OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXV

OCEAN’ CITY, X. J., THURSDAY, DECEMBER LJ.

NO. :is

OceanCity Sentinel ruw.w. LAW OFFICES

OCKAN Cl TV. tsj. J.

ochuyler C. Woodhull, K CURTIS ROBINSON Kdlux and PfopricUM rm ‘

MORGAN HAND,

. Ptf Y»«r. Btfictly in Advance .

ti.50 .1 End of Year _ • . ATTORNEY and

COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

CITY DIRECTORY. HiScy

CITY OFfTCIALS " ' “- 1 -' , ad.,., JONATHAN. HAN I),

3 # T. ABBOTT, M. D., I*h)aIHm •nd NurK*-uu, O.-FICE Urwr Ceitnl ul UrttL orrice mou^b ^ J. C HUTCHINSON, M. D. 1 lom<BoputhiMt. No. Mii4 Ocuati Avenue.

JERSEY PROSPEROUS

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We Wish You - - A Merry Christmas

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ROBERT FISHER Wenl I5estt»te BOURSE BUILDING Eighth St. and Asbury Ave., OCEAN CITY Ooyoaaaut a«’oUa»r<>f Hulal7 Have you anyllilu* f.»r reuIT lk> you »i»li lo buy, -v bavr you anyiblu* lo aril? Lai Ine kuow-I’LL IH» TH K UKSi C«t«Ioc« on application.

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EDWARD STONEHILL Is wuiuuu II nuuiMiim BRICIUTU and PIMTERM All work lu maw«i line promptly atieiuled to... WOO Brighton Place OCEAN CITY. N. J. nn.i-i. r»u.Ki*ao**K x '_ OCEAN CITY BAKERY '(Hurryaaor U T. A. Neboek.) WtEAU. FANCY CAKES *a4 PIES GEORGE S. BICKEL, Proprietor NO. SIS ASBURY AVENUE. Ocaaa Cfty.N. J.

RUSH ADVERTISiNG AGENCY Ocean City, K. /•

DAVID MUIR. JR., TMMfl-SlaHoofiDg, CORRUGATED IRON WORK, FURNACES AND RANGES. 405 Wesley Avenue, • Ocean City, N. J. Ke|ialr> ol every dwri|4loti for all make* »r Kumart* and Kanje*. Kepalrlnc done pr..rfl|-Uy. Smoky rhlmoeya . ired or no charxe. Shop lu rear.

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TJ»b holiday look of some Plumbing It is not what it seems. Our Plumbing appear* to be jus! what it is. If-'it looks right it is right. It never looks bad—and you never saw any of our work that was l ...GET IT RIGHT... Don’t run risk*. I.et us do your repairing as a trial job.

JO HIV R. GROVES, 649 ASBURY AVEmiE, :: OCEAH CITY, It. J.

aalor, ai-ttlne almtit ST a buiMtrert for the trees, arier wbk-b tire wbolewilor Beils tbem tu tire- retailer at a rood profit. an.l ti e n'tailer d.ies tils ls»t lo (n-t bis pru-e, tnmi tlie liimsewlfe and

tie* bead ..r tile family.

Tbe Istusbs of nr brlns the lilsbaat priie Ims-iium* of tboir ayripuetry and

bauble

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reiuarkabU- facia as Sieens Ilea in people cvho handle se uiert-bauta do a

rushing hus ness and work ateadlly ! from Ocintwr to the lat of January, j after willed, the} take a iamtlnn and ate the iuxlest of all Kller* from Janu I ary to tlw «e\t Ortober. Tbelr aea son !• ouly tliree ■fruit hs Ions, but they j bate to --tep lively- dttrlnc that time or It w i I |miss tliecu by unreiuanerated.

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iruriug the middle sees Cbriatmaa j waa celebratej by tbe *ay faataaUv ' a|.evtacle of drauiatk myafWiaa and moralities gneu by personages in gru ; u ",ue masks and siusular coatomas. ! The s.-euery usually represented an In | faut iu a cradle surrounded by tbe Vlrj Shi Mary and At. JcwepU. hulL' beads, ht-ruba. eastern magi and many orna-

atl came in t.*eiber The candles were • I liglited. and all stood about admtnng i the beautiful tree. i "What u happy chause for me!" ex i rtnlmed Hie b die sprig "Had uot the ; I rblldren .sune and brought me down < here 1 should now tie a part of my ! I parrut Push, out lu tbe c«M wind, with » nothing strive me but a murky sky. ja nothing beuenth lull the cold snow." .a Then souie of tlie elder peo|>le m bo j

ChrtaHnas lu the Holy l.md u an In-

terwsitng ei|«aieiwe. iml.,,1 it la oae

never lo he. furgotlm. and every Christ

mas thousands of |er~ois Hum all over Ilia world Uli'ke a Jcmniey to I'alesttue In order to niiuess the curious eerenio.

