The Weekly News from Richfield, Kansas • 4

11 INNERS. AT SHAKESPEARE'S HOME Jt rVHEft.WALKKK JJJ-H'O VliSES ova visit jo urturtoHt), mounted upon their trim and Spacefill figures dlmwing ctT to the (rrfattjit possible aUvuutie, be is apt to catch, his breath and stand gazing with rapt astonishment after tbe Heeling show," So it is, iiowuvir, and Wasl.intunluui must n.ccyt HOW DISTINGUISHED OFFICIALS WILL SET THEIR TABLES, THEY UATEJPiETURNED. WAMBlXTOSra SIHEEli jsrspjfjr tutiit wo.rjM AyrnAitAXce. Outdoor SlgliU at tbe Capital The Soduo. tlv 'lower Wan Dr.

Jttury Walker TJelva I.ocUwoud'i TilcyelB (ieueriil lUuui't Order. IRpecial Washington I.etter.l After a summer and fall of almost unparalleled dullness, tho national capltol, with return of the long absent polltiealuleinuntthat comes and goes with Congress, has bejrun to assume its wonted outdoor asjiect. The familiar scenes and dramatis persona), so dear to the genuine Washingtouuin, again assert themselves with all their wonted color and life. Through tha long, wet, drizzly, dull, and The President's Holiday Table Christmas Fashions and Customs in Different Part of the Country Reported from tha Nation's Capital. oyster pattk, and one TgtUi with tsA mrseiiever more.

The tub! should Of liiiiueiited witli flower. A pretty dosa Is WtttM tnade of flowers and placed in the ter of the table. This year it will tLa eur reel thing tournament the table wrtli a handsome palm or a basket of chrysanthemums. Mrs. Senator James K.

Jones, of said lVgnog Is the great dish with us upon Christmas, and is perhaps the only fcatui pmtltiir the festival differing from the North. When on tlie plantation we maka up pitcher full of KK-wgg and nil am served alike, black and white. The dinner consists for tho most part of things rained on the plantation. The turkey and inaie always two of the dishes, with theutual vegetables. Pica and cukes are not served.

There is a gie.it de.U of fruit, and lee cream is a tav-oiitc. dessert. We have to bring in a plum pudding, hich the men eat and then swear about ailerwards. are always that plum pudding comes but once ay eur. Thera is, probably, more game in Arkansas than lu any in tho Union, but as there U9 markets we can not depend upon it.

Mrs. George Hearst, wife of the senator from Ciiliforuia, gives a glowing account of a Christinas dinner at her horns upon tlie Pacific slope. To begin with, she says, we have an abua- Special Washington Lettor.1 THE President, said the steward of tbe White House to a cor- ninnniUiil. mti a llil Christmas dinner very mucii like other folks. 'i i As a rule he is fond of danoe or utterly stupid summer, the avenues and streets of the national capital have been given up to the rounds oi the umbrella man, who usurped the place of the ordinary street fakir, and whose tad and mihUwod form.as ho stood upon your doorstep, seemed to be suggestive of long vistas of continued cloudiness, diizzle and dainpness.in-doors and outdoors, overhead and underfoot, until the nrovail- fill dm ornament the table with.

The yards are A Itiuh of Amei Ii.hik- Interesting Octal la of lit Fuel'a lilrtlipliu bi.flitu Abnul Stratford -Ilia Old Trinity hurch Hud Yard. "Do Anu'ritmin rud 8lmkejeare much, and appreciate liini?" an Kiudishninn asked tue, lit lnll in Lincoln, Knglund, where 1 was stopping. Jt was a tuniioii make an American siuilo, but I replied gravely iuhI honestly: His wol'kt are household words In tho blulc-1. We plii( Ihc JiiUii-uiul Constitution of tho Union, hhakiv ami the. dictionary toother on tlic Mime shelf." "You surprise in," ho answered, "but 1 am glad to know it." This bit of convers.ition w.s evoked by my answering, in reply to a qiUKliiui, that as a luattcrof course 1 had, wlii'el war) in Kng-lanJ, visited Htrittf-inl ukhi-Avuii.

