24th [FIGURES] I recieved 3 letters & wrote
2 I spent the day at the office. In the
evening I went in company with Mrs
25 Woodruff to visit St Johns Market Liverpool
on Christmas eve. It was quite a splended
sight the market was Amply supplyed
with the richest Beef and Mutton, pork, veal
And a great variety of wild & tame fowls
And game, And A great quantity of fruits
of almost evry county & clime the whole
dody [body] of the Market was decerated
with a great variety of evergreen. it
was so crouded with people it was with
great difficulty we could get through
we allso visited the fish And tpedlers
Market we then returned home. And
At 11 oclock at night we attended High
Mass in the Catholicks chapel in Scotland Road
whare All the ceramonies And performoncis
were attended to that are perform by the
catholicsks at high mass on Christma eve
After there offering incense they presented
sumthink to represent Jesus in swadling
clothse After which the meeting broke
up And we returned to our homes at 2 oclok
at night this was the first time I had
ever attended High mass 12 miles
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