The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-12-21
Santa Ol,us H1psdlsut.

ny Mi.~. 3. a. CLARK.
Twss tripht o-iy eve near tho last OF
Aud tho mo 1 man was out. II i rightly re-
member.
cid Santa Q eu4 'o,a an the door of his shop.
Lined with wonderful things from adoll TO 9
top;
With puzz a look in his twinklinR eye.
no scanne. tho bare eafth and cloudloss sky
Dame Nature was dressed In russell brown
She haa quite forgotten her snowy gown.
Tho sleigh and the rein Ger all seemed TO say;
I'VE belong 10 the past; we have had our
day."
Rnt tho jolly old saint only whistled the more
As he utoncd his coat and stepped IRON the
door.
whilo his plump little wife iu wonderful
Peeped cheeriy out, like the soul of good
will.
ooh, Snnta!" sbe ssd rejecting his thought.
''Is all CUR years aDor to 80 forth for naughtl
rs there no way to reach those dear girls and
boys?
Must our love tokens haunt them like ghosts
OF 0st JOysT'
Then happy thought struck tho Jolly old
saint,
mot one waiting youngstor shall breathe "
I'VE con send some, my dear, by kind Uncle
M
twill be such joke ali the mail-bags to cram.
''qhen there is what they call the lightning
express.
1t can outrun the fieetost wild deer, confess.
rAnd If we fall short Of p ctures and toys
dor there's SEQ es and millions of good girls
and boys,
Eve cen telegraph on to n town that I know.
cd Go hrm ny name. where they're not very
slow
Then he laughed till the tears quite blinded
his sight,
And tlen dolls and the jumping-jacks danced
with delight,
Dame Santa Claus shook her wise head In
TITS pity. my dear. but there no other way.
Il know times have changed. and the ohm
Are chokcd up with stovepipes and furnaces
queer; =
"And the reindeers SO fleet are cast in the
ny the great fiery stced some inventive soul
made;
while the stockings. once hung with such
Are not found by the mantel. or. indeed. any
where.
'erhe good old-time customs arc linked with
the past;
w ure BIOWluS Otu iOBitS, leurt SSTy last
Nov, don't take to grumb ing" said Santa,
al feir
That. living away In this Northern cline
here,
1--WE aro apt to forget that tho world moves
along,
And old ways win follow, so cts speed them
with song.
''The children will love us, progress as they
will
Their hearts cling to Christmas aud Santa
Claus still.
"Then three cheors for tho good times. tho
old and The new:
Thank God for tho Christ child. with love
that IL true.
ring out, merry bells, your merriest song.
Ring peace and good will to all the great
throng.
GIVE Joy to the sorrowing hope to the sad.
Best to tho toilwOrn, make every heart glad.
''This day of all others, should teen with de-
light
A GLIMPSE of the sunshine that follows iifo's
night.
'.Let charity reign In that great heart OF love
TIL life Is illumined with peace from above.
Chime again and again. oh glad Christmas
Til the fountain OF joy In every heart dwclls"
Then Santa Claus mounts his finetest reindeer
With pack on his back aud Goodbye, my
dear"
He Jew Ike tho wind over mountain and
And scattered his gifts for the darlings like
rain.
Then go and DO likewise, as far as We may.
For where there's "a Will there Is ever Il way.
BE liberal; always th n lesson believe,
It's truly more blessed TO give than receive.