Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-12-23
-a;lraster fntellige11cer.
IN THE CIrY-A CHRISTMAS JINGLE.

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10 sec the sights and Hook about;
And, as I'm dressed, I'll take you out.
Come. hurry up. no time to stand;
I'm ready now, each give a hand;
The day Is short, SO much to see,
fear We won't get back for tea.
Well walk on Chestnut street awhile
And see the shops, and time beguile;
And II you have some pennies bright
Wen buy picture book and kite
NO, auntie, that won't do for me;
Use got some money here. you see,
Pinned in my pocket all SO tight,
Butt won't spcndit for kite:
want some nicer things than that
And Bessie wants q pussy cat
guess we'll find some shop around
Where plenty pretty things are found.".
''Wcll, s'pCsc we try in this big store
Il think you've not been here bcfOre);
just open up your pe"pcrs wide,
And look about on every side,
Don't bc afraid, wc'li push our way;
just such n crowd cones every day"
'Oh, auntie, scc," says little Ecss,
"sOmcbo'iy's tOrcd my Sunday jess"
as this the Sunday dress yo,i wear?
There isn't much OF il TO tear.
ALI. well: your striped stockings blue
Are long enough to cover you.
Your grandma says (shc's little qucer),
She wonders all the children here
Don't have the Group and other woes
They wear such .lrca;l1luly short clothes.
She doesn't like at all TO see
The stockings way above the knee,
And then the little handy legs
Hang out below like wooden pegs.
But Madam Fashion rules the day,
And she must always have her way;
For worse than any Group OrgOut
Is Madam Fashion in u pOut,"
Suppose We go below the stairs,
And see what kind of wares.
Are there for s:ic-why, lots of toys!
The very thing for girls and boys"
"Oh, aunlic, aunti,., come right here,
a mu>icboX for papa DEAR
"Oh, Jack! youd better buy COW:
He lris two music-boxes now"
"IiOw many pennies does il cost
TO buy Il knife (fOr mine is lOst):
\ jumping jack, Oh, Bessie, see.
That's just what mamma says to mo.
An omnibus, and horses six.
And driver putting on the licks.
IIurrah for slctls. see Il lot.
wish knew just what they'd got =
Z" Well, as they say sit down Il bit.
fear you III have Il nervous fit
Ii isn't late. we've plenty time
So will tell you all in rhyme
"Dh. ;iuniic. do, twill be- such fun,
And Won't wink till you are done.
Attention, Bessie. still :ts mice,
Were going to hear il awful nice"
{" Now 10 begin: Drums, trumpctS and balls
Tea acts and tables and coaches and dolls,
NC!"cipcdcs elephants, steiinbnafs and lrays,
allies and marbles and pop-Euns and
,cgl--
Everything mrcdtnl y"u'll lind in the store
Hunting I'll" city you wouldn't get more.
so out with Your purse. hope full and strong
The clerks are 80 busy they cannot wal, long.
Pick out Your toys and they'll make up Il
pack,
Just like old santa Claus has on his back.
We won't h:lyc to scarry this bundle about
L hey send il right home before you are out.
a nj nov. &" up stairs. you're hungry, l see,
Wen nav" some bread and butter and tea.
Then in the plrlor III tell little Ecss,
Some dag We shall come for Il lin: wedding
dress.
Fixing- and outlt-thr French say trous~cau.
Blu. English is probably better for you
Their. is everything here that a la,iy can put
On the crown oi her head .o1 :hc sole OF her
foot
waist,
Or that can he stitched on or pinned on or
laced,
Or tied on with Il string or stuck on with i
bow,
In front or behind, above or below
But maybe l'm wrong in part of my tale
never saw bangs or 1riZZcS for sale,
pow,icranh soap you will nnd
Brushes an.l combs, very good of their kind;
Ied,ts.iis and bureaus and sofas and chairs
Carpets an.! curtains (you find them up stairs),
l3,,SCi, and pic! and brackets and books
ii:sses and hi! racks L" hang up on hook:
Hardware and tinwarc and plenty of brass,
Cook stoves tor oil and heaters for gas;
And down in the centre !, counter that's round,
Behind which il everything else to be found,
In wor.tels AMI Tides and fringcs and beads
And baskets and patterns, whatever one
needs.
I :lscS and clocks and ornaments tall,
L" pm; in he mror or stand i'm the hall:
Fable cloths, napkins and blankets and quilts
upon arches or hung upon stills.
Papers and envelopes. rOStals and stamps,
Candle sticks, ice pitchers, goblet and lamps,
Walters and dishes Tor cream and for fish,
AMI cvcryi hing else you can ask for or wish
thina and silver and :;ritl.ilcS and pots,
An,i, likely as not, some houses and lots ~
: oh, auntir, know ;hat'S Il whoppcr you
tell!
They couldn't have houses and lots here 10
SELL
well, may i'r not, come help me look.
III buy for yOu Il picture book,
And Bessie, darling, don't you fail
Aud break that beautiful WAX DOLL
"Oh auntir. something: very Queer
lou tiat lady over here?
Well, when you turn your head about
She hid your money up the SlOut.r
" Why that's all right, you little goose
Those tubes are for that very usc.'
/" But, auntia, that's 4 watcr,p"ut!
How will they get the boxes out ."
- When you grow hi, Iii Tell you how
I" I'm big enough TO know it now
I" Well. then, those little boxes there
Arc carried up 10y means OF air,
I.sbnats and ships by wind aud tile
ON river and on ocean ride.
Pneumatic tubes, quite hard to spell,
l;ut by-an.l-byc you'll do il well
~ don't believe they d0, for fair,
Sail all their money in the air!
. know Aunt Kate and Uncle Frank
I'ut all their money in Il bank
''Oh yes, they're such Stingy plir
They'll always keep their m Oncy there:
And hang upon the chimney jam
A stocking small for little sam,
And staff 1t full with nuts and cakes
Il know the kind yourauntic makcs)
Far better, if i'm town to-day
With horse and buggy, cart and ,lray
Investing some few boarded dimes,
In buying gifts for Christmas times.
I:ut here's papa; he's come, guess
TO take us home. Come Jack and Bcss''
" And must tell the boys meet,
In Philadelphia, Chestnut street,
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