The Clinton News-Record, 1909-12-30, Page 3December iOtb, 1909
HER ONE NEW YEAR CHRISTMAS AND . little boy driving their Christen:le goose:
._ - The little boy and the little girt •
ecettered corn and wheat tied oats
1.
. . - ail over the ground around their .
. Christmas tree. The eitieltens and the
- decks and. the guinea here; ate and, •
,----.....-. ate ,ancl ate. The Christmas goeee
ate, too, but she ate very proudly and
ore"
(
RESOLUTION,
4141 ID I make any New Year res -
Dogutions r repeated the bach-
elor girl. "Yes, one. Want
to know? Oh, well, I don't
mind telling you. I've made up my
mind to spend next Chrlstmas differ-,
°atty.
"I intend to make an altogether Mt,
fefent disposttion of my presents Pere -
after. Tbe placee that knew them •
shall know them no more, and the
'get lidernees, where no presents have
ever been. Is going to blossom with '
mine.
You see. It hi this way: When I sat
/down to think it all over -the worry
and fuss and the money 1 spent -i
came to the conclusion that, outside
of the nearest and dearest, I gave maw
three or four gifts that were really
worth while -that is. that gate Me any
actual happiness to give and brougbt
real joy to others.
.....,e‘erhese three or four were the things
1 gave to -well, It doesn't matter
"00, WELL. 1 DON'T 1,I1ND TELLING Y00."
w horn, but they were people who sad-
ly needed them, who didn't expect
them and who couldn't make any re.
turn except a broken gratitude that
hurt you to listen to.
"Why, no,. certainly Pre not crying,"
And the bachelor girl smiled dashingly
through moist eyes. "But I don't mind
telling you It was the happiest part of
my Christmas. And hereafter those
are the sort of people I'm going to give
to.
"I thinkI shall write a lolly little
note to each of the relatives and friends
with whom I usually exchangepres-
ents. I shall send these notes long
enough before Christmas to forestall
anybody's buying presents for me.
"In the notes I shall eonvey my best
loveand nay Chrtstmous wishes, I shall
also explain why I Intend to send .no
present this year -that 1 purpose mak-
ing all my gifts to thoee whoa* onty
claire upon me Is their need. I shall
add that I am certain they will like
this original method of disposing of
their gifts. And I shalt further say
that if they want to make me hap-
py and to enjoy the jolliest kind of
Christmas themselves they will thews.
take the money they had intended to
spend on me and do likewise with It.
In this way every dollar we give will
be well epent and make eotnetrody
really glad.
"So that's my New Year resolve.
selfish? That's all you know." The
bachelor girl laughed. "It's horribly
selfish. Didn't I tell you I was going
to do It merely because it made me
happier ?"-Philadelphia Bulletin.
MARRYING EN MASSE. r..
Curious New Year's Custom of Plan.�
gastels of Brittany. •
Some curious and distinctive Man.
riage customs prevail among the.
gastels, a strange race of -peopie
<thought by sorue to be of Asiatic oil.
gin, inhabiting Plougastel Daoule,s, in
Brittany, who are great straw -berry
growers. They are also noted for In.
termarryIng exclusively with each oth.
er. Tilt alliances. which are engineered
by an intermediary known at the bas.
ralaine, all take plate on one day,
usually the first l'ueeday of the new
year. The basralalnes start their cam.
paign in September as soon as the bar.
vest is gathered In, demanding on be.
bait of the Intending bridegroom the
band el' his bride elect
The courtship is then authorised and
proceeds with ardor during the dark
months wbich follow. Last year twen.
ty-three eouples were married in the
parish chum!) Of, Jan. 8.
After the ceremony • some dancing
and feasting. The great (linnerwhite)
is served at the nntnerons Inns begin./
at 2 e'elock and lasts well on to mid- .
Liebe Ilte favorite dish is tripe, and
/I inordinate qunntIty of alcohol ie
connimed-Ont would like to know
with what results.
'rhe whole place is en fete, and there
are never fewer than 2.000 guests.
After the orgy the united couples re-
pair to their separate homes. They de
net take up their joint life until the
following evening (after the service
for the dead and 0 sieeond tenet), when
they are escorted to the bridsil rhea,'
ber by n large contingent of grooms, -
men and bridesmaids. tip whom soup ,
end cakes nre presented by the uewly ,
anitrr1ed:7-Sphere.
