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ur readers, in which a! The Yule log in some ‘plices take’ the
the form of an immense figot, bound to-

| doubt occur to o! : ) a
| gross personal onslaught in the newspa-

CORRESPONDENCE

‘His hot breath seorehell my cheeks as he|

‘bent his tlushed @heek close to mine. and applied himself to the task of reclaiming |

ah led trwain to throw off his arm. | LETTER FROM BOSTON, \iie aadea aioe ony SPORE BEE pate See | pers has done very essential seryite to ‘gether with ash withs, and for every crack
Niliseas aioe! tarts uel jledge. Mis pictures were ail drawn from the | » 1888: | assailed, Its appemranoe! which the bands of the ashton fajct make

;the person appearano
=¥ | made his friends more enthusiastic in his!
ymous com- | defence, and created a feeling in his fuyor
| amor g persons who had hitherto regard-
ed him with indifference, if noc dislike.
Our public writers may rest agsured,that
though they may gratily a petty spleen by

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 24
No notice can be tuken of annon,
munications. We must know the names and
addresses of our eorrespondents as a guaranty
of their good tuith. We cannot undertake to
| return communications that are not used,

“till rélease me instantly! For your hon-| Boston, Dee, 15th, 1368.
Sor'’s sake do not insult an unpratected gen-| Dear Journal; —
‘tie woman |” The excitement cansed by the Elections
** Madamoiselle talks charmingly! And) having collapsed, it is very Nard to find mat- ls dtwst friend.
becanaé I em a man | will not allow her to jter of any importance to write about. ‘T'o| ‘The news of the assassination of Napoleon
pass until she begs forgiveness for her) tbe victors beiony the spoils, and their de- | reached here Sauturduy,-but is not yet certain-

* coldness’ with a kisa. Pretty one, Sources is proceeding amicably, Perhaps it} ly confirmed. Itdoes not cause much ex-

in bursting when charred thirowgh, the
master ofthe houre is bodhd to furnish
a fresh bowl of cdmfort.

We haye been thus lengthy in dwell-
ing on thé general customs of the father-
land, as in our own and new country each

sea, and with splendid effect.
| has been rescued from the paths of vice by
the kind advice and helping hand of their!

Many a sailor}

“struggles ure in vai!” | wight be of interest to describe, shortly, the | citementexcept in financial circles. Start- | - =< Senne ion onan ‘ eS S Z . : ahs
bag (Le be Continued.) | method of conducting an Election here, dif | ling events crowded upon one another with} ON PERSONALITIES. attacks on the private character and per~| family honors the day’ as ityse nels! in
‘ a | fering as it does from that in use in the Island. | such rapidity in the present day that what| sonal peculiarities of those to whom they) its own eyes, the cohseqhehc dei ah

indiscriminate.and. indescribable kind bf.

[ thiuk that you will agree with me in think- | would have some years ago astonished the
observance. \

; i are opposed, they neither do material in-
ing that votiag by ballot has a great deal to | whole world, now cause only a few passing pp i y it

A.most every one will, we think, ad- ¢ 1 (
> jury to their enemies, fancied or real, nor

mit that it is neither very. pleasant nor |

jcommendit A list of persons qualified to

Hews Summary,
Baron Vou Beuse is probably the most |
harras ed man in Europe, He has, with-|
in a twelvemonth, re-organized an army
and an empire: sinoothed “the way for] afer the right to vote is proved. On election

vote is first made out, and after being tho-
roughly revised, is printed and posted around
{the city. Any names omitted by mistake or

a reconciliation between German Austria! day, the ballot, with the names of the op- |

and her tributaries? established an ennente | posing candidates are putin circulation. A
cordiale with. France; and tnoronghly pa-, plansis adopted which saves a great deal of
crtied the *tuntionalities” undor the Aus-| trouble and time. The annual Election for
trian sway on the Danube. Whe labour! Governor, Congressmen, Representatives,
involved by these retorms must shave'been | Mayor, &e., is made to come onthe same
enownous;-but Russia now threatens to: day as the Presidential Election. The names
bring it about his ears—because, forsooth, | of the whole Republican Candidates for all
the Hungarian representatives will sper: | Us Oulcee, aes BEAN Bie Ma) SUNG ES
sist in vituperating the Russian occupation Mi voise linac an cugeelan tS An etal
of Poland in their Parliament, uM well 48) name on the ballot, he can erase it, and sub-
hated me ey GU ae | stitute any one he chooses, If he wishes to
Saris Aa ae won Tooele roreion the mugle Party ticket he SOHNE
I gets it. A small room con
strange talk,” says the Russian organs,|tains tie Registering office and the ballot

