The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1882-12-20

Our Christmas Stocking.
Hos's your steekin' trade
Stocking -old Kris Kringle.
Are yoa getting up 4 tpee
The Christmas salute nistlstoe bow.
It's always Christmas ii the heart Of a
true friend.
As the children grow older they take less
stoekiu' Santa Claus Yonksrs Gazette.
Santa Claus isn't saving claus -he is
too open handed.
Christmas has It's penalties. Even The
days are short
Whatever yoa give Christmas, don't give
yourself away.
spanish moss mixed with evergreens,
makes pretty decking.
Christmas comes but once a year, let all
harsh feelings disappear
How naturally eehristmas toys rhymes
with boys, noise and joys.
presents of mine is what the children
may boast Of after Christmas.
Fried plum pudding is tasty English
dish for the day after Christmas.
The man or woman who walks the streets
I this evening without package IN hapd is
only half blessed.
Mince pies, known as Christmas pies.
were a frequent dish at this season as early
as the sixteenth century.
The last census shows that there are 927,
826. .542 more Christmas presents in the
United States than there are people to give
them to.-Barlington HaWkeye.
Ifa beggar stops you on Christmas day,
tell him you are cent-nickle-less, and be
viii go away.-Phila. Bulletin.
Mnee pies used to be baked in coffin
shaped crust, intended to represent the
manger in which the Holy Child was laid.
No one need be ashamed to be seen with
bundle at this season. For that matter,
people entirely sensible never areA
Christmas greens who give their
wives twenty-five dollars with which to buy
their husbands two dollars and half Christ
mas presents.-Norriston Herald.
An antiquarian says that the phrase "A
Merry Christmas is only corruption of
"a Myrrhy Christmas" alIuding to the
offerings Of nlyrrh.
new Christmas slipper has been invent
ed. 1t is to slipper ten-dollar gold piece in
the hand of a deserving person on Christ
mas. N. B-We are always at home on
that Whitehall Times.
The crusty old bachelor now figures up
how many nephews and nieees he has, and
sits down on his pocketbook with weary
sigh.-Eastern Free Press.
Everything is advertised about this time
as an appropriate Christmas gift" but it's |
all right, (adds the n. Y. Evening Mail,
for those of us who get gifts this year will
not quibble whether it is appropriate or
not.
No, bub, we can't remember the name of
the father who first invented the art of lead |
ing his son to expect a pair Of skates at |
Christmas, aud then filled his stocking with |
FIVE cents worth Of popcorn.
Everybody knows when Christmas comes.
But some Of the children won't know it in |
the right way unless neighbors, more abun- |
dantly blessed than their parents, take
little thought that none of the little ones t
are overlooked.
There is a despairful wall for cheaper
Christmas Notwithstanding that will |
stand as an exponent of the hearts fondest /
throbbing, and yet not call for a chattel |
on a fellows summer clothing to
achieve 1T (tgfskiIi Papor}pr
It striks us that ''in the bright hereafter |
when the angels sing there will be front
chair reserved for the man who |
shall have devised f'noiseless drum as a /
Christmas present for the boys here below. /
New York Commercial
Now the fond parent is seen to meander /
through the bewildering bazaars, and after
spending an hour in anticipating certain |
wants, reals dizzily home with bulging, |
pockets, and yet smiling.
That was a touching scene in front of a I
Baltimore toy shop when two little girls had /
their smaller sister, who is blind, between
them. aud were describing in detail the
colors, forms, and names of the things there
displayed
Here are two sagacious old saws for the
season. Take your choice:
An old Bit Of a true rule
Christmas green ehurehyard full
Is the weather at Christmas mild?
1t is joy to man and sTifs and child.
etNo," lie said, contemptoasly II don't
want no pen-wipers or diaries in mine. IF
you're goin' to gimme anything, gimme
brespin, or dirk, or something man can
wear" And yet your wouldn't have
thought this seeker after higher life more
than Is years old.