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The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
APPLICATION FOR PATENT


tstfHFs lHHlpi aHiy RI 1903
Notice In hereby given thst the Nellie Mining
Company by IT. attorney in fact Andro,s
Stevens whose postoiiice addrsssfs Vienna, Al
tnraa County. Idaho Territory, has this day
fileJ his application for I,atent for I,5o0 linz
ear feet of ths
NELLIE
Mine or vein bearing silver and other minerals
With surface ground 5i5 feet In width, situated
ia sawtooti Mining District, County OF Aitnras
ard Territory D2 Idaho. ana designated by the
held notes and official plat on iilc in this office
as fot No. 10. and described In Said PLAT hnd
teid notee with inaanetic variation ~ ~ degrees
is .siAnnfsa cast az follows, 70 VIII
q ise9ihnfng at tie discovery point and rup-
ming thence south "A deg W., f1opfeet 70 y. w.
aRd lire OF claim. thence N. i6 deg. W. t5e feet
to post No. 1. uleHee \. le deg. H., SIS feet 10
post 40. 2. thence N, deg H., 1900 feet 70
poet No 4; thence a.. "a deg. w, i,boo feet TO
post no, /, the place Of beginning survey OF
exterior boundaries Of claim
Containing sn area Of lI.Ii acres claimed.
No Conflicts.
From pest no q, u. s. H. NJ, No. bears $.
The nearers known FocatlonsEre the ''Aituras
aud the sNeile Extsflsion
ANS aud al persons claiming adversely any
portion Of said "Naiiie, Mine or surface ground
are required 10 BILE their adverse claims with
the Eagintar Of the United states Land Office III
HALEY ia the Territory 81 Idaho during the
sixty dsgs period Of publication hereof, on the,
viii BE- hafred by yirtne of the provisions o
tbs statute
IL IN hereby ordeyed that the foregoing Sotic'
Of Application for Patent be published Tor tn
period of 80 days, item consecutive weeks) u
the kstahum KEYSTONE. a weekly newspepo
published ut Ketohufn, Alturas County, Idaho
HOMER l.. FousD.
VIM. Hyndman, Register
ATTY FOR Applicant l)y~2lI
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11

Three buildings with 36-fsot front
en- Main Street.
Tive frame dwellings on Bird
street I block from Man.
One house, residence, with three
rooms aud two lots.
One desirable corner lot for resi-
denec. Apply TO
I. w. GILLETTE.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
TO THE PUBLIC.

w Mcdonald has seen proper to insert Ia
the Nurnroxa Notsce Of Forfeiture against me
as having failed tn represents my one-fourth in :
tsress ia the Greek mine situated in Vienna
Mining District hereby announce that
paid Naxriuinn q Co, OF hawtooth and GAleaa
She sum OF sixty ak dollars. tsssl for provisions
furnished by them to said. a. w. Mcdonald
while he wAs representing said Creek mine
s-u-4 JOHN II. JA0I.EA
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
No. 1915.

NO. loo
UNITED STATES LAND oFFrcK,
Boise city, Idaho, July 3, 1888. I
Notice IL hereby given that the Philadelphia
Mining Il smelling Company, an organization
Incorporated under the lava of the state OF
New Jersey bv ita authorized agent, Edmund
Green. whose postofitee address is ketchum,
Alturas County, Idaho Territory, has this day
hled his application for ratent for i,50o linear
feet oI the
lode mining claim, bearing silver and other
minerals with surface ground 6W foot IN width,
situated In Warm springs Creek Mining Dis-
triut, County Of Altafs= aud Territory of Idaho,
and designated by the neld notes and official
plat on file In ths oiiice IA Lot No. i5, ana de-
ss4ihed IL said field notes and plat with mag
nelic variation at ~ degrees east AS follows,
to wit.
Beginning at the discovery point and running
thence N, ~ dog 81 min west, I5V feet 70 the
centre OF nnrthwesIerly end line OF claim,
thence ~. Ga deg 10 min r., 800 feet to post No
thence ~, "a deg 30 min " dt1 feet to post No
thence 81. "A deg ID min H.. 1850 feet 20 post No y
thence s.. 81 deg 10 min IL. 100 feet TO post No 4
thence NJ. "a dsg 10 min r., 600 feet to post No 8
thence NJ. 81 deg IA min w, 100 feet to post No
thence NJ, "a deg 10 min W., 100 fees to post No
the place Of beginning survey OF exterior houn,
dariss OF eiAiIas Containing an area of fo4i
acres claimed. exclusive of o.4a acres In conflict
with North Star lode, Lot ~.
Frum the centre OF houtheasterly end iine, U
g. M NJ, No. , bears south v deg % min cas-
The nearest known locations are the "Norti
star. Sunday aud log Cabin.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely AM
portion of said Ervins mine or surface ground
are require TO tile their adverse claims with ths
Register OF She United States Land Office a
nolsa Jity in the Territory of Idaho during thu
sixty DAYS period of publication hereof, o
they viii h. barred by vittne Of the provisions
If the Statute
direct thai this notice be published In th,
ketchnm kErsTONk, newspaper Published near
est The said naming claim, for the period Of ak
~ days. d. L. D. PRIDE.
Mni. lily nsinan. Register
ANY fer Applicant Uy-tl.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
Notice OF Forfeiture.
To j. II. Jagies