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*-or we will hold you responsible for it} box. A circle is formed and those intending
wnd then crush your be-tinkered new! to yoie pass in succession armed with their
empire out of existence.” Poor Vo} ballots, and atter giving their name to the
Bucs is, ‘however, in tho position ot the) officer who has charge of the voting list Gvho
little boy who made the whole in ThE | siuina ately Beers ay and CA the males

b ree parliament and free speech | he goes to the Ballot box, which is in charge
i Weehoratintond to the Hcngariane| of unother olficer, and deposits the vote, and
by the new Austrian constitution, and all | makes room for another, ‘This is kept nh
the remonstrances in the world will not| ithout i:-termission daring the Hon tye

induce them to conceal or suppress | poll is open. Although an extraor inary
tidal * shich thoy | large number of votes ure cast in one day,
the contempt Or hatred with whic 2 they) tno time can be seen over 200 persons
view the Russians. U nfortunately, I) around the hustings. As itis a secret vote,
tor the Prime Minister, the Austrian army) there is no opportunity to know the state of
eunnot be placed on the new war footing) ine poll, except by an occasional bulletin
for some months to come, and, ia the) posted up. ‘Lhis aifurds but little interest to
nieantime, he cannot disavow the pett: | jookers-on, and the result is that the men
lance of the Hungarians or resent the in-! leave their work, record their vote, and im-
solence of the Russians —Montreal Ga-! medistely resnrn. ‘The whole thing is con-
zelle. ducted with so much order snd decorum that

; it bears its recommendation on its ool
Ot the 19,090,000 acres of land in the, ‘}O ' 7
State ot South Carolina, only one-lourth vidited two or three polling places, expecting
ig under cultivation ’ he, ronainder | to see a lively time, but was surpri cd at the

er ¢ yation, | H ay

(elena 7 o j/ small number of peuple congregated there,
sume 14,000.000, is mainly in primeval: ing at the good order which prevailed. ‘his

dorest. Fully half of the 4,500,000 now) will strike a stranger very forcibly, but he

ander quasi cultivation is for sale, some of! will find, on closer inspection, that a great

it even so low us $1 per acre, and ranging} amount of work is not necessarily accom-
from that up to $20. | panied by agreat amount of fuss. Speech-
Tuy Newsrarer.—Take the most tho-| making is all over previous to Election day,
ough man ot the world of your acquaint: | UP to which time it is indulged in by
ance—the man most perfectly versed jy | Rumber of patriotic gentlemen who
ull that goes on in all conditions and ranks) Se iiels Rania euntee toe Ae ai
ife— ek + at, u e be : he . .
of hie hee se sp ye wy ould he (be! g190, more or less per specel.
without his news yal us ess | amount cyimnion on such oce
machinery could he learn, as ho sits at
his brenktast, the Just news from China,
the last ballet at Paris, the state of the
tunds at Santrancisco, the winner at New:

The usual i
sions of tax- | a. there would be plenty of work tor them

all
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and the encylical of the Pope?

Without iny newspapers life would nar:
row itself to the small units of my per- ae i y : ;
sonal experience, and humanity to be ex-| here is the ot AU midst, of the fa
pressed into the ten or filteen people ]| nous General Grant, President clect of the
sneet with. As for the | advertisements, 1)
megard them as the mirror of tho age. | reception, the General sent a polite note,
Show me one page of the ** wants” of positively declining the honor which was in-
any country, and I engage myselt to give | tended to be done him, saying that he wished
a sketch of the current civilization of the his visit should be a quiet one, and further
people.—Lord Brougham.

| that the hour of his arrival was uncertain. So
‘The New England Express Company

dustriously paraded before the public.
| THE LAST SENSATION

intent was he on keeping himself from the
of Boston and Saint John, N. B., alter a} Vulgar gaze that no one on the cars except
brief aud apparentty * brilliant” career of | the officials knew of his presence in their
exactly four months, has suspended ope-| midst. Arriving in Boston, he immediately
rations. ‘The Express companies, in most} Bracers t6 Ua ean ae
cases, are a humbug, and we would warn | 228 engaged’ qui De OH nae
Boledennill SINCE LOO Wei | trip was ostensibly for the purpose of placing
pe pie Mo tel g unyth ng ees ster | ois son in Harvard College, but it is also
‘them. en without money or character) understood that he intends to visit some ot
-net to work to form a company of some
kind or other, the soleaim und object of)

Le Jeadisng manufactories of New England.
id or i (itis reported that on the first diay of his visit

which is to put money into the pockets of |

dhe projectors,

crowds of office seckers, and particulur
fricnds went tothe &t. James and missed
secing their ‘friend.’ It is very evident
that he does not appreciate the pomp and
parade which is generally preferred by men
who have made themselves famous, while on

