St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1883-12-22
If IS sad fhat fle ct(st0in MN

Ill IS Sstlu lItitG inc CuSlOlIi ok-~1Han"
ing New Year calls IS on the wane.
Last year s'best society in New York
merely hung out baskets. To travel
about city all day. in a suit hired for
the occasion, dropping cards into
basket, is about as wild and hilarious
fun as to sit on a fence and see your
best girl 90 by with another fellow
Noar7StoWa Herald.
--'sIsc only been like Santa Claus"
said little seven-year-old girl found
by her mother dragging a basket in q
Philadelphia street Christmas day.
mamma said last night Santa Claus
never comes to the poor, SO | said l will
give some of my toys and fings to the
poor children myself. So got MAN.
mas basket and put in the fngs, but |
didn't find any poor children, and |
got lost and didn. t know what to do. /"
Charley wanted to give Clara a
Christmas present, but couldn't make
up his mind what it should be; SO the
next time he called he frankly told her
the difficulty under which he was labor
ing. want to make me present,
Charleyr' Clara exclaimed. in we'll
disguised establishment. .Why, Char
ley, you forget yourself. = Charley
took the hint and offered himself on the
spot.
As Christmas is near at hand. we
may expect soon to see in our St. Louis
exchanges such items as this: "a Chi
cago young man, in a rash moment,
told his girl that if she would hang up
her stocking on Christmas eve he would
fill it to the bTim with something nice.
He has since seen her stocking, and is
undecided whether to get into it him
self or buy her seWing-machine. -
NorrsstoWn Herald.
The old north breeze through the skeleton
trees
Is chanting the year out drearily;
The dry logs crackle chceriiy.
And the IA oLen ground is in letters bound;
But pile up the wood we can burn it,
For Christmas has come, and in every home
70 summer our hearts can turn it.
Here's happiness to all, abroad and at home,
Wassaii! Wassail!
Here's happiness to all. for Christmas has
come! Albert Smith.
A lively writer of "Girl's Gossip"
in the London Truth makes some COM
ments on the Chr.stmas-card mania,
the force of which will impress itself on
many people, Just now. She says:
ssOne does not like to throw them away
they arc too pretty; and yet, after the
first week or two, no one ever looks at
them. The worst of sending cards is
that one is almost sure to forget some
body, and get into scrape. | think |
shall advertise next Christmas in the
daily papers: 'Madgc Manners offers the
compliments of the season to al who
care to accept her good wishes. No
cards. 1t would save a quantity of
trouble. y
Capacity of the Chicago Stocking:
!" Papa, SAID a gushing young damsel
of Chicago, Il want you to give me
| this Christmas seal-skin sacque and
muff, pair of diamond earrings, that
| beautiful writing-desk we were looking
at the other day and bushels and BUSH
els of French candy. Will you, papa9'
and the dear things eyes danced in
glowing anticipation, while her feet
beat tattoo on the velvet carpet that
sounded like muitied thunder. ..Ah,
my dear cLild.n replied the proud
father, as he gazed at his daughter with
a pcnsive. upward-tendency-in pork
look. Indeed will. Just hang your
stocking up in the back yard and | will
fill it for yoa, darling, if have to chuck
in house and lot. - Rochester Post
Express.