The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1882-12-08
Plain Talk,
On PIAaa sabJeess.
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BY rtAIH CHAP.
fHE HOLIDAYS.

By Thanksgiving, In which ell joined
with . hearty good will, and many
thtsgs We had 70 be thankful for too.
And nov next 10 order coass Christ
mast, hvsliest and most eladsons Of
al, 70 bs rsmsnbefed fer many things
but the one which sgitAtss my miad 10
the gift making which occurs ON that
day. How the ysung and old aud
everybody loves 10 be rsnsnbsred on
that sccasisn. / can not picture any
n9rs joyful scenes in my childhood,
than some connected with the rsssig-
ing Of presents on this pleasant holiday.
was never blessed with parents who
could sxpsnd .ush On me, bot the
spirit with which gifts were made TO
2s On this day was Worth mere than
costly gold watches asd diamond rines
| can remember receiving once whsn
sseut tee, cart made By the ingeniss
band Of ny father which flIed ne With
- much haPpiasss ~ IL it had bees
one Of Gee. II. Williams laundalets.
And - | have come 70 the conelusios
that 1t Il more the snimus than the Ia.
trinsie value Of ths article presented. II
enc can afford something 6ns then -
much the better. Oar city aferds
ssms splsaaid chances for making en-
cellsnt selections with which 70 feast
the eyes Of ctr friends, cid and young
In the two drug stores between Broad.
aibin and Ferry stIests particularly
can 20 fsuna some really elegant. and at
the same time many useful artIelss
with which 10 remember q friend. or
csurss one 10 governed much BY the
taste Of the one rsceising in mAkiaa
the fatal leap. Someti@es ! have
thought that would rather be poll
tiei&n on the anxious seat than . Deu.
zen locking altar presents, % hard is
1t - make the selection, and still pro-
tset saes Psekst bOek. And even il
ons confines oneself to boeks, ill
many cases the very beat gifts to be Oh
tlinsd, the task is just a. bard. Will
they prefer 6ctisn, sr history, %
Psstry, or bisgraPAy, Of course yOa
think it must be entirely according IL
their desires, but let ns suggest that
yen try and educate them, if they are
not already. BY selecting something
with little substance to it.
But the little children, bless them,
nust have their gifts, and they can gss
tksn at the places spoken Of but -
we'll SAINTS Claus is Visiting with his
biggest pack our frieDds, Muller, Msy-
or and Gradwshl. and the ingenuity Ls
Displays In constructing presents ID pea
fectly wonderful. i noticed train vi
cars in one Plass, run On . circle By
winding mp, that ! Al@ss: wished some
body would buy Ter me. and % many
other peculiar eontriVAnoes that can
net take time 10 deseribs than. Bot
ell these things make me glad nf the
fact that Chrisnas is coming With all
it brightness and festivity. On that
day one can fesl entirely free frsm care,
and ashsPpy as a pig in = corn bin, o.
. cat in . band Of mice How excruci-
atingly nice it is for the sentimental
young man to see bis girl irst gaze with
. lssk Of pride on the present he tool
- much trouble to buy fer Ter, and a
veil Uics Uersa as it was = year ago
when he writer graspsd the squeak,
ing, fat-facsd, rubber boy which
two or three admirers ~ had ben
kind enough t, get f,r him, and pIacs
On the Christmss tree.
| 0ns of the bsst features If the holi
days il that they all eur Sunday schOols
aew the little, sparkling faces do be-
gin to troap towards the church al
Christmas draws near. And for m,
part / am glad to sss them even II
they quit thi religious freak the ver.
nsxt Sunday. fer it il COED thing "a
give them 6rst-elass associations if fol
en'y a month or %.
lite Christmas trees when right,
eenduetsd, but / think We had better
have none ct ell than to run them ths
way some Of eur churches de. For in-
stance / have seen the nembers "a
sems families receive thirty or forty
presents, which showed an oatlaBdish
taste, while their POsr neighL-r ges
almost nsthing. can't ses how Ia
tslligsnt people can tsake this place
to display their gold watches and iell
goods bGt any number do il, aid
ssme even put things sn the tree which
they have purchased t. use in the
hsuRhsld, for the sake Of show. This
ia wsvas than EslieOPsanisn, and would
sheck HotsntOt II will sveataall,
break up Chriatmas trees entirely n
not s9pPed, se that they may bs de-
voted 10 their proper use. / hops our
people all over the city viii show god
sense Shis year anu permit snly som. :