Yuawili plense take notice thstwe have
expended the sum of ona hundred dol
h.rs. IN money and labor. on tho Greek
mine situated In Savtooth Min
ing District, Altnras county. Idaho
Territory. for the year 1882. and unless
your share OF the said one hundred
dollars &c being one-fourth thereof
together ~ith interest aud costs thereon.
ia paid within ninety days from the date
uf the service II this natice. your inter
eat in said mining claim viii be forfeited
10 us by process OF law. under the act
OF Congress approved May 10. 1874.
A. W. MCDONALD.
THOMAS HANNAliAN.
Katehum. Idaho. June %, 1888.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.
Xm. iIyn&fHisssa.
An y for Applicant.
nesiee No. q.
t'sITan sTArHs LAM OFFICE,

UNITED tIAfEH LAND OfFttEz
Haley. ltiAha. July 10, less
sstlee l. bsrrhy given that the Nellie Mining
ssosnp#uy bs its attorney In fact, Andrew
stevens. whose pestslf'eu address u vienna,
AltafAs County Idaho Territory, has this day
aisa hi# application for patent Tor lSno linear
- : - NELLIE EXTENSION
Mine of vein hearing silver aud other minerals
with suffae- ground Geo feet In width, situated
III Hastoolh Mining District cehnty Of Altnras
Territory IT idshn, ami designated ~ tho iield
ts.sssA ant egiiclai plat Hlo in thia oi'iee a.
f.at No, n. and described IN said plat and field
ssase@ With magnetic variation At is degrees ID
usinusps ~, a. follows. 20 sit;
tlextnniuE hs the discovery point and running
thHnea NJ "a deg. r.. Eea feet 10 tho eastern
snsi tEns nF eisttn, hrner ", ~ deg w, 5sn feet
III sse=t M. thence \, 70 deg w, Toe feet 60
tust No 4: shsare NJ ea.dea ~ min. VI Isufeet
u ,,ssst NJ tno1ee =, Ii sFts r.. 800 feet ia
fasi Su. a. thence T.. 10 dec 30 min.
T., X. fast = pos. :. NO. Ne.
!, shsne. I ID de- ". soa feet To posf No i.
ths place al beginning survey II exterior baum
ssaFssz IT elalu.
Containing an AREA Of issa acres claimed
Prom lsest NJ :. Y. : NJ Ne ! bears b
The nearest Ena~n locations arc Tho sAlturas
aud the Nellie.
Any aud Iii persons claiming adversely any
ussttun of the saEa Nellie EsIenHson Nine O
sarfaee Tfauiad are required 20 Mo their adj.
VERSE eatsaa with tha Rssinser OF the United
states Land utlaea st HALEY. IN The Territory
Il iiaho, siaFsas ths sixty DAYS period OF pnhii-
e4tlun hexunf. IL they will Id barred by thtus
.E ths provisions Of the statute
II i. hssahs DgstaFpd that the foregoing Npties
IT Application fos Patent 20 published soI tbs
rsrtnd IF sixty dave, ten consecutive weeks,
Is she heataulu kkysTuSE. 4 weekIs nswenape,
iahlisAsd al ksteIuna. AityfHs G1unty, liahe
HuAxk l. fuusH
Vim Hsnasnan. Register
Atsy fps Ai,slluaAS ljy7@a4
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
PAY DAY NOTICE.