•
Tur wurn armor
1 111E). HMI
Ily ELLA M. PI.A.TT.
[Copyright, 1009, .hy American. Press Asso..
elation.]
IIE little bay and the little girl
sat at the breakfast' table et -
Ing oatmeal and milk.
Their Papa said to their roam -
ma: "A. Christmas goose is the best
thing there is. This year we must
have a Christmas goose."
The little girl looked up at the little
boy and smiled, and. the little boy
Smiled back.
After breakfast the little girl' and
the little boy put on their caps and
. yt.ceao:ra,shdt se, aynadnmsd stand Itrmte cla-
n
off for the barn -
big, o I d, fat
cluck
".re Yoe the
Christmas
goose?" as k ed
the little girl.
The blg, old,
fat duck shook
her bead.
They met a
big, old, fat hen.
"Are you the
Christmas
. goose?" asked
9 the little boy,
Hut the big,
et:Ignite THE '11. BEA= 01 d, f a t 'b e n
ehook her bead.
They met n big, old, fat guinea lien:
"Are you the Christmas goose?" ask-
ed the little boy. .
The big, old,. fat guinea, ben shook
•her head. •
.They met a big, old; fat white goose.
"Are you the Christmas goefse?" ask-
ed the Jittle girl,
• And the big, old. fat white goose
nodded her heed and fluffed her retitle'
ers and stepped proudly with ,her fiat,.
yellow, webbed feet. -
"011, goody!" shouted the little boy.
"We've found our Christinne -goose al-
ready."
"Oh, ob, eh! I Am something."
said the tittle girl, and she.ran to the
house 'just as fast as she could go.
And whet) ,she (mote back she bad ft
lovely • little holly wreath tied with
beautiful long red and green ribbons. '
Tbey but tile wreath over the head
of the Christmas
:5 goose, and each ...Ne
held one of the se.lea
ribbons.- The
Christmas go'ose
waddled along
proudly, . . -'
The _gain ea k
hens piped, the
ducks ((Wicked
and the hens
clucked. when
they edw this
fine sight.
The little . boy
and the little girl
led anddrove
the prond, Christ-
mas goose. out of
the barnyard to •
the green grOve .„ ...
where all the lit- .
t I e Christmas • cH"TtAtelTrimAsuaTotisTRE.e.
trees grow.
1 "WO must have a. Christmas treefor.,
our Christmas goose,!! seld the little
..
, "Yes, yes, Christmas goose," Said.the.
. little boy, "you wait right'here for es. .
. Don't you. muss. your holly. wreath,
• and don't you inuss.yotir ribbon."
i The proud Chrtsttnas goose Waddled
gently to show how careful she would
be. • The little boy and the little- girl
ran away fast to get the things for the
Christmas tree. • . . ..
• 'The littIe girl brought back . some
ears of 'red and yellow corn and a
bullet' 'of:wheat aed barley. beads and
1 a pocketful otoats; , . •
1 The .little boy brought.back two cab-
bages and e yellow pumpkin and some-
. graia," :The Christmas goose became
so eielted when she saw these things
. that she waddled too fast: . .
! "Walt a minute, ChriStunis goose!"
cried the little boy, and he pawed •his
things on the ground near the tree,
."It • isn't quite titne. Christmas
gnose," etled the little girl. and she
,far,4ened her things on the tree.
.
Now, Cheiermas goose," said thelit-
tle•girl.."we. wilt go and invite all. your
e. . . friends to come
rr ' $1' and see our beau
011 TUE b008E.
Wel tree." .
So the little
girl picked up
her ribbete• and
the .1. i et I e boy
picked up his rile
bon, and theyled
and droee the
Chrietreas goose
back te the barn-
yard. But It Watt
Mid work, for
the Cbristmast
goose wanted to
tura her head nil
the time to look
et the Christnute
ni tree, At the barn-
.-. yerd all the
"cont. sue oun Chickens and an
CITROSI'MA5 ritnar the allele and nil
the gninea bens odeod Mill to admire
the flue Cbristiluts goose in her holly
wreath Wei eibbons.
"Oh, thickener" said the little boy.
"Oh, ducks!" said the little girl.
"Oh, guinea hens:" said the littie bey.
"Cotne, see Mir Christmas teetd." Said
the little girl.