Sarppen Drati or A Newsraren Ep-
arok.—M. James B. Manson, editor of the
Edinburgh Review, was tound dead in his
study on Monday morning. Mis pen had) (heir travels. On Saturday, however, he did
dropped from his hand aud a portion of| consent to be visited at his quarters by a. few
Tresily written MSS, was before him. Mr.| privileged individuals, who were turtunate
Manson was a native of the north of Scot-| enough to work their way through the crowd.
jJand, and graduated at Aberdeen, where) One incident occurred here which is worth
he was distinguished tor his knowledge of recording. An individual bent on sccing the
elassics and his poetical proclivities, Le) *Presidcent entered, and with a consequential
was formerly editor of the Stirling Ob-| lock of importance marched up to an. officer
server. His next post was tht of the | of police,wh> was standing near the General,
Newcastle Duily Express, and finally in | Mistaking him for the General, shook hands
1862. he joined the editorial staff of the | with him, and bowed with profound respect,
Daily Review, on which he continued till) and passed on congratulating himself on get-
his death. Asa writer Mr. Manson was) "8 it view of the “coming man.’ Although
aioted tor hie power and facility while |.¢ las no de-ire to be made a hero, still itis
j TEU UGITRMIGKI x cdi hardly fair that he should cloister him eli up
he had considera’ @ classical KUOWICUEC | trom the people who have spent their time
and skill in fine art criticism. Hoe leaves) and money in securing to him the proud. po-
behind him a widow and seven children, | sition which he now holds. Common court
the eldest of whom, a boy of seventeen, |esy would suggest a different course. But
is at present attending the High School —/ivis shrewdly suspected that the real cause of
Ldinburgh Courant. bis seclusion is the fact thatif demonstrations

The St. Stephen's Bank has resumed or public meetings were got up in his honor

‘ ‘ 7 .. |he would be expected to make a speech,
baa PBS mele at ite encounter in St. lpnis te is not eavaule of performing. ;
Stephen's. Itis greatly to be regretted | by go, he has sense cnough not to con:mit
that the Managers of the Bank are taking | jimseif; and is doing the best thing under
no steps forthe redemption of its notes! the circumstances.
dn St. John—the Commerci | centre of

Srovi me hep.
the ts radial : : It is said that truth crushed to carth will!
A Devin or 4 Suiv.—A_rakish-looking jtise again, and just as surely will trade, when |
erait has arrived at Queenstown Irom L:-! weighel down by any cause which diverts
brador, with the usual appelation of the | the attention of the people for a time, when
Devil aad bas fora figure-head a full-sized | that cause is removed, rise, with a rebound,
representation of his Sutanic Majesty.) Since the election, thoroughfares of trade,
When Se the harboran exciting con- | rae Nae anet deserted AB again ene
test took place between her and the Cu-|¢d with people intent on business, ‘Lhe
nard al ante Jackal, resulting in the |! money changers” on State street having
defeat of the Devil. taken « breathing He are ua) renewed
‘ “ vigor pouring forth their wealth to facili-
Tue Ricur ov WoMEN To Vork at Par- tate Aah sees the trade of the city. ‘he
TAAMENTARY Evrcrions.—-The Court of) prospects for the winter are good, although a
Common Pleas has given judgements in| jarge number ofmen in rome branches of in-
the appeal trom Mancheste, aflvcting the | dustry, are out of employment. Merchandize
vight of women to be placed upon the |is said to be cheaper than at any time since
pote shelley register. ‘The judges who! the close of the war—Lhe weather is very
ave their decision separately, were una- | wild as yet, no severe storms yet.
ish in the opinion that there was no
sullicient aathorily for saying that by the |
common law women had no right to vote
for members ot parliament. On the other
hand, there was the uninterrupted prac-
tice of centuries that wouen had not}
voted, In the opinion of the Chief Justice,
the Reform Act ol 1867, in saying that
men should vote, although considered in
conjunction with Sir Jolin Romily’s Act,
did not entitle women to vote, ‘Ihe term
**men” in the Reform Act did not include
women, and even il it “dit-then women
would come within the turn *incapaci-
tated.” Mr. Justice Byles in expressing
voneurrenve hoped that the unanimous
devision of the Court of Session in Svot-
land, would forever Jay the ghost of a
doubt which should neyer have arisen.
{Atthe sime time it may be noted that
Wa DERE Ts qualition Hee ee nthe jin Shakespeare’e Pliny. ‘The city is dotted
yors, pussess, thes right of voting for! over with numerous churches, and to the
guardians of the poor aud other parochial! hunor of the people, they are well filled
auatters.] every Sabbath with attentive and devout
A Womas Trnasiysa 4 Ciorgyuay.— | congregations, although the pastors can
At the Liverpoul Police Court,» wonan, | 00st of no greater talent than is found in
named Ann Troy, has been fined 4s. and | ‘he clerical circle of BP. Hy Island,
costs for assaulting the Nev. John Noble, A great man has passed away, whose place
En "4 jitwill be ard to fill. The Rev., Phineas
earate of Bt. Tus, ‘The Kev, genile- | siowe, well known as the pi the 4s
wan was visiting jv the district where the | hien’a Bethel,’ has gone ‘home to hig: ever:
detendant — pr eh de _ Whit | sting reward, after a life of usetuiness which
piaee of wore’ 4 e atlenled, She rer! few live to accomplish, Beginnyng lite as a
phed by giving him several bloss on the | sajlor he was acquainted with All the vices
c. of tue bead, finishing by ** flooring | and the forms of temptation to which his
dan,” i

