and therefore the destruction in the uiiprotceled parts would Ik- inevitable. It was about eight o'clock ; the night was dark .mil windy. The .\lech.-in;cs' Institute, Trinitv ''hurch, a vacant house in Lower (.'ove, and another in the neighborhood of the Cciitenarv L'huri li,, were all siinult.ineouslv set on lire, the coinbii>iiblcs fo-- which were rleaily tr.ice.ible after the trouble was ivcr. Kortunatclv it w.is earlv in the evening and the people wcie about, so that the several tires had not time to 111, ike headway. 'I'hcv were all put out without much dam.ige having l"en ilone. Had the tires been kiiiil'ed in the midijle of the night, it Is a question whether the great c onllagrati m of l.'<77, wmild not have had a precursor or ciunlerpari, ecpiallv terrible, forty years eailier. The whole poiiiilation was aroused. Terror prevailed on all sides. Nobody could tell where the ne.xt blow would likely fall. .Ml the viilainv of the place appeared to have suddenly broken loose, the desire Iieing pillage, minder: every other abominable deviltry that could lie thnnglit of haunted men's iiiiiuls. with teriible apprehension, as if the town were in .1 state of siege, anil at any moment the enemy might enter and wreak vengeance. I shall never foigLt that night, \e.\t day a public meeting was called. The Conrt House was crowded. Kesolu- tioiis were pas>ed. The conclusion of the whole m. liter w.is that a Yi'jilant Committee should be at once organized, and that th? streets of St. John be [LiiroHed every night dining the re- niaindei e of interest at the present day, .ind it will also furnish a commentary upon the shortness of life and food for solemn reflection a; this Christmas season. It will be seen by thi- that out of the nuni1)er of captains — siMy-fonr — but ten survive at this day — foity-two vears after ; and it may be added that out of four himdied and ten names lall faniili.ir to me), I find but siMy survivors! The re. nler mav judge by the list of capt.iins here Liiveii, how tar I am correct in regard to the whole. .■\il;ini.,.(-'Il;irleH li.lrliiw, K/rkic! Il.nlow. riioni.is. jr. Il-si .11.1. I'.i.i • ll.iil.,-. loliii. jr. D.V.l.,;. 1. 11. Kvilll. V. C. l.itrv\,'.tllni. Jiiscpli I iiiR,-. \V. |i. I ..~lir. S. K.' i;t,iii« I, 1 , \V. 'l.iMrl, S:)iiiiu-I llaaii. K. I.. ll.i/iMi, t li.irlrs l.lIVls, K I. I. '1. 1.111, s.niHieJ l.iili. A.1.1111 |.ain>(.iii. rli.irli-s lri«ll, I W M. Kin.;, (;,■." ji. k.i..m;,.s. k k, KlldlMMl. Iv. isite the n.iines of the K"liiiiM.n. J. M, K.iv.i;. r. i<.inii..ii.i, r. K. • Ki.'il. I'li.iiia. Hiili.ti,..ii ,\l,-«.in.li- M.'U.ltl. 1. <■. Sniiih. W II. S.vi.lill I. 111. • Siiiiiii, |- M. •iiuilh, W. K. sifW.lO, l.lllU's S,..lls, I. .Ill, • Slr,,l, W. II I linn 11, M. • l'li..iii.i~. (;..,.-ui.» IhulJ.V. I. V. ris.i.ii.-. \v. W cdi.s V. \ • Wii.lil. Willl.ini WilM.ii, J.(.Sm1,u.vS I think I am accuiate in plai iiig stars opp. survivors — all the rest being de.id: N.\MI S 111-' (Afl AINi: l.aut.'ii, j.niii-s • l.i-.iviti, ii.iiiii-I l..1\\Ii'lur, .\li'i[.ir.(Ic! I.r.ivill. i'll'.iii.t^ l.uiiriii. s I.. I .^th.iii. (l....i:i- A. I.i-.uitt. Wil'i.im l,..y.M. i; b. M ilc'iliii, l.iiiii-s Miiil,-vv, R. s. \l. \>,n, ll...ni.l. • M. \vu,. I.llll Mii.ai ill, n. I. I'.iii.-. rii..iii.is r-ii. V, M II. i'.-(.-i-. r. w. I'cl.r-.. II. I.. i'.iik>, vvim.ini R..li.-rl.-,i,, k..l„r! R..i.iiiM.ii. i;. II R..l„.i|...ii, \V. A. K.'lr.'lU'ill, J.ltlUS KUYVI. nti KS. The tiliDiK of a recent date m.ikes lefercuce to scions froin a f.iinous willow (called the Peiley Willow*, having been plant- ed in the I >ld lliirial Cimund in commemoration of a biam h of the Pi. rlcv family, during this Centennial year. This reminds me of another historical tree affair. When the Prince of W.iles W.IS born 1 1 think in 17501, his father (leorgc the 1 bird, planti d in Windsor Forest, an oak, in honor of ihc occasion. How many bushels of acorns have sprung from this historic tee, I suppose no..\tbiiricnltiirist in the world could possibly e-.iini.ite ; but it is said these acorns h.ive been pl.inted all oxer ICni:l.iiid. bv persons wishing to perpetuate the memory of the i.ViistriMt ' Prince. I le.irn from tiadition that several of these acoins found their way into New Prnnswiik in 17SJ, and were planted during the time or jiist prior to the occupation bv the late Hon. Jon.ithaii I Idcll, on the pioperty on whii h I.iniien H. ill, it Kied- ericton, now stands. One oak still suivives, asthe product of one of ihesa acorns — a magnificent tree, though in some places show- ing m. irks of decaw As far as can be judged from date, as well as ti.idition, this oak mav be called a Centennial oak. .Minut two years ago in the fall, a large (jnantity of the acorns from this tree was planted in furrows, as an experiment — the next vcar they germinated and grew rapidly — this year they are handsome little trees, numbering about five hundred, of which the owner says he intends to make good use. Here then we have in New P.rnnswick real Centennial trees, the 1 ffspring of the hand that planted the p.iieni stem, the same hand that withheld from the old Colonies iheii just rights until lebellion forced submission — the same hand that lost Kngland half an empire, but that gained for the world a Kepiiblic that bids fair to outnnmlicr and out- shine any one of the great Nations of recorded history, sacred or profane. Main an illustrious family has no Itetter or mote legitimate claim to the blue blood that flows in its veins t'roman ai knowledged stock th.in the lineage of these oaks, whieli .ire known to be of Uoyal descent, so far as tlie planting of a tree bv a King can warrant the metaphor. riiK j\m;i.im. ok nil, nil t s. Church Pells! What a world of recolleition does this ex- pression evoke I Tiie pe,als began with our childhood — they rang us into the world, and the parting knell will be heard bv the living as the grave chses mer us. Then, there is music in the belis when rightly attuned. The carillon in Trinity Church Tower attests to the truth of this. liiit the Sunday chimes of Trinity some folks cislike. I like thtm. The objection is to the tremendous clangor of the isrilaied bells, in other towers in other parts, ihat at Christmas and on .Sundays are mercilessly mauled by Titan arms, so that the air of St. John is tendered vocal like niito the sounds of an overcharged thunder clnid. I C L: N T E N N I A L C H H I S T M A S , vvlicn il lirc.iks foiili into .iitilltrv |kiiI<, scarini; tin- liiiiid, <1U- liiiliiiiK till- >ii k, ai\(l almoNt lai-iiis; the dead. 