The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-12-26
FIRST PRIZI-TwENTY-EIyR cISra.
TEDDI's CHRISTMAS EVE,


any why advertising the fact
FIRST PRIzE-TwENTY-EIyR cent?.
TEDDI's CHRISTMAS EVE,
The whirling snow danced wildly ant
nncompromising ghostly and ghaEtly city
for 1t was ChrisSnas Eve, and the street.
were white and deep with the sparkling
glistening and evanescent crystals OF ma
ture. The full moon shed her etTulgenCC
considerably over the scene, and especially
over portly philanthropist, who, attireC
in sealskin ulster, new aICtics, and will
solitaire diamond stud in his shirt-colIar
strobe along the pallid highway OF GranG
street, There was IL kindly look in hi
tishy eye as 1t fell on poor innocent little
boy who was picturesQuely clad in tat
tGred linen duster and was making frugl
meal Off u neglected SNOWFALL, washing
down the Wand with ice ravished from the
sidewalk.
ado you know that it is Christmas Eve
sonnyT said the portly gentleman,
"Never heard OF such thing, boss, and
my name Is not sonny; It is Teddy"
"What are you eating, TeddyT
'0nOWDNllI DOss'
ut is cold stuff, is it not, TOddy|
at Is, boss"
allow would you like to come 10 my pa.
latial mansion on Fifth avenue and revel
in all tho delicacies Of the season? Will
you goP"
"You bet, boss"
Teddy accompanied his beneiactor Ia
his gorgeous residence, and sat down to
dinner For the first time in bis life he
ute roast turkey, pate de JOie gras, omeIetie d
Ia .fndncisre, little gem peas, mince.plc,
plum-puddng, Charlotte Russe msriHgut,
truilles, pound CNke, tabasco, pepper sauce,
limbergcr cheese, terrapin stew, mulligll'
tawny soup, CustArd pie, and salmon with
oyster sauce in the order above mentioned,
He drank Pommard, MummsleGk's cham
payne and Old Grow whisky,
"Do you feel i'll, TeddyP" asked the
portly phianthropist, as the poor boy lay
in the comfortable hospital ward,
III do, kinder, boss" and tho gentle
youthful spirit passed away.
SECOND pRizE-oNE nag sELF-RAIsEp FLOUR,
LITTLE acknowledgements.
Little Samuel was very good little boy,
and he lived in New England town,
where they ate pie and went 10 church
three times every Sunday.
Little Samuel was not like other little
boys, who were very often bad and rude,
When his naughty comrades hit him in
the eye, little Samuel never hit them back
He turned away theirwrath with the softest
answer he bad learned ut Sunday School,
and went and told the teacher OH them,
Then Ile stood by while they were lar.
ruped, and when the operation was over,
he told them that it was for their good.
When Christmas time came around,
little Samuel felt that hO must do some.
thing to DO u little extra good. Unfortu-
nately, he had no invalid mother or con.
sumptive little sister to take care Of and
make sacrifices for, so he thought he
would save up all his pennies ind give
them to the heather.
He wanted very much to buya new sled,
and he owed u bill ut the Candy Em.por.i.
um; but llU determined TO save up aud
give his money to the heather.
This was sacrifice for little Samuel.
Perhaps 1t was not great sacrifice; but II
was lirst.ClNss sacrifice Tor small boy.
And when little Samuel had saved up ill
his money, and had made up two dollars
and twenty.seven cents he gave 1t to the
Superintendent Of the Sunday School for
tho heather.
But the superintendent OF the Sun
day School was also bank cashier
And he went 10 Europe for his health
on the dny before Christmas
And he took little samuels two dollars
and twenty.seven cents along with him
And little Samuel said bad word. And
his moral nature was permanently warped,
and when he grew up he became pirate.
THIRD PRlzE--oSE THOUSAND DOLLAR BOND
(CoNNEDERATE).
ONLY A BOARDING. HOUSE KEErER's DAUGHTER.
She sat in the parlor OF the boarding
house, and the dark shadows mustered
around her rs she leaned her head upon
ller graceful fingers. Time had paled her
delicate beauty she was no longer In the
first blushing dawn OF her youth, for she
WINS iorty.seven. Twcnty.three years had
rolled away since her sailor lover, Ben Bob
stay, had left her on Christmas Eve for the
purpose OF sailing on the briny deep. Now
there was another Christmas Eve-would
lie return?
A heavy, roliCking step In the hall, and
in another moment Ben Bobstay was In the
room.
any darling Benz " exclaimed our her
Dine.
"Avast there" said Den; "wl,at cheer
shipmatew
Don't you know me, Benz lam youl
own Sadie" .-
"swamp my toplights, l think / do re
member seeing YOU before. Lemme see
was It in my China cruise or In the Pa
CihCY
IBen, It cannot be possible that YOU have
forgotten TINT we are betrothed, and that
YOU are to marry me and"
"Belay there, my beauty. All right I'm
willin', II you are; but II won't be plant
sailing. You sec the hard work nj SCI
knocked you clean out Of my memory, ant
I've got one wife IN Hong Kong, anothe
in Melbourne, and three or four knocking
about in Algoa Bay, Batavia and Rio d
Jcneiro. II you like to come along ant
take your chances, l MN yours"
And this was Saddles Christmas Eve.
FOURTH rRtzE'-A PIECE OF Pin.
THE riE.EATER FRoM AROosTOoK.
Philip Thompson was born and RAISED
in farmhouse In Aroostook--One OF tles
fiat buildings that look like Washington
headquarters and cover half an acre, hav
all the rooms on the ground iloor and
great white hall sprinkied between.
philip Thompson was naughty, but still
he ntc pic with the keen relish that at
ostrich knows while deyouting oilclolll
| In the early morn lie would not sally fortl
IN uuest Of the destroying q. Cocktail Y
brace him up, but would sneak into tn
pantry and sirrcptitiousl y eat an npple.pit
This would be but n preliminary perform
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