The chickene clucked. and the (Welts
quacked, and the guinea hens piped,
and they all spread themselves out In
a long row and ran around and around
• r,
THE OBST PUN OP ALA.
raised her head, every few minutes to
shake her holly wreath.
Papa ahd mamma came out to see
there. '
What's this?" Said papa.
"Mercy! What's all this?" said
ma mina.
,. "This , is the Christmas goose!",
shouted the little boy.
"And the Christmas goose's 'Christ.'
seas tree!"' wild the little girl. '
"And the Christmas goose's friends!"
said the little bey- '
"Yes, and It Is quite 'true. Peen,"
said the little girl. "A Christmae
goose is the best thing there is: Why,
a Christmas goose is just lots of fun!"
"Yes, mamma." sold tba little boy,
"it Christmas goose is the best fun of
all.".
Christmas Chimes In Many Climes. .
Christmes Is always it tieason of.
gond wishes and loving kindness.'
111 Ameriett almost all little children
hang up their stockings on ,Christunts
.eve, to he tilled by. kind. old Sante
Clnus.' In, Germany they make • tnore
of Christmas than we do in .einierica.
Everywhere the Christmas tree is.
used.•
fnntily is too poor to .have • a
Whole tree., a single braneh only will
stand in a conSplcuous place. hung
With. the few simple gifts-, . •
• , A week before Christnias St. Niche.
• Ins visits the childreu to tind out who
have..been goose enough to receive the
elite the Christ Child will bringthem
on Christmas f.ve, ••• . • ,
. It is * very usual thing to see ort
Gerintin Chriettnatt tree, way up in the
Very topmost brine:el. Oil image or'doll
cepresentleg the. Christ Child; -while.
- below are sometimes ,:placed other
• iinageo representing angels with Cu(
spread • •
After .the tree he lighted tbe family.
. gather rotted .It and sing a .Christmas
bytrut. • r •.
Jn Enexild alMost every one twit's,'
can do •so .has a fatnily party *on
Christmas ere. Young and 'old join In
the gamest, many of which belong
especially to Christmas time. : •
Prom the veiling. et 01)0 01' the room,
a large bunch of mietletoe is hung. •11'
any:„little Maid is caught standing
• nnder it the oue ,who eatches her has
' 0 right to take a kisS•'from lier,„tosY
111
Hollitlid the little. Ante), girl ' pute
her tvoNien shoe In eltituney pluee.
re;1.(V for. glite. pet tie the little A.mer-
ices) girl 'bongs hp ber :docking.
And so in some way all over the
Christian world on the eve of • the
twenty-liftli Any. of rierettilier the
•birth of our Lord .Itstis Christ is fele-
bratc<1.• Every Where , the.% Christ inns
elittnes tire nut the message
the 0il:IA.1s 1110110a Bethlehem --
on earth. good will tO men."
LOOKING ou-r FOR SANTY.
By GEkALO PRIME,
My mamata; whenwe build our
house, •
'Wants plenty closets in it.
Shasays she'll tell the arehiteck
;That's how he must begin it.
My papa says he doesn't euro
tg far big elothespreSseS,
Ent what he wants is plenty room,
And that he'll have, he guesses,
But X don't care how little 'tis,
A palace or a shanty,
Z want a chimney big enough .
To let in dear old Santyf
,
Came* News.Rocord
A BIT OF
CHRISTMAS
By C. E. WYMAN
Copyright, ISA by American klesti Atm°.
T Was Christmas morning and veryi
very mild. Every few minutes a
trainman would come through the•
car, watching carefully a dial,
faced thermometer and stopping to
turu screws or the beating apparatus,
In Persistent attempts to keep the
/Kahan anger at 70 degrees.
Despite the discomfort of close air„
which was twee too eitirtn at best, the
passengers In the meta wore joyous
faces and 'didn't eeem to consider the
nutneroue packages and bundles -an an-
noyance. .
Prom e wayside station, which look,
ed as if it had never been neighbor to
any house where human beings Lived,
a poor little girl en\tered and dropped
iuto a seat where an overcoat,told that
lat.:owner was probably in the smoking
car. The child did not notice this; and
• in her ignorance of travel it would
have made' no difference if she had..
She might have been eight or ten.years
old, but that air of self reliance WAS
hers which poverty's child oftee tic.
quires very young, yet there was notte
ing forward or "bold" in her appear-
ance. Eler dress was of the scantiest...,
a thtn-cottoe gown, barely concealing
the lack of suitable underwear; a little
sworashu.
otulder shawl and a battered
trttw b
..