"No American would omit a pilgrimage to that brine," I added. It was a perfect (liiy in Keplemler when I boarded the train at Leamington for short ride to Strutford, situated in the heart of Warwickshire, tho garden of EnIuud." i was soon at the edge of the quaint, picturesque town, which in surrounded with soft and gentle scenery, bathed in an atmosphere of tranquil lovlinesa. Low recti hills roll way from the valley or the Avon, which flows on to Cardiff bay. The whole country looks like a vast park, well wooded with "beach, helm and hoak," as a nntive expressed It The thauhed cottages can be seen on all bands, and country roads winding between green hedges. The town is much larger than I had supposed, having grown from 1,400 souls, in Shakespeare's time, to a city of in this year of grace, vfith a mnvor and aldermen, it Is a compact well-built place, and quite bustling for an English town.

Itowos most ol Its prosperity to the name of Shakespeare. It shows signs of modem life and feeling, and one sees many pretty new villas standing doee by the memorials of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. At least fifty Americans wcro on the same train wkh myself. Tho depot was reached, the grand rush for the birthplace of the great immortal began. I refused an omnibus to take me to Manly stroct, prefer! tig to walk by myself through Die sacred precincts.

I Aid not even make an attempt to see the raedarn Shakespeare hotel where all the sleeping-rooms are named after the well-known plays. Finger boards at the street corners indicate the way to the Shakespeare cottage, and I soon readied Hanly street and at once saw the world's famous bouse on the (( 1 plain, simple dishes. i We shall hove for din-' ncr whatever there is inthomarkat.and that Just now In Washing-ton supplies venison, turkey, canvasbaik ducks, partridges, oysters, roast beef, and all kinds of fruits and vegetables. There will be a plum puddingand a turkey on the White House table Christmas Day, but we never give out the exact menu for publication. I will tell you what we would have for a Christmas dinner in Mississippi if we were at home, said Miss Lamar, daughter of Justice Lamar.

First thero would bo oysters on the half-sholl brought tip from Kew Orleans. We are so nciu the Gulf and the markets of New Orleans thut we get many of our sup. plies from that partof the country. Forfish we would havea fresh salmon. There would be a big turkey at one end of tho table and opposite a large sugar-cured ham.

Thest would be decorated with parsley and hard-boiled eggs. Itice, boiled dry, is also served with the turkey, also cranberry sauce. Other dishes include chicken salad, cold slaw, sweet potatoes baked in milk, gelatine jelly, which is a great favorite in the South, whipped cream, and all kinds of home-made preserves, especially sweet-pickles and pickled peaches. We serve dinner at lp.m., and have coffee the situation, and take refuge behind the claim that Washington is the greatest wheel town in tho world, all ow ing to its hundreds of "miles of broad and smooth payments. Did space pietnit, I could dilate still further on the returning sights that make glad all hearts, but this is enough forthepresent.

The new Pension Commissioner. General Raum, has taken action in one matter that is likely to attract considerable comment, This is in the form of an order prohibiting the well-known charitable organization known as the Lit! le Sisters of tho Poor from soliciting alius in the corridors of tho pension office. In issuing the order General Eaum disclaims any intention to discriminate in matters of charity or religion in fact, he lias subscribed liberally himself to the work of the "Little Sister-." Ha holds, however, that government departments should either be thrown opeu to charitable organizations or all be excluded, and he thinks that it is not in accordance with strict business principles to allow alms soliciting within tha Inderal offices. The Little Si3tcrs" hove succeeded in ob- i ri t- ing inetorologioal mm encd to utterly chance tho asDecta iuu oi roses of all varieties, and one can have a great center piece for tho table filled with La Franco, cloth-of-gold and other varieties, for a dollar or two which would cost $50 in Washington, Then woliave the Japanese camellia, with its lovely blossoms, which with us is almost a tree; no end of heliotrope, lilies, etc. I have my table profusely ornamented with fruits and flowers combined, and baskets of grapes, some of the clusters being half a yard long.

