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Show Christmas. The groat winter holiday hol-iday passed off with romarkable quietv noss, aidod greatly during the day by a constant downpouring of rain. There was no laok of privato parties whore onjovmcnfc was shared by select oirclea, and at night the streets presented a rather crowded appcaranoe, with a considerable quantity of "(angle-leg" walking around incased in corporeities corporei-ties borne up by rather unsteady limbs; and in a few instances belligeronoy manifested itself in small attempts at fistiouffs. But taken altogether, Christmas Christ-mas passed with a pleasant flow of good nature, an average display of enjoyment, en-joyment, and a feeling that when it came round again it would bo wcl-oome. |