The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1882-12-28
.~ CHRISTMAS CHATTER.

PITY the person who tskes no stock
In Christmas.
Santa Claus is of commanding
presents.-M Y. NeloS
"A legend of Christmas-the tur-
key's.-Yonkers GdzeHe
THE poor We have always with
you" on Christmas Day.
know all men by these presents"
that Christina is coming.
Present time and pastime arc
pleasantly joined at Christmas time.
Darn the stock ng that catches no
Christmas presents.--N. D. Pfedyune.
Christmas trees are looking spruce.
Children pine for them. Boston Tran
script.
Man wants but little hero below;
but he appears to want that little on
Christmas day.
There should he no holes in Christ
mas stockings if they are worth darn.
M o. PtcdyuSse.
Big feet may be laughed ut all the rest
of the year. but their stockings hold
most at Christmas.
Boston girls never hang up their
stockings; an exchange says they "sus-
pend their hosiery"
-"Christmas comes but once a
year." and if IL came a week later it
wouldn't be in the year at all.
"A welLfed hog reused mp in his ST..
And dropped a re9retful tear
'The beautiful enow has come" he said,
And staying will soon be here"
1t is stated that stuffed birds are
q very toney Christmas present" but
we should suppose q live bird would
be more toney Boston Post.
1t is the whoIe-souled people who
make holidays worth remembering.
The half-soled man is too thin for
Christmas q. PicGyuRe.
On Christmas day everybody living
will have a Christmas present Boston
TTansc,7pf. And likewise a Christmas
past-time-unless he was born this
year. Phtladeiphio bulletin.
--Embroidering Remember me"
on a pair of presentation suspenders
will not hit the mark. Omitting to
properly fasten the suspender buttons
will ever keep your memory green in
the mind OF your husband -NeIC Hdoe,l
Register.
The morning dawns, and the house,
hold is awakened by the sound OF drum
and fife, But II is not war IL is not
the summons TO go out and slaughter
the Zulus. Nay, brethren, it is Christ
mas, and don't you forget it Honbers
Gazette.
The PdT1.siGn says: According to
a French superstition. young girl who
wishes to know the name of her future
husband must. on coming from midnight
mass on Christmas Eve, give an aims TO
the first male beggar that she meets
and ask him his Christian name. Her
future husband will bear the same
name.
A ieweIry firm in New York has
Just received diamond valued ut $780,
600. The name of the journal st Tor
whom it was ordered as a Christmas
present for his girl is withheld: = Norris
totcn HeTaid Yes. we didn't want
ANYTHING said about il then. but if-if
necessary you might mention IL now.
though please print our initials correctly
Derrick.
Why, Jennie, you foolish girl come
into the house What are you out 10
the snow for without wrapsg Oh
aothing much, ma. You see Augustus
has inst called. and here are his foot
orints in the snow I'm measuring 20
yet the right size Tor those slippers. and
10 you know / don't believe I've got
nall enough cloth for them
Among the superstitions connected
With Christmas Eve are the following.
The bees sing in their hives; the oxen
nav be found on their knees in adora-
ion ofth newborn Savior; bread baked !
IN Christmas Eve never grows moldy.
they are all from English folklore. !
farmers in the north OF England firmly |
believe that the oxen in the stalls kneel
Town on the eve of Christmas. old style. |
1 seems to be general popular tradi-
ion that an OK aud ass were in the |
table Of Bethlehem when Chris; was |
born. and that they warmed him with !
heir breath.