BUSINESS.

ENTERTAINMENTS, &e.

Boston possesses more facilities for re-
lieving the tedium of the long winter even-
ings than any City in the Union. At the
head of these must be placed the course of!
lectures at Music Hall,which come offweekly. |
The first talent of the country is engaged, the
citizens have here the high priv.lege of being
instructed and delighted vy the eloquence and
wisdom of such men as Lenry Ward Beecher,
Wendall Phillips, Jolin B. Gough, and other
shining lights in the galaxy of literature, First
cliss libraries, free and otherwise, furnish
books onevery subject, by the best of authors,
| Temperance Socicties abound, and are doing
a great deal of good here, as everywere else
where they exist. The drama-lovers have
their choice of seven theatres,—'The chiet at-
traction for them this term was the engage-
ment at the Boston Theatre of Bouth and
Forrest the two first tragedians in America,

| otheraise,can Leinserted up to acertain date, |

a large
re in-
terests | bridges ave required, and the timber for
m of!

ation, tyranny, corraption, extravagance and
other grievances, which politicians 80
lamentably deplore on the eve of elections is
W- | denounced ; and the blessings of liberty equal
market, the pantomime at the Olympic, | rights, and their particular safety are as. in-

United States. Ere leaving home,hearing that! Jand to be taken up and improved,
it was in contemplition to give him public

Af this |

comrades were exposed, He leit the Sea, |

remarks soon to be furgotten in the general
| course of events,
TYPO.

rn Ai
Mr, Epiror:— |

Since King Winter has come upon us. |
everything up here. as may be supposed, is
| pretty dull, A very brisk busicess was done
jthis Fall. A goed deal of produce was ship: |
ped, and ouranerchants—Howlan, Bell, Reid
and others—appear.to have done a good busi- |
ness. ‘#his place, to all app2urence, is going |
ahead.

i]

Ifwe only had the telegraph line}
extended up to Alberton, and syeam commu: |
nication between this and Sa2ediac, it would}
bid fair to rivalyour flourishing town. I see
sometimes you boast duwn there of your fiu-
mous carcases of pork brought to market, but
the Messrs. Reid the other day slaughtered a
|} hog that beat everything, I think, you ever
| boasted of. lt weighed about 650. A great
‘pig, was’nt it?

‘Lhe Tomperauce cause is progressing fa-
vorably in our midst.
fed here-on ‘Vhursday next by the Suns ot
Wemperance. Success to them. The ‘Lig-
wish tulks had a big time the other day, re-
moving the old Chapel from its recent: site
over alongside of the new Chapel, The
#renchnien are very anxious to know who
avrote the letter ithe list Journal on Sec-
tarian Schools. They say *tshe was well
writ.” The ** Western Pioneer” has lost no
anterest up here. Success to it, Go ahead,
and advocate fer us, as you have ever done,
and you will have our good wishes and sup-
port. A ‘Merry Christmas and a iLappy
New Year” tu you.

SQUIB.

Alberton, Dec. 21st; "68,
ei

To ‘Tue Eprror or rin JOURNAL,
Sin,

At this season of the year when the
bountiful harvest has been gathered in,
and Lhauksgiving Day is passed, men
have time to consider the propricty of

constructing a railway from Summerside
fto Lot 1. In no country in the world

could a railway be amore chea ly con-
structed, ‘Ihe Jand is very level, few

nl
us

lecpers is plenty. It would be an induce-
nent for young men to remain at home,

ad.

upon the ie Hous aug capital in-
to the country and eause a frees civeulation
of money. Lt would save the money speir
in carrying the ‘ Western Mail.” Fresh
fish could be transmitted direet from ‘Tig-
nish to St. John or Boston, Vhe railway
when built, would cause a great increase
jin the value of the farms near the road, as
jwWell as cause much of the wilderness
We
would have the value of our country in-
creased, our revenue augmented, and,
our trade extended, And there is no}
doubt if we had such specutating aud en- |
lLerprising men, as the dlun. J. C. Pope,
und others, as our representatives, it

would not be long belore this work, of so}
great importance to Uriuce County, as |
wellas for the whole Island, would be
ruccomplished.
Iremain, Yours, &.,

I. D.

Saint Eleanor’s, Dec, 17, 1868.