'I'lic liaiiil orfjan is a iiiiisan c to llic I'mUmv, soimtimc llu- caiKr 'if siiiiidi-; hut lialf-a-il.izeii liijj Ijctls wiili l)ra/i'n tonsurs. and all Katigitig at ilic >amc' tiim-, arc, afltr all, a little mure disliirbiiig lliaii llic — liand-.ir-an. 'I'lie riii.uiii;; »( Hells to tall people to Cliiiicli in \, w V'.tk and the laiuor cities is gradually nelt.iin out of ilatc. It is supposed that tlie people know the hour, even the niuiule, lor goiiij; to cluiri h as well as the sexton, and tliciefore take note of lime bv their watches, ind not as uf old by their ,;;j. Theic was a time .vheii nobody in the large hotels was supposed to know the dinner hour, iinlil the gong sounded. The gou^ is now a lelic of the past. The instiiu Is of the Moin.ich (liKcl the footsteps to the right spot, and at the very li-ht mouicut. The time will come, ere nianv Cluisimas days have rolled ovi r and whitened our heads, wluu the Hells ul St. I.ihi\ will be allowed a day of rest ( tinii. ( III .ini'llii r cHiM^iiPli an ipx', luMil «.i^ bi.iiinlil upiMi lln' lectiirv •.(and, fii«li fii'iii llu' >l.'.m llint Ilif lioul rmil'l In' ivnmvul from llip IhkIv ami c.iiriitl fuiwaid mIiiIi- il wa« >il warm am! Ilic iiuf^lis nut ll^;i'I, and al tln' vi-iy niunniit inHiirnl. (I>r.iil lnaiU v\lii'n I'dd, himo tlicii, as nuw, cmi^idrr oil unlit 111 111' i^alvani/iil intu aniin.iiiiin '.) TIk' i\|ii rinniit «.i^ Cfilaiiily a si'itntilir •■iiicc-s ; Imt I lianlly think th.il it tin' pifst-nl ilay il umilil In* cjuile as ai'ct'plalili*. \'"u hc «i- h.ivf imprii\ciui tastf- innsiiU-ralily duiinu tho laM ihiily jiiis I AiKitlicr li'ilunr wa> Mr, Ucilitrt lunhs, ulm tnntid iip'ii llu' suliji'it of till- Mi'ani lOnjjini', and sunulinn-. mi Mi'i haim ■.. riiis iji'ntU'iiian's li'ilinf. «i'ri' al«ays nitriv^tin),'. a» lu' «as a «i'll inl'iitnml man and niaslcr nf his ^uliii'it, I ir. Patti'iMHi lictiiit'd nil I hi-mi-tiy and ciilior siicntilir tiipn>, and \\n~ aU\a)s lisiinid 111 with altt'iition, I lu'niistry, Imwrvn, was nnl as pirpulai with I aiisirllaiK'iiiis audii'iKt' a' that day, a- ntlu'r siili jt'cts tiifiiri' ii'lrni'd to. and thiirfoiu did mil take so vu'll. IVur ■Siiililis, V.-<\., fii'i|iii'ntly K'ctiiu'd on iit'ihanu.il siilijctts. His U'ltiiif on Kailiiiads \va> ixci.'edin({ly inti'ii'stin^;. .A circular lailioad, «as placrd ovrr "the swamp," and ens and a minia- luK- liiconiotivi- wvri' sot in motion, and i.iilm.id lon-tnulion was o.xplainod whilo tliiy wore (;oiin> louiid. W. U. M. Umlis, I'!si|., was al-.o anollior of our loiturors. Ho was a man of lino parts ~a liltio lodimis at limosluit In- |Kisscssod stionj; dialiilic imwors. As a lawyoi, I know of none who could inoro ijuickly ]icnoivo iho intricate points of a case and know how to clios4' .i diioct line of aii;uimnl. whothei for plainlilVor defendant ; and yet those who did mil intimately know him wove ij;noiaiiI of Ins .iliililies. Had he lieiii a molt: enori;etic man lluilis would have ranked ainoni; oiir shiniii(j lawyers. Unlierlson liayard, lNi|., anotlioi le^al (;i''i'loinan, was a |ileasanl lecliiiei. If I reinemlicr coriotlly one of his sutijo'ls was Anli'|iiily ; and for an hour or so, he hold Us, moderns, spell lioiind. liayard was a very pleasant pnllemanly man, and everyliod; aliiiut town hkod hmi. nieii the Hon. John 11. dray (now ( liief Iiistice ( iiay of lirilish Columlii ii, was at home upon thetlulf Slreani. I p to williin thnty years a^o the luiuo of "John II. ( iia> " was as familiar to St. John, .is that of Isaac liur|iec. or S. I.. Iilley. is to us now. He was pohslud in Ins manners and ilij;iiilii'd in dopoitmolit ; and 1 U'lieve at heart ho fell w.iiniK disposed towards the most huniMo. Mr. llray's speehos woic as polished in their eomposiiion. as one iniijlit expect fioin so pleasing a in'ison. Mr. t;oon;e Ulalch was nisci one of our platform s|K.akiis. His lectures on (.'liina wore voluniimuis; they occupied four or h\c eveninijs, anil were listened to with deep interest. Ahoiit this lime Knijland was at war with I'hma (as franco is now or aluiut to lie), and .\diniial Stopford was liusily liondiardiii^; the co.ist linos and cutting up iho l\o\al junks into kindlin(; wooil. Ilio llritish forces had linally worked their way up to the capital (I'okini, and dostroyod the mapic stronj;liiild, or Palace of the Cousin to the .Sun and Moon, whoso walls Were lunll of jasper and ai;ate, and whose court- yards wore paved willi j;''lil and diamonds (so f.iiic) painted all those thinysi, and after enteiini' the saciod precincls the Hoops looted, and eanu oil more than con,|ucHMs, with llicir poikels tilled Willi treasure, of faluiloii, \.iliie. Mi. lilalcli's hcluics were, ihi rcfoie, at this time of more than usual interest — for people talked in the streets of iiotliini; else Imt I hiiia, ,Ts wo now talk .iliout Mis. I ani;try, the .Vatmnal I'ldicy, and Mr. ruinliiiU's .■\ssessmeiit lelleis .ii»l Maj ir (iianl's icl of louchni); .i diy lopn with liiiiiinous liiiis, ,.. ih.ii his poinis c'lild |.e e.isilv di-cciiicd, .iiid hi- iiiallir II ii.Kii d ple.i-inj;, if not populai, W itli llie exci ptioii of one ^cnlli'inan, llu- leiluieis lelcrn-d to have passed away liaM- cio-si-d llu- I'ouncl.iiy hne mIiicIi s»-paiatcs lime fioiii olor- nily. iheii pi. ices ire tilled liy olheis ; Imt their niemoiies will lout; siiiMvo III the locoHeciion of our older fiei|iieiiteis of the liisiiiiile. "Ill I Kll Mis III I 111 iNs J 1 1 1 II. reih.ips no gentleman took a ^;rc iter inteiesi in the formation of the In-titiite 111 m Ihi'in.i- I >aniel. l.