The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 23, 1891, Page 10

oS a — - — = —e HURRAH FOR CHRISTMAS. |gome CHRISTMAS THOUGHTS. The Alsatian “Christ-Child.” A — | e. i e n Franee it is the Jesus bain-din, URMRAH tor merry | ow a Liumorist Secured # Useful Present | . who comes Among the rare cae wae for His Wife. | TIS S As iful young girl persons . 4 a GU B HRISTMAS, as ‘ character, and, with a bell in ata vowel teasta ot : é “g has been said, I | 9 x i sweetmeats in the other, ee | lage distributing | “d yifts among the children. great writer, comes but once a year. {tis a mighty fortunate thing | some of ns | that it doesa't | Hurrah for good | Kriss Kringle t who brings t s for Kris Kringle. nany Christmas is cele- nd hun- wait for his sleigh o res the chil dren's stockings A = } - < Ss so tenaciously to the # such over. Hos Nis come twice. | ped : s the advent of Christ- 1 owing meas Perhaps it o 2 | ur ; 3 doesn't crow 5 fee Seer 4 ant € a} Be ‘ ; IN THE YEAR OF GRACE, 1891. Fy Ae : 4 every one tothe | : : | Df all the days we aise {s Christmas ~ . Sees Bra | ‘ ——— best and br te { \ verge of F | * Se Seen sor reat Then face ew D ne and then are | § /} a ne, | | at gland . know the sweeter | one ee | \ \ nd the snow and] GO. t ae Roane cere aa pena in | v ean | » | h a ee rays on mis- | Dees YE Ipu make the feast | growin ers nil And good Saint Nic $ stockings quick with | CU) 8"! treasures © : | fore] funn) foolish it is, Aunt Sadie, for mamma to try and make me_ believe | that ‘Santa Claus’ comes down the } | EY fills my stockings. I sup- — oS Bt } pose wl right when you were 5 fe a lit . but it is such & Fs 2 | now! However, it pleases 1 5 3 ig {1 don't let on that I know.” & : E ase & Sober Second Thought. Head of Firm (to office boy)—Here, take this box of ci s and distribute FI 1 them ari 1 the oflice for ( las. S On Flour and uroceries, |: ht tesa } “af if 1—Hold on. I guess you'd . at j i ©) better wait until after I gohome.—Life. Quite Surprising. shh. Midy (ARTO, Gas Grn | SEALED tell you what I'm going to give you for Christr Why can't you women be content to wait and be surprised? Mrs. n—Oh, tell me now. If you keep your word, Ill be surprised enough.—Puck. ILE pageantry of Christmas has been formed by processions moving from many countries and from re- mote ages. The old heathen druids were wont, at this time of the year, to bear the evergreen, the holly and the’ mistletoe from the forests to decorate their tem- ples, long before the grasses and the ‘corn lenves rustied about the head of that marvelous child in Bethlehem's stable. G e and dignified men, during the Saturnatian days of southern elimes, at our Christmas period indulged in the “feast of fools’ when they gave way Quite ag to all of a boy’s abandon hilarity, ages | my remarks, with anterior to that era, ‘when the wise | than I have noticed c men from the east’ bent in wraptcon-|of the co 20n remar templation over the y Roy, who lay } facetionsty “there was | in sweet unconsciousness in the manger in the andience than there was in ee midst Judea’s hi the lecture.” lware and implement house i anoth- | Mi'ls Out of the twilight of heathen coun- | [noticed that no one seemed tobe ler of Butlers enterprisig, and / language in the pres tries has come the children’s custom of | putting on ov . ile I was slow- | ; hh Large Quantities for Spot C: We Keep Coal fo the People The Boston Girl's Christmas. She tossed her Christmas toys aside, See us Before You Buy Your Her face with disappointment frowning. ion | found was the Ladies Gok ping, Gossipine and Send- > to Heathen society. “Oh, ar!’ the little maiden sighed, y sent them “I did so want another Browntn, Aistened to South Side Square. ignsof pain . Asone “GOING AT FIVE hing Is Lovely, and— Mr. Kanoodle—And now wouldn't you like me for a Christmas present? . Miss Alert—Certainly, if yowll hang ery wher ' ei The R. R. Deacon extensit hard-| other ladies were in the room. Mr.) re v; but on reaching Ler only a him to refrain un osuch few shreds remained upon her per- of the la-!) son: nd her body was terribly burn- maneing the at he Heaeithe fireplace | le canning dow coat die, | Wide a-wake business houses This) dies, which request was wholly ig- ed