The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 24, 1884, Page 4

a ta RS SR i eee timate ee ny eo The U nivers ! Christmas Feast. na wild predi centuries It would have of the optim'- hat the time would e one day iu the year everybody in Chris- ondom would have 1 Lid yet wl of ecaealry, has ¢ voint. It is peri sssive mode of wut there i fnasibitity of day will suggest the least decent ‘non to pe reached he teful and ex- it, that the ting it on one , of mak- ore com. ‘4 he may be Luce personal exertion of ey oe thrift to procure himself the leasure again. We know by stati that there is ood enough to satisfy everybody if it vere properly distribute {, und the les son that itean be distributed one day >a most important one. The danger of course ist it is hu Jepend upon chart when once ¢ $2 + one pri a condescension pu ly upor hurt any s pride,but adiffused good feeling, 1 common of men. t is literal- D- ud to ¢ joy y we are not required to any more than we are required to hav che same sort of creed. The plantation ro with ‘po: 1 fat and 0D own crackin,” w chile!) is just z odor of the anuiver denizen with his beef and plum- ‘earned by the h sountry Uiat we ean make 2 for the day out of w the English ionary roast We have f anew y thank- anything if <pirit. Indeed, it has been said th h what ut we g Yaises our butt ne understood y 1 \ t ‘or it € 1 vat th 1 eu yi fos rmed the best a good is the thought ti ody else iy hun And better sven than the dinner ¢ universal Spiri it of good-wiil that broad- ns year by year, and ¢ ns, we are fhe Drawer has not intended to a homily by way of accompani- iment to anybody's repast, and is satis- tied if it can send a light ripple of jauchter acai the world—Charles Dud’ y Warner, tu Lurper’'s Magazine for Lecember. “the day is the — + = dow a Christmas Club was Forme. Wer reprint from the Ch hvolas, the folowins formation at Portland, lren’s Christmas club, Thristmas-tree and dinne Irgd poor children of that ci A number of noics were wri tten ask- wg two or more girls and boys from ‘very Sunday-school in the city to meet at a@ certain how he following Thursday afternoon. Did they come? Come? Th: zall was for, save for Uhristmas work; but ti: ‘na pairs, in trios, in quartets and_quin- tets—a whole squad from the Butler school; big boys with big hearts, wee tots, only four years old from the kindergarten—-one hundred children +eady for anything. Oh, I wish you could have been there 4 the forming of that club. A lady came forward to speak to them, snd their voices were hushed in axpectation. I can't tell you just what she said, but her words were beautiful. She spoke of their Christmas festivities very year, of their presents and their ftliends; then of unfortunate children sper about who had fewer, some none, of the-e | bs hen she asked: ‘Does anyone here want to do anything for these others? ‘he thought that they could do any- thing was new to almost all—to many even the wish was new; but like one great heart-throb came their answer: “Yes! I! I! I! I want to do some- ‘bing! hildren, what can you do?” A pause, and then one little voice H “tied: ‘Dive ‘em a cent!” That was the first offer, but it was Sollowed by many another sive “em candy!’ “Give “em a turke “Give “em a coat!’’—each beginning with that arand word *‘Give."* The result of that meeting was this: To form a club which should last ‘forever;’ to call it ‘The Children’s Christmas Club;"* to have for its motto: “Freely ye have received. freely give to place the membership fee st ten vents, so thatuo child shoul! be pre | vented from j joining because he w: “rich: to make no di: re yard to sect or nationalty: to permit to join the club any girl or boy under ‘ighteen years of age who accepted its principles, which were: To be ready all times with kind words to assist chi <tpen less fortunate than themselve: > make every year, in Christmas week, a festival of some kind for them; to save through the year toys. beoks, and rames. instead of carelessly destroy them; to save, and whene ‘Me, put in good repsir all outgr s not slothing; to beg nothing from: vuree, but to keep zs the key-stone of whe club the word “Giv to pay ery year 2 tax of ten cents; and to pat five o'clock, on | did not know what the | ame: came | Holiday Items. It is an old saying bird in the hand is worth two in the h,”* and is very applicable to holida rehases. ‘The wise select t! istmas F i ret their e the cr During f there isn’t any presents ing Christmas _ ithat $300,000 is annually tedin C hristmas cards in this e Christmas card for 10 Christmas ent all expen e boots you when ae go to see the girls. An old negro while 2 the street was acci valking 1 struck with rotten orange, thrown by a fruit de é Stop; and picking up the or- ange, he held it for a moment and then suid: ‘Huh, dis smells like Chris’mas: dis smells like when I was a bo; When you meet aman these d -worn expression on his ¢ ‘ring wha buy for Christinas year. i We opened our safe this week and took out a lot of Christmas jokes and dusted them off and tried to fit them in this column, but they wouldn't fit. We ed to believe they are int t warped by age. We will ose them out to some country humorist at a great bargain. “Are you going to present your hus- band with a Christmas dressing gown?” asks the Detroit Free Pre “of the ladies. Perhaps it is not pertinent, but there area great many wives who 1 wW present ristmas dre: ile court ng George Ws } y the widow son, w who clambered up on the good man’s knee, and asked him who sent him so many beautiful Christmas presents the day before. “My child.” s try solemnly, “I cannot tell a lie—it was Santa Claus.’ “Oh, I don’t care whether I get any- thing in my stocking or not,” said Adolphus, adding. with a look of undy- ine devotion: “but Clara, | should like to have what is in your stockings.” “Oh, yes,” replied Cl ’ mean corns. Ww ‘Thus was love's young and hence it is “Miss, A negro W | removing a fine corner grocery the court wh 1 | should not be sent up, | didn’t mean ter stole Marse Christ dey’ s sv help w Ob yes. for a pr % foolish ill called t Clara is st work have ave Us One e u3 ple be—well, Post. ie Harry was a real nd his brothe T good day, « of a poor wid n throwi rry reminded them ing the ¢ and Geor: | ber cat | that this was ihey stopped cat and went home. ry went in the poor her if there was ' do for her. mach pleased to see suc . and told him he le brother in Ch Then she explained ae only a little | while ago she was a great society belle » Ghiesgo, but she married against or dear} Ee arents’ wishes, and now she was all alone in the world, for her hus- little FE vthing he could | | said she let people 1 her a widow because it was too much trouble to an- swer questions. Then Harry looked out the back door, and, seeing a big pile of wood, he asked if he should not j cutitforher. She ssid “Yes,” and Harry got a saw and sawed it all up. said she hoped he would bis stock- ing fall of nice things on Christma: She said she always hung up her stock- g on Christmas, bat no oue put ing in any more. When Har: ; Went home told his mamma abont it id 5 boy, and his two who did not try to do any good in the world, were very naught id the father of his coun- arse | Ng cage with a bird. As we stop and °® | Jook at her, the lady does not move. a 5 .,| and in a few moments we _ perceive | that the window, the lady, the open: "| shutters, the sash, the flowers, and the | i f rea nted on the wall in a > | great entrance of the palace, used to very wrong. and | wing stones at the j vidow’s cottage to j The poor widow was very | band had run away from her. She | The widow thanked him kindly. and | : wake grandpa. ugh beforelong,” the wood- mes late- a good r."" said the i should not ra 4 e re 2 a 7 veared istmas- vy visitor called at a resi- f fam sarthly sounds Americai Santa Ctrus. nb who did not buy a Koektord wateb. (He got left) FST AA OST CO ‘ i ‘DIN BUTLER OR BATES COUNTY , OFFERI Gall and Excmincsiimy Stock before Purch» ing. Side Public Square and WPA7 2st — + —— gr at institation. It No the year on the ted top in his Christmas is ¢ makes 4 bo , live hope of get stockings on the — 7 A Queer Genoese Fashion. rouilss ‘ We soon pass an nse house ich was once a palace, but is now sd for other purposes. Looking up, we see that one of the great windows in the second story is open, and a lady is sitting at it. She is dressed in very | bright, though somewhat old-fashioned | | attire. Flowers and vines cluster in- side the window. and there is a hang- ct A CE ERGANTILE COMPANY, It will do you good te look through and save you lots ¢ money on all falland winter purchases in hing, Dry Gods, Bots Shoes, Hats. and Caps, Gloves, Hosiery, Neo Trunks, Groceries, re, in fact the larvest combined stock of goods in Bater e where you would naturally ex- pect to tind a window. This used to be a favorite way of decorating houses in Italy, and in Genoa we shall fre- quently see these painted windows, , some closed, and some partly open, some with one person looking out, : some with two, and some with none. ' The lady at this window has sat and} ; looked out on the street for hundreds of years. Under her window, into the s nobles and neces. Now there re shops in the lower part of the pal- you can have your shoes 1 cobbler courtyard. holas for Decem ee Carpets, wonderful is stated QUEENSW2 Valises. { The price of Meissonier’s little picture, *‘The Vedette” to be 322.500. Fifty years ago Meis-! 7 ne ‘ > nvited te visit our | eoaiens aii ble’ drawings fetched} OF Vernon counties. Everybody covdrally Invites ‘ isit In order to fin- ulf the day’ + 1 ionale” ct MAMMoth store. engravings, | wis cue Corner Park Ave., and 6th st. tist—then unknown to | fame—was executing. Meissonier has for himself left it on record that his! lunch then consisted of a raw apple, ; and his dinner (when he could afford one) of soup, fried potatoes and a bit of bread. He could only afford ; | sleep one night in two, and for six months he claims to have lived on a; | sum of 50 francs. pete to 8 apiece. m he had to sper Bibliotheque N | Paris, studying Indian | which afforded‘: | taste of the d | great French M. S. COWLES MERCANTILE CO. RICH HILL. + Miversiés. Oat The 1N 1 aM WE CARRY EVERYTHING OOT AND SHOE LINE, "~ = ——__ longing of earth were not swallowed up And will not be undersold on a an forgotten i in the foreshadowing of Everything warranted esky | changed: the old man saw IN EVERY PARTICULAR onl the tinted field of Beaver A W ed ordially Invite all to call and se sane F oA, 2AT ENT 3 | chime of bells rung out soft and clear: SEWARDA article. Me melon. Fel ue, Att Gites core P-, Fouts, cust, Lee “Light on thy hulls, Jerusalem. | The’ avior now is born. But w sth A little child again —s child with r: ant brow, crowned with a wreath of immortelles, and above ; his head ze 22 Dran opa. Py judge for themselves said pet Barba ’ Be ' RTHANDS eae sorts RK. WEIL & CO- AL Lier ates arise g.eaaheg. (obs