-.j., mow a iminlirr of the Kifoiiu I lull. Li'iiiloiii. who, wiih Mr. Il"ld-»iiilli. si uled the I iiiiifiii Ijiiiise m Si. John, .1 moiiioi.dile and lionoied es t.dih-liiueiit fioin the lie^inniii^ : .md I .1111 happy to s,iy ii still llouiislus, and maintains its old associates at the end of this ( eiilennial vear. .Mr. Uaniel was f tromosi in every ^ I w uk las KoUrl Jaidino was aflerwaidsi. and, for puldic spirit, was le^aided as a man ei|iial to any occasion, and excited a stronn inlluence, ospeii.ilK anions those who knew him liest. II. id Ml. I'aniel lemained in SI. John lie «onld, no doulil, occupy till- day one of the Inchest position- in the I i.'iiiinioii. His di- p.iiliire laliout ihiiU yeais a^;oi was ^lo.itly U|;rilled liy all classes; and, although for reasons host known |o hini-cif he eliaiii;ed the place of Ins aliiKlo, he still feels a warm altachmeiil for SI. John, wheiv so many years of an active luisiuess life were so happily s|ii-nt. So say Ins fiiemls. Heiirv <.huliliwas a >ouiy man that everyliodv loved. He was kind and aiiii.ihle in di-posiiion, ami as true as his coiiiilen aiico «a- fiaiik in e.\pie--ion. Mi. t liulli was in the e.iiher >eaisiifihe liisiiiulc, ' oMespiinlini; Seen lary, and oxeited no sin. ill inllueme aiiioiij; the >"iint; men of the d.iy, 111 t;olliii^; them to Ill-come uicmlicis. He was on a \isit to New \'ork. on a marriage ceiiniony in the capacity of ^loonisnian. in lS4fi (?)--- took sick thoie and was liiou^lil homo a ciup-e in the same con- M-yance that limuj^ht the married couple. Hi- father, afterwaid- M.iyoi of St. John, w. IS wrapt up in his son. as well ho iiii^ht lie, and ncxer j;o| over the slmek until the ihu of his dc.itli. Who does Hot recall Uol.eM slim-s willi pleas ,111 n-miiiis- conces ; ho was at luv.- time pulilisjier of ihe " .\niaianlli " .M.ij;a/ine, and aflorwanls rioveinment ICmiyialion .\j;eiit. He, loo, was one of the liislitiite's most .-ealous niondieis, whelhiras a I'irector, or as a lejjidar atlend.'.nt. Mr. Slii\es was, pirliaps, one of the K'st known youiij; men alioiit town ; an e\eiiin),' social i;.illiiiiiii; iniouj; hi- fneiids would not have lieen complete witlioiii Ihe pie-eiice of Kolieil Sliive-. .\s a man of fact none was iiioie iclial'le. His knowlcili;e of loc.il iiiciilenl-. past and pre?*'nl. was remaikalile, •'None knew him Imt to prai-e. ' It is only a few years sinee Mr. Sliives passed away, at the a^o of, 1 think, (15. His momoiy will l.^iii; live. Who is this eldeilv (jciilloman walkini; down ihe centre ai-le of the Hall, with si'veral Imoks under his arm, and inakiii),' for a particiil.ir si-at, as if it wore Ins liy prisciiplne ii(,dit. Tins is WiUi.im |-aiis|ie, who. fiom ilie nii^hl that the Iiisliliilo opened in IS 57 or ';S. until the l.i-t iiij;lit of liisexi-leiice — -:i> 35 years afloiw.uds — was novel known to im-s a lectine, no ni.illei what the weallii r. I have lieen pu sent when ihore wore not more than tifiy persons in the Hall, and "Willie lan-lio." as he was f.imiliarly called, w,ts anioii^; the nuiiilier. He came to lie le- (jaidod as one of the main pillars of ilie Insiiiiiie. H.id il al any time t;ivcn sijjns of decay in its funds, or otherwise, il is leilain Ml. I'.uisli.- nii^;ht I'.ave lieeii connled upon as a stioii); siippoit. Ill nianner he was very at;n-e.ilile. 'I'lie ^juine.i -tamp of liuiiis Would roi liavo increased In- value one mta, for Ins stunly lionesty aii'l iiprij;litiiess of characler were well known. He, loo. is anion^ the liuried ilcad. 6 CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS, • «iTf|* iir«|Mv* IO» A CHRISTMAS TALE OF THE SEA. rllMir.N years ai;o llic proeii wiiiltr," s.iid "1(1 Ciplain I'. Ii; I iitir marine re|v)rlir, a» lie slrcillctn l.ivcrpncil. We were in lialla-t. There were i>n Ixiard twelve smils 'all told, ineluiiin;; the I'aptain'-. wife, a (Iclieite, frajjilc little thiiijj. mil his little ct mI the ship, .'she -eenied to cnjiiy the cmnpany nf the sailors, small as she was, ami never seciiieil happier than when iKiiig cnddleil in imc uf their arms. ( Ine i;ri//ied nld sait she t^iok a particular fane; to. \Vc tiMild never tell how it was. There were pleniy liandsuimr men than he on lioard the ship, Imt he had a tender heart, and siiiiiehow or other the little ■■ne h.ul discovered the fact before we were a week oiit. Whenever he got a chance, and th.it was not verv often, — for we had pretty dirty weather — he would go aft and steal a glimpse at the yomigslor, as he called it. " Ves, we had ilirty weather. There seemed to lie nothing but 'nor-wesiets, and stiff ones at that, I tell vou. We had see- sawed ovei the whole chart, cme d.iv running to the southward, and the next lacking to the no'th ir<', until the prickings on the chart rcseuihied the teeth of a liucksaw, as much as anylhiiig ever I saw. What little hcailwav we made was dear liouglit. The weather the greater part of the time was intei'«ely cold, and the hail descended on us so mercilessly as to bring the blood to the faces of some of the most wcatherlKMten of us. The sea secined to be running a dozen ditfereut ways, and now and then the old barepie plunged into it so deep that we thought she would never Ci>nie out. < >:icc or twice a huge wave would comb up along our broadside and strike the ]ioor old craft with such force as to shiver every lim'ier in her. " We h.id hojjcd to spend our Christnus on .New lirunswick shores, but f.ile had willed it otherwise. The b.ad weather liad so prolonged our p.issage that hiistm.is had almost arrived before we crossed the ISauks. For twci or three days before Christinas we had terrible weather. \o observations could be obtained either by night or day, and to add to onr discomfort a bliiubng snow storm pievailed. <'ur Captain, who w.is an e.v celleni sailor, grew downspiritcd. .ilthough the ship was per- fectly tight and there sceuieil no immediaie danger, lie set ineil to be impiesscil with the idea that his chronometer had led him astray, .md as the sequel will show his fears were uoi altogether grounilless. "the day Infore Christmas opened cold and blustrv, the snow coniing down in blinding .squalls, so that we could scarce- Iv .see the topgallant forecastle from the poop. .Ml oin light sails were stowed, in fact they had imt licen set but one or two day.s throughout the passage, .ind we were running under lower topsails. Kvcry one on Iward was gloomy and liejected; even the smiles of the litt'e one, nestled in her mother's arms, seemed to have diparlcd for the time being. .\ siiange prcmoniiion of Impending ilanger seemed to pervade evervbo.ly, and instead of the (lav being the jovoiis one we had aiilicipaled, it was the most dismal one ever spent bv any of us. .