The thfsty fbf cold wafer. Tliey like Uf letter. It is but a short walk li mi Kliuk4-p6are to lluly Triuity churcli wliere his to bo aecn the vencnlile end editUti so beautifully situuted on tlie bunks of the Avon, and so well known to all Americans throuKh innumerable photo-graphs and engraving1. 1 found the church aveiy large one, parts of it much decayed, and in proceis of restoration. In fact, a modest old lady Btiniiliiit; near the gra which is close by the chancel rail, at theluft, carries a black bag, and for a few pennies to help on the restoration.

She is quite right when she says, "1 Hud that most Anw leans who come hero are gjnd add to the funds." The carpet which usually coverr the grave stones of 8hakesaie and his family, was rolled back, that tho Immortal curse ond blei-ing engraved upon the (lone covering the Hct's dust might lie read, us well as theepituphs to his wile, s'sters, and other members of the family. The eftlgy upon tlie wull near by looked very queer, being painted In the fashion of an Indian maiden by the side of a Chicago cigar shop. Like most of the great Knglish churches which I saw, tho inside of this one scorns eld, cheerless, and uninviting, Stone walls, gray and crumbling arc not very pleasant to contemplate. Evidently the people of England, even In their great cathedrals, know little ol the comforts, elegance, and bcuty to be found in most American churches. They still curry b.

4 ties of hot water in their railway cars whh which to warm their feet, and they are jus! as far behind tho times in many other particulars. After a view of tho interior of Holy Trinity, I strolled through tho old churchyard, filled with noblo trees and walled along the banks of tho Avon, a small but very pretty stream. Young men and women were out boating; there was busy life in the town, tho markets wore open, well filled with game (for tho shooting season had every wliere one saw nieu and women quietly at work. It ail seems so strango to an American, filled as ho is with pictures and thoughts of tho timo of Shakespeare, to find himself walking the satuo streets, beneath the same skies, oiuid such strange surroundings. 1 passed the big new theater, looked at the fine monument, and went on across the famous old Clopton bridge built in the time of Henry VII.

"Canyon tell 'me the way to Anna Hathaway's cottage?" I asked an "The place whero she is said to havs lived," he replied slowly, as if there was a doubt in in his mind whether there ever was auch a person or not, is about a mile from here in that direction," indicating the point of the compass with his hand. Ha evidently looked upon me as another one of those unaccountable Americans who cross the Atlantic and rush all over the world to see such places as the graves of Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dickens, Livingstone, Gordon, and scores of others tho citizens of tha Kew World delight to honor. I dare say there ore many very goi and intelligent people in Stratford who have never been inside Shakespeare's house. I found residents of London who never saw the inside of St. Paul's or Westminster Abbey.

A merchant on New Oxford street told me he had lived in Loudon fourteen years and had never been to St. Paul's! As the cathedral is open on Sunday it seems as if he might go there once. There are a plenty of people in Buffalo, however, who have never seen Niagara Fallsl Evert in Washington there are those who do not know the insido of the capital. The hamlet of Shottery is about a mile from Stratford towards the sunset. The Anne Hathaway cotuigo has not been restored, and is very antiquated, covered with vines, crowned with a thatched roof, nnd shaded with "helms." flicre is a fine garden in front oi the callage, and altogether the place has a comfortable air of wildness.

It is the abode of labor nnd lowliness, but was no doubt an attractive enough place in the youthful days of Shakcspoare, when he went wooing the fair Anno. The wedding took place in November, 15S2 over throe hundred years ago. The '-'Unsubstantial pageant" is ended. The "paths of glory lead but to the grave," and witli regret we leave the lovely and famous town of Stratford. Fuller- Wamceb.

cf ordinary outdoor life and How entirely changed has been tlie custom-fry Washington panorama during the past season can only bo appreciated by one who, in tlie ordinary avocations of life, has been required to frequent the lowor part of Pennsylvania avenue during business hours, and to make occasional excursions to tlie outlying sections surrounding the Capitol and various department buildings. It was with something of a thrill of joy that I discovered during the past week, after the clear up of the last storm, the familiar figure of tha old apple woman who has so Vr nuii. 1,1, J. FLORAL PIECB. nn WfM I i Ml mm dinner is quite like one in the east, with, perhaps, a few exceptictis.