When the condugtor appeared the
hand whicb presented her heir- fare
ticket wee red with cold, but the small
person..iifted to . him a wonderfully
frank file • and confidingly Informed
him that she was going to grandma's
for Chrlstinne mei that the package
she cluteluto in tee etber hand contain-
ed cookies ;el ernieline,
'The conductur ,tetitel down at bee.
A, pitying smile it, 015. as he tho gilt
Of his own well fed, well clothed ch11.
dren, with whom he expehted to eat a
• late Christnans dinner when his run
was over. The smile lingered on his
face as he passed to the next seat and
saw that its occupants had heard, .
. Two women. sat in the, seat, stran-
gers to each other ane hs Welke as two
perstine. Made on the • same general,
-.principles could be. 'One was tall, dig.
.nitied. young, wrapped 'in costly furs,
everything about tier ShoWing'the'per.
son who never lacked tyloney or letSure;
the other. atone jolly, eldertY, comfort-
able -d kindly 'and Well to do. woman.
'The two had traveled miles and miles
side by side' with net. a word passed
between theta, . • '
• Now both sat leaf! eyes fixed on the
foelora bit of humanity., in front oe
them. Suddenly Ilie younger woman
opened , her traveling . bag and 'took
from it a Oft gray ithittel. :It Was at
least two yards long and half iis wide,
Foldiug• It together. she 'touched the
.latle waif, saying' in n low tone,
• "Stand' hp: mydear." The.child obey-
ed wanderingly, and this wemin in ,
.the costly furs placed the folded shawi.
around theamitil 'shobiders, crossed it
In front and. bringing the ends to the
beck, pinned them securely. .' .
' '"It is yoursto keep," sbe vvhispered-
Christmas preemie"- Then, ' turn -
tag to.the *onion at her side, she said
apologetically. "I really did not need
It myselt" There was a blink of tears
In her eyes. • .: •
..
"Well, now," the older' woman ex-
claimed in adiniretioe, •.'you l just net.
Me :to - thinkin'I . Pm. really: aidiateed
that I didteet built of doing something •
myself. Rere, . Pre got tee). pairs' Or
initteue for tuy ,fl aet1Con-:jupt about
her sizteein My tend hag, mid he'cifti't
wearout More tham'one pair•this whi-
ter. Hesides, 1 COO .knit another. "It's
nothing at ell to knit mitten's.", She,
was busily (Inds% wing -the etrtugs of ate..
enormous silk hag. but her gluss'es were.
blurred, and her fingers. were Otiiney
with haste. •. •• •
•'"Wittit's your tunne.little girl? Ka-
tiet? . Well. bold out yOur bands, Katie.
my i:
Aren't they a. good tit! There'S an-
other Christmas preseOt to'keep. And
liersee a .frosted Nike. Attet ent it right
now; Katie, Your grand nue woidt need
it,. withall those you've got in your
bundle." • .
• Theechild tiepin obeyed. She did not
say, "Thank you."' Possibly, she did '
not knocebuw, lint she seethed to glow
all over; ahd her. eyes rettit:ned. thanks
eve!). If her. timid lips did not. '• .
"I'm proud, to. know ;eon: thy dear."
.the roily poly, comfort:0)1e womatesaid
flow tit the yOung• lady, .for she had
been saying ,(o- !tersely ail the while:
"Yoe're- the. right. soft, i mitt 'ere that,"
• "And l am proud to •ktiovv yell." the
other reSponded, almost shyly offering
her hand. whim) was qiiiekty bnried in
a biz:warm 1.,TOSI.) "We nil tong to be
'of service at Christmas time, you
ki17;h
• Aat itt'stnnt the tnan of the orete
coat ettuntered itt to -reeeme his seat,
Ile gave a /ow whistle of surpritte. at '
the happy little traveler next the ado.
(low. gist/feed sit the I tvo women and
eminprehended the shmition. Ills right
hand made n quiet( dive' Into:ids iron -
sere .poellet see If to get 1461110 Money,
In anetber litstont he withdrew it and
reaehed tip to the rnek oterhead and,
lifted down,n forge paper bundle. Tale.
