... CHRISTMAS. rs. PORTSMO UTH OBSERVANCES. it, A green Christmas, and one attended by mist n and rain. such ?? we have had this year, falls so as far short of the popular idea of what the weather ought to be, that people scarcely seem to realise OF that ...

... aged poor, your enp Christmas treats in Workhoouses., and your less cone ostentatious butnotlessvaluableprivategifts, each This one in his own district, and among his own and people. We are glad to know that this custom gran of Christmas charity in Portsmouth ...

... CHRISIMAS. cut , Christmas Day has now passed; but there is New ier, Year's Day to come yet, uni Twsvelfth Day. Fir- .i.d iick the full twelvec h lidays, says RobeLt Herrich, of who wias the tery Rolbin Goodfellow of poets. This fc was-tbe custrns ...

... the inconme tax increases also. It is tru-e that there is plenty of Christmas literature, Christmas ,numbers and Christmas cards in bewildering variety. Perhaps this Christmas line of goods P: is a little played out, and what was spon- tancous has become ...

... A BRIGHT DAY IN. PORTSMOUTH On Saturdav lasttbe usual Christmas services the were held in the various places of worship in the tnh borough, and from the pulpit wlas voiced the tly, Angels' Christmas message, Peace on earth, the goodwvillto men. A co ...

... CHRISTMAS. in We give a right hearty wvelcomeI to Christmas I We Not invoke oll Suitable blessings onl his fsost besprinkled Sam beau I We love to see that hard couatetoasce of his ro- I laxing into genlial Sniles, anda to mnark how, from beseatis \V ...

... PETERSFIELD CHRISTMAS SHOW MARKET.*This market was held on Wednesday last, and was (as we last week intimated would be the case) very fully supplied with first class stock. Buyers were not so numerous as onsite former occasions, but still a large number ...

... CHRISTMAS AT MALTA. {of - -A ?? (FnoM OUR OWN CORRESPOINDENT.) a Christmas Morning,. -. Christinas Cones bait once a y'ear. Au(] when it comies it bringe good abeer. 0 f Another revolution in thle mysterious wheel of C time has brought us once more to ...

... .CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS THE CHRISTMAS TREE. The Christmas tree is an ancient feature of the day; older indeed, some have declared, than the day itself-if the bull be permissible. It has its origin in Germany, and German tradition traces it back to the ?? of ...

... THE CHRISTMAS HOITDAYS. IL,,11 - s - .. - Lo - Lo .- 6 Chistmas has, this year, been kept up with a zest quite 1.47 equal to that of former years. On Cbristimas morning, 1.2 Divine service was performed Hn all the churches, and in .79 most of the chapels ...

... CHRISTMAS ANNUALS. rc- 01hristmas is coming; but the Christmas a annuals are beating the festive season,: as usual, s and some of them are in already with a long lead. it And they are welcome, as such budgets of attrac- ti tive light.reading must needs ...

... THE TRUMPETER'S CHRISTMAS.- [From the WnSgl~sbawy Zctrekld.] To talk of a trumpeter who cannot blow a trumpet sounds rather anomalous. Yet a bandsman acknow- ledged that he had been in the uniortunate predica- mont of being unable to perform even this ...