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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20

II oTs AND BLOCKS FOR SALE N
Lots and hiocls for sale IN D. I. Den.
ny'a arlt secon&, shlrd. fourth. ara and
SIKH additions.
Lists and blocks for aale In D. r. Den.
mY'a PARK addition.
EGla and hloeks for sale IN D. +. Den
aye East Park addition.
L1ots and blocks for sale IN Mob Hifl
dition.
Lols and hlscas for sals in various partz
Of the city.
Farm Lands In King and skagisc0unfis.
SPECIAL BARGAINS
The az az Nh SO IA p Is north.
range east 10 aeEesl e SO per acFa.
In LOT : IN Ne ses n. q 8n0fth. range
east. N acres. $50 per acre Improved.
Lot 4, block g. TeFry's addition, $50.
a iine house and lot in d. 7. Dsnny's
fifth addition. $3.50.
Nos. I and Z, block & Eden addition. Sl2o
All Of block a. Eden addition, at $50
for cornera and SIS for inside l0tsL
Lots and 3 block 81 u. 7. Denny nrai
addition, $500.
WANTED
Property IN eli parts Of the city snd
county 70 sell
Money % loan on improved city and
farm property.
HOUSES TO RBNT
Houses for rent and fer sale
Loans negotiated and investments mazda
Taxes paid for nonresident parties.
Orders for al kinds Of rough and dreB-
ed Lumber, Lath. Sash, Doors and Mould
inga viii receive prompt attention
Correspondence from abroad solicited.
Ha40W|nn
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20
MAKE a sTAKE.
FARMS FOR SALE.

THE UNDERSIGNED OFFERS FOR
= sale All or pArt 81 his farm, a miies
nom seattle and = miles from the sew
beach road. SCI acres a. Surveyed by King
County curyeyor- said farm Il surveyed
OF tnio III acre iots. ana h al level and
nearly all bottom land. and well adaDsad
- hop, gArdcn o. hay cultura 1he White
kivcr county road runs through the piAca.
past once acroa8 the road tive schoui
houses and z church Withia threc-qaar-
ters q a miie u the premises, and rail-.
Rad depot only half . NJ le away. Il h
situated In DuWaEni9h river valley. and
TIE river runs all arcand three sides q
The pisce an4 Ecod wafer. No brnah or
timter On The place Il u Al In Rrass .
hAy and would Uake q god dairy farm.
Also. farm ~ DeWafto, Massn county.
a. ldo acfes. deeled lind. Ihis plaos a
1eAny al good beaver dam lana well
waterod and EASILY cleared. principally
small willow hFnah. There n A0W casaF-
I'd ahout 10 acaes good house and rev
barn cut4 eEoHEh has tor two cows and
q pair q hnlses- said farm i Weu a3ant-
Cd . hep culture and handy % Skok0Iaish
hassrsatlen. wAeEs packers uil always
oe a. hand
Terms eAsy. For further parsicul.zs
A1arneA, either b. tsties o. persua,
JOHN kTNEa
oeGw D4wAmiaA. W.T.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20

FOB 9ALaH.
PzEEna clfT hotsi; tlrahaT claim 90 &c
g. 9ne hu1ss 2 ciaArud l1ts h haAfoNns
Coznfxy hotal
Restaurant and sMloom.
CRY Idota. g and e1s ~.
liz ruute and cgwA "a
~ aEEe9 land. part cEeaEed, = paF eez1
NhiSs RiveF raneh eleeEed bottom. sl5e
RauranEa 9S1. els1 $780, bargains
Cnaatzy 1lures qzBa1s snaloo1A
Wasn't G1rarnmen4 Gains. 100 acIsA
a Klng and sn1homizA countless - !;
vaeafsd clalm. $50 srs.lnqu lshed home
Trade City Lots for Ranch.
Novtgagaoa cid pvepsrsg. f0S = 70 90
Clty and C0E1fy scrip. -
New ana nsoend-haad safaa.
WANTED.
M0ney good aecuEitT; beza mtaEeai
Fnid. Cali On NJ
Weman and girls; highasf wages paid
To furnish farm kan6A 80 pr montA.
CanFanaerl and agents. always wanted.
Partner IN hoteL
Two la3y pArtnara. fer hfs. b. two well
FOR RENT.
A number Of kmpnoved farmR
Minetaan houses G8 70 SIS.
Furnished Or unfgrnished rooEaa with
o. without board, q month up.
l5e aeRe ranch; lmpEoved orchard and
hay. no cnah rent.
H0nas and large garden, IN town, O.
Furnished rooms Tor Housekeeping.
GEO. ~. CRANE,
Washington Torrifory Employment Bu-
rean. near corner CommorCia and
Washington streets. Seattle. DIV
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20
Manufactured and sold b.
FHE kARsPIRLD REEEDIES COIPAAY
as Eddy street. San Francisco Cal
IA Fer sale b. al Druggists. nos I'm
NOTICE OF SALE.

