Show has Col come tinie ring ye merry merr bells belle ring and let the joyful fact be known li that even in these valleys of the mountains 11 the time for egg nog and santa claus clans has come a gain again the ibe anniversary birthday birth day of him whose mission brought peace on earth anti and good will to men has again come and gone throughout the world among the ten tell thousand saN salutations tationa that have laie been uttered throughout theeart the earth bp we too ave ours to offer we confess that hat we are som somewhat dilapidated from the effect of deep gotten up in in the roost most elaborate sty st ie with long a and h d short sw sweetening inions na of balls parties arties roast turkeys and pretty girls are still kitling fitting lit ling before us as wi we sit it in in our eur sanc sanctum turn but duty and an anxious dire desire to earn in noney money with which to buy our summers clothing com compels us in in spite of our headache head bead ache heartache heart ache and several hundred other in misfortunes is fortunes to greet our readers one ali and d all upon an occasion of such on universal vera s I 1 joy boy we intended inter ded to hang up our stocking but the mournful fact of having but one pair and the uncertain liberality of our most intimate friends kept us from the repetition ot of an old dist appointment T the pe pesa year has been full fall of events of tle the kind a review of the most in or t important we w will 1 i 11 riot not attempt now knowing full fall well that bygones by gones are better let alone mrs sickles Sic klea the great eastern a and ad the atlantic telegraph their day john brown has gone up sobas so has theorice the price of flour in in utah but the man who went up in the last balloon has not yet come down horace greely greel y lucy stone and the era sive lve soap man are all lecturing for the worthy purpose of turning art an honest penny much has been drine dane and much remains mains sto to be u S bonfi 4 as the clown s says a y 11 a ome things can be done asaeli as weli Ts 0 others othera th we ve would suggest and recommend a great deal but modeata prevents and if our reat readers leys will but anticipate our wishes we armise the them a paper which bich for ig i matter iad I fd with great care by our devil and ins his scissors shall ahall be byyny by ciny in ufah twi cuir a ali liking kingto to all our rea dears and particular to our paying subscribers we ie greet them all with a werry merry christmas Christma sp and a happy new year I 1 ear the eastern alai arrived yesterday evening in in its usual good time we had bad but a short time to look through our exchanges previous to the time at which our paper went to press we select one or two dispatches that we deemed of particular interest john brown it will be seen was executed on the second of december in conformity with the sentence first past upon him alter after this event the most important which we observe is that government Govern mert troops have ordered to take possession of the frontier provinces ot of mexico |