\s night approai lied, nltho' the men in the second male's watch could linn in, Rcarcelv one of them got in his bunk. In low whispers they conversed, as they sat in darkness on a icniple of trunks in the forecastle. "Jii-t before midnight, when Santa Clans should have been ciniiing down the chimnev, the look out shinitcd out 'breakers on the weather bow.' Inslanlly all li.inds were on deck; the helm was ordered liardup, but the order came too late and In a trice we felt the vessel strike bottom. She rolled so heavily that the foremast snapped off, cairving with it one of our boats, i'.vcrv moineiit she seemed to be sinking deeper and deeper. Kor a miiiiiie or two none knew what pl.ice it was that we had strui k. Milt at last the ('apl.iin came to the com liision that wc were oil the luick sands at Sable Isl.ind, and unless we sue- reeded in reaching the shore we would be biiiied where so many gooil ships had been buried befcue. The ('apt.iin's poor wife had broken down complelelv, and between worrviiig about her and his vessel the Captain was well nigh distracted. Ily some me. ins — I never knew, for a f.iiling block rendered me helpless — I reached the shore. The remainder of the crew, for they thought I h.id been drowned, v.cie huddled together over the inaiiiinate fin in of the Captain's wife, who was King white and molionlcss on the ,'rosly licach. The Captain hiiii- .self, in his anxiety for his wife's safely, had left his little d.iugh- ler to lie brought ashore by one of the men, but he, poor fellow, was washed overboard and cast on the shore almost insensible. T.i attempt to reach the vessel to rescue the little one would have been shei r madness, and with a look of terrible sadness on his face lli.it I shall never forget, the poor fellow picked up the seemingly lifeless bodv of his wife and staggered to one of the lighihoiise stations, wliic h we could now see about a mile oti. " More (U.id than alive wc all were when we reac lied it. The w.ilei li.id soaked ihroiigli our scanlv ' iliiiii^, which had now bee iitne as hard as iioii bv frost. We were well cared for by the men ill charge of the sl.ilion. 'I'he Captain's wife was pl.iced in bed and restor.itives applied. In a short time signs of reliirniiig consciousness could be observed, but knowing the love she fell for her poor lost darling, we alinosl wished that she hail died witiioiit knowing the triilli. Slowlv life returned to the beiuiinbed frame, and at lenglli she opened her eyes and cried out for her liltle one. Not one of us could repiv to her. Our tongues .seemed for the instant to have lost their power of fraining words. The poor luisband ran from the room almost crazed, crying out in his agoiiv of heart to his Father above. I'he stricken mother, with a last beseeching look at us, swooned dead awav. " We all sal staring al each other, our hearts loo full for nllerance. Not a dry eye could be seen. We had sat thus for perhaps half-an-hour, when a faint nio.in was heard al llie door of the station. We thoiighl it was the wind, which was now sighing iiiiniriifiilly around the dwelling. There was another moan ,iiid scarcely had the echo of it died out than some heavy object fell againsi the door. The Capt.iin, who had returned to llie room, jumped up and ihiew open the door. There lay our p'lor old gri/zled messniale, whom none of us had missed until now. lie was completely exhausted, and so encased in ice that he was scarcely recognizable, lie was pulled into the light, when it was observed that he had a nivslcrious bundle done up in his oil skin. The bundle seemed to be imbued with life, for a faint niovetnent could plainly be discerned, al- CENTENNIAL. CHRISTMAS. 7 for for oor now ilhcr .ivy I liCll lav il in ll\e ndle mcil 1, al- i IIwiiIliIi iIic nil >kiii w.is as stiff as a lioaKl. Willi a -iicMcti I'a^ciiK'ss, liciiii from a lio|ie lli.il liail almost lli(kcii'il oiil, the ('a|itain ri|i|ii'il m{> llir oil skin, ami ilirii- Inmlild ou' llir form (if Ins little (lan^lilcr, licr priitv pct'iKrH iloscil in slecji, Imt mi sign of a scratch or liriiisc n|Mn her. The ea^er m.inmt in whii li the father im it( hcd his lust lamli In \\. , lio-om, awakrmil the lilllc ilarliii^;, and a f.iini cry, which seemed to ns the sweetest music we had ever heard, issiieil from her pearly lips. 'The cry of the little one penetrated the mother's ear, ami in an ecstacv of fear and (jiadiies.s .she pressed her child to her heart and .lept tears of jov. Meanwhile, pnnr oll there an hour liefoie he recovered conscicuisness. When he clid, he found tli.it all hands had deserted him. In despair .is to what he shi>ulil tin he w.is alioiit to last himself into the sea ami try to reach the land when he hear>es by that she does not send some kind remembrance to her aged rescuer lie his long since lelired from the sea and lives in a ipiiel I little se.iport lowii on the sliores of old I I .ngl.iiul." .And lliiis ends our t.'hristm.is 1 .lie of the Sea. K. K. ,\. "^ AKKV \l I INC.IIAM r ^ -It l.i/ilv smoking and I / wondering in a v,1giie soit of way what he Diild do with himself dining the f.isl qipriai liing (hiistiii.is season. Should he II cept any of the many invit.itioiis that lay I >i altered upon the t.ible at his elbow ? Laying aside hi- I ig.ir, and tilting back his chair, lie lazily read two oi three of the delicately scented notes, then, with a deiiiled thump, "No; not one of these people ask Neil .mil iliev know he goes where I go." Uesumiiii; his lig.ir, he s.iiil, w.itchiiig Ihe rings of grey smoke culling up- ward, " Precious lilllc they care for me ; its my money they like, if il i;oes lliev go, too, like -moke." " 1 s.iv, Hal, here is something that will please one member of the linn, 1 know," interrupted a gay, manly voice, and a good looking voiing telliiw biir-t into the loom and liaiiiicen heiself." CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. I) " In I.Diiilnn, in.ivbe. J.