title: Happy New Year! and Other Stories (Dover Thrift Editions)
author: Sholom Aleichem
description: <div>Solomon Naumovich Rabinovich (1859&#8211;1916), better known as Sholom Aleichem, fled the Russian pogroms and eventually settled in the United States. His tales of life in his native country inspired the&#160;Broadway musical <I>Fiddler on the Roof.</I></div>
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  # How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### W. H. H. Murray
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's
  
  
  
  
  
  The Old Beggar's Dog
  
  
  The Ball
  
  
  Who Was He?
  
  
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      How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's
  
  
  And Other Stories
  
  
  
  
      
  
  Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Taavi Kalju and the Online
  
  
  Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
  
  
  
  
  
  How Deacon Tubman and
  
  
  Parson Whitney Kept New Year's
  
  
  _And Other Stories_
  
  
  BY
  
  
  W.H.H. MURRAY
  
  
  _Illustrated_
  
  
  BOSTON
  
  
  CUPPLES &HURD
  
  
  _94 Boylston Street_
  
  
  1888
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney
  
  
  Kept New Year's
  
  
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  “New Year's, eh?” exclaimed Deacon Tubman, as he lifted himself to
  
  
  his elbow and peered through the frosty window pane toward the east,
  
  
  where the colorless morning was creeping shivering