d there during the festive sea-

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here in tbe night when re In bed aud cttstrihnl ■ be mile ones. Rac-b

paekage was inarked with the name of the chtU for whom It was Intended and wag opened eagerly. The bcdly ; sprig, hanging high In the center of lbs room, could see everyrblSg and as earb ehlM opeawst It* paekage wntidicd

eagerly to are wTal

ped. There was frec|uenl elapplns of baudA Shouts erf l.cluthier, rtcrythlns

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-This Is dehgtitfnl" said tbe holly 1] spring to Itself -I w onder If ttiey arti going to do this often.” . I

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ihe Aanviic m nearly every Dutch town at 2 o.-lock ciirlstmaa morning tbe yonug mm sswialde. at tbe market | pla»e. alugii g tlie -iilirta" and other bytuus. une of tlicm vrrries a large Star on a pula. This is supposed to repraaeut the star that guided the steps Of the three kings to the stable at

Then there were ols or some which recalled the aougs of tbe sbephenla at the Nativity. These songs were attended by dances to the rhythm of tbe various musical Instruments. Kverylwdy Joined this marry making, and the wild music and slug log were kept up tbe livelong night Of these ancient Christmas carols but few hate been preserved to us. Tbrfore gmug seemed to be the custom Sf all Christlau nations during tbe middle »Ac«. In Italy It waa tbe custom of tbs Cal*brliiu minstrels to descend from the mountains and discourse their wild music before the shrine of fbt Virgin 1 Mary, iu Kagland aud on tba coutin...t*n* hells an* still ruug al rntdnl.b^ Among other revrla of lbs C. rUlrnns aenson were tbe so called fi st* of fouls and aasss. In srbteb er erythin* serious waa burleaqatd, tofc nors dressed up as tbelr superiors ai.-l great men bevoming piayfid. tba w cole ►bowing the pruin-uesa of man to rrvei-M. i he- orclcr of society aad to rl icule Its detenc-lea ■“ j In England Christmas la a term at religious and merrymaking

dIslam objerts al

iravigant Increase In height : without alteration in breadth. Distant |

rlea of les are t

into Immense lowers or tall. Jaggsd mounts Ins. and a ship thus reflected from far out af aaa any appear tc twelve or fifleen limes as tall M It la ’ tong. Rocks and trees are also shown In abnormal shapes and positions, while bsuass. animal and human beings appear In like exaggerated shapes Before the sandy plains of our south western ststss and territories were converted Into verdant AeMa by tbs ingenuity and Mrs tens rasegy of nun mirages were very common hi Ibcue regions. tbs Indiana regarding tbe phenomenon as being the work of evil

artistically, tlie lower voieos being especially fine. They make e good appraranqr cm the platform. WbHe their aelaclions are menyoftbsmof a classic character, they are Wise enough to ailiR [Wpulat music and sing It with

8o YEARS OLD

mebiy at I Jven"*ol s..mc* it he csmW read a newspaper

sticking hits sf looking glsa on ll and then plxcing Ills refieetor hebiad tbe candle. Captain llut.-bhiami. a Aork master, waa present, and from

• bleb be evoive

rbesplen. In parts of bwltseiiand tbs baker's wife tarries round the bread la a sort of hamper, and she ha* not a fixed immutable charge, but til a Bars for a price with the . cummer* The old English word for this process was “c-benping," which In many pla.ss In Englaad baa been corrupted Into rhlpplog. Chipping Norton, for Instance, Is really Cbeaping Norton, or tbe place where goods were c-beapened that Is. sold by rhslfer

A number of tbe relatives of Joseph Kurt amembled by Invitation on Thursday at hia home on tba Shiloh turnpike to cetebrate tbe eightieth anni-

versary of his birth

An excelleiil dlnuar, to whleb atl dkl Justice, ■ as served at I o’clock, : after which a social time was enjoyed. Mr. Kurt was tbe recipient of numerous aud useful gift*. The party disbursed, v tab lug tbelr boot many more such happy occasions. Tbs milled gucel* were Mrs. Hannah Bacon and Mias Imc-y Bacon, of DivUing Creek; Mr*. John Burt, of Ocean City; Cha*. riUep[>ard, of VlBeland; Mrs. Harry Crtcklar, of Atianlic City; Hsv. J. H. Boswell and daughter, Mr. aad Mrs. J. Ogdfu Burt, Dr. and Mr*. Elbert T. Davis, Mr. and Mia. -Vbsrt Bolton

aud daughter, Harrtet.

This giving of sens! sensible bfi* be the Imxuris* that perbaps tba peopka ] you're glrlng to dos t Net ibey eau afford. Kverylhlng wkb a use—be it pots end pans or a picture—is classed under tint heeding, * Ub, for opposite*, lo be classed under tba bead of actual luxuries, such delightful frivof- ; Hie* aa Jewelry and tba pretty trifids of life.

I from All Hallow era lias. They lived on tbe fat

rule lasted Caudlcmai

all of

Invited In to share tbe general fun and merrymaking.-Houston Poet

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In Burgundy .-ared. *r» exceedingly papular. Inched not more rberlshed la | tbe Gennnn'a Christmas tree, with its fUtterlug ornaments and tier Christ Child, or the RngUshtn.tn's red hilly horrtes, my stir mtslletnp. Making hearth fire and smoking plum pisldlag than are tbe ditth-s sung all ibruugb advent until < hrisimas eve by tlw good