LOCAL WN

Whe Savings Hanis,

We have frequently had the pleasure of di-
recting public attention to the workings of
the Savings Bank, connected with the “rea-
sury in the Colonial Buildiug. ‘his institu-
tion has been in operation since 1863, and
each year’s result has surpassed its predeces-
sor. On the Ist January lust, the amount on
deposit was £14,423, deposited in the eley
months ended lst Deeemger, inst., £12
withdrawn in the same period £7,775; inter-
est on deposits of 1868, £018. On the Ist
Dec. wnen the aceounts were made up, there
we the Bank, bearing interest, deposits
to the amount ot £19,691 or $52,982. ‘Lhe
total profit to tne credit of the Bank since it
began business is £540 17s. GU. commencing
the first year with £14 6s. 7d, which kept
regularly increasing until this year—foreleven
months—the gain is £202 4s. 2d. Vhe num
ber of Depositors is about 850,

The above extract we copy from the list
Patriot. We are glad to learn that this
Institution is ia such a flourishing state.
We have often thought thata branch of the
Charlottetown Savings Bank might be carried
on in Summerside, with profit to the Govern-
ment. We have hea d many persons express
a wish that an opportunity could be afforded
them of investing their little savings ia this
way. People have a dread of remitiing their
money by mail, as there appears to be ng’one
responsible for it if lost in this way. A
branch Saving Bank would cost but little to
work it, if connected with some other I stitu-
tion or public office. ‘Ihe Summerside Bank
forinstance. To this an objectien might be
urged by the officers of that instifution, that
the profit would not pay for the labor, Tor
the first year perhaps it would not; but we
fully believe that in a very few years it would
pay handsomely. If the Bank refuse to have
anything to do with it, let it be managed in
connection with the Custom Ilouse or Land
Tax Office, as the men who now fill those
offices are safe ani trustworthy, and enjoy the
confidence of this community. Let our re-
presentatives think about this matter,

We are very sorry io find that though the
winter has set in, the cable has not been Jaid
across the Straits. The want of ‘Telegraphic
communication will be very niuch felt during
the winter meunths, when intercourse with the
mainland is both infrequent and uncertain.
From a letter written by the Hon. Mr. Hens-
ley, published in Wednesday's /ferald, it
would seem that the failure in laying the
cable this tll. is owing to no neglect on the
part of the Government, ‘The Island authori-
ues have been very urgent with the Company
to get it laid in time, and were assured by its
officials, that every exertion would be made
to connect the Island lines with those on tne
Continent betore the ive for;sed in the Gulf.
Important business, however, kept Mr. Mac:
Kay from coming here, until it w.s too late
tom vein the matter, ‘I'he cable will, how-
eyer, be laid the frst thing in the spring,
when there will be ample time to find out
where it can be sank with the least danger of
being easily injured. We, poor Islanders,
will, in the meautine, have a very dull time
of it.—Pat.

Cuantotretown Harbour has been frozen
up since the 1th inst, Foot passengers have
buen crossing fur some days, and in one or
two instances, horses lave crossed. Horses

A rich treat is promis- |

very edifying to hear two men quarreling |
in the public strect. ‘To see their pas-|
sion-distorted features, and to listen to}
them vociferating in the most angry tones,
the words liar, swindler, rogue, together
with those contemptuous phrases and im-
pious expletives which men on such oc-
easions hurl at one another without stint,
is sure to fill every decently moral and
quietly disposed bystander with disgust, |
contempt and horror. He instantly, and
with good reason, concludes the men are
maddened and demoralized by drink, or
that they are low, ignorant fellows, who
| have been always strangers to the ameni-
| ties an} decencies of civilized society.
| In the great majority of cases he is cor-
| rect in both his conclusions. ‘Those who
thus disturb the peace of our streets and
public places, and shamefully set at
| nought both the laws of good manners
‘and the restrictions of religion, are gen-
| erally ill-bred, worthiess fellows, who,
] under the influence of strong drink, have
| given a ioose rein to their undisciplined
| passions and their ribald tongues. Much
|as we may blame such men, and intense-
lv as we may detest their lawless conduct
and their corrupt practices, we cannot but
admit some plea in extenuation of their
folly and their wickedness. They are,
in general, ignorant and badly brought up
young men, who, it is likely, have been
taught to consider licentiousness of speech