All persons having bills against the
Philadelphia Mining 4 Smelling COM
pafy aru retuested to pre<ent them IN
duplicate by the hsrs OF fhe month.
rasrarut will be made for thu Same ON
tAe fiisaenth.
Cot. +. Gayrs,
General Superintendent.
The Ketchum keystone. (Ketchum, Idaho) 1881-1884, 1883-08-11
Brick and Lime 4!

Hand burned Brick Of the first pual-
ity and good brick for substantial build
ing on hand and furnished in any puan-
ity at short notice.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

aud rosy had a Hcdaltc. then ! went TO he'd
bat some thing had made me orful sick tho ]
don't belief IL was cake y went to rosys
room softly, She was Cryin & sittin ON the
floor by the IRE then l went in to mas room ~
She was cryin too n Pa was sayin We are Liv-
Ia On II Noicaucr ] tell you.
=" was kinder skurcl be kausn NOlkanccrs
bum YOU all up * are very danUcris.. Ma
says samuel ! Kant help It the girls must dress
sSnt VIC moovc OF the volkancr x buy a new
House up to Scntril Park.
"pa says where did that young sknmp come
from 4 then the flor iumpt Up y hit me Il ma
sed IL was kausc | he'd 81 too much tcrrusn.
~ was orful sick all mite. The mex morn.
ing kamll the made helped me pit up X scd I
wns to go rite OF to skool Apcn Il the Coach
man was to take care of me went oshy good
By to loo she was IN bel with priddions In her
hair citing lots of breakfast. rosy. kissed me X
her eyes was nj red n she sed teddy deer they
are breaking my hart ~ | promniscd Her wen
igrow up ! viii lex them al.
81 Ike Rosy pretty well considcrin she IS
my Sister. IA 81 ma was shut up in the
literary a pa hai lots of little Paper on the
label
" ITO said look at them
dresses, bonnits. incary, jcwolry. l kant
pay them tell you we are Twin beyond our
iucncs. So is cvSry body says ina hut the girls
viii marry wei. says pa look ut ROSY she Is now
In low with that good lo,kin RASCAL on L. hun
| dril u year.
"Shc siant hay him says mn now cont be a
brute aud cut down cxpcnssis perhaps 10 will
HELM you ont my brot or 10 il II .stinacc ole
kur says pa. Is If h" knows We are He'd an ears
over Ia Diet he wuddunt lc,c Ted II sent.
go don't want II sen, pa says ] I'VE scnts ain
much y one sent ain no hin aud uncle 30 T.
an odd bare says !. q Send the boy TO skool he
mako me Graz ~ slys pa n ma kissed me In
IL lur y 4 pusht me Long to the dOrc.
"pa h'd his he'd burrycl In his hand &
lcpi sayin' ruoinci. rOOinCd, ana all for mp.
pc frances - am tired OF ri'1ng such II long
Compensation and Tn" conchmin took me bac
t. skool a that is all know II Bout new Years. 10
Uncle Joe quietly folded up the
scrawl, and looked out from under the
thatch of his eyebrows mt Hedge, who.
glancing at Lou. and seeing she wa-
dangerous. silently lcit the Don and
the house. Sorghum followed also,
politely escorted to the door
by Uncle Jor's steady gaze. The
method fa'lcl with Fred Trcmainc, for
the look only sent him aS far rs Rosie's
side, where he sat down with dctcrmi-
nation. Mrs. Gloss was sobbing hystcr.
icalLy, and her husband seemed inclined
to drop down dead.
"Wcll.' Uncle Joe began, swell,
aren't YOU Il pack of idiots 10 sacrifice
your comfort and honesty for thi.
wretchcd show Of fashionable life?
Now. I've always disappointed you in
the money way, and I'll do it still
Mr.. Sam Gloss trcmblcd. .'l'll do il
still; for you think | M going to see you
20 to ruin, and | won't. will look
over matters with you, Sam. and find
out how | car put You on your leg
again. But stop this high-pressure liv-
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
Mistlctoe at Chris mas Tide.