We have terrapin which have been brought from Maryland, and aw kept in an artificial lake until wanted. Frogs form another delicious dish in California; also a roast of tho mountain sheep, the flavor of the mutton being very fine. The turkey and plum pudding are prominent features. But the dessert would surprise a resident of New England or tho Central West. This consists of delicious fresh strawberries served with cream, new figs, watermelons, fresh raspberries, Japanese plums.grapes, pineapples and oranges.

Last Christmas my son W'illiam had a friend with him from Vermont, and as thero was no snow in California and the lawn was green with grass and filled with flowers, we had ice pounded up and sprinkled over the lawn just to give a sorpf Vermont winter-ish effect and remind our truest of home. But this is not a frequent accompaniment to a California Christmas dinner. There is altogether too much Christmasing and feasting at home by people who havo plenty to eat all the year round, I think, said Mrs. Joseph W. Dolph, the brilliant wife of the Senator from Oregon.

People should give more to thfe poor and help those who need it. With us the Christmas dinner is rather an informal family event. I think it better not to try and serve it in courses, after the soup and fish, of course, where there are small children in the family, as there are in mine. Oregon, you know, is a land flowing with rv 1 long held her plaoaT (not by official appoi nt ment, however) on the steps of the Interior Department, closely muffled in a shawl to protect herself from the rather sharp wind "LTTTLB SISTESS" OS THETH ROOTDS. tainlng rather a unique sway here at the national capital.

They aro regular visitors at the various departments on pay-day, their agents generally being demure, sad-eyed lit tie maidens, who, in their sable clothes. Standing silent and with downcast eyes at some salient receive a silver stream of dimes and quarters from the clerks as they pass from the cashipr's General Baum's order will hardly inure to the financial injury of the Little Sisters," however. Their plan of work is so effective that the heart of the public isalways open to them. Their little black wagon," with its simple sign Little Sisters of the Poor," is often seen standing at some corner of the alleys in which Washington's poor congregate, and, the little sisters, with basket in hand, can be seen stealing into the dark and noisome houses on their works of mercy. They regularly visit places of business and public resorts, seeking contributions, and it is safe to say that General Eaum's order will be imitated by few other department chiefs, however consistent and business-like it may be judged.

Towssskd. that was blowing 4from tlie northwest, and reading a paper in that dull and contented way that seemed the best possiblo advertise ment for her plump and rosy wares, The smiling nnd seductive figure of the "flower man" has also reappeared in his usual haunts around tbe neighborhood of Willard's. I have heard many inquiries during thesum. milk and honey. There-is no end of game and fish, and the same is true of flowers.

In Portland tha yards are full of roses until Christmas time, especially the monthly roses. We decorate the IBB WHITS) HOTSB TABLE. and Catawba wine. The fish is baked. Cake is a great feature of the dessert.especially what is known as the black or fruit cake, and the old-fashioned pound cake.

We ornament the table with holly and the wax plant, and have a profusion of mistletoe in the dining-room. This grows everywhere in Mississippi. I would have a centre piece of flowers for the table. After serving the soup and fish, all tlie dinner is served at once, save the dessert. In North Carolina.said Mrs.

Senator Vance, the Christmas dinner is much more of an event than tlie Thanksgiving dinner. The dining-room is trimmed with Ivy and laurel, and tlie dinner is always served at 2 o'clock p. m. We start off with soup beef or vegetableand follow with a large roast of beef, a dressed turkey, served with celery and cranberry sauce, partridges and a basted rabbit. This is cooked before an open fire, turning on a string, to which it is fastened by one leg, It is basted with butter, pepper, etc.

