Zurich Citizens News, 1974-12-23, Page 13MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1974
ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
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Christmas `Cuts' of 1891
For newspapers and other printers seeking appropriate cuts for Christmas illustrations,
these and other samples were offered in 1891 by A. Zeese & Co. of Chicago.
A handsome book of some 200 pages of examples was accompanied by this admonition,
"To parties who have no open account with us we wish to say, that a great deal of
unnecessary and vexatious delay in filling their orders will be avoided by enclosing with
sante bank draft or money order for amount of their purchases. Small packages can be
sent safely and cheaply through the mail, if registered, but a proper allowance should
be made for postage (one cent per ounce), besides ten cents for registering." •
ELECTRO'ryPFS offered in
1891 by A. Zeese & Co. of
Chicago include a little cut
thelow) of Santa Claus
climbing down a chimney.
Illustration on right shows
the angels appearing unto
the shepherds in the fields
on the first Christmas.
Christmas p:s', s
Boiled buffalo hump
to MacDonald's
BY CHRIS BROWN
CONESTOGA
JOURNALISM STUDENT
What is Christmas but a bir-
thday? A time when all the
past runs into the present
thanking God they made it
through one more year.
It means Canada is a year
alder and all the Christmases
past are bookmarks in a 107
years of nonfiction, To a
Canadian these marked pages
are more than just that. They
remind him where he carne
from and what a long trip it's
been.
In 1847 Paul Kane a
Canadian artist, spent Christ-
mas Day at Fort Edmonton the
headquarters of the Saskat-
chewan district. This is what he
wrote of that Canadian Christ-
mas.
"The room was intended as a
reception room for the wild
chiefs who visited the fort; and
the artist who designed the
decorations was no doubt direc-
ted to `astonish' the natives'. If
such were his instructions, he
deserves the highest praise for
having faithfully complied with
them..."
"At the head, before Mr.
Harriett, was a large dish of
boiled buffalo hump; at the
foot smoked a boiled buffalo
calf. Start not, gentle reader,
the calf is very small, and is
taken from the cow by :the
Caesarean operation long
before it attains its full growth.
This, boiled whole, is one of the
most esteemed dishes amongst
the epicures of the interior."
"My pleasing duty was to
help a dish of mouffle, or dried
moose nose; the gentleman on
my left distributed the white
fish, delicately browned in buf-
falo marrow. The priest helped
the buffalo tongue, whilst Mr.
Rundell cut up the beavers'
tails...Such was our jolly
Christmas dinner at Edmon-
ton; and long will it remain in
my memory."
"In the evening the hall was
prepared for the dance to which
Mr, Harriett had invited all the
inmates of the fort, and was
early filled by the gaily dressed
guests. Indians, whose chief or-
nament consisted in the paint
on their faces, voyageurs with
bright sashes and' neatly or-
namented moccasins, half-
breeds glittering in every or-
nament they could lay their
hands on; whether civilised or
savage, all were laughing, and
A ekiina Wk
TO THE CUSTOMERS OF
THE BEAUTY DEN
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH A
Merry Christmas S Happy New Year
and a special Thank You for the patronage
received in the past.
- BONNIE SCHENK
jabbering in as many different
languages as there were styles
of dress, English, however, was
little used, as none could speak
it but those who sat at the din-
ner table. The dancing was
most picturesque, and almost
all joined in it..."
From beavers' tails to Mac-
donald's hamburgers, that says
it all.
CHRISTMAS EVE
(by Billy Fischer)
The night before Christmas
when I couldn't sleep and I
wasn't sleepy. I couldn't wait
for morning. I had been waiting
for that moment ever Since
December 1, and now it was
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almost here. That night after
supper I read the boob about
when Jesus was born. The shep-
herds came and worshipped him
The wise ellen came from King
Herod and gave the baby Frank-
incense, Myrrh and Gold. I
thing Christmas is the happiest
time ever. Grade IV
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