The hanging of the mistletoe is the
cause of much irollc M 4 1aughterin the
house. 1t is the rule that whoever is
passing under the'misilctoc-bough must
submit 10 being ldesed thin and there
by w~hoSoevcr chooses tottakc that lib
erty. As a houA usually hangs from
the center of the teiling.~ spreading over
a large space. il 2ollo vsythat there must
be much dodgine or much kissing; l
am inclined to Think there are both.
The origin of this rsoof the mistletoe
is not known; but vs. do know that
more than eighteen hundred years ago,
whcn the glad ttars ssng together ovcr
Ne mangcr inl Beta chem, and when
wise men brought & its of gold. frank
incense and mlrrh tosa young Child in
the peasant nothrrJ arms, England
was Il chill, mi&-coscred island, inhab-
tied only 10y sdTagas, who wore gar
ments OF skins ind liyed in huts of mud
and stones. AklOI gthese savage Brit
ons there w(rS pagan priests called
Druids. Thct4pr eAs were n mysteri.
Gus folk, whDfcC ii dense woods fai
away from ot4dF mch. and who. in the
gloomy solitude d &c forest. performed
SttahSc sccT8 V'r;IbOnics' NJ Sacreu
groves rs ihE Iere called. were Of
oak; for the psf was a divine tree, &C.
cording to tee piuidical religion. With.
in these sac 3dErovcs the prie 'ts. it is
recorded in kistocN offered their sacri-
fees. and lone manner 10Y moi
known they ei,pioyed the mistletoc.
But all mis1stds Vas not sacred to the
Druids. Iley Would have none but
that which3 clnng 70 the trunk and wa.
nourished gtlc sap Of the divine oak.
To them IL 5apls-tree mistletoe. which
modern EnglaId uses so freely i'm her
holiday ~fef6avitie& would be a WORTHLESS.
and conn., taidg.
When = later centuries England wa
taught thS Christian religion by priest,
who w~entthither from Rome, the peo
pie. though blessing a belief in Christ
retained man q their heather rites an,
customs CHANGED from their origina
meaning anCj purpose. At any rate
from THO DRUID has come the modern
usage OF 1.-THE mistletoe-bough. ~strangel,
preserved In festivities which comment
crate the bin of Him whose pure wor
ship destroys I'll heather superslitions
st. WchoaA
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
ST. NICHOLAS.

"Ho. there at the wicket, who pounds at the
Such a din in Olympus was nc'cr heard be-
I would slccp-gct yc gonc-rm ~ailing-Tm
what the d%eucc-thorc asain-who is calling
st. Nickt"
"Arousc yc! Arouse yc! It's dawnins
The star that oncc bcarncd over Bcthlchcm's
The star Of the Mapi, that shonc on the morn
When cnrth's blessed Savior, the Christ.child,
was BORN
"Ho. Ho, Is /, 50? Then I'll up AMI away
As soon as the Goblins can harness my sleigh
Then he roarod such n laugh as he sprang out
II startled the stars in the sky overhead,
And they winked at each other as much rs to
say:
IS 10 pay.
II took but q moment to jump In his boots.
To wrap himself up in the hest of fur suits,
10 run to the closet and drag out his pack,
which he swung with II chucklc across his
broad back;
Then Oh to the stable he dashed through the
snow.
Where the reindeer were prancing, all ready
to 10.
n. was up in a jiry, and, cracking his whip.
WIN WI III ihg WV NV ~ '''
Icins slip.
Straight down through the wclkin they sped
like the light:
without pause or turn TO the left or tho right
The cloud, dragged their skirts TO get oil OF
the track,
The winds shrank alarmcd-all quito taken
abuck.
Fen tie moon drew in haste Il veil DER her
face,
So quick cracked the whip and 50 fast was the
pace;
Md he p,ilcl out II laugh so jbcund ami gny
That Aurora woke up long hriur" II was Guy
Oh, never such slcigh-ridc was ridden hctorc
AS that of ST. Nick with his rich Christmas
Far down In the distance Earth rolled fas,
asleep,
Dark night having wrapped it In silence sd
deep
That the chll lrcn, tucked close in their snuy
li,t!h b dS,
Whence nothing pccpci out save thcir chcri'
him heads,
| We're dreaming of fairies. of frolic and fun,
ind other stern fdc.s of life just begun.
4 was three by the clock, when ont on the
root
That tlnklc Of sleigh oils uni tnps of n hoo,
Made tirir little hearts bound and Hash rount
the Earth
a smile such rs welcomed the lamb ut it:
birth;
But they woke not. oh. no! Old Nick is S,
sly
He fi,tcns II padloc, on each prying eye.
With a"whoa, there, my prettlcs,' he stops
with a jerk,
Lights his pipe, swings his pack, then away t'
his work.
over s,ccpIcs and housc.tops, in windows
down iiucs,
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
Ho1 Times Have Changedi

