Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-12-19
The Most Kindly Of Seasons.

When Irving was reproached for de.
scribing an English Christmas which
he had never seen, Geo. VIM Curtis
tells US, he replied that, although every
thing that he had described might not
be seen at any single house, yet all of it
could be seen somewhere in England
at Christmas. He might have answer
ed, also, that the spirit of what he had
described was visible everywhere in
Christendom on Christmas Day.
"Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein Savior's birth rs celebrated,
The bird of dawning sIngeth all night long,
Aud then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome, then no planets
strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power TO charm,
So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.'
This is the Christmas sentiment of
to-day, as it was of Shakespeare's time.
1t is the most human and kindly of sea-
sons, as fully penetrated and irradiated
with the feeling of human brotherhood,
which is the essential spirit of Chris
tianity, as the month of June with SUM-
shine and the balmy breath of roses
Santa Claus coming down the chimney
loaded with gifts is but the symbol of
the gracious influence which at this
time descends from heaven into every
heart. The day dawns with benedic-
ton; it passes in holiday happiness;
and ends in soft and pensive regret.
Will it be white or green Christ
mas this year?
In Florida q child was recently
born with eight teeth.
of course, a person who receives
no Christmas presents does not enjoy
the presence of Christmas.
A Mormon bishop in New York
says Henry Ward Beecher is right on
the Mormon question. Beecher never
received mare damaging compliment.
1T is understood that the girls have
adopted the following as their motto
for leap year: '1f you see what you
want ask for it,"
The immortal G Washington
once placidly said: "To persevere in
ones duty and to be silent is tho first
answer to calumny,"
"A friend Of ours has been such
dear, good husband for the past year
that his wife has decided not to make
him pay for Christmas present for
himself. Virtue brings its reward.
1t is not true that Santa Claus
will not put anything into a stocking
in which there is hole. Last Christ
mas society belle found darnng
needle and o ball of yarn in hers.
That great lover of the Christmas
season, Charles Dickens, wrote: Christ
mas is the only holiday of the year
that brings the whole human family
into common communion.
digging out tarantulas has become
an industry in Santa Barbara, Cal.
The insects are suifocated with gas,
and then stuffed and dried and fastened
to card. They sell at 80 cents each.
In sending postal note, take the
precaution to write across the face the
name of the party to whom you send it,
and the note will then be practically
made safe.
"A young man named Darling lives
in Fargo, and when any one calls to
him one the street every young lady
within three blocks bushes and looks
around, gently saying: "Sh, sh."
Pug dogs as pets have had their
day among the extremely fashionable,
but colds never go out Of fashion, so
that it is always necessary to know
that DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup is sure
cure for oil coughs and colds.
"A Chicago young man, in n rash
moment, told his girl that if she would
hang up her stocking on Christmas Eve
he would fill it to the brim with some
thing nice. He has since seen her
stocking, and is undecided whether to
get into it himself or buy her sewing
machine.
Are you going to present your hus-
band with a Christmas dressing gown"
asks the Detroit Free Press of the
ladies. Perhaps it is not pertinent,
but there are great many wives who
will present their husbands with a
Christmas dressing down if they don't
get what they want.
with gentle deeds and kindly thoughts
And loving words, wthal,
Welcome the merry Christmas in,
| And hear brothers call"