Such disturbers of the public peace are,
besides, nearly always in a state of great
excitement—for tu do men of the very

and corrupt manners the outward evi- |
denees of mailiness and independence.

do they raise themselves in the public
estimation by such attacks, however fre-
quently they may appear, or however
cleverly they may be written. ‘The news-
paper readers of this Island—to their
credit be it written—have no taste for
purely personal discussions. ‘They may
tolerate abusive, scurrilous writers, but
they suldom or never approve of them.
There is no better sign of the healthy
moral tone of our people in general, than
to witness their marked disapproval of
whatever, in otir newspaper literature,
transgresses the bouiads of fair controver-
sy and allowable cri icism. In this, we
fear, they are far above some who aim to
be their guides and instructors. The
| public acts of public men are fair sub-
jects for criticism and comment. ‘The
common welfare requires that they be
fully and fearlessly commented vpom by
the free press of a free country, But
there isa broad line of distinction be-
tween what are fair and what are un fair
subjects of animadversion and discussion.
The public writer who keeps onthe right
side of that line is one of the most itseful
men in the community, but we have no
hesitation in saying that the writer who
gets into a habit of making frequent ex-
curstons on the wrong side of it, is a pest
and a nuisance to society, and is trou-
blesome and dangerous precisely in pro-
portion to his industry aad his wbility.

—— ne te

HRISTMAS.

When all our neighbors’ chimneys sinoke,
And Christmas blocks are burning. +|

lowest class justice, they hardly ever, in
their sober senses, and without some
provocation, address one another in of-
fensive terms. We must, then, make
some allowance for youth, ignorance, ill-
breeding and excitement; but however
vharitably disposed a decent listencr to a
street brawl may fecl, he is speedily
shocked and disgusted at what he hears
and sees. UU he cannot use his influence
successtully $9 restore poded, he leaves
the scene of disturbanée ay soon as may
be. Ifthe is accompanied by young per-
sons of cither sex, he hurries out of sight
and hearing with all convenient speed,
lest their morals should be contaminated
by hearing the foul language and witness-
ing the indecent conduct of the nosy
brawlers. No person of position or cha-
racter takes any pleisure in looking on or
taking part in an ordinary street row.
‘Tbe crowd who assemble to witness it are
ordinarily the young and thoughtless, the
idle and the vicious. Respectable men
are always ready to do everything in their
power to prevent and put down sueh dis-
graceful exhibitions at our public and
private gatherings and in our streets.
And thcy do right, and no more than
their duty, when they so exert them-
selves. But though such men are prompt
in frowning, down the bad fellows of the
baser sort when they offend the peace of
the community in the streets, they are by
no means ready to discountenance the
more influential and less excusable offen-
ders, who make the public newspapers
—which our wives and children read—
the theatre of their outrages, Does it
not strike the reader as a somewhat
strange state of things, that newspaper
writers may use language in their arti-
cles almost without repulse, which, if
used in sood society, would speedily re-
sult in their seclusion therefrom ? Habits
of distussion, which would certainly pro-
cure for the man who in private life in-
dulged in them the reputation of being
an ill-bred bore, an intolerable social
nuisance, are practised by journalists on
this side of the Atlantic without provok-
ing a word of censure from the reading
public. Remarks on private character,
which would Le deemed intolerably im-
pertinent—remarks which no man or
woman would dare to make in a public
assembly or social gathering—trequently
meet the eye as one glances along the
columns of American and Colonial news-
papers. The writers who thus offend
against good manners, good morals and
good taste, have not the excuse which
the street rowdy may plead in palliation
of his offence. They are not beside
themselves with rage or intoxication.
They do not write as he speaks under
the influence of strong excitement. They
are cool and collected. They have in
general ample time for collection and re-
vision, ‘The hasty word can be erased,
the improper allusion struck out, the of-
fensive expression expunged, and, if
needs be, the objectionable article, hasti-
ly written under the influence of angry
feelings, wholly suppressed. The offen-
ces of newspaper editors and newspaper
correspondents are coolly and deliberate-
ly committed with malice prepense. They
are, too, after all, perfectly purposcless
crimes. ‘They do a great deal of harm,
and in no case do they ever effect any
good. They vitiate the public taste,
they deprave the public mind, and they
show that the perpetrators possess nei-
ther the feelings nor the manners of gen-
tlemen, but they effect no useful purpose.
No cause, good or bad, is ever helped or
hindered by the scurrilous, vituperative
writings of its advocates or its opponents.
No man of talent or integrity was ever
yet written down by ill-natured, unscru- |
pulous jovrnalists. Writings that are
merely abusive may sting, but they do
not wound; they may, for the moment,