1Eha,gedw exclaimed Deacon Green
to NE deYr little school-ma'a am. a year
I1ecorl4 Christmas, II should think
thy had changed. Why, many's the
ti&e IveIheard my dear old father tell
hdw, yesfs ago. when he and Aunt Mary
wire children living on their fathers
favm Ia I'D England, the least little pres
CIT used9to delight them.
fsTfeY were well-to-do people, too, the
Cheers we're; but to find one book or n
bsll or : shepherds pipe in his Christ
inas stocking would make father perfect
lYhspE when he was q boy; and his
$xDteoi bought a box of sugar-plums, or
6Sne'v SOll, or any pretty gimcrack,
~ a ny, indeed. Changed! well. I'd
Ike tosknow! Why, I'm told that a boy
&ftsiS day, a real boy of the period,
&puld considcr himself a much-abused
5ll1wif he didn't find on his Christmas
pet ball, a six-bladed knife, a scientific
pp box Of carpenters tools, n print
Ing : r less. a jig-saw, q sled, a bicycle,
ICE s Rtes, roller-skates, n Punoh-and-
JUL show, a telephone, a steam-en-
fgfl,d microscope, a steamboat, a
wbn ing train of cars. a box OF parlor
MI y, u pistoi, " pcTiOIihiuS aSIuQVU' y
waN watch, a gold scarf-pin, gold cuf-
bivb ns, a bound volume of st. Nicho-
lfs1{ and twenty or thirty other books,
Dol or less, besides a pocket-book with
I'D money in it. and a pair OF kid
res. .
l may have forgotten something"
"a ed the Deacon, wiping his brow.
hit 50 far as / can make out, that the
roper thing for an average boys
ristmas, nowadays.
Y'As for the girls" the good man went
9, raising his voice, "as for the girls
for --'
How she did it, I do not know; but
Iat wonderful little school-ma'am ac-
ally stopped the proceedings then
nd there. So, To this day your Jack
oesn't know what al average girl Of
he present day does, might, could.
would or should lind on q Christmas.
rec. Isl. Nicholas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

that comes p~rematuiely u fees that
should only know mrrrimoht q nd be an
evidence of nothing moro seribrs than
careless study and t~houkhtl,st play.
The Christmas Is civilization. end civil
cation means the tcndcrcSt of Judgment
and the largest of humanity. And Of
all the humanity that cvef blessed man
kind, the kind that put ~ am around
the child and strove - LEAD him to
think well of the worlA Including its
law and its gospel, ha4dons most for
the manhood and woman iood that
grew up from that cxpdxience.f
What more might be expected of the
Christmas season thah tiisa What
more might the Savior. whose birth we
celebrate. askP What better can we do
for ourselves and urhapri1cssp For
the little children who arr, ID grow up
and be men and women along with our
children. fighting for life 'vith them in
the ordinary existence of every day,
are going to give thcru harl PUBS il they
aropnot treated as The Father and the
Soft want them to be frcnttd now.
1t isthc Christmas 6east n land Christ
mas Is civilization.N Let us see how
civilized We are. Lot the snow
drift or the raink fall on no I'M
protected child. Ia there be no little
one ycarning in v'dn TO- good fellow
ship. What Il farce would Christmas
be If there were srch D fricndless, home
less. suffering waif h al this world
". \. G,uphic.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

