The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1861-12-26
THE HOLIDAYS: AN AvANr COURIER

AND A Few PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
"Ring! ringl Christmas bellsl
Out on the clear air chime
And gather lovers and maidens,
AS ye did of the olden time ~
Ha! ha ha!
Here they are again-are the Holidays
Here at your pleasure, IN ertenso as we
say in the antiauated idiom, and lying
around loose in Jumps to suit the capacity
of the Public. Pick them up, uncork the
mouth piece and shake them out by the
tail, and-a la mode de Afrite to the as
tonished Fishermen in Nights Arabic
Genii will appear unto you from them.
Here the parallel ceases, however, for
these will be the Genii of Mirth, and Good
Humor, and Hold Time, instead of the
adverse, as above. The agis of their
"gay and happy" protection willencompass
you and be round about you, until they
float away and out of sight.
The Great Struggle thro' which we are
now triumphantly passing has had the effect
of uncarthing and bringing to light much
that is grand and original in our Nation
al Character. Big things, you know, hith-
erto dormant in our experience. Agitate
bowl of sugar, f'rinstance, and the big
gest and best Jumps viii insensib!y glide
to the surface. Among these newly devel-
oped novelties is an entire new code of set
phrases-unique, elegant, exhilarating.
Ecphonesic gems, strung on Beauty's
chain. We embrace this occasion, o
Struggle, therefore, to thank thee for
this: that thou hast given us an ejacula-
tion we have long needed, and one fully
equal to the pressing demands of the pres
ent momentous occasion
"Bully" for the Holidays!
Float away and out of sight, by-and- by,
will the Holidays, as before observed, So,
beloved reader-be ye Christian or Unbe-
liever-allow US to insist that you do your
unqualifiedest to
Make the most Of them,
While they last.
For hath not the great Blobbs-and who
will gainsay his authority in matters and
things in general-hath not lie thus dab
bied in the pool of poetical profundity:
'Tis good to have a merry heart
To laugh q merry quip;
To Pleasure may we never part,
To T'other let her rip
There is not man in Christendom-
no, not one-who would not be all the
better for little relaxation from the cares
and crosses of Business once in a while.
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull
boy" So, cast that ponderous burden Of
Care from your shoulders, smoothe the
kinks and crows feet from your frontis-
piece, and ego in" promiscuOusly and &C.
statically for the time being.
R. Burns, gentleman well and favor
ably known in days when the world was
in its prime and our forefathers were pos
sibly in their primers, eliminated the idea
that "Man differs from man In the polish,
not in the grain" This leads US to
remark that the "going in may probably
be accomplished after divers and sundry
ways and manners. Thus: Some of you
may ado" the occasion in the Everettian
etiquettian style; others may embrace the
rippety- ety-row-de-whack order. Many will
travel by the fast line with brakes up,
while few will so round by the bridge.
No matter Letter went If it's in
you, manifest it! Christmas comes but
once year-New Years ditto-"let them
be observed ~
Them's our sentiments.
Here's our Platform, in brief-respect-
fully submitted to the consideration of an
enlightened community:
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GOAT WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG
GOAT WHEN YOU GET OLD