Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-12-27

Holiday Items.

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Itiis an old saying 4hatss..a Bird in the
hand is worth two in the bush" Sandis
very applicable to holiday purchases.
The wise select their Chfistmssspres-
4ents before the stocks2are CLEANED; the
unwise wait until the rush, and then
take the cuttings. -
: During the holidays the happiest boy,
in Christendom will bejthe neiwho got,
a sled and a pair, of skates ON. Christ
mas-if there: isn't any If ice.
In buying Christmas presents, it is
better for your$peace OF mind to take
the first thing Shat strikes >yoursfancy,
rather than to3look, at something else.
To hesitateisito be lof..
On Christmas day the happy urchin
Of 2 will d Rl2around ION the nursery
floor, and break the yellow legsSof. the.
purple camel, and get sick from chew
ing too hard on his green head. Is )
1t is said; that $500, 900 is annually
expended in Christmas cards in this
country: The Christmas card for 10
cents beats a $5TChristmas present all
to. 1inders7--from the giver' 8 standpoint.
Hartford Post..
AS ChristmasSdraws nigh this hint is
thrown! out to young ladies who have
gentlemen friends-that slippers, to be
comfortable and:cozy, must be several
sizes larger than3the, boots, young men
wear when they GO to&see their best
girls. 4
Arnold negro while walking along
the istreetSwa iapcidently struck with a
rottentorange, thrown BY a@fruit deal
er. Stopping|an and picking up the or
ange, he held itsforsa moment and then
said: Huh, dis smells like Christmas;
dis smells like when I was a boy"
When you meet a man these days
with a careworn expression on his GUS
tomarily happy face, do not misjudge
him by concluding that his business or
domestic affairs are in a.bad state. He
Is simply wondering what on earth he
shall buyffor Christmas presents this
year. :
We opened u safe this week and
took out a lot of Christmas jokes and
busted them off and tried to fit them in
this column, but they wouldn't tit. We
are inclined to believe they are a little
warped by age. We will close them
out to some country humoristat 9 great
bargain. e. - !
care you, going4to present your husEs.
band with a Christmas dressing gownp"
asks the Detroit Free Press of the
ladies. Perhaps it is not pertinent,
butsthere area great many wives who
will present their husbands with q.
Christmas dressing down II they don't
get what they want.
While counting the widow Curtis,
George Washington was approached by
the widow 8 pretty son, who solambered
up on the good mans knee, and, asked
him who sent him So many beautiful
Christmas presents the day before.
I''My child. ",said the father of his coun-'
try solemnly, u" cannot tell a lie--it'
was Santa Claus" +,
"Oh, 1 don't care whether 1 get any,
thing in my stocking OK not,''' said
Adolphus, adding. with look of, INDY
ing devotion: shut Clara, I should like
to have what is in your stockings"
"Oh, yes," replied Clara naively, "you
mean corns. What q foolish boy"
I Thus was loves young dream dispeiled
oAu uOuSC WIS tlAut' S4h1d 10 6Cll1 'OAlA0U
."'Miss."
A negro was arrested in. the act OF
removing q fine Christmas fowl, from a
corner grocery store. When asked by
the court what he had to say why he
should not be, sent up, he replied: IL
didn't mean ter stole it, judge; Ole
Marse always 'ploys me ter feel de.
Christmas Turkeys TO- him. ter see eff
dcy''s tendar. l was jess 'bligin' Marse
so help me Lawd."
Oh, yes, dear girl, work us a motto
for a present. But have some taste. '
Last year a girl gave us one that. read:
Honesty is the best policy and an
other damsel n that declared:
"Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is
at hand" Somehow, those didn't. lust
strike us pleasantly. They seemed to
be--well, you understand.-Boston
Post.