So fleet YOU would think he had w-ngs to his
shoes.
In pantries he peeps and through bedrooms
he whirls,
Now pinchiug the babies, now kissing tho
girls,
Filling up all their stockings with goodies and
toys,
Nor forgetting the switch, always left for bal
boys.
Then on through the play.roorns to plant
those great trees,
Where grow dollics ana drums with exquisite
ease.
What Il jolly fat fellow! 80 little and spry.
With rouni dlmplcd checks and Il fine Hash
ing eve,
Hair jcwelcd with hai-stones, and such Il red
nose,
II lights up the pathway wherever he goes!
Then ms rlch, merry laugh-ah never, fear,
VIII music so sweet again gladden. the year!
But time flies apace. Even now a faint ray
Struggles up through the East rs the herald
of day;
The winds wake in protest ana scatter the
snow;
Now, listen! the signal. | hear the cock crow.
"Ho, no." cries Old Nick, with his cheeriest
warning,
"Morry Christmas to MI! and to all II good.
morning." -Edpdrd Z. Hancock.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28

ing. and give this girl. Rosie, to Ire
maine. who is a good fellow, if he is
poor
Rosie and Fred tried to say some
words of thanks, but, falling to do just
Ice to their feelings, consoled each other
by clasping hands.
"Thereis worse misery than poverty"
Uncle Joe went on, ''and Miss Loo had
better cast about for some good boy at
a thousand-dollar salary. for no more
brokers will desire her dowry to mend
their capital, As for Ted" and Uncle
Joe rose to go into the library with his
brother-''he's an example to all young
writcrs-eXact. truthful. impartial. l
value his manuscript. l shall keep him
In pockc,-moncy and make him my
heir"
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
work of loving friends, are those which
ara most Drilel. Z

work of loving friends, are those which
are most priced.
The last fact shows that p~rcsent-giv-
ing ut stated seasons IL n matter of
sentiment, and it also shows that the
more it is that, and the less it is a mat
ter of gain. the more pleasing IL is to
Us. Accordingly it Is not that part Of
present-giving which is due to the great.
er National and individual wealth. but
that which comes from the sentimental
willingness to work for others. and to
make al outward expression of tho
goodwill which is not doubted, tlat is
worth noting and praising.
This laddnble tendency Of Americans
at the.present day shows itself also in
the fashion of card-sending. Many .
miss still Mt school can remember the
time when the practice OF scnding hOli-
day cxCds was almost unknown,
Nowadays everybody sends cards,
and holidays are almost invented for
the purpose of aflording an excuse for
the cards. The artists and the publisb-
ers vie with each other in producing
pretty and elegant designs. Christmas,
New Years Day and Easter cards are
published and sold by the million The
mails are loaded with them.
All this is very pleasant, indcel. Lot
the gruff and old-fashioned snesr ut tho
folly and the hollOwness, as they dean
il. of making presents which are sx-
pected. and OF wishing a Merry Christi
mas by sending q chrome.
Most of what is pleasant and agrcna-
BILE in our association with others comes
from the observance Of certain forrlali-
ties. When you bid your ncigibor
"good.morning," what do you mean
by itp Certainly not to give him any in
formation. You say 1t rs 0 matter OF
formal courtesy. 1t means that, and
nothing
But who would abolish the morning
greeting. the gentleman's hand-sbake,
the baby's Kiss, that raising of the hat
to all lady acquaintance and tp VII
men acquaintances who. are accom-
panied by ladies, and the other formal
courtesies of lifeP
An excess of sentiment and an lover.
doing of the outward expression q feel
ing are possible. But Americana. have
n long road to travel before then arc
in danger of failing on that siteS 1t
will be for u great-grandchildren 70
preach from the text-less sentiment
and more heart YOUTHS COMPANION.
The Red Cloud chief., 1883-12-28
Christmas Issrnts.

Children of the present generation
are not aware, probably, how much bet
ter they fare ut Christmas and on their
birthdays than their fathers did. And
it is a conclusive proof of the growth Of
our people on the sentimental side OF
their natures, that il is 50.
Forty years ago, in this country, il is
not likely that one boy ont of u scoro
expected to receive even one present ut
Christmas. The practice has grown
almost universal within the last genera
ton.
Now it might be easy to say that this
change arises out of the greater album
dance of money in the country. That
has helped it, no doubt. But there have
always been ways to give presents with
out spending much money for them.
And those presents which we receive mt
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