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Show Trinity Thorn Disappoints. Tho Glastonbury thorn In Trinity churchyard, Now York, disappointed Its friends again this year by falling to put forth tho "whlto buttercup" blossoms with which It never falls in England to greet January 7, Christmas Christ-mas day according to tho old tlmo calendar. cal-endar. Uut thoso who went to tho churchynrd yesterday and tho day boforo bo-foro to see how tho thorn was getting along wcro pleased to boo that It had responded to tho day that spring filched from winter on January 7, nnd although lacking bloom gavo signs ot sturdy lifo. Tho thorn was brought from tho ancient an-cient Benedictine Abbey In Somersetshire Somerset-shire a year ago last fall and planted under tho personal direction ot tho Rov. Dr. W. T. Manning, rector of Trinity. It Is a sprig of tho original Glastonbury thorn, which legend says was an offshoot of tho staff of St Joseph of Arlmathea. It had been feared that tho thorn, which Is not largo, would not .live, but It is vigorous In Its second New York winter, nnd perhaps may show Its Christmas blossomB another year. |