IN TIE DISTRICT COURT or TIE
II Third Judicial Disirict q Wnahlneton
Territory, holding teEns e eaattle, n Kins
county, Washington Territory.
No eoxe-Unita4 States Of America versus
Oliver Parent
heties h serooy Givan thst, whereas. ~ 9
decree 81 tha aonvo entitled Court entered
q record n aaid cOuFt On The zoh day o.
OccoaE. A D. lisa 70 ne airscssd and a. ~.
cred. aavo d1ly lsvied upon TIE following
pefaoual propsry q Uliver RArent. defend-
ant, towfs: One Huuflng Csc ted watch.
Acties 3 theFsfors hsseb5 gwen ihst o.
SATURDAY. THE Ira DAT or DRcEM.
SEA A. d. Es8a.
A. ne hour o. ?. n, AZ the cosFt House, IN
SEATTLE kiaa c0utty, ". T. I will sell a.
puhiis auctinn, 70 the hiehssi Bidder, ,orc.sh
al ths Fiahs. tille and intsFess q sald Oliver
Psrsni. the aid defeedant n and 70 The above
descfibed peFsuaal properly.
Dsfed - sasttie, king csanty, ". T., thia
an 6ay Of Nogember, A. D. Iss5
I'll HAATLTON,
uaitse States Marshal far WaahinEtoa fas.
rtoTJ. Los In
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-20
M7scsEExzRoUs.


4 ln6arzvH. a9e Saw.
Esrsn land. 60 nasMfa, rsnfer,s 10.
eczoppsrs. 81 50 cund
Wfa1svsr ic1rk for naz ssltA fsnsiIr.
1gmsa ~ C1as1is ginlr1ad nrsrk. 2 9
~. t11rf s. usst
Fsx So kia5 - esrk ~ Four $500
81 ~ bsats.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
A Child'S Gift.

'The most trifing gift is often the one to be
valued most, and l have one that king
ransom could not purchase" writes gentle
man who was once a teacher in country
school district 81 had among my pupils
some years ago a singularly beautiful and win
some little girl named Mary. Her parents
were dead, and she had the misfortune to live
with distant relative who made the child
most unhappy by his cruel treatment. His
wife was even more cruel to the helpless child,
who was the most obedient and submissive of
children.
''They allowed her to come to school three
months during the coolest winter weather.
She was always thinly clad and fear that her
little tin lunch pail seldom contained anything
better than dry bread and cold potatoes.
Il tried to be very kind to her. hope that
l was.
But had a large school of bad boys and
mischevous girls who sorely tried my patience,
and who took up all my time, even vt noon
and recess hours.
MARY was shy and sensitive, making few
friends, and saying nothing when certain
thoughtless and heartless girls ridic3led her
shabby clothes.
"She had way of twisting her thin white
fingers together, and glancing around in a
frightened, timid manner when she was thu.
tainted.
Il always went to the rescue as soon as
l could, and am not at all sorry now because l
poAeu ceILalu eaIS very sudrtly Oh MARY ) Dc
count.
The week before Christmas she fell ill. I
went to see her every evening after school,
and her gratitude for these visits shone forth
in her eyes. feared from the first that she
would never be well again, and think she
felt so herself, and was not sorry.
81 took her few little gifts Christmas
morning, and after l had given them to her,
she slipped one thin white hand up under the
pillow, and said
GIVE got little of something for you. 1t
amt anything hardly. I'm most ashamed to
offer it; but it will do for you to remember me
by, and it's all I've got to give"
''Her little all consisted of small carnelian
ring that could not have cost more than five
cents.
I'D like to have you keep it., she said in
q whisper.
'And have kept it among the things
treasure most.
''In another hour she was raving in de-
lirium.
"I wish, do wish they'd stop it !" she
cried. L wish they'd not point at my old
clothes so! hate SO to put them on wish,
l do wish, 1 could Neutrality-suspicious.
time !"
Before the day was done, she had put on
new clothes that never will wear old, nor lose
their heavenly beauty; garments not fashioned
by earthly hands"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
The Day We Celebrate.

The observance of the 25th of December as
the birthday of the Saviour is ascribed to
julius, Bishop of Rome, A. d. 337-352. The
Eastern Church had previously observed the
9th of January in commemoration both of the
baptism and of the birth of Christ Before
the end of the fourth century The Fast and
West had exchanged festivals, the West adopt
ing January 6 in commcmoraton of our Lords
baptism and the East adopting December %
in commemoration of our Lords birth. The
exact date of Christ's birth appears not to
have been known in the early church, and
cannot now be determined. Between the
middle of December and the middle of Feb
ruary there is generally in Palestine an inter
val of comparatively dry weather, preceded
and followed By the early and later rain.
Thus, there might have been shepherds on the
plain of Bethlehem watching their tlocks at
hight.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
An English Christmas.