\ik writts ih.it \vc ;irc the milv l.im- ckmcr> invited, and I am not so v.iin a>^ to ini.i);ine I am kmiwii (int iif I.iindiin. Hc^idcs, we (Id IimU alike — sami- ln.i.i;lit, style and I ran draw a piy tliat will look like any iitlicr livini; (|iiad- niped." " Vis, and sonic (;irl wi'l want to marrv mc for your monev — plcasanl ; hut, well I — don't know," continued Neil, sccin}; tliil Hal was bent upon the exchange and feeling that in olilij^inj; his friend in this he might lie able in a measure to re- pay some of Hal's many kindnesses to him. " Well, yes, you may tclcj-raph Chilton whenever you like." " That's a good fellow ; let's . t.i-day is the fifth. We'll start lor I'hilton on the seven! Chilton Stpiarc is one of the ;.,i .ndest old places to be fouml anywhere in Kngland. The house stands in the midst of statciv oak.s, its grcv, turreled walls rising grim ami sl.itely here, there crowned with ivv and mos> ; its heavv iron-bound doors antl small deep windows all suggested what in truth it was, an old Kendal Hall of a previous century; and the inicrior w.is no less altrac tive than the exterior. The long, broad walls with their open fire-places, the great square rooms, whose highlv polished doors so often proved destructive t»t unskilful feet, the inanv curiosities — the Chiltons had all been great travellers — that tilled every nook and corner, and above all else the secret pass- age ai'l (Uiugcon where one poor unhappv prisoner was said to have Mied, combined to give it that air of mystery .ind romance which made it so delightful a place in which to spend Christm.is, or .11 least so thought I.ady < hilton's friends; and thus, every 3slh of December — ami long tiefore — found the Si piare crowdei with gay young people, whose merry voices rc-eclioing romul the grev, old nails, banished eveiv trace of gloom. It was now the loth and all the guests were assembled, ex- cept two young Ladies whom, being expected th.it afternoon, Chilton had driven to the station to meet, leaving the others to their own amusements, and as the day was dark and snowy they had nearly all deciiled that the bla/.ing lire in the library was cosier than facing wii:ier in its gloiv. .\nd how they talk, making and unmaking plans for future enjoyment, when suddenly in the iiiidsi of the babel Jack Chil- ton's voice is heard s, lying, "Here we arc, safe and hungry," then "Ladies and gentlemen, allow me. Miss ICstelle (Ircve and Miss Mar(|uerite lleiuler.son, and while we get warmed aiul refieshed you can see if you know which is which," and before any further explanation can lie given he sweeps the whole partv out of the room. "The tall one is Miss (Ireve, a great belle, yer know," volun- tares Krcd Darce from out the sh.adow of the lire-jilace, adding, " Met her in I'aris last season, is i.mnensclv rich, by jove." " W ho is the little one," then asked .Sir Harrv, but the eii- tiaui e of Jack aiul the girls prevent any one from answering, and now Jack properlv introiluces them. Who the " little one " is, is so.in ilecided from the way she waits upon regal Kstelle, she can be no more than her coiupaiilon. .\l a time like the present it does not t.ike your.g people long to become acipiaintcd, and s.ion I'istelle and Manpierite are chatting with the others, proiiosing tableaux and charailes in a manner that shows them to be old h.iiuls at that sort of thing. .\ few days after the arrival of Kstclle and Matquerite, the gentlemen being .absent on a shooting expcilition, the two girls started olf together for a long walk, intending to stop at the cottage of one of I.ady Chilton's pensioners to ticliver some necessities, llicit to go in the direction of Itrimley and so home, .1 disi.mce of some live or six miles. Tliongh it was beautifullv clear when they left Chiltoit Square, it s.ion began to snow, the skv grew dark and overcast, but the girls, used to walking and rather enjoying the noveltv of being in a storm, did not hasten any, and after delivering l.adv (.'hilton's message and parcels kept on to liriniley. Suddenlv they arouseil themselves to the flit that it «as snowing verv, very hard, and that the darkness was fast settling round them. Thev quickened their pace al- most to a run, and after awhile Ivstelle saiil anxiouslv: "It seems to me, Manpierite, that we should have reached IJriiidey before.'" Ilefore Marcpierite could answer, the sound of voices and the barking of dogs was heard close beside them, and in a minute the gills were surrounded by the hunters, who were lost in amazement at mccliiig two yomig ladies in the niid.st i.( a storm so far from home. After the girls hail explained the cause of their being out, and as they were walking towards home. Sir Harrv .Mlingham said : "' Twas very fortunate vou met us, you were going direcllv from llriinlev instead of toward it." l.adv Chiltcm and the other ladies were almost frantic until the whole party was safely housed, ami not again would she hear of any one starting without the gentlemen for a hmg walk. .And so the davs, filleil in with every varietv of amusement, hasten towarils the 25th. Sir ll.irry had been captivated from the first night of iiiceting by Marcpnrite's sweet blue eyes and curly gohleii hair, while stately Mstelle ipiceneil over poor Ned's susceptible heart. Vet it seemed as if the gentlemen were on their guard; thev allowed themselves to be betraved into no M,-;i-t,i,s, — always ccuitrivcd to have the merry sleigh rides in the big f.imily sleigh which held a dozen or so. This w.is strange, and as Kstclle said to Marquerite one night: "One would think they were actually afr.iid of us," a remark which showed that the ladies were not wholly indifferent to certain gentlemen. There was, however, more actual truth in Kstelle's remark th. Ill she or her companion dreamed of. Ned and Harrv were afraid of the girls, but more so of them.selves. "Sir Harry" could not forget that after (.'hristmas he would dotf his splendor, and he hesitated to ask Marcpierite to share '.he fate of a strug- gling artist with him; ani.isi/iu- to wel- come in Katlier Christmas, and so when evening shades gather- ed thickly around, lights peeped from window to window until the grand old house was all .iblaze from "turret to foundation stone I" while within its loftv walls the scene is indescribable. The great rooms are crowded with people of every nationality and rank; prettv flower girls llirt with hooded fri.irs ; stately queens .ind inerrv jesters, uoble knights and homely lishwives, sombre night md liriUi.int day, walk arm in arm as if it was the most natural thing in the world for them to do so; or fl.