Another dish peculiar to tbe section is made of sweet potatoes, sliced raw and baked with sugar and cream. There should be enough of the cream loft in the bottom ot the dish to form a gravy. A plum pudding with a bunch of holly on the top is always a part of the dinner and so is a pound cake. The rest of 'the meal is composed of light bread, egg corn bread, hominy, mashed potatoes, coffee, apples, nuts, raisins, etc. At one of our Christmas dinners everything was raised on the farm except the coffee and sugar.

A turkey weighing 30 pounds will be served. It is often so large that the man who sits behind it to carve can hardly see over it. Mrs. John C. Fremont says: A Christmas dinner should consist of a great abundance offcod, all put upon the table at once, save the pudding, and it should not be served in courses.

It was never the custom to have courses on old feast days. The course dinner is a French innovation, entirely opposed to the English idea of a feast and good cheer. We have a roasted turkey, of course, and a great round of spiced beef. This stands in vinegar for a week or so, is larded with bacon, mer as to what had become of him. It was said that he reappeared for a few brief days The Late George H.

Pendleton. The death of Hon. George II. Pendleton at Brussels from the effects of a stroke of paralysis, which first affected" him some months ago, removes from the field of public life a familiar figure. George Hunt Pendleton was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 25, 1825.

His father was ex-Congressman Natbaniul Greene Pendle ton. lie received an academic education, studied law and was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati. He was a member of the State Senate in 1854-5, and was elected to Congre during the ses- ii.it -wia-rs here, but suoscquent dampness drove him again into A New anator. Everybody would like to know what a Senator from one of the new Northwest States looks like. We present here a fine portrait of Hon.

Gilbert A. Pierce, of North Dakota, a man who is likely to make his mark in the United States Senate. Senator Pierce will go to Washington, by his own admission, a representative of the farming classes. He said in his speech accepting the Senatorahip: "Permit me to say that while I go to Washington as the rcpre-sentf tive of the whole of North Dakota. Mid retirement.

It would bo a great affliction to Washington to lose the flower man, His neeth'sida of the quiet thoroughfare. It is a lltfla two-story bouse of timber and plaster, While it has been restored until It looks like a fashionable American sea side residence. A-bWI-cord bangs by the door-post. I pull it, end 'jj upper half of the door opens. A re-and elderly Kngliahman bids me wel-rfoiua, adding that the price of admission is a sixpence with as much extra for the museum.

I soon find myself inside a low dingy, wooden, rough room, witli a stone floor and a big open fireplace. It is known that as long ngo as 1563, John Shakespeare the father of William, lived here. It now belongs to the British nation. The house must have been well built in its day.for even now the great rough-hewn ttmbem of oak are as solid as ever, the plastering remains firmly in the walls, that in tfce ream where "nature'sdarling" was born being held to the coiling with a lattice work thin strips ef Iron. The chimney stands Kke a rock, and the wooden floors and stairs hew only the effects of innumerable footsteps.

There is the wide and cosy seat in the tammey where the poet, as a boy, saw ghosts in. the dying embers; there is the little upper tooth wliere ho first saw the round sun there is the back chamber where his father eatded wool, and in the museum one is shown the ancient, dark-colored, well-whittled school-bench before which sat the shining morning face" of the little William in his attempt to leara small Latin and less Greek." The museum is filled with cases of relics of she poet and his time. A gold ring he is supposed to have worn has W. 8." cut upon the seal. If he ever wore this ring it must hare been upon his thumb, after the style of modern Germans and Chinese, for it is too large for the finger of any man of ordinary ire.

The walls of the museum are lined with portraits of actors and Sliakesperian scholars, while the whole inside of the house bond vast autograph album. Photographs of the statues of Shakespeare in all parts of the world are shown, as well as a library of the various editions of his works. The collection from America is far from complete, however. Altogether the museum is an impressed with tlie thought that Shakespeare must have been a very wonderful man to have accomp-Kshed what is imputed to him under the in-ftuence of such humble environments. After all Baoon may have been the real author eMbe great dramas.