D A. Dye was hastily sent for the good fairy to fll with knick- | as you might say, I had got | firm eat ry an cxtensive line f hard. ore d, whereupon Mr. Mill assisted | for, but Gical aid was powerless knacks so « 1 r to the child's heart off my fi It is an evidence of the real character | single b of our Christmas spirit that it could se- | but every) eure to its service, the illustration} dent of the of its own spiri nnd other cus- | said: ‘Mr. toms, as it is és n evidence of the | be 1 generous breath of Christianity’s spirit to receive, employ and honor every good custom of man. Adapted to celebrate the truth of In‘t have a . I sat down, } : 1 e Then the presi- |W+S0ns, buggies ane cer They havo also the extensivagency port society dns Tithe round ok heat-| some force in the reg en | 1 oes ling stove. the best steve mnufac- bar verteb: | w we. and agrieultural impiments, by uncle Joe Highly proc-eded to to alleviate the sufferings of the ces. eject the ( Weman?) with a large : apphed with poor woman, and after several oure > to me and Rn COW of intense agony she expired about mof the lum- | 7:30 celock. Mrs. Teusch was of Pp Ss ] 1 i i i € Messrs. Mills and) unsound anind, and being alone in ghley deserve credit for throwing | the hous these celebrated to it, |tured in the world. Mr. Deeon has H noe fae lbeen in business in this cits good himout. The read shoull either ought, while s t thetime, it is not known a how the accident oceurred._-Lamar 3 ild another room fer the ree id a y Christmas, all these customs were re- | every bo here and it was so near | maby years, andthere are fernames | build m0 a roem fer the nxecom- | Missourian. lieved of many evil features and exalted | Christmas, we'd have you auction better known to the people of this modation of the ladies or else em- in their whole tone. quilt off.” = } loss » able-bodi 2 ; - i Ivy—Say, Dolph, I hope Santa Claus is * Roe k isa liberal dder and ploy some able-bodied person to T interviewed an Ailiance man the 4 A light heart, a merry countenance, | So I got up and held up the quilt and | © eg He is a hibe peat gas ae ae ities ait caiee honest. an elated spirit only are in harmony | stepped on the edge of it and fell down, | his trade has become very ctensive Pen DUCTMIGY 1B Ene) G ay. Doilph—Why? ‘ with the day. and everybody applauded and seemed | jy, ¢iis county. His steck f bard-| one they have.— Adrian Jovrnal. “You are iu favor of the sub-treas-| Ivy—Cos them's my new stockings, It is a day of generosity, too. The | to think it was a real clever thing to | : : A : } and I don't want them stole.—Once & : ) Te races every iperearried ass ury and land Joan scheme? sk ae dest gift of Heaven was bestowed upon | do. Mr. Hood then spoke in substance | Y"!® embraces every thing Dispatches from Washington it a 3 = Tucked. Week. the earth as follows: in the line and as for agrultural They tell us that the angels came “How much am I offered for this implements all kmow that ie han-; floating down from the heights of | quilt? It is a well-made quilt and is | ,, th 1 th ra For Heaven with rapturous songs of joy, | strictly non-pa n. The names, you dies nothing but Rel oees Ce congratulating humanity in its great | will notice, are in blocks of five; it is|square dealing there is n better good fortune. We know that the only | design ; firm in Butler than R. R. Bacon's. brass proper mood which a human being} you're c rep Silver | reast should indulge upon the reception of | Bill or dicate that H. Martin Willams is i sats he replied empbatical THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS. wending—or walking—his way to ~ “You want the government to loan | the farmers of the United States moncy at two per cent. on their Missouri, after a hard tumble over the Mills breastworks, in which the ful of it. will k works suffered somewhat frem eee lands and to loan them mo | Penn aie : an a 20ney On f ny other man warm, and how Reo Ee the contact. He was « candidate | . a “iene such news, and the commemoration | much am I offered for it?” | The wheat crop of 1891is the fo % nee tat eae , their farm products? \ of such an occasion, is a joyous one—] Then evervb« langhed quite a lot Segre aa, eeeerrol ag greatest in our history; the tobaceo js . “You bet F bd though his claims for recognition at ae i crop is the largest. The ea crop ‘ ‘ “You are not in favor of class lev- the hands of democrets consist-d . , S > is the second greatest and ie cot- ae es aie islation. are you? z solely of his unlimited gall ard a re es ton crop of 1891 is equalto the “Nop. Going at | greatest in quantity and juality. so great as to surpass his power to dis- | and nobody b play it. A tender, loving, vital alliance | were afrai has been formed by the Creator with | “Well, j our natures. Finite are we? But Christ- | Tars.