As long ago as l7l2, as we learn from the
Spectator of that date, they had peculiar
way of celebrating Christmas Day. Sir Roger,
after the laudable custom of his ancestors,
always keeps open house at Christmas. l
learned from him that he had killed eight fat
hogs for this season, that he had dealt about
his chimes very literally among his neighbors
and that in particular he had sent string of
hos's-puddings with pack of cards to every
poor family in the parish 81 have often
thought" said Sir Roger. cit happens very
well that Chriitmas should fall out in the
middle of winter. 1t is the most dead, I'M
comfortable time of the year, when the poor
people would suffer very much from their pow
erty and cold, if they had not good cheer,
warm fires and Christmas gambols to support
them. l love to rejoice their poor hearts at
this season and to see the whole village merry
in my great hall. l allow double quantity
of malt to my small beer and set it a-running
for twelve days for every one that calls for it,
l have always piece of cold beef and a mince
pie upon the table, and am wonderfully pleased
to see my tenants pass away whole evening
in playing their innocent tricks and shutting
one another"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25

"Eh" said Zebedee, staring hard at his
cousin, as he packed the buffalo robe around
her before touching up the laggard old pony.
Because" added Bertha in a species of des-
peration, 81 took Mr.. Harcourt for you; and l
Rugged him, and l kissed him."
SIS that ALP" said philosophical Zebedee,
he won't care!"
"No," said Bertha "but shall! !"
''You amt crying, be you!" said Zebedee,
noting the quiver in his Cousins voice.
''How can 1 help it?" walled poor Bertha.
"Twarnt no fault o ourn," said Zebedee,
consolingly.
"Of coarse it warn't," said Bertha, impa-
tiently. Low was | to know that every lam
tern at Montcourt had red glass door to it,"
And poor little Bertha cried herself to sleep
that night.
The next neutrality-suspicious. Day, all
showed up into glorious drifts everywhere-Mr
Harcourt drove over to the Higgins farm
house. The young lady had dropped a fur
glove on the platform, and Mr.. Harcourt felt it
his duty to restore 1t to her. And, moreover
here Mr.. Charley Harcourt hesitated little
he hoped Miss Hooper would excuse him for
being so stupid as to allow her to fancy him
her cousin.
Il ought to have explained sooner" said he.
mo you ought not" said Bertha. The
fault was all mine"
Il don't recognize fault anywhere said he.
"And if l am pardoned--"
"Of course you are!" said Bertha, roster and
prettier than ever.
''In that case, am commissioned by my
mother to ask your aunt's permission to take
you over to help us finish dressing the church
i'll time for morning service. My horse is wait
ing"
May go, Aunt Almira?" said Bertha, with
sparkling eyes.
.'Of course you may" said Aunt Almira.
And so poor Zebedee was left out in the cold.
What was the end of it all? There is but one
sequel to stories like this, when youth and
bright eyes and human hearts are concerned.
The next Christmas Eve Bertha Hooper and
Charley Harcourt were married. But the
bridegroom persists in declaring that Bertha
did the first of the love-makinS.
And Bertha only laughs.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25

TIC JIflst.laS IFte OrlSlnatCd IN Inc ITO
testant districts of Germany. 1t was adopted
in New York long before its appearance i'll any
other American colony, and soon became one
Of tEo great treasures of the Christmas festival
Ma, - the Dutch, however, had been educa-
Me. y-;,r (Ncw Years Day. rather than at
Christmas: they were indebted to the unsym-
patheti; Old Romans for the pretty notion that
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
Why We Celebrate.

We celebrate Christmas day because it is
what it is. But it is in measure
changed for us so far as climate goes. Not so
much truly, as for him who breathes at this
time the spicy breeZes of Ceylon or pants in
the torrid heat of Sydney; but still changed.
Hence, we need not augur, happily, that the
bright sunshine and soft air about us to-day
are heralds of ill, especially since so feminine
in its caprices is our climate, when riotous
snow storm may be scurrying over the hills the
morning after we write.
We follow, too, the old-t time usages of Christ
mas, be it green or white. Our children look
for the visits of st. Nicholas with an eagerness
unquenched by three thousand miles of rolling
pillows, and for the Christmas tree reckless
whether it comes from Germany or Egypt,
whether it be commemorative of the Saviour or
sprung from the use of the palm at festivals
among dusky Arabians centuries before the
Christian era The crammed stockings and
the gifts on the tree are just as delightful, be
their primal source what they may; and the
joy of their elders in the rapture of the little
ones loses no jot through any riffs in faith of
questions of theological difference. And it is
well that it is so.
1t is well that all can meet, howbeit that
Christmas comes but once a year, on COM
mon ground of kindlness, of generous cheer
and of charity. There are not many days that
specially remind busy world of the common
humanity of all who inhabit it; that they are
children of one father; and that the larger
benefits of health and prosperity and national
grandeur, which are Swallowed, in a fashion,
by the stockings and Christmas trees of the
young, are boons to be grateful for and to be
profoundly appreciated. Be the Christmas
green or white then, or our creeds what they
may, none of us can be the worse for giving
thought to these things, even at the time of
feasting, and remembering with thankfulness
that the grace bestowed upon our fathers con-
tinued also to ourselves.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
Christmas Mince Pie.

