Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-12-19
GRANDMA'S CHRISTMAS
TREE.
BY AUNT ADDIE.

ANU nine wears O!e3, Will Heif OiS pTOtH
ers, Frank and Jimmy, left their home
In the city one snowy, Decemher day,
and started TO: the country, where their
papa had bought a farm, which was very |
near their grandma rouse.
When the cars stopped at tho depot
they all went odt on the platform, and
there, waiting for them, stood their own
dear grandpa, with their tnsee little
cousins, Lily, Mamie ami George, and
their big cousins Lou and sBertie
After a great deal Of hugging and
kissing and such a lot If questions
as only little boys and girls know bow
10 ask, they all climbed into L hon-sled,
which Ella thought was the queereat
carriage she ever saw, and started tor
their grandpas house, where they were
going TO stay until thsir own was ready
for them.
For the next two days the ,ltt,e people
were very busy Mamie, Lily aud
George had such treasures t. display ~
made their little cousins eyes sparkle
with delight. First they all wenr to the
barn yard TO look at the cattle, and very
wonderful did the great lazy looking
cows seem to Ella, while the flock of
sheep were Berthas great delight, and
she decided that she would like to have
one for ter very own, to pet and take
care of; so her grandpa said she might
have her choice Of any sheep 'ie owned
To the great amusement Of the family
Bertha chose the oldest and ugiiest sheep
in the flock, a great far, lazy fellow with
dirty brown wool. sp,inkied all over
with black spots. The Whole Of his face
was black except the very tip OF his nose
and one eyebrow, which would have
dirty.
"Why, BERTHA said ceusip Lon, ''why
don t you take that pretty, little, white
lamb, the one standing over there by us
mother?''
."No, indeed said Bertha, .'do YOU
think would take thai little baby iail,0
away from its mamma, besides it is su4h
u pretty little thing everybody will be
good TO it; but my old Spotty ftor SO
she had named her sheep is so old AND
ugly that no one viii like him ar I've kind
to hin, and All just going Ia puy 1t red
ribbon round his neck and WAS. his face,
and get brother Jimmyto make iim u
nice house, and then /! guess he @iI; be
glad"
Grandpa thought Bertha was very
tender hearted little girl, and Then he
told Ella she might take heG choice Of
any animal on the farm for her pet
| After looking al! over tor same time
| she Saw flock az geese, and SHE thought
she would ike TO nave one for II pot
her grandpa told hec she c0Giu nave a
pair Of them.
Ella thanked her grandpa, and started
towards the two she had decided 10 take :;
bat Mr.. Gander and Mrs. Goose thought
they ought TO be consulted IN tat matter
q little, and prepared 10 defend them
selves.
MIR Gander spread his wings and rush
ed towards Ella while Mrs. Goose tol
lowed, Tapping her wings aud masing d
great NOISE; cousin Berthe ran 10 the res
cue, and Ella came back 70 grandpa say
ing:
Nasty ugly things.I guess won
have goose for my pet; rhlni i'i haze
some nice little chickeHs;" ant; 80 it was
finally settled that Bertha should have "a
sheep and Ella Il white hen and a very
pompous, proud old rooster. You ean
believe the LITTLE girls we're proud enough
Of their pets.
The next day it showed part Of the
time, and Tained tue rest, bur Bertha and
| Eta were determined TO visit the school,
i'll which their cousin Lou WAS teaching,
and SO, taking grandpas big umbrella,
they started cut, followed by Fraak and
Jimmy, who were going over TO visit
| their new home.
| The wind had blown the Snow ia the cor
ners of the rail fences and made little
drifts, which tho children Thought tine
| fun 10 wade Through, and 30 laughing,
running and some iules stumbling they
came To the top uf "a small hill, when Ell
"a proposed L, Bertha to spread the um
brella behind them and let the wind
blow against 1t AMI SO hetp them along.
| The plan succeeded very well until they
we're about half wa9 down the hill
when an extra harh gust of wiuu took
them right of OF the grouun ana spread
them out IN NE snow, little noses down
ward, and tiieu very kindly stuck the
umbrella Up over them, making a nice
| little house.
As soon az Bertha and Ella could get
ont OF ter house and get The snow out
Of theft eyes anu ears they decided that
any further mel 10 in getting down the hill
WAS not needed.
| After tsw more tumNius the cAiit,ren
| reached the school house, where Cousin
Lou net them ut the door; she thought
! by The shouting and laughing that a
/ tribe Of Indians had COME 10 visit her.
| The next day ~as The one before
Christmas, ald oil she little folks were
busy getting their Christmas presents
ready.
| Grandma had <ecret all her own, and
not TIL after supper DID any one find it
out; then the large folding doors between
the sittipg-room and parior WERE opened
and there, in the center Of the room,
! stood large Christmas tree, beautifully
trimmed from top to bottom with lovely,
white popped corn and Gran berries strung
on strings and iooped over the dark.
green boughs OF the tree. There were
horns of plenty, made of white birch
bark, and flied with hickory nuts, but
ternuts, beechnuts, and apples.
Gu the lower limbs Of the tree hung
five bright, new sieds, marked with the
names, Bertha, Ella, Mamie, Lily, Geor-
gle; while On the topmost branches of