The Afterlife of George Cartwright by John Steffler

Author:John Steffler [Steffler, John]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-55199-446-8
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Published: 1999-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

At sunset the people ushered in Christmas, according to the Newfoundland custom. In the first place they built up a prodigious large fire in their house. All hands then assembled before their door, and one of them fired a gun, loaded with powder only. After that each of them drank a dram of rum, and together they concluded the ceremony with three cheers. These formalities being performed with great solemnity, they retired into their house, got drunk as fast as they could, and spent the whole night in drinking, quarrelling, and fighting. It is but natural to suppose that the noise which they made (their house being but six feet from the head of my bed) together with the apprehension of seeing my house in flames, prevented me from once closing my eyes. This is an intolerable custom, but as it has prevailed since time immemorial, it must be submitted to. By some accident my thermometer got broke.

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