Their ovens they with baked meat choka,
And all their spits are turning,

| Wihout the door let sorrow lie,
| And if for cold it hap to die,
i We'll bury it in a Christmas pie,

And ever more be merry.
| Cimtsrmas is upon us. This good,
| time-honored festival is regarded as the
grandest celebration of the year, in the
old countries across the water. It is ex-
pressly and honorably recognized by
; fhe church and state. By those ecclesi-|
| astigal systems which observe many kinds
jof days, itis appointed that when Christ-
mas fulls upon Friday, as it does this
year, that day, which is generally observ-
ed as a fast, shall be transformed into a

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and a general “unlocking,.all round,
good vid English style, “of ~hearts “a
cupboards,
be remembered,
tions from each family wait upon Sant,
Claus, and request his attendangay ayith--
out fuil, this (!hureday) evening, in, alk

Besides Divine Service gnd
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a grand family dinner here and there / nc
settled custom prevails. We throw out
the hint, that the coming Christmas

e
“clebrated by a gathering in of the poor,

Let the children especially:
Let a special deputa-

the chimney corners of Summerside.

The conclusion of the whole matter is,
we believe, or should be, the cultivation:

ofa spirit of geniality, good-feeling and

gratitude. ‘he Scripture well expresses
it thus; ‘** Glory te God in the highest,
and on earth peace, good-will toward
men.’ For our part, we accordingly
wish al} our readers and putrons the mer- -,
riest Christmas they have -ever spent.
Oar object, as a journal, is to benefit and
eheer them all impartially, old and young;
rich and poor, And as we, strive to
* scatter our crumbs” of intelle¢iual food
among our many and widely spread read-
ers, so let them remember to do likewise
with their substance to those: whom the
incarnated Saviour describes as being al?
ways with us, ‘Lhe following touching’,
appeal, by Alfred Crowquill, shall clos:
this article ;-= ; ‘
SUATFER YOUR CRUMBS:
Amid the freezing sleet and snow,
‘Nhe timid robin comes,
In pity drive him not away,
But srcatter out your mbes.

And leave your door upon the latch
Yor whosvever comes,

The poorer they, more weleome give,
And scatter out your crumbs,

All have to spar, none are too poor,
When want with winter comes,

The lowf is never all your own,
Then scatter out the crumbs.

Soon winter fails vypon your life,

‘The day of reckoning comes,
Against your sins by high degree,

Are weighed those svattered crumbs,

Written for the Journat.

OHRISTMAS MUSINGS,

Angels are singing soft tind low,

A blessing o'er a sleeping earth,

Where hushed is now each ery of woo,
And stilled the song of childhood's mirth;

festival, In America Thanksgiving has
usurped, to a great extent, the merry-
making of this season.

The birth of Jesus, who is hailed by
the united acclaim of all Christendom, as
the bearer of salvation and good-will
from Heaven to earth, demands an anni-
versary of general joy and happiness. It
is by no means likely that the Nativity
occurred at this season of the year. Most
probably it was in the summer, as it is
jonly during that period that shepherds
jleave their flocks jn the plains at night.
This was certainly not done in the end of
December. Tach month of the twelve
ha been assigned by different writers
as the most likely period., ‘The date now
observed, the 25th of December, was
fixed by Pope Julius I, and from that
time, the end of the fourth century, it has
been observed by all the nations of Chris-
tendom.

But we think that any notice of this}
occasion should at least include, if not
commence at, Christmas Eve. How the
very term carries us buck to the wonder-
ing days of chiluhood, when marvellous
tules of Santa Claus, and visions of the
most incredible stockings, lint such in-
terest to the night, Ifuw the chimney
was watched, and what mysterious noises
were heard about the house after we all
®ere tucked in bed. Huppy days, how
rudely have your strangely pleasant
charins been dissipated by life’s subse-
quent prosaic experience! Germany is
perhtps of ull countries most noted for
the magnificence and elaborate display of
Christmas Eve celebrations. ‘lo the
children it is the most joyous night of
the year, when they receive the presents
of their parents and friends. ‘These are
arrayed on a ‘Tree, by the senior members
of the family, in the principal apartment
of the house. In the evening, ata given
signal, the door of the great room is
thrown open, and in rush the juveniles,
eager and happy. ‘There, on a long table
in the centre of the room, stands the
Christmas Tree, every branch glittering
with litle tapers, whale all sorts of gifts
and ornaments are suspended from the
boughs.

