The U.P.bell did not ring at all, and the kirk gates were not opened.

The Free Kirk did bravely, however.

The attendance in the forenoon amounted to seven, including the minister; but in the afternoon there was a turn-out of upwards of fifty.

How much denominational competition had to do with this, none can say; but the general opinion was that this muster to afternoon service was a piece of vainglory.

Next Sunday all the kirks were on their mettle, and, though the snow was drifting the whole day, services were general.