A-fter doing tho birth-placef afod looking ever tlie crowd of Americans which throngs 11 the rooms, while others outside are waiting to get inside, I start for a walk through the town, on my way to the church where the poet's remains rest, surrounded by the dust of his family. Going through the mar- presence ana popularity are suggestive of a tone of Puritan morality here among the haunts of nation-aLstatcsmanship that impresses tlie rural visitor with the anti- as anxious to serve all classes and ail avocations, I cannot forget that I am to be in a peculiar manner the representative of an agricultural people and an agricultural State. The farming interest is the wmeswnuiueso thb Dntmrnn'S CHIUST-and other flow- mas cheer. ers. For fish we have the mountain trout, the flesh in some being white and in others salmon-colored.

The flavor is delicious. Canvas-back ducks are very plentiful in Oregon, and can be had for a quarter each. I always have a pair of these served with the universal turkey, which is served all over the lar 1. New England customs in the matter of the culinary art prevail to a great extent, and we have rich mince pies flavored with brandy, also the deep-dished chicken pie and pies made of lemons and oranges. There is an abundance of fruits and a profusion of vegetables.

All of which summary of great folks' feasts seems to me to be only that one touch of nature which makes the whole world kin. One of the most famous chefs de cuisine in Washington was asked togive his ideal bill of fare for a Christmas dinner. He said, after reflection: "The best dinner Ievetate in my life was at a little riverside Virginia hotel a hundred miles down the Potomac It was an ideal dinner, and would do with Blight changes for a Christmas dinner anywhere. It was served by the landlord's wifo and daughter I took a party of a dozen friends down to eat it, I was charged $15; 1 would want $100 for the samo dinner and it wouldn't be half as good. We provided our own wine, by the way.

This is the menu, and, using domestic fowls instead of game, it could be served in any family;" Par isi an healthful ness of the surroundings of his favorite: 1 stufredwith spices, roasted, and Senator or Representative. Let it be under dominant interest and stood that Washington tolerates no pretty upon the prosperity of that interest depends the prosperity of all or fascinating fiower girls. This virt uous and correct tone of the moral atmosphere be it said, is not in any wise lessoned by the re-appearance of the neat and trim figure of Dr. Mary Walker in the Capi tol lobbies, with long frock coat modestly buttoned up, real derby hat and natty cane. 0 The rural visitor as he brashes past her, as i mi r.

i she holds some gaunt member by pressed in a A mold. It is expected to last through, the holidays, and Raw Oysters. Fried Oysters. Fish Croquettes. classes.

I am in favor senator kehob. therefore of fostering and protecting the farmers of this commonwealth and their interests by every legitimate and praaticable means." Senator Pierce is about 48 years old. He was born in New York, but moved to Indiana when but 10 years old, He attended tha Chicago law school. After his admission to the bar he practiced at Valparaiso, for sixmdnths before the war. He served in West Virginia under General George B.

McClellan; nnd participated in tho battles of Phillippi, Laurel Hill, and Car-rick's Ford. Upon June 3, 1861, was appointed captain and assistant quartermaster by President Lincoln, and was assigned to duty at Paducah, Ky. He served at Fort Donelson and Shiloh, and also in the Vick3-bnrg campaign. He was promoted to a lieutenant-colonel and chief qnartormaster of the Thirteenth army corps in 1803, and was made colonel and inspector of departments in 18U3. In 1805 Colonel Pierce was elected to the Indiana Legislature, and was chairman of the committee on benevolent institutions.

In 18G9 ho was appointed oneof tbe financial secretaries of the United States Senate. He resigned this position to accept an editorial chair on the Chicago Intr Ocean. In 1S83 he bocamo connected with the Chicago News and was thus engaged when appointed as Governor of Dakota. Celery. Cold Slaw.

Fried Chicken, Virginia style. Keed Birds cooked in Sweet Potatoes. Canvasback Duck, Currant Roast Wild Turkey, Chestnut Stuffing. Cranbeerry Sauce, Mashed Potatoes. Spinach with Egg.