In ngland the sacred mysteries of the
mistletoe are kept up by the young men
and maidens with becoming ardour,
Those of our readers who are unsophisti-
cated will recognize the secret ot their
zeal in keeping up what is evidently a)
relic of Druidical tree Worship, when}
they learn that a branch of mistletoe,sus-
pended from the ceiling, gives any lord of
creation the indisputable right of kissing
any fair lady who may forgettully pe ail
under the sacred spray. ‘The burnip ot
the Yule Log is an ancient Gi ai
ceremony, transmitted trom the Suindi.
navians, who, at their feast of ‘
the winter solstice,kindled ?
in honor of their god ‘Et 5
times, the bringing
hearth of the pon

Juul, at)
auge bontires
J r. In feudal
N tad placing an tho
“fous giant of the
woods, was the moat Joyous event of the
evening. It W?.8 destined to crackle a
welcome toe’, comers, and its flame to
burn out 0) Wrongs and feuds. It was

please the volatile and the vicious, but}
they never copvince,and seldom influence
even them, and they are sure to disgust |
all reasoning and respectable men. In-
deed, it not unfrequently happens, that:
undeserved abuse and even abuse that is, |
to acertain oxtent, well-deserved, creates |
a sympathy in favor of the man or the!

crossed the Hillsborough, Elliot and North
Hiver, for sc yeral days past. Jaf.

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party that is the object of a merely vitu-

tuperative attack. Instances will, nol
'

to be liy'ated by atrand from the previ-
ous ye r's log, which had been’ preserved
careially for twelve months in the cellar,
Mie bards welcomed its entronee with
rade wnd ready songs, a specimen of
which we give :

* Come, bring with a noise,
_My merry, merry boys,
The Christmas log to the firing;
While my good dame, she
Bids you all be free,
And (rink to your heart's desiring,”

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A joyous strain of praise they sing,
‘To God above, to carth good-will,
A Sayiour’s born in Bethlehem.

And all around the music flonts,

Of angels from the distant spheres,

Ob, mortals listen to thoir notes,

Hushed be thy sighs and dried thy tears;

The Saviour's come, for thee Le loves,

Ile comes the poor, the lost, to save;

Por thee He left His Home above,

For thee He suffered, groaned and died,

Praise God above, on earth good-will,

Lhat Christ was born in Bethichem,
Summerside, December, 1868,

THE CONVENT.

Os Monday morning last, by invitation
from the Rev, Mr. McDonald, we visited:
the Convent School recently opened in’
this Town. It was on the uceasion of the
opening of the Chapel in the Convent and
the inspection of the School, Lis Lord-,
ship Bishop Mclutyre officiated, assisted
by the Very Rev. James McDonald, A
number of persons were present tu wit-
ness the ceremony, most of whom enga-
ged in the religious service. Alter the
Mass, the Bishop inspected the Chisses in
the different rooms. ~ On emering thePri-
mary department, the children sung a
welvome to his Lordship and the visitors,
ot the conclusion of whieh a little girl of
8 or Ysummers, on behalt of the sghool;
addressed the Bishop and their Pastor,
The Bishop thanked the children. for their
address, and expressed bis satisfaction at
their general behaviour and appearatee.
‘The higher classes were then visited. On
entering the class room, a number of the
advanced scholars sung a beautiful wel-
come, accompanied with music. After
the singing, Miss Connors stepped tor-
ward and read an address from the school
to the Bishop and their Pastor, expressive
of their thanks to and kind feelings to-
wards them, ‘fo this the Bishop replied
briefly, concluding his remarks by wishing
all present a merry Christmas,

We were shown through the diferent
apartments of the building. ‘Lhe, class
rooms are spicious and comtorta'y|y. and
the bed rooni neatly furnished » lth natd-
ber of beds, turei tly remindiry the visitor
that those in charge consid oredg “oléanli-
hess 18 next to godline’ 48 ‘The school
aerate with two "arge globes, maps,
i her requisites, “he Chapel is ti
and neatly tinishe®| EA ah aC tee
materia aity, especially, are due

astor re
SOE fan Let Atel Mia Jeuelep (at the Cone
liberality,” taudetat gible exertions apd
ape ording them such a sclioob.
-¢ alt present over sixty pupils in
auco at this Convent,

“4 Rev. R. 8. Patterson, A:
oO. Vy ) deliver a LECLURE hae
byterina Chureb, this ¢T
ing, at 8 o'clock.
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Cape "Pormentine to the Island on Sanday
lust, suys they Were wine hours getting
Ae Ate wis + aig tenidays on the
other side, at * Tom Allan's,*
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