-»sh through the niaz.es of the d.incc with a very grave and graceful ease. No happier hearts ciuild be found than those belonging to our friends. \ed .ind Harry, feeling that a weight of anxiety was sooi. ui be lifted from their minds, were their own gay selves, under the guise of Spanish llrigands, while Portia and Ophelia, for so the girls had chosen their ch.iracters, caught the infectious mirth of tiieir comp.inlons and were strangely CENT'ENNIAL CHRISTMAS. 9 I happy, Iho' llic\ kiicwni.t wliy ; .mil in my were tlic luails (uiiicd to watcli the two heaiiliful (;iris as they tlualeil iniuul ilie i us on the .inn i)f g.ilhuit cav.ilicrs. .At last, as the lioiir of midnight ilrcw near, the four foiiiid themselves in one of the tiny conservatories of the library; tli.it they siiiiulil niaiiauc lo meet there .secineil a little slraiifjc, Init r.stelle and .M.,ripierite never doubled but that it was eliamre lli.ii brouuhl them togctlicr. Judge of their .surprise then, when I he liriijaiuls, unmasking. .Sir Harry began ; " Maripieritc, Miss Clieyc, wc h.ive a confession lo make, and, like cowards, want yonr promise of forgiveness fust." What could he mean they wondered, and after a niinuie of unbroken silence, Ilarrv went on, " W'c have been sailing under false colors while here, fn.i word, I am Ned and Ned is me I" Thsii, seeing ihe look of utter bewilderment with which Ihe girls were reg.iidiiig ihein, Ned said : " .Sir Marry h.is ahvavs been woiricd by young lailies wlio saw only his money, and having a romantic desire lo be Fovcd for his (|iialiiies, g,„id and bad, he persuaded me to pi-rsonatc him while here — a thing perfectly easy, as we were unknown, except by Cliillon, and be readily agreed lo our plan. Now wo come to vou in our true positions; have we been unsuccessful in our masipievade ?" No need lo ask l^sielle, she, brave and true to the heart, went to Harry and, as he look her hands, whispered : " llariy, I can not love you more rich than I did when I tlmught you poor and unknown. If you care for nie — " //" he c,/;-,-./ for her I the little witch. Hariv drew the sweet blushing face lo his and kissed her passionatelv -- words were u.seless. .And Neil, lurning to Maiqueritcsaid: "("an you leave home and friends to share a crust and love with me, Manpierite ?" " Oh, Mr. Stevens," she faltered, "I — I have deceived you too ; I — " jiere she stopped, feai ing to go on, for now she saw whv her lover had hesitated to speak before, and dreaded the elfcct her disclosure would make. "Marrpieritel" Ned cried, with while face and bl.uiug eyes, " llo not say you love another." " .\o ' No I I am not what you suppose, I am not lisklle's companion, but M.iripierite Henderson !!:v:forlli I" " lianforth 1" Ned's brain reeled, " .Marcpieritc liauforth, Ihe daughter of one of the richest men in England and an heiress in her own right, while lie — " They were not to be thought of in the same breath. She was farther from him now than if she had loved a thousand others. Something of this showed it.self in Ned's face as he buried it in his hands with a gro.m of des- pair. Then it was the l)ells in the tower burst forth in wild melody proclaiiin'ng the birth of another Chrislmas far and wi.le, ,ind Iho voices of the w.iits in the couii below rang out cleai and strong : " IVacc on Kartli, Cood will to Men." " Ned," said a soft voice, " Ned your Christmas gift is wait- ing your .icceplance ;" lurning Ned saw Marr|ucrite with a shy. proud look on her sweet face, holding licr hands oulstrclchcd lo him, and the voices below softly sang : " Peace on l''.arlh I Cuiod will to .Men." This \ear a nierrv party will gather at Chilton Squ.irc, and among them will bo sonic old fricrds, I.ady and Sir Harrv .Mlingham and .Mrs. and Mrs. Sicvcns, who join in wishing those of our friends inu rested in ihis their love story — " .As happy a f.itc and as .Meiry a ( 'hrislmas I" CHRISTMAS DAY. ^^^^Is t'liiisim.-is-tidc, when jny bells riiiR J I . A mvrry welct.nie lo llie mi»rn! ' lis fliiistm.-is-ti(le, when cliiiiiren -.inj; Cil.1,1 cinils of the S.lviovir born t *'l'is l'!iri^tm.ls-ti(lc and one sweet stt.iiii L-enis every lie.lrl .nnd voice to fill — ■ old. old slory told .iK.lin ( " I'eiue on e.irtli — to men Ro'>d will." We w.lnder down the vir.igc street, .And piist the liedge-rows white with snow, And m.-iny .in old .icqnaint.lnce preel With loving welcome as wo go; I'or full of rest is every heilrt. The very air is wondrous still : Cliri'l's birth-sweet pioniise doth imiinrt (tf '• IVnce on e.lrlh, to men g<.od will." We linger hv the old clinich tower. And hear the glad bellV merry peal ; Tliey seem end.'wed with wondioiis power To spe.rk the tlr^nghts which we but feel, Tliey tell of right for every wrong, 0{ glad release from every ill ; 'I'liey sing the lierald angels' song (If *' Peace on earth, to men good will." And now within ttic church we stand, .And hear the joyous anthem ring r-'roni higli-arehed roof with cadence grand - A carol of the .Saviour Idiig ; And children's voices greet our ear. Soft as the tones of babbling rill. Telling in accents sweet and clear, t If **I*eaceon eartit, to tiu'ii goinl will." Anon we leave the church, and meet Olii fiieuils aronnd the t.'liristnias fire. And hearts to hearts resiHinsive heat Witli jiil tile love the hours inspire ; All angry tlumghts niiisl pass away, Resenlnici'l we must slrivr to Itiil, Since on the first gla.I flitistmas dav t'.inu- " I'l ICO on earth, to men good will.' ttaylv ring the old church bells. What is it they say? Christian ]wop!e all rejoice, It is C'liristnia.s Hay. Lay your work, your sorrows Itv, Ifai'py ho .-ind pay, For bill once in the long vcar Cometh t.'liiislmas Pav. 10 CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. .- *f- CHRISTMAS. in*\f)\V li.is conic again llie day be- ) lovtil alike i>f uliI and vounu — '^J' / ilic merry Christmas time, when -■ all the world is glad. It com- in( inuates the advent nf peace and goodwill on < .ivih. and its very evsencc is loving kindness. I'caix iiMW to all dogmas and disbeliefs, peace 1,> i,i;c M'A iroiilile — gladness rules the lionr. I'lir now we rejoice in the t<'innion hoiie of lumianitv, the common brotherhood of man- kind, the eiinality of rich and poor, bond and free, high and low, in the loving care of the i;teat I'lcitor of all. 