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80MB OF TMS CURIOUS CUSTOM! OF THE DAY, Bow tfca Goddou of Spring Is Welcomed to Slfltecnt Cauntrlat?The Imaginary Moon That Regulates the Comlne of Easter?The "Feast of Eggs." Easter Sunday, or as it was formerly called, the "Sunday of Joy," like many other ceremonies which have come down to us from earlier times, has been changed from its or iginal, and to some extent pagan, character to a religious observance, until now, more especially limited to the Romish and Episco pal churches, it is the festival of the resur rection of Christ. In olden timas there was a feast of the Teu tonic goddess Ostara (in the Anglo-Saxon Easter, whence naturally comes our Easter), the goddess of spring, and the Anglo-Saxon name for April was Easter month. The pa gan worship of Ostera was strongly rooted in Northern Germany, and was brought into Bviglmiri by the Saxons; and too early mis sionaries, finding it impossible to abolish it, endeavored, as with some other ceremonies, so far as was possible, to change it to a Christian festival, and to give to the rites a religious significance. This wss easily done in this instance; for joy at the rising of the sun, at the bursting of spring from the bonds of winter, the resurrection of the natural world, could quite easily be changed to joy at the rising of the sun of righteousness, at the resurrection of Christ, his triumph over death and the grave, Easter has often been called the Christian Passover, because the Jewish Passover was celebrated, according to the Mosaic law. on the 14th day of the month of Abi, that is, within a day or two before or after the vernal equinox. Although the church has always been united as to why Easter should be celebrated, there has been a wide difference of or ? Jon as to when it should be observed. This con troversy grew out of a diversity of custom, the Judaixing Christians keeping their pas chal feast on the same day the Jews keep their Passover?the 14th of Nisan?the He brew month corresponding to our March or April?whOe the churches of the west, in re membrance that Christ arose on Sunday, had their festival on the Sunday following the day observed by the eastern church. This discussion was kept up until the time of Con _Stan tin*, who (A D. S25) brought the subject ? before the-Bcpmenlffwl council of Nice, from which time to this Easter Sunday has been everywhere on one and the same day?the first Sunday after the full moon which happens on or next after the 21st of March; and if the full moon comes upon a Sunday, Easter day is the Sunday after* This decision was in favor of the western usage, that body holding that the Sunday after the 14th of April was proper for the commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. The introduction of the Gre gorian calendar made some changes neces sary, and the ecclesiastical authorities at last decided to regulate the time ot Easter by the moon?not, however, the actual moon, nor what is called by astronomers the "mean moon," but an imaginary moon, whose move ments are so arranged that it follows the real moon by some two or three days. Easter, which is now preceded by Lent, in early days was introduced by fasting on one day only?the Friday in Passion week, known as Good Friday; by and by the time was ex tended to forty hours, in token that Christ had lain that long in the tomb, and from this it was at lost prolonged to forty days? the season of the temptation in the wilder ness. The primitive Christians on the morn ing of this day saluted each other with the words, "Christ is arisen," to which the per son addressed answered, "Christ is arisen, in deed, and hath appeared to Simon," a custom which is still letained in the Greek church. "Indeed," nays an eminent foreign writer, "all the ceremonies attending the observance of Easter were at first exceedingly simple, but in the early part of the Fourth century a decided change w* 3 brought about Con stantine, naturally vain and fond of parade, signalized his love of dis play by celebrating this festival with extraordinary pomp. Vigils, or night watches, were instituted for Easter eve, ot which the peoplo remained in the churches until midnight. The tapers, which it had been before customary to burn at this time, did not catisfy his majesty, but huge pillars of wax were used instead; not only in tho churches, but all over the city, were they placed, that the brilliancy of the night should far exceed the light of day. Easter Sunday was noticed with most elaborate ceremonials, the pope officiating at mass, with every im posing accessory that could be devised." During the interval between Easter and Pentecost, a period of fifty days, the Chris tians were not expected to pray kneeling, for this attitude was considered as a token of humility, but rather with outstretched arms, and faces looking to heaven, at this season, when only songs of joy and gratitude were expected. Both Easter and Pentecost Sun day were accounted fortunate days on which to baptize children, and the interval lying between these days as favorable for mar riages. Various ceremonies, spirits and supersti tions havo in time- past characterized thi ^~vday, and still are many of tho old Easter customs practiced in different parts of tho wontfv That of making presents of colorod eggs wits at one time almost universal, eggs being considered symbolical of the revival of nature, the springing forth of life. ?t?SS ogg&* SSSrV ?dOd^a?i?lfc not j only faAts ertry Friday throughout the year, but for a week together at Easter. The church does not allow any flesh food; but eggs may be eaten in any quantity. On the first day of Passion week everybody present* everyone else with some little gift emblemati cal of an egg in some shape or other, which is known as Paschal eggs (ceu/s des Paque). Among a people so ingenious in triflo&as the Parisians the opportunity is not lost, so that egg-shaped articles are to be had in every conceivable variety of materials. One would think that the once imperial eagle of Franc?! had summoned all the birds of the air to come to Paris, build their nesta in shop win dows, and there deposit their eggs, forgo where you will, look into whatever shop you fancy, there you see eggs from the 617? of a caraway comfit, such as is found in the nest of the humming bird, to one as large as a bowl?the ostrich egg, for instance. The toy shops are full of egg-shaped boxes; withia them are dolls and playthings. Here you have chocolate eggs, Ml of cream wheie the yolk should be; there you have sugar eggs filled with liquor, and again, ivory eggs within which is a scent bottle. Passing along the streets are women with barrows crying aloud, "D?a teufs! des teufs.1" "Egg.?! eggsT On their perambulating boards are piled two lots of eggs, one white, natural; the other red, cooked in logwood water. Thru red eggs ready-boiled, are sold in every street in Paris. Some of the nests are beautiful works of art. Here is a sloat or weasel stealthily climbing up a tree to suck the eggs, with the parent bird in battle array, ready to drive the intruder away. Altogether in Paris, Easter eggs are ono of its sights, and well worth seeing. The rank of a princess does not shield h ;r from a salute on the cheek by the lowest boor who presents heran egg at Easter, in Russia: and the custom of distributing pace, or padie ege?the Passion or Easter egg?is still ob served by the peasantry in different parts of England; while the young people of Scot land, where the festival has been suppressed for centuries, still throw about and play with hard-boiled colored eggs, which they finally eat In the days when old and young alike )*e ceived these eggs, the demand for them was i such that they commanded oftentimes great prices. After they were boiled hard, and colored in red, violet, blue, green, etc, dyos, inscript. ->ns and various designs were traced on them, and those ornamented were ex changed by those sentimentally inclined, very much after the same fashion as are the valentines of the present day. The plainer ones were saved by the youth and used on Easter Monday in playing ball, "which, by the way, was a favorite game. On Easter Monday even the clergy indulged in the delights of this game of ball, which men, women and children reveled in. In many instances it formed a part of their ser vice, bishops and deacons taking a ball to church, and at the commencement of the anthem, while dancing to the music, threw it to the choristers, who handed it back and forth to each other during the singing. Af ier this service they all retired for rofreshmente, which usually consisted of a dish of bacon with tansy pudding?this last symbolical of the bitter herbs they were commanded to take at the Paschal feast Though these old customs are often modi fied and greatly changed, they all fcar resemblance to those from which they sprung. In certain parte of England die absurd and senseless practioe of "lifting'' er "heaving" is in vogue. This is performed by two strong men or women joining hands across each othert? wrists, forming a sort of seat, in which the person to be lifted tits, when ho is thrown up into the air two or three times, being often, during this process, carried several yards along the street On Kaster Mondays the men "lift" the women, and on Tuesdays the women return the com pliment Very ludicrous incidents have been related of travelers who, ignorant of the prevalence of this custom, have been aston ished to find themselves in the strong arms of these people, and "heaved" hi spite of their execrations and efforts for release. In olden times the churches of Europe at this season presented much the appearance of theatres, mid crowds of people jostled each other to see the sepulcbers which were erected representing the whole scene of the Savior's entombment In those days the belief prevailed that the Lord's second coming would be on Easter eve, hence the 6epulchers were anxiously watched through the night preceding Easter Sunday, until 3 am, when two aged monks would enter and take out a beautiful image of the resurrection, which was held up be fore the worshiping audience during the chanting of the anthem,4 'Christus Rcsurgeus." It was then carried to the high altar, where a procession formed with lighted tapers, and old men bearing a canopy of velvet over the image; they proceeded around the