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Show NEW YEAR'S DAY IN ENGLAND. New Year's day is kept very curl- j msly in some of the old countries. In 1 Cngland the ringing of bells is about he only formal demonstration they ihow for the anniversary at the pres- , nt time, though years ago it was as nuch of a gala day as Christmai. rhey used to give presents and have . ;reat feasts, and there was a good sal of revelry and drunkenness, more han there ought to have been In a ilvilized community. On the whole he new is quite as good as tke old vay, to my thinking. In Denmark the :annon booms, as a ound of Joy to velcome in the new year. Every nornlng of the first of January, Copen-lagen Copen-lagen is shaken by this peaceful can-lonading. can-lonading. The people in the rural listricts go to the farmhousea and Are heir muskets under the windows of he sleeping inmates, to inform them hat a new year is at hand. The cus- i om is not a very nice one; it smacks I oo much of old time roughness and udeness. |