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Show jtlfflj hT. HUNTIMS HU. fjlra "I Om Tina day, 1 ebruary H, the letter. iffitjSI K If earrler In partlcul ir, unj itomce nSjE3 ,.1 ,1 ofllolala lu kouomI, uru Inollnod mora SUTill 1 ' or l' 'ol'rwIbllltj.uiileM, luditid, 5P?W t "') " blewol with unuiual euaulu,. f i 'JB riiei i ractlca of axalumitli s titlutwa ( ofUndertluicter, ud Mryurtcuof j ?il I aourrlloui nature, LelMoeu younn 'EM. li- titn of both aexea haa lifcome an cxtcmlva one The luinuracture of what are now lulled 'valentlnea" It a plfantlo Inluelry, anl Hla little on iler the imtinau Thogroam and Bwcata tin ler a weiry loi t of ilogrierel rertn l likely lo low hla temper. The prac li l honnvcr, a very old ouo, nn 1 a very hoputir one, aud II lookaiulflt woul I not low Ila joi iilatlly. IV pyt, that fjmoua LiiglUlimau who I apt a iiry awny luck In Iho old daya oflhoKtuarl.,niakea luenll'in of thla i uiiiro and aaya It waa not coarinnl bi nmnwurled Nraomof both tu-xea, lait It mailed among Ihe llrlthh uatroiu oflhallin. lurthcr I ark atlll the olrviinre of thadaynuan rxtiLlleliHl lntllullon InlheJlrltlihlttiiida an lu Wnlirn Ijuoi. On Ihe evo of tha Hth of I tliruuy, Iho nialila and Imrheloie of tillage would aiwmLle nnd liucrltm nimra or mirk of Idrntlflcitloii on little Mllcui.nud then throw thtm Into an uru, antngiaiil drawing would fulliiw. Ofrourae Iho bachelor woull draw a u.al I or vlcvtcnia. The errou drawn lu thla manner Lccomi-a tho Valentine of the drawer. Tho ruiloni la connected with Ihe name of HU Va. entlne, mailyrof thniaily Clulillan Church, lait In what way no writer haa clearly ahowu. Tho rtilul, howotrr, laaat ciatol with thu lore ruiklinr of tho dny. Claulcal hUlorltua connect thla cua-tom cua-tom with the I iricalla of the Itoman lagaia. Luparcua woa the noil of ferllllt), an I aluut II o ml I lie of I ebruary eb-ruary Ilia rtllgloua obeertnncea In hU " --1 '-vT Tho hco whoro tlieta rltia wero Iietforiued aa railed the I.urcnl, nnd wu (United on the I'aUtlne hill of ancient Itome. An Imago of the K"l cotereil with a coat akin, K'acol the plico. Home of the cerrmoulea conalated of aacrlnctn,! IjuaU and doira. The irlrata were called I.upercl, and they cut the iklm of the xuitt Into thonm, then went about the rdrrcta laahlni; tho woman with thefttf tliulitfa Iho women who were Ihua ttrlcken felt honored, Lv cauHi the atrlklug incnlit the Infertility ofuilitriiiK. Thla audi nl cuttom or rellglone ob aenrance la aald to be the aource of our Valeultiio'eilny. In tha early daya of Ihe Church lullome ItwiiafouuJ lm-poeilUe lm-poeilUe to wean the eople from the old Kan rllca.ThaChrlitlau ttlatliouxbt, trtiipaatatuotoonuof tholr marlyia, porhepacSt. Valentine, In phceof the god I.uporcua, aud a more tentlUe method of celebration waa auLatlluted than that of alaylog goata and dog. It curtalnly wot an Improvement on tho old Ian Lut II woa not LhrlallAidly. rhbj fact rurnlaliM lo uiaddltloml utldencu that what la called C'lirlttl.-m-lly U largely ltonutu and (Irecle jauraii. Imu riconatrucod for a newentlron ment, ilot. If ivot all, Ihe fcaU, fckllvalii, and raored oliervaucea pf tho "Chrlillana" ol tho fourth, fifth nnd filth centurlra wero Ihua Inatllutod. I'.Mn tha rent ChrUtmu day waa Inatltiitnl an 1 flxeu to aa lo conform to inu oj inlon, and toubtltuteCbrltforJtiltcr. Vah ntlno toudlug would l a harm. K-m ciuloiu If II we ro not for Ihe liwulta often ofleied under cour of mlMtvta aeut through the putolllce, an I the rowdy lain Indulged lu by boya hi the Wet who frequently go m far n-j to damage rort ly throwing roekaut the doom of houica wherutluy leave tlielr utuilly atuld alentliie. All Ihla l a par eralon of tUo tlrnvdioiiorul ruttoui and ahould be eliminated from It through the force c( public oilnlou and cITurta to rulw Iho tone of Jul e ulle aenllment. l.Jucallon rather than li-gulfoico laneodnl In Ihladlreetlou, though Ihe arm of the law ahoull ti wurkoil If there la no other ower a vaIN nblo for thu protection of rltltrneanl Ihelr roity, Nalcutlne'a day inmUieM Ui riuialu for many yiara nurked ua ono of the red letter daya of the calenj.it |
