Catoctin clarion., 1885-01-08
MINNEAPOLIS LETTER.

an ~ ~ A. JAY AI1IA AsGs
EDITOR CLARION
Christmas has come and gone. You
may have noticed it. All the holes will
soon reappear in the little stockin gs
that were darned two weeks ago. We
will have one chance vet for stray
presents, one whole night for hard cider
and fre-crackers and then ?--If you
chance to stop minute on the street
corner you will see that little boy who
promised "never to do it again if ho
only got the skates, puff Oh cigar
stump like camel. back. engine on a
40 # grade, and-and, I'm almost
ashamed to tell on him, but he will
actually cuss the former proprietor for
buying such dogoned mean cigar to
smoke on a holiday. Worse yet than
the little boy and thrice less excusable
yon will see man vainly endeavor-
ing to shake hands with a lamp post
while he tries that proverbial excuse
for his conduct, She only comes once
year. " On the night of Jan lst. 'S5.
or of the End at farthest for many, very
many fear, will die the good resolu-
ton framed in plush and gold, put two
short weeks ago, Speaking Of resolu-
tions suggest to me an idea, that, prop
erly multiplied dividend and cubed, by
some aspiring Napier orNewton,w would
make splendid showing. Suppose -
(we make it hypothetical, 50 that none
may think US crank,) Just suppose
alhthe' good resolutions made from Dec.
Is to 3lst Inclusive were carried out to
the dot; and repeated every year after
year ten times, what would happen?
What would We do with our churches?
How would preachers make an honest
living, and where on this wide, wide
world would we find a market for our
chickens, geese, and turkeys? Here
my dear reader is something for you
to thing over while yoa sit before the
red hot CRATE and burn the soles off a
pair of 81 boots, II haven't the boots
or the heart to tackle it aud furthermore
supposing we had the boots it takes
money to make CRATE red hot in this
cold country. I herewith authorz e
the EDITOR to select and buy II differ
ent kinds (from grade ! to
grade ~ of chromos----
Tor distribution among any who may
make trial Of the aforesaid problem,
up to II, and to perfurate the anatomy
of No. IS and upward, at his own risk,
But this is not strictly to The point
You think I digress. l write for fun
You will find depression in the commu-
nicstions of many who make their liv-
ing by it. But to return again to the
same little boy Of an acquaintance a
few pages back, look at him now. Why
does his face look long as rule II in the
old GRAMMAR And why does he stand
80 tight up against the wall -? | know
It is because the s. cents he toiled 50
hard, gathering bones and old iron, is
gone, and he didn't know the seat had
protruding nailhold in it. Reader,
give your sypathy to that boy. | hold
mine out to him with both hands, un-
asked. Now is the time to be gener-
Gus. 1t won't cost you anything, If
you are close observer you will hear,
in the dead and solemn hour Of the
night, the pantry window rise at the
rate Of one mile per year, and chub-
by head will appear, gradually assum-
ing the form of your II year old son,
with pair of shoes in his hand, Christ
mas uHi promises a'e H-N!oHe" O! t.o
past with hir9, rot 70 be thought Of ior
| II long moons When he hid MS bio,
graphy of Lemon cared Nellie Of The
Scouts Bride behind the portrait Of
George Washington, he told his Ma
that hencetorth George should be his
prototype, and if she would only buy
him "the cannon" he would be good
and turn his ideas into military chan
nes soon as he know what that meant
He was honest about it then no doubt
but habit is great; and again do we
have to upbraid the hope af all coun'
tries" About Jan 10 you can count
hundreds of vacant Sunday school seat'
that we're filled with birds Of various