Ing the huntile nerrtee the *aisle to an
enipte seat, he opened it and took out
a stnnlier peel:age from among many
others. Untying this package, he
brmaght to light a fifteen haired doll "
dressed In the Infest style and resplen.
dent tin it large. picture bat. This he
(VetoedItt the little atei's armst. slaying,
"Proin'')Ity little datIghter. who wcitMA '
rsther enti shoold have it," Then he
lifted his brit emirleously to the Went.'
en, took his overcoat on his arm and \
etrede off th find a seat, eisewhem \
rum) little Katie!
-Li 4.4.1...r.ItZiA41.-11,..-.. ..hdr•
They Are en Absolute Neceesity to
the Hortioulltuyiet and Are
, Good Money Makers.
operipi•••••
That more persons do not keep hee?
is rather singular. They may he kept
In the city or the country an4 in any
locality. They are at home any place
you set them down, either at the
queen's paltice or in the most relnote
corner of a wilderness. They Will oc-
cupy a place that Is of no use for any-
thing eke. They will save tons of
Bees In the Home,
honey from going to loss. They are
aa absolute necessity to the horticish
turist and have made some men rieh,
and In the now fashionable pursuit of
nature study few things are more fas-
cinating than the working of the bees,
which may readily be ohserved in the
glass front hive placedMear a. window'
through whieh the bees EY;
HA• TCH YOUR CHICKENS EARLY
Incubator Is Solution of Queztion of
Early Hatches and Is Not
Difficult.
•••-•••••••-•
Whether you' are in the poultri
business for fun or for roottey you wilt
get more experience and less trouble
• by hatching early, Surnnaer and aue
tone -hatched pullets of this year will'.
be spleedid autumn and winter layers,'
next Season, when the Old hens an&
, the earlier hatched ehould be shedding'
• or are too Much disposed to set.
• • An incubator is .the 'elutionof titti
• question of earlyhatehee and it Ise
not difficult to operate. Villas one gets
.the hang °fit he can run it as easilw
as man can balance himself en' a IN
cgcle. But witk a 'kakis =mortal/1
• movements' Atitiint returning te
nest, during 'the chil/y days of early!
spring,the risk and trouble 'are too
great to make early hatchiag pay.
t It Is easy enough to hatch' early
chickeas the ether way, You can turn
them out by the huadreds with an
incubator. But after that the trick et
the poultry business lies In radioing
thezn and growing them quickly. They
want to be kept growing from the
.tiine that they 'leave the shell natil
maturity. •
USEFUL KNIVES FOR APIARIST
They Are Very ,Hancly Toole for t4im9
dling and Manipulattng Bee-
• ' hives and Not Experntive. .
.. 'A very haridy :tool titi use In haw
Cling or rnsualpnlating beehiveste
4000
• Handy Knives lo Beet Keeping.
ellovin in the eat. tt consists of
, Metal .bar a foot or so long, having, a
book at ,one °rid and a sharp -edged
. blade at the other. With, the hook Itis
an easy )natter to hang. it. p,where it
is. always In sight, otherwise it would
be .eaSily lest in the grass. It should.
be strong enough to pry up hive et:W-
ere and the like, . • ' „.
Another ueefel instrun:tent for han-
dling beelliVes. is the uncapping knife,
Which is also shown in theout.
• Give Chickens Larpe Rune.
Houses and runs should be in pro.
portiere It is eelclont that the yards
are large enough to keep the fowls
active and heahhy. In citiet and 11.
lages It is .no trnana.1 sight to see •
If
good eieed hoese and a run no larger
than the house in the area covered.
The result is a perfectly bare and
often filthy greatid plot. The area of
Ate yard should be at leaet ten times
that Of the itemise 1 which the birds
are kept, and if tIfF yard is larger, It
will not be of exceesive size. In fact,
you cannot etre the hens too meet
range and if you cannot give them
free ranee, the aren of the run shoeld
be so large that part of it wilt remain
green through the entire • grovvieg
seasom, •
Trees In Poultry Yaee?,
it weeld he a good idea to vet out
plum trees in the.poultry yards, and
the hens will destroy Ctel grubs bed
leeects; and 'errich the S011., PO that
with a little 41!,mble end expense, yott
can raise some of the merit delicious
fruit. With certain petiltryniett thin
plati worked well and paid hamdetene-
ly. Try the plan and see If you are
not satisfied.
A subscription to The Nerisiliceord would be au appreciam
ted New Year's Gift to the boy in the west.
his is a
one3r
Saving
SA
It will continue until
the end of December
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