The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1876-12-07
THE COMPLAINT OF THE STOCK
INGS.

DEARsr NICHOLAS: Last Chrietmas we had a
Christmas-tree--we always hung up our stockings
heior.. On Christmas morning one Of the baby g
stoc' lngs was gone. and we couldn't find 1t any
where. But yesterday it turned up in the funniest
place. lou never could guess where, SO must
Yell You. 1t MAS tucked into one Of the pigeon
holes of grandfsther's deck, He foaud it there on
Christmas morning; and o. be can t see very well,
he Thought 1t was peu:wiPer some OF " h.d put
you, was in the loot OF tie ct cking. No one can
Tell howl ever could have got into grandfather 9
dess; but You know w., great man many wonderful te
MAY MEIRirEGs
have pieous tale to ,ell-and where, shoua
But to the good ST. Nicholas, should baby stock
thought i tod our family wrongs, ingood:old-
You'd ok the matter up. somehow, before next
Perhaps you're wondering how it is l look so very
All covered up with pretty stripes of red and blue
and white:
Well when tue stockings came last fall in brown
and navy blue.
Mamma declared, for baby they would never, new
er do,
The sober things might answer to be worn by Will
But the dimpled dar ing Lcwie's should glow like
summer : ,ay.
So grandma go: her needles ont, aud began me, so
Eve heard:
And w:t1 cvery stitch she knit, woye in smile
or LOVING WOfQ.
And how ga her round the cunning feet, you
ought to see!
Why the toes are like pink sea-shels, and dim
I've Rugged the dainty things with clasp so warm
That ID Jatk Frost has never had a chance to
take bite.
But must hurry on to show how, on last Christ
mas night.
The stockings Of this family received dreadful
light
III tell you what my father said-hel tell it best,
| know,
Though am getting old myse,f-(theres big
hole in my loc).
heard him sadly groan that night-his name is
II, Gray Lamos%9ol;
h ;eart We're full,
All, me- he cried, T." hat Christmas Eve should
,na NV be pass BE- Ger isrs rn,n tho had rom,
Il Or! t-s- 20"
thought we'd all be hanging up along the chin
How wonderful the things We he'd last Christmas,
Such gay embroid> red slippers, done in beads and
be lit WOOL
With NEE Schaunl, studs and smoking-cap. till
every part WIS full.
Ny eldest there, Seal Brown, ought to have
his foot this minute
Pres: ed OF of all its comedy shape by treasures
crowded in it
With bal and top and soldiers, with trumpet,
u
And eve;y hing, besides, boy would need for
Christmas fun.
And next to him Miss Navy Blue would hang,
ANA proudly hold
\ little cham and locket, and ring of shining
lold.
A tiny. ticking music box and. standing over all,
With such line clothes, and real hair, the very
luvelie.t doll!
And stumpy, dumpy Redstripe would lovingly
embrace
y >tumpy, dummy baby, with smiling rubber
y .lowinr coral necklace, rattle too methinks
And sugar plums among them, just to ill w all
Bat ali. It's har for stockings to fall on times like
thee.
" hen all the world is going mad about its Christ
We've been faithful family; I've served my
mas we'll:
I've not darLed hole anywhere, as any eye may
tel
SO you see the reason have spun yarn so
I want t. get st. Nicholas to right this fearful
wrOn5:
1want his RANGING reindeer to tear through all
the land.
IA bring him to each chimney, to fill, with lib
eral hand.
The stock,ns blue, red brown and gray-the
stockings great and small
he ribbed. the SIR. ped. the plain, the plaid the
stockin gs short and tall;
And if You now are weary OF the grievances l
sng,
just Cry, Oh, hang those stockings!''-that will
be the very thing.
-Sydney Ddyre, in st. Nicholas Magazine