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BY MARJORIE HOWE DIXON Of course you know that Samuel Pepys wrote his diary in cipher, and tHat it was some two hundred years before it was deciphered. Due to the fact that it was written in shorthand, lie Could write intimately of the hap lyings of his day, in a way he would i\pi otherwise have dared. Hence the lively interest we feel in hip Diary, Kday. . liet us see how he celebrated Christinas. There was turkey in those days iff-Meirle England, but we find it was served on the 23rd of December, perJwps because it fell on a Sunday in tlje year 1660. i "23r,d. (l^ord's day) In the morning t<^. church. where our pew all covered \yitb fOsemary and baize. A stranger made $ dull sermon. Home and fbimd.juy wife and maid with much r\da had made shift to spit a great tprkey-eent me this week from Charlie Carter. my old colleague, new minister in Huntinghouse, but not at all roasted, and so I was fain to stay till two o'clock, and after that to church with my wife, and a good sermon there was, and so home." "25th. (Christmas Day) In the morning to church, where Mr. Mills, made a very good sermon. Home to dinner, where my brother Tom (who this morning came to see my wife's new mantle nut on, which do please me very well) to a good shoulder of mutton and chicken. After dinner jMMISWKMSIB f Logan * K WISHES FOR i 1| MERRY < % May Our Most 8 General Pub] B Even Moi THAT AT THE < V fj ERY OTHER ? \ 3 TO EUR 1 Sll> K .fcfcc , ffi A MERRY C'llIJl 3 YOU AND 1 Logar U "WE XT! M Near C. & N.-W. D I . j . m Zhristm it stiSM p rfjjijS&uUniUt, again, my wife and I, where we had a dull sermon of u stranger, which made me sleep." A year later we find that Pepys went to church as usual on Christmas day, but that the following day he and his wife and a group of friends found a merry bowl with singing at an alehouse,?the good old wassail mentioned in Diekens and again in Irving"s tale of Bracebridge Hall. In the year 1662, there was Christmas giving, just as there is now, and the tipping of servants. On December 24th Pepys writes, "This evening Mr. Gauden sent me against Christmas, a great chine of beef (whatever that may be) and three dozen tongues. I did give 5 s, to the man that brought it and a half a crown to the porters." On Christmas Day Pepys heard a sermon on the text, "Glory to God on highj on earth peace, and good will towards men." Later he says, "I walked home again with great pleasure, and there dined by my wife's bed side with great content having a) mess of brave plum-porridge and a roasted pullet for dinner, and I sent for a mince pie abroad, my wife not being well, to make any herself yet." Evidently his wife soon recovered for she was able to join him at a theatre party on the 28th of that month. Many times Pepys held celebration before Christmas. Thus on the 24th of the month (1665) we And he made this entry: THE i Lumber ILL ITS CUSTOMERS AN: CHRISTMAS ai V HAPPY NEW atisfactory and Pleasant Re] lie That Have Existed In Pi re Pleasant and Generally Sat: ? In the Future ? I We Would || Our Fri christmas season an] season we remain in nisi i them: with bui plies and mi at we a vlways ready to figure on repair jobs ND AGAIN WE SA1 A 1 1/ 4 A V? A ? * A 1 t? _ KTMAS AND A HAPPY > YOURS. i Lumber l\ E. MOORE, Proprietor ilA'E TO SERVE AND S iepot as i e/Jbft Time * "24th. (Sunday) To dinner, my landlady and her daughter with me and had mince-pies, and very merry at a mischance her young son had, in tearing of his new coat quite down .the outside of his sleeve in the whol cloth. Then to church, and placed myself In V|? r\ar-ann'o rvaur nnrlpr fhf> nillnit. to hear Mrs. Chamberlin in the next pew sing-, who is daughter to Sir James Bunce, of whom I have heard much, and indeed she sings very finely." Mince-pies were certainly Pepys favorites. His wife seemed to have gone to great measures to provide her husband with his mince pie. In December, 1666, he wrote: "25th. (Christmas Day) Lay pretty long in bed, and then rose, leaving my wife desirous of sleep, having sat up till four this morning, seeing her maids make mince-pies. I to church, where our parson Mills made a good sermon. Then home, and dines well on some ribs of beef roasted, and mince-pies; only my wite, brother, and Barker, and plenty of good wine of my own, and my heait full of true joy; and thanks to God Almighty for the goodness of my condition at this day." In 1667 Pepys spent Christmas eve at the Queen's chapel and there witnessed a religious presentation of the advent of our Lord. He mentions his amazement at the mixture of the crowd, there being many footman and beggar, with here and there a fine Yard | D FRIENDS, A f> id I J YEAR! | lations With the ist Years Be isfactory j|j 1 Remind I f j I ends i [) DURING EV- Jl r POSITION jtt LDERS' j| RE j? i 1 ;ew year to 8? I Yard J ATISFY" 2 YORK, S. C. K lr.dy, the clergy and noble with the Queen and her ladies. Pepys was most concerned about his pockets being picked. The "shew" as he called it lasted until early morning when he finally took a coach after drinking some burnt wine at the Rose Tavern door. He begins his diary for the 26th with his ride home in the moonlight and he stopped and "dropped money at five or six places which he (I) was j the willinger to do, it being Christmas- l day." His wife was asleep when he w iii wnwiw m ik ny minimww, - /mw ssa&m I WE DO NOT CARR^ i MADE GOODS 1 | YOU WILL FIND W ARTICLES T S5 I Odd Dressers, Rugs, Rc I erings, Mattre ! 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