, 1876-12-26
II think hearn somebody say tllis ts tho

"Then why don't pcoplc-Dtrslon stseet!-
Why dent psop,e DO Christmas y a proper way
"Thcrc weren't my street cars IN TINT uAy,
aa there arn not enough asscs In tfisa."
"The!n, there weren't no conductors thenf"
Nor N drivers ne'.h'F'"
"iiow did the inventors of bell.punchcs mako
".T!'ste weren't any bol-punche' then'''
Hs stopped to take lady on at Maplc street.
Ali How did Moses, and AintthoT, end 1saae,
and Luke, and solso,nion, and all. Of them, get
"There wasn't as much travelling then, nor
had their offices at honc." =.
"Like eobbler, eh, live up-stalEs, apd the
shop down!"
"Did thcy hang up their stockin's in then,
hThcy Didn't wear stockings them
"shoss must haye hurt 'e1' t!len' chi"
He turnetl wItiicrips iook on his companion
"How did they fasten OF skAtcs then1 say,
you iu:t tell me tlat. How dl'l they faslen On
1They didn't skate either"
nAnd 80 they celebrate this day. It sccms
kind OF mixdd, this 'yer thing. lro tal;es poo
nle to church III the mornin'. an,l }ate vt night
,a we taHes + hono lot OF f'l'0"s full'r'n
i,.,,, S{ilastrston. of the dIt1ere"t methods Of
ayes. Chicago aycnue!-suy, does It make
any difference how fellow cclcbra.ca"
;'Only, perhaps, In tho way Of huatlaches,"
.,; "rlsfe al"t noshin' In the Bible about It, Ia
"Nothing TINT know Of" ~
lie ruminatod again for wlile, whtstling
"MY pardncr there hung up his stoektn' last
HGet anything in ~,
"Hadn't when he left, but ~ hanEtn' ttcro
Jet Maybe he'll get somctliin' IT lie lets It
alone long cuongh..n.
swell sort Of pinned itup, Jest for fun,
you knows
"Flnd nnythfng this moruins1' $780,.
"Yes-supcrtor streetl-1 found tito stock
"You dent ,, 8, seem to enjoy the day we cello.
o, "Not pafts'ia;5;lly, What's this hearo about
II + small p,uo Or q r or h p21Go tree Thoy
"Ia 1t i1ea1tlyP'
ton, Why do you ask}"
soS Wr. 9y Syv hny hy en- fossg os yeat sd so
eat up her share and 1t made her sick. Cost me
"What did they give AcrW
A candy horse and gngerhreaa elephant,
sour orango, and sugar tombstone shaped
like t,cn1t with Think Ut me On It. She re-
membcred the dcr,cd thing for week, I reck-
on. It set heavy on her bowcls-Eric strect!-
No, ] don't think Christma,s trees y healthy"
"1sn't she going again THIS ycnr!"
~ s'pose shos goin', so made her present
In ADVANCE"
What was it4" .... .
~ be'ted hcr tt!l shc promised not to cut any
What would you have done II you'd had
don't know; hung mp everything I had and
gone 10 bed, 1 s'posc."
Got any moro chl!drona'
Yes, n little boy"
How od hc come outf"
uo got ltckcd.h ...
"WLat for, did he eat horses, and elephants,
"No. liz hcarn some Of tho boysa swcarn',
aud ho allows TINT bis mother WIS q dorm foolh
And you licked him for thatl"
"Not for swearin''; ! loa little Of that myscli
sometimss ". ;asd ;ae; htm for @ iy'9 COS the old
He studied over tho distinction Of tho sins for
moment. -.....
";1y v,Ep: paf9dns',s 9 a-cFow'n' over mo to-dny.'
"Ho's rot On invitation out to dinner, right
on tho limo Of tho road, aud oyory time We pass-
ea tho house llo rings tho rear bell and jcrEs Ills
thumb at It, aud grIns."
when uoC55 he dnefv
"ohl fie don't get no dinner at all; he only
body didn't aak nlo.n
Ile stopped at Ohio street for wobegone-
looking mal3 passenger. 49,.
You lock down In the mouth, ," said tho 70
Why rot" bitterly calculated the other.
"Just bce II burnt Dut.H
Iloust, burncdl"
eyes. Turkey done to a. cnder, e1othcs al!
kFDpi nm. anil ttn I0Yi1 fH ONv u
How arc rou going TO get throughi'
| "sent my wife to her mothers, and the chill
a1en to fasr aunt and lam am going down town
"iias worse Sc of than YOU" satd tle reporter
TO the conductor as tho I1aa went In the car.
mot much. lie could 70 to the fire. but, II my
iss1n houfs 6sge .i.ss dsp couldn't even got SOC
Thccar pulled along, rlmblcd over the bridge,
aad Yatt!el down Clark street.
| "Wcll Merry. Christmas!'' said the reporter
~ ilc stood on tho step ready to jump.
nay t say tdas' ypn knGw but Ut msr
and ouly people at home sees 'cm. They don't
get on stfeet-tars aud 20 a-bumpln' around,
they don't. Merry Chrlitmast !" ho eald, bitter,
~ mo grub, nothtn' to drink, and uothin' In
A 1sEPORTER'S CHRISTMAS.
REconD oy 4 HOLIDAY.
"lve slept like q log, tt'a Utmost Q o'clock
and hayo MI assignment at 10. The cotIeo |.
thick, tho mush like q rock. l an the unhap.
plcat OF men. At 10 there's something, ]
think curling match, or something that's equal
ly nicc, and l must stand by like s!gnpost
and watch them throw grludstones around OF
the Ice. Mike Evana appears before some on,
at 10, and must bo there to report, I'll ge1
half way through with that business
aud then 1 must hurry to Summer
fields Court. And then there's Christ Churcl
and tho Hospital wards. Thare'a shoot
tng-mhtsh down at tho Park. There's Trinity
then where the hummer noat boards, and I'll,
Fonndnngs will keep me till dark. ThH HON,
9i the Frenl1eas, Cathedral, 1t. James, st
l4uke's. and the Ada Street Church, II 70 o1
tho leo for those new-tasglod games, Moody'l
surcly be- loft Ia tho 1urch. I've rot to ~!
Schneider about that lost cash. almost forgo
| thu fonf.hnlI 7hn Et.,r.. nf <1.. NA,~ ~