West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-01-19
Su6limate Of mercury ............... grains.
Almond mixed. E. q pint.
Bound to Have a Good Dinner.
Cincinnati Breakfast Table.


Have you the heart to turn a cold
shoulder on squalid poverty in Christ
mas times, when all the bells are chin
ing for joy; when little children Gamer
In happiness over toys from which they
will suck the paint and cry with the
stomach-ache tomorrow: when every
heart is full of praise and gratitude
hilarity and sociability, purse-strings lax,
and tables grooming with the fat of the
and, have you got the hardlihood, mum.
to offer psor unfortunate starving pil-
grim cold mutton scraps, sour potatoes
and stale bread, when the smell of
turkey covers the whole house with a
sweet odor, and every breeze that sails
through the streets goes laden with the
spicery of toothsome cookeryY'
That's precious sight better than
you deserve" said the lady of the house.
and l hain't got nothing more for you.
Eat it up and move on"
Can you expect that providence
Will continue to lavish upon you the
blessings of comfort and luxury, if you
do not in n time like this of general
testivity and feasting share with the
feeble mendicant that totters to your
door, few crumbs and seasonable
tid-bits from your table of abundance, to
remind his shriveled palate of the Joys of
youth and the vicissitudes of after life Y'
said the blear-eyed vagrant, in plain
tive tones.
You're lazy good-for-nothing yag-
abond-and ought to be ashamed to
eat bread you didn't earn" said the
woman, impatiently.
hat amt it," resumed the tramp.
II ask you, as a Christian woman, and
the mother of innocent children that
may some day walk in my footsteps. if
you don't think the leg of a turkey.
with an unmistakable suggestion of
dressing, and mayhap dish of cram
berries to heighten the scenic effect, with
a cup of coffee for company, and a warm
biscuit or two for sociability, would be
about the square thing on an occasion
like the PRESENT.
No, ] don't, you lazy loafeT. You
don't deserve a crust"
''Or say, perhaps, a half-dezen fried
oysters, the breast of chicken, n slice
of vension, with touch of Jelly for back
ground, three or four sweet potatoes n
parsnip, or slice of squash, maybe.
with few selections from your
assortment Of cake thrown in for
generosity's sake. Don't that strike YOU
as coming little more near the embodi-
ment of genuine charity than this froth
of the garbage box you have asked me
TO soil my stomach with %
Stop your CAB and clear out, or you
shan't have bite. That's all I've got
Tor you. Dinner won't be done for two
hours" said the woman, getting mad.
81 don't wish 10 be impOrtunate. mum.
but j wouldn't for the world have the
enjoyment Of this happy day marred by
the thought of remOrse which will be
sure 10 break in upon you, by and by.
when your own overloaded stomach be,
gins 70 attract attention, and make You
regret that you did not lessen the temp
tatiOn TO indulge in table excess by
sharing your bounty with the humble
and hungry waif before you. As for
this stuff you've offered me-though
I'm suffering tOrtures for want Of food
Il have too much self-respect to waste
my time on IL to-day. / started out for
a Christmas dinner that was worth the
name, and I'll find it if J have to work
for IT. Good-day, mum, and Happy
New Year to you--over the left"