Show holidays at r EDITOR HERALD the festivities commenced with a social party on christmas eve and on christmas day some odthe young men discovered santa wandering around in the mud it was the murdiest muddiest mud diest christmas huntsville ever saw and conducted the od gentleman in triumph to the schoolhouse where a magnificent christinas tree loaded with presents was dis Tc the rev santa clans assisted by the ever affable charles wright and other public spirited individuals distributed the presents to the eager little ones whose de no bounds night was lev efaw the young people especially never seem to tire of this amusement the parties however were the most or derly and best conducted that wo ever witnessed in this place an almost entire absence of liquor a the parties and upon the streets attest much improvement among the young men which iare pleased to state ia to their honor the old year breathed its last amid the falling odthe long expected snow face of alie new year was welcomed by the the merry sleigh bells the festivities evening the d dinst by the adram abic association giving their mactor black ui an t |