Celery Salad. Maccaroni with Cheese, Fratt Collee. Nut the- buttonhole, pouring into his ears an eloquent appeal to support her claim for a pension for services rendered during the dark days of the war, will he apt to think that said member's wife has sent the eldest hopeful down to bear a message on some pressing question domestic economy. Alag, that a question of doubt should now arise. In one respect Washington is no longer a "slow" town.

There is no aspect of its outdoor life likely to attract so on the Democratic ticket in 18u0, serving until 18o5, and afterwards became United States Senator. He was a member of the committee on military affairs during each term, and in the Thirty-eighth Congress served on the committee on ways and means, and as chairman of the special committee on admitting members of the cabinet to the floor of the House of Representatives. His most memorable service in Congress, however, was in connection with tho passBge of tho civil service law, of which he has been called the father. He was nominated for the Vice-Presidency en the ticket with Gcorga B. McCkllan for President in 1S61.

He was appointed United States minister to Germany by President Cleveland in 1885. While living in Berlin Mr. Pendleton sustained a severe bereavement in the death of his wife, who, while on a visit to this country, was thrown from her carriage in Ceo-' tral Park and killed. He was a singularly handsome man, and in consequence of his grace and elegance of manner was frequently called "Gentleman George." A congress of.Erropcan statesmen to devise means to abolish the-African slave trade is in session In Brwflds, Belgium. A committee of the national convention of commercial bodies called on President Harrison and urged him to recommend in his message t(.

congress the pa-wage of the Tor-rey bankrupt bill. 'try A it r. all pick at it cknteii iwe. whenever they please. Another dish is a roasted sucking pig.

with a lemcn in its mouth. Tlie plum pudding is very rich, is tufted with blanched almonds, decorated with holly, and when served has brandy poured over it, which is set on fire. No soup, pies, or cakes arr; served by us on Christmas. Tho centre of the table should be heaped with all sorts of fruit. I asked Mrs.

Senator Morrill, of Vermont, whose husband 13 the "Father of the Senate," to give her views of a Christmas dinner. She said: Thanksgiving is the great day in Vermont, but the Christmas festival, through the growing habit of an interchange of presents, is coming more and more into power. My menu would be oysters served raw, soup, fish, followed by either a roast goose or a Narragan-seit turkey. Many people do not like goose, but it is the proper dish for Christmas. We always have a Narragansott turkey.

The late Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island, for many years sent us one of these turkeys. They weigh as high as 45 pounds. A chicken pie is also a Vermont Christmas dish. The chicken is boiled, the flesh nicely taken from the bones, put into a deep dish with crust, properly flavored and baked. Roast venison is also a dish for a Vermont Christmas dinner when it can be had.

The plum pudding ts ni cdo very rich, Ws also fcavo pwapfcia On Chrystmos davo, let all take cheere; Eat, drink, be merrie in God's fear; And while ye freely feast, be sura With bountie to regard the poor much attention; irora ma visiting stranger as the ever-present heel So shall Chrysto kDOW ye, ej-ery one. which day and night mingles with the other vehicles upon the smooth pavements. As the rural visitor for tho first time sees Belra And give his bltwsed woiilo, "vital lim.a." A call for a national conference ef colored men has been issued, and prominent men of the race will meetin Chicago the fourth Moo-day in June, 1S80, for the purpose of consulting upon the present condit ion of the colored people and to form a national league, whereby they can link together the whole chain of enlightened minds among them to elevate and pititfot the interests of the colored prp! ia every state and terr-sry la the union. kei place one one seas the large Gothic, drinking fountain erected by "a oilmen of pliila-dolpliia, U. 8.

A "-a i ir 1 hllds who is as modest as he coA r.nd rontrou. It Is a costly struutuic, but no very i rut'y i artwtic. And as tlie weaiher is never warm la England, the people theve never got very LocfcwoQd whirl by rtpon her tricycle, her ribfcons and locks streaming in the wind, and the abandon of movement and aspect icarccfy offset by theskacpdXin volume under hot arm, or es lie a bevy of the roost tSsafraisig of damsels, in close fitting rruta. 8. W.

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