St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-27

erise in his mind regardin' Their response
bility ov ther man tellin' Their yarn.
All in favor of ther erdopshun ov these
rules. say aye"
AYE! aye! aye! answered the men.
''They be erdopted unanimously" said
BlatZ bringing his axe handle down with
thud. Nov. boyees, seeing as next Fri
day is Christmas l hev concluded to give
yer er little talk on tibet subject. and
Strengthening himself up, Blatz delivered
the following dissertations:
Santa Claus is no longer Their myth that
he was twenty-five years ago. Then he
was
REGARDED AS Err MYSTERIOUS BENZ,
with CT generous pair of whiskerS an er
still more generous heart, who came from
some unknown source on Christmas eve,
an drove his high-headed RENDERS with
Their speed ov Ell cyclone from one side Ov
chriSendom to ther other in er single
mite clmbin' down Their chimbley ov nearly
every house and depostin' in suspended
hosiery various articles calculated ter cheer
Their hearts ov Their slumberin' ones
who he'd closed their eyes ter dream
ov this wonderful man an his mex
haustable supply ov toys. Then, as
Their little ones gathered around Their hearth
stone, their eyes sparklin' with joyous ey-
pectancy an their hearts overfiowin' with
love fur Their great benefactor, who they
had only seen as pictured by Their brush ov
Their artist or painted by ther simpler words
ov dotin' parunts, or as they knelt at their
mothers knee an whispered their evenin'
PRAYER, every breath ov wind tibet stirred
ther echoes of Their great chimbley, startled
their little hearts, an they instinctively
looked fur ther snow-fecked form ov Santa
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frum among ther flames tibet fit
fire. place, an drop their share ov
his gifts into Their stoclins waitin'
fur them"
Then er package ov snowy popped
corn, er tiny sack ov vari-colored candies,
er penny whistle, er dimunitive doll or er
wiry and grotesque figure tibet would per-
form funny antics on er painted stick,
would satisfy Their ambition ov Their little
ones an bring bursts ov happy, joyous
laughter from their inherent lips, as they
pulled them one by one from their hidn-
places long before Their sun he'd lifted the
shadders ov night from Their valleys or
slumber he'd flown from the eyelids ov their
parunts.
There hez cum er change. Santa Claus
is no longer robed in ther mystury tibet in
years gone by made him an objec ov sech
childish wondurment.
1T is knowE nowadays tibet he buys tick
cts in Their Loueeseanna lottery but once er
month. an never erlowS er free lunch ter pass
into Their irrevocable whence without be-
StOwin' on it er liberal patronage.
1T is known that he kisses ther servant
girl in Their front hall an grants his wife
ther privilege ov buildin' er fire in Their
mornin.
1T is known that he uses swear words
when he pOlishes his shoes an finds that
his wife hes used Their shoe brush ter create
er shine on ther Monarch ov ther Kitchen.
1t is known that he stays down town
late ter attend ter bizniz, an when he
comes home in Their mornn', he is so full of
bizniz that he places his feet on Their piller
an his head on Their foot board when he re-
tires.
1T is known Il at he says aphm when
his wife Withdraw nj Their
north temperate zone an runs them up
an down his spine to ascertain eff he is
erwake.
1T is known tibet when he does emmy
sowin', whether fancy or otherwise. thet he
takes er darnin' needle an No. SO Clark's
o. N. T. thread.
SIT is known that when he goes to a
spectackel or drama, he goes out atween
acts an eats Mocha coffee ter take Iher
smell or collured fire out ov his mouth"
He is known as ther same man who
goes hurriedly home from church. after
havin' found out tibet his pistul pocket is full
| oy eight-ounce tacks, an takin' his ten
year-old son out into ther wash house
breaches him er brief sermon an then beats
it inter him with large an well-developed
clothes stick.
There is only erbout one in every million
nowerdays but what is on ter Santa Claus
with their entire quartet of pedal extrem-
tiles, ter use er commun an vulgar eX-
presshun.
''Stockins amt worn by big chimbley
| posts on Christmas eve so community as
they wus er quarter ov er century ago.