'Tis the seas.m to make children hajipy, to remember the poor, to give give enod gifts to friends, to kindle the tires of hospilalitv — a time of joy, charily, and free- dom from the corroding cares that beset us on all other days. It Is an inspiring thought that on this dav nf all the year we rejoice with all the Christian world; we part.ak'e of the happi- ness of all mankind. All over this bro.id land, acr.)ss the wif those introduced in ihe time of our fathers. TROLLOPE'S CHRISTMAS STORY. ^ 1III.1-; 1 was writing "The Way We Live .Vow." I was called upon by the proprietors of the Gr.j/'/;/.- for a Christnia- storv. I feel, with regar',U'N\ Now slnike old Chlisnn.ts by ih" h.ind, In kiinlness let lliiii dwell i He "s ki.iR of iIkIu Rood iiimp.my. And we shonUI lical hiiu well. CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. 11 A GREETING. K^. ^^r rj.|KNTr;N?.I..I. CHRISTMAS, jt - which gives yi)ii kiiully i;r BC"'!'-' rc.ider, nwcs its ex- ' '' isleiice to .1 desire (in the |i.irt of the imblishcrs of the Saini John (Il.oliF. to mark-, in scime way in connection with their jonrnal, the (light of time and the city's Cen- tennial Christmas. There are rare and lovely flowers which liloom but once in a centurv, or which exhale their fra- grance for the brief midni.;ht hour of a summer day. Like the occ.ision wliieh gives it birth the life of this |)iil>lica- tion passes away. Feel then, that its greeting is the more hearty, its wishes foi your happiness the ninrc sincere ■C " MM . 'I because these it ran never renew. Its vb^'fSl^^'"" short-lived hour is all for you. If you ' ' find in it nothing more you will, at le.ast, be able to make its brief exist- ence an emblem of passing time. You can reflect that the century that has sped is but a flower that has bloomed ; that one human life is but as one issue of a jour- nal — the record of a passing day. I!ut CENTENNtAl.CllRlsi'M.\s is not a preacher. It is a memorial of ,in im|)iirtant event. One hundred years ago the first Christmas Hav here celebrated — as we count ocir city's history from the Landing of the Loval- ists — was observed amid many privations, and, perhaps, with no very great rejoicing. Doubtless there had been more joyous Christmas celebrations, on the banks of the Si. John Kiver, for the day i.* not one tlial Christian France ever neglected. Hut as the years passed, and wealth accnnuilaled and the popnlatinn increased, as hope enlarged and charity exteiwled their bounds, and faith exerted her benign influence in the ever growing number of Christian churches, we have been .ible to forget whatever there w.as of gloom in the tirst Christiii.as; and the festival e.ich year has exhibited more and more of true religious fervor, of Christian thankfulness, and, not le.ist, of human Ihonghtfulness. All that we have to rejoice over in the way of worMly wealth in the Chiistmas of to-ilay, is the fruit of what we humbly trust is most accept.ible to the Great Creator: of unwearied labor and toil, sustained and supplemented by just and wise frugalitv. Here grow no rare fruits spontaneously from the soil; here spring not up unbidden the wheat and the bearded rye; here are no thousand hills on which the c.iltle of the Loril fallen without toil of man. Vet we have much lobe th.inkful for, much for wliich we ought to be grateful ; much to justify a slrong feeling of manlv pride. 'I'he collection of wnoden huls — and of canvas tents — which, in 17SJ, contained the popul.iiion of St. John, is replaced in 18S3 by a fine array of solid brick siruclnrcs, by well filleil stores and by comfortable ilwelluigs ; the spires of many churches point to the sky. For all men there is full lil)- erly of worship; tliere are ample facilities for the education of the young; there are insiiiutions for the spread of art, of liter- .iture, of science, all of ihcm accessible to every one, and some of them free, (hi evorv hand the works of charitv abound. liesides all that we see at home the ocean is whitened by the sails of our ships; .iiul the sons and ilaughters of New lirnns- wick in many lands exert an influence fo: good upon the people among whom thev soj'inm. What has been accomplished has not be' reached by a smooth, str.iii^ht roadwav. The upward path ha many turns, and much of ii has been siiarp and jagged. All who recollect the Christmas of 1877 will have some idea of an experience to which the city of St. John has been more than once sulijecl. Ihit adversity has her uses, and misfortune is not alwavs an cneniv. Fire tries .md purifies all things, man included. .\nd so here, amid much that is sordid and narrow and trivial, and, perhaps, base, there is much that is great and ennobling. .\o one thinks ihat eiiongh has been accomplished. There are rcpinings that more has not been done. This is a good thing. If our aspiratic^ns are great, if we set up high ideals, we may fall short in the altaimneni, but we gain by the struggle. (If those who have passed away, who did their work faithfullv, who strove to do belter than they did, let us sav nothing but what is good, let us remember them with grati- tude: not merelv the founders but all the forefalliers of our citv, the pioneers in all the work, religious, political, secular, litcrarv, fraternal, in which, or in some pait of which, we are now toiling, so that in what we do we may lay as sure foundation for those who fi>llow, as we iidierit from those who preceded us, and thus lit ourselves to — " Imiu llie flloir Invisible Of these irninnoal rie.lil who live .Itflill III iniiui-. nindc better by their jiresetice; live III pulses stiirerl tii jjeiiernsitv, III Heeds of (iariiiR rectitude, in scorn < »f miserable aims that end \*ith self; III tlioit)>hts sublime that pierce the night like stant. And with their mild persistence nrne men's minds To vaster issues." Thus shall we connect ourselves with the past and with the future — thus uiiilc tlie first Cetilcnnial Christmas of uur city with its first Christmas llav, and, we trust, with many future Centennial Chrisimases, when al! who write or read to-dav shall have passed away, but when lueie shall rise here a fairer, statelier, godlier city, the home of thousands and hundreds of thousands of men, quick with the full sense of human kindli- less, aglow with the spirit of Christian charity — the truest, noblest, best of their race, who, .as year after year they greet each other with Christmas hopes and wishes, can