Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-12-25

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Santa Claus Il Of commanding
presents. ~ y. Nclcs.
A legend Of Chrlstmas--the tur-
keys lontcrs Gazette.
Tho poor We have always with
you" on Christmas Day.
--"Know all men by these presents"
that christina Il coming.
Present time and pastime are
pleasantly joined at Christmas time.
Darn the stocking that catches no
Christmas prcscnts.-N q. hcdynne.
Christmas trees arc looking spruce.
Children pine for them. --Bosi0n 1ran-
script
Man wants but little here below;
but he appears 10 want that little on
Christmas day.
There should he no holes in Christ
mas stockings II they are worth darn.
~ q. PcagbRe.
Zig feet may be laughed at all there's
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 II II came n week later IL
wouldn't be in the year 4 all.
a wcl'-fcd no. rouscd up IN his sty.
And dropped rcTrctiul tear
"Thc beau iful snow has come be said.
AMI Staying viii ON he here"
1t is stated that stuffed birds are
a very toney Christmas present" but
we should suppose live bird would
be more toney. Boston Post.
1t Is the whole-soulcd people who
make holidays worth remembering.
The half-solcd man Is too thin for
Christmas. ~ o. Picdyunc.
On Christmas day everybody living
will have q Christmas present Boston
Transcript. And likewise n Christmas
past-time-unless he was born this
year. Philadelphia Bulletin.
-Embroidoring Remember me"
on a pair of presentation suspcnders
will not hit the mark. Omitting 10
properly fasten the suspender buttons
will ever keep your memory green Ia
the mind Of your husband. N, ~ hrrc''
Register.
The morning dawns, and the house,
hold Is awakened by the sound OF drum
aud II e. But Il Is not war. IL IL not
the summons TO 90 out and slaughter
the Zulus Nay. brethren. IL Is Christ
mas. and don't you forget it, ionkers
Ga<ete.
The Parisiaa says: According 10
French superstition. young girl who
wishes 10 know the name of her future
husband must. on coming from midnight
mass on Christmas Eve. give an aims "a
the first male beggnr that she meets
and ask him his Christian name. Her
future husband will bear the same
name"
"A jewelry firm In New York has
Just received diamond valued at ESQ.
GOO. The name o. he journal ST for
whom Il was trdered as n Christmas
present for his girl is withheld Morris
irUn Herald. Yes. we didn't want
anything said about II then. but if-ii
necessary YOU might mention IL now.
though please print our initials correctly.
-Dcrrt-k.
Why. jennie. you foolish girl. come
INTO iut mouse. w nat HTt YOU out IN
the snow for without wraps" "Oh.
nothing much. ma. You see Augustus
has Just called and here are his foot.
prints in the snow. I'm measuring "a
get the right size for those slippers and
DO YOU know don't believe I've got
half enough cloth for them"
Among the superstluons connected
will Christmas Eve a-c the following.
The bees sing in their hives; the oxer
may be found on their knees In adors
TO } Of the newborn Savior; bread baked
on 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 knee
down on the eve OF Christmas. old style
II seems TO be general popular trsdi
ton that an OK and ass were In the
stable OF Bethlehem when Christ wa
born. and that they warmed him with
their breath.