§ Who'll make it) six mas tells us that ein bonds with | five—at five. Give the Infinite. Poor are we, limited to a little earth? But Chr 1s tells us ll just start } » the h ally good voice. Fortunately for Mr. C “What provision have you made! p. the talkative Afr. Willams the | The fruits and vegetables ha joined om for the workir railroad | } } ‘ ot spoused sandidacy of Mr. Mails. St aa | that we are heirs of the unbounded ve I'm bid: done? |;., active competition with thcereals | —-! a the candidacy ot } the cant . universe. = Durivg the preliminary f But the true spirit of Christmas will | me aq not be recognized if the favors be- | dol h stowed, at least some of them, are not | goi for some mo: .|This year of abundance sould be ve I have— down for | aborer, the fac } 1 2 S an, the co tered the Hatch headquaiters oue . rowded with charity at thisseason and good will. Gtainly far me : farm.no farm : day and called » Missoun member of; aCe te person. ave: make | i ) one sic “The idacy ofl o * hich to secure a government } The poor, the sict t, the de- s » [| |men should freely give whe they Hatch i atic F ‘s joan. What are you going to dol, > g atch is an impertimence—an wu ee ae graded, the weak and defenseless are | nee | so lavishly received.—Kare City : ae a . with these poor devils 2” | i = the proper ones to excite our generosity. —going. | ‘i pertinence, sir,” said he. He ts ia “I Td Pimanicn ‘ taing ter encourage It isaday also of good will. “Peace yme one please | >t#?- i eae luerie cd Lew tece msccly to caterrass B * Ca ea eae oe old and time-honored onearth and good will to men.” sang r, misguided fool ens pies Let ot) Lee Oe iee eae . i | : = si 4 Need a Bouncer His strain was abruptly cut in tw ; . ms | ———_—_____— { the angels. scture man fc e dollars. a : i s “Don't you think that alaw which ST. NICK SOLILOQUIZES. i Old grudges are to be buried on this n the society all crowded Ty : ; ieourid on this juncture and a ratber } erem- i = | os } i E A ae + Coane * ace aed i That is just what the Msou eee : will secure for one class money and| day. Every human being isto be met | around me and thanked me, and saic Sees ant Shas Bablae tory invitation tendered him to va i e J | akindly spirit. A cessation of hos- at I was such a er auctioneer, | Pacitic R. R. needs at thislace. Bie aaa on try pap. (07 Mother and just as needy people! Po apa . ; fi i e acce k is grat ‘ 3 | ; tilities is to be announced, and a gener cre torun the | Adrian is one of the best iying | or c = ecet cs =e Hote Oracld Ge cine +t | al amnesty should be proclaimed. The t half so - ee ifying to the state of Missouri to = Sate eee | } : > : : cities on this branch of the rdand | °°" Vou ice tute | pipe of peace—if any pipe is to be >m | z 3 snow that every uk f the Mis are? rned cap-} : i smoked—should be oked first, and nd | the depot here iseutirely iuadiuate ioe me : went off mad. Can-! H ‘ reconcil be effected. | meet the convenience of thtray- | 8°UT ¢e bs Se L i toa ockele Week| E It is acosmopolitanday. Incelebrat- | TY but onhai to Chief ¢ protest : aitn ob : ing Christmas we Americans, Here 25/0. On att 5s Spike out and f just 3 or Ex l s. bu is usually hliewith —~= ree ehe ‘ t is of the world, for y traveieis val in which the Peace on all t! to every man i ment of the « 4 Then it is tt immense s§ that stater | for space, to u which rise and the emotions whi crowd within our hearts at the mention of the children. May everyone of them have } dred f | a merry Christmas! } without going star Fravivs J. Bsosst. | ® @ joins good will isthe senti- ik—Great reindeers! Have I paper struck the week's washing? — Texas Siftings. i —t