Itirii backward their thoughts to the toilers and striigglers of this (Centennial (Jhtistmas who are now with wholesome pride, and nnllinching courage, and cherished visions of a greater future, seeking to erect here not merely walls of brick and stone, "cupolas, pinna- cles, antl points," but the m.isonry unseen of Inie and noble hearts. (hie wonl more. Mankind, the race to which we belong, coiinirv, require of us consideration and devotion; but when we come to fix oiir earthlv .affections, ihev attai h lliemselvcs most lirmlv to that spot of earth in which is IfiiMK, the city in whic h are the homes of our kinsmen and friends, ami all w lio are working and toiling with us, and walking the same pathwav towards the setting sun. We shall serve best our country if we serve well the city in which we live. Youlh, fluslied with bright antici])alion and burning with hopeful aspiration, juoks to a wider field, a broader arena for the display of talent, for the exercise of encrgv, for the fulfilment of destiny, but labor in the widest field, effort in the br'Uilesi arena, are consislent wiih the tullesi measiiri if dcvoiinii ami love to home and city. .\ll that makes a citv gi>" happv, and prosperous, all that dignifies and ennobles life within its liordeis, is for the good of all man- kind. Let this not be fotgoiten, ami, in striving to enlarge, to bcautifv, to elevate the citv in wiiich we live, we shall consecrate our work as a patriotic offering on the altar of the coiiHiioii- weal. EDITOR. 12 CENTENNIAL CHRISTMAS. A CENTENNIAL POEM. Karlv in the present year the proprietors of the St. John (InniK offered .X pii/c for a Poem Cdiinnoniorative of tlie huiulredlh anniversary of tlie foinidation of the City of St. Jolni. Thiriy-scven poems were sent in, and tiie judges — Rev. O. Macrae, D. I )., li. Tester IVters, Ksq., and (leo. J. Chnl)l), i\s(|. — decided in favor of the follnwing : (H>l. rI.K. DVT from the lovely land iliat K-ive llieiii l)iitli, Krciiii |iic.\sant lioines iliat generous cli;ir us (lisplavL'tl, rrnrn -^acn-'il alinrs. and tlie hallowed earth - ■ Where their forefathers ■^!ept, in honour lai.l, y hard Kate, — As men were driven of old, Whose story hath been told In lofty epic strain, — To pinni, with toil and pain, Upon a distant shore, and in a stranj^e, wild land A new and Kl"r'"ns State. Now, on thi-* festal day, Wake the proud spirit they Have to their sons; Still warm wiiliin our veins. Pure still from falsehood's stains, Their true blood runs. Though on their way no cloudy column (tf fire Sliiclded fiotn harm, and lit the nloomy nishi, Led bv the lijibl which noble lboii';lits inspire, Willi calm resolve to iirmly do the rinht, They left the rest to Iliin whose vvilldoih rei;;n In Karth and Heaveu; — In all who*e works ihr-y saw The Ordei, Truth and Law They soui;hi lo keep Fixed as foundatiotis deep, That should their Kaiih and Slate and Lii)crty sustain, Where'er new homes were Riven. Nor were their labors vain : Here shall their Faith remain Spotless and free ; Here wise and etjual laws Still sbail iiplioid the cause Of Truth and Liberty. 'Mid savajie scenes, and in llie forests wild (tnr fathers toiled with patient, niaiily heart?, Till siubboru rocks and ^loolny wild-wnods smiled With golden harvest fruits, and happy arts Of Peace and Itblustry eniiched the land With bounteous store : I'.ravc uives and davii;hters cheered All th.it was (lark, nor feared With ready haiuU to bear In each sore task a sliare, Till larne, and brij;ht aiul fair, — A Roiidly heiiia^;e ~ they saw their country -.land, Far atoii^ hill and dale and soumhn^ ^hore. Nor want, nor climate cold Chilletl the breasts strttuK and bold, Loyal aiiil true. Which pain and weariness, — All forms (tf dire distress, — Failed to subline. Where once unbroken, pathless forests stood, Where savage men and be.isi* alone he'd sway. While shadowy streams flowed uii their silent way, Now Commerce spreads lier fertiliiini; l!ood, And crowds with busy life each river, port and hay. Cities and towns and temples I'air, Thousands of happy homes siand where, Diivcn by the stern decree of Fate, .And by the burnii i; hate Of broibers armed in an Uitiatiiral war, Our Loyalists, an humhi'd yeaisa^o, Led by tlie pale North Star, Founded tile free >nun>; State, We as fuir own New Uriinswitk know. And now, foijiettinf; .ill the fratricidal strife, Forj-iviny all the wroiiiis tlieir sires endured, The .Sons (if Loyalists, enjoyinK the larj;e life I!y Tiiil and Hope and Faith and Love secured, Weicorne wi '.i open hand and heart, Welcome with Friend-hiii leal and true, Facli man who bears his linne>t pait, And does what I)ut> bids him do, No matter what his nati"'i's name, No matter whence or wlien he came Welc<)me ^ive all, for tlulr dear sake Who fortunes, hopes, lives put at stake. That ail mankiiul mijiht know From what a mighty race thev sprun;;. Our sires, who here to Duty cIuhk An hundred years apo. Wfde over hill and plain Sound the Iriuniphant strain That hymns their praise: ilii4li in tlie free, ^lad air The j;raiul old banner bear, They loved to raise. Still as its ample folds, When'er unfurled. Float in the sky. There sacred Freedom holds, In front of all the world. Her standard lii.cb '. A WISH. God bless vou, fair .St. J'dml and may you see The glorious close of tnaiiy a century I ^Lay God so [uosper yiui, with years of Peace, That strife shall he iinkiu>wn, and ** wars shall cease,' And all your Fields and Flocks shall yield increase As lon>; as Time shall last, or seas shall roar In restlesss roll along thy Rock-bound shure! J. K. V. N. Loiii; ere the dawn can claim the sky, Tiie tempest roils subservient by; While liells on all sides ring and say How Christ the Child wa> born lo-day. Some butterflies nf snow may llnat Down slowlv, glistenin;; in ihe moat, Hut crystal-leaved and fruited trees Scarce lose a jewel in the bree/e. Frost diamonds twinkle on the grass, Tiaiisf'iimed from ptarly dew, And silver dowers eiiciiist ibe glass W'liith gardens never knew. I Oh, ,uch a wee white stocking As Clare liy the the^i.ie Iiui,g, When the Christmas Fve tiie was waning, Aiul the Christmas Fve li\niii was sung. Oh, such a wee, wee slocking. So dainty, so siniwiK white. That she hung on a branch of green holly, Fre bidding us all gnod-nighl ! I ■HiSiPf^