exterior of the church, all singing, rejoicing and praying, until, coming again to the high altar, their precious burden was placed there, not to be removed until Ascension day. Easter week is still the great season at Rome. For Easter Sunday the greatest preparations are made, and it is celebrated with elaborate ceremonials. The day is ushered hi by the firing of cannon, and rarly in the morning carriages with their eager freight of men and women, begin to roll to ward St Peter's, which is richly decoiated for the occasion, the altars freshly ornamented, and the light* around the tomb of St Peter all blazing. On this day the pope officiates at mass, with every imposing accessor}- that human invention can d '**e. From a hall in the palace of the Vatican he is carried into the church, borne on the shoulders of his officers. On his head he wears a round, gilded cap, representing a triple crown, signi fying spiritual and temporal power, a union of both. On all sides of him are carried large fans of ostrich feather*', in which ore placed the eye-like parts of peacock feathers, to rep resent the vigilant eyes of the church. When in the church he rests under a rich canopy of silk. After mass, to the sound of music, he is borne back to a balcony over the central doorway, where, rising from his chair of state, he pronounces a benediction, with in dulgences and absolution. The crowd of people who witness this most imposing of ull the ceremonies at Rome at this season is immense. Below the ba'cony at which the pope appears to pronounce th<? benediction is the densest crowd, who watch with upturned faces the falling of the papers containing copies of the prayers that havu been uttered, which are thrown down by tho pope und his assistants. George Bancroft Griffith. Orangeburg and Lewlcdale Katl itoad. Editor Times- and Democrat: Allow me space in your valuable columns to say a few words in reference to the proposed rail road from Orangeburg to Lewiadale. While a considerable number of our citizens were absent from the last meeting, they are none the less anxious for a road, their absence was on account of a misunderstanding. It seems that the general impression was that the meet ing would be a failure, as such meet ings had often fa<'"din the past, among us. It seems that the whole community is thoroughly interested in the move. We feel that a good road is a long felt want. Messrs. Riley and Redmond voiced the sentiments of this commu nity in the last meeting, they them selves are anxious to have the road through our section and will have the co-operation of this entire section of country, which we ? venture to say, without fear of contnuiictions, is one the most desirable and well adapted portions of the county in which to buiid a rail road; it offers the best roadbed we know of any where, indeed the whole route from Orangeburg to Lew iedale would be found almost entirely free from hills and swamps with an abundant supply of pine, oak, hickory and ash, with other varieties of timber as well as an extremely fine cotton section. While we offer these advan tages over any other route to the points mentioned we would say to the business men of Orangeburg that it is decidedly to their advantange to develop this portion of country. They have, already, almost the entire trade of the Fork and Bull Swamp sections, while the trade from the borders of Bull Swamp to the Congaree g-oes to Columbia, thereby cutting their business; with a rail road the tide of this trade would soon turn and flow back to Orangeburg. The road can be put through on the ridge between Bull Swamp and Beaver Creek at a much less cost than to go through any other community known to us. If it passes between Bull Swamp and the Edisto or beyond it will be of but little consequence to our section; while if it runs through this section, that is, between Bull Swamp and Bea ver Creek it will be of material benefit to the people of the Bull Swamp section. Now this seems a little strange to some of your 'readers, but I venture to say the* assertion can be substantiated, should any one feel doubtful on that portion of the assertions of this article. We feel that the road is a necessity and will take an active part in its construc tion, should we be favored in the com ing survey, in which, when we receive a just consideration, weare confident of having the road laid out in our midst. Fearing that this may be too long an article for your patience, I come to a close without having attached half the importance to this matter which we feel due the subject under considera tion. "We ask the earnest consideration of the corporators with the many others concerned, when the road is surveyed. We again remind them of the almost natural road bed, timber, cotton and other products of our country. We feel it a long felt want, we desire it, and if our co-operation will supply the want, we will have it P. T. H. . .CentraHill?.C~. .. __,-n Cure for Piles. Piles are frequently preceeded by a sense of weight in the back, loins and lower part of the abdomen, causing the patient to suppose he has some affec tion of the kidneys or neighboring or gans. 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