In the old time, says Charles Dudley Warner,
the Christmas season properly began on the
10th of December described in the Prayer
book calendar as o Sapientia) and ended Janu-
AIRY 6, with Twelfth-nisht When the learned
DR.. Parr was asked what day i'll December it
was proper to begin eating mince pie he said:
Begin on Sapientia, but please to say Christ
mas pie, not mince pie-mince pie is Puritani-
cal" If there is any merit in eating mince pie,
as this association of it with the holy season
seems to imply, then we have certain test of
the piety of the Pilgrims to New England, for
they and their descendants did not hesitate to
eat mince pie any day in the year they could
get it and had 50 much grace that they could
take it with impunity for breakfast on sum-
mer n orninS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
CHRISTMAS BELLS.
! heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweat

heard the bells on Christmas day
Their old familiar carols play,
And wild and sweet
The words repeat
OF peace on earth, goodwill to men!
And thought how, as the day had come,
The belfries of all Christendom
Had rolled along
The unbroken song
OF peace on earth, goodwill to men!
Till ringing, singing on its way,
The world revolyed from night to day,
A voice, a chime,
A chant sublime,
OF peace on earth. goodwill to men!
But in despair l bowed my head
''There is no peace on earth, l said;
For hate is strong,
And mocks the song
OF peace on earth, goodwill TO men"
Then pealed the bells moro loud and deep
God is not dead, nor doth He sleep!
The wrong shall fail,
The right prevail,
With peace on earth, goodwill to men !"
Henry W. LonlettOto.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
COLD or warm. whatever it be,

"CoLD or warm, whatever it be,
A right Merry Christmas wish to thee"
OK Christmas Eve the right stocking was
never left.
SMALLEST stockings are often first filled by
Santa Claus.
No STOCKING is so small that Santa Claus
will overlook it.
AS THE Christmas tree is bent SO are the
presents inclined.
TURKEYS and churches are now undergoing
interior decoration.
A CHRISTMAS goose-the man who thinks
Santa Claus fraud.
SANTA CLAUS never swears, but he often
exclaims ''By shimcny!"
CHRISTMAS greens-The people who pay
double price at stores which never advertise.
KNOW all men by these presents (Christmas
presents) that the milk of human kindness il
still sweet.
The ghost of Christmas past now haunts the
man who feels too poor to make his wife Q
Christmas present.
IT will be mean husband who will put
a live mouse i'll the stocking which his wife
hangs up on Christmas Eve.
WHAT with all the stockings he has to fill,
some people think Santa Claus should come in
u HOSE carriage lilSteau OF d Sleigh
The goose by its cackling once saved Rome.
1t has since saved good many Christmas din.
ners, but the guests at the table have done all
the cacklinS.
JAMES SULLIVAN hung up his stocking on
Christmas Eve and his employer dropped a
$500 bill into it, but owing to his wife's
neglect it slipped out of large hole in the toe
and was lost. We publish this item in the in
tercst of the sex.
"IP you could get whatever you wished,
what would you wish for?" was asked on
Christmas day of little girl who had just
finished her plum pudding. She eyed the
remnants of the feast retectively for moment
and then replied, decisively: 'I'd just wish
that could be very hungry again."
"WHAT are you going to give your wife for a
Christmas present this year 2" asked bluff
man of a friend the other day. "I've been
thinking" he replied. Il hardly know what
to do. You see | want new overcoat, but il
l give my wife much of present can't afford
to get it. I've got scheme, though, that I
think will work. I'll give my wife twenty
dollar gold piece Christmas morning a
present, see, and in few days I'll borrow it
and buy coat. How does that strike you,
hey ?"-Omaha Bee.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
REASONABLE RHYMES.
UNHAPPY MAN.

Who is this man with haggard face
Who groans and signs and tears his hair
And up and down his room doth pace
With wild distraction i'll his air?
Is conscience gnawing him within,
Is he to grim remorse prey,
Doth some unexpatiated sin
Sit heavy on his soul today
M, he's a poet gentle, mild,
A man from evil passions free,
Who never harmed man, woman, child,
Or on a worm trod needlessly.
To-day he'd write-no thoughts will come;
No web of fancy can he weave:
His boy is beating on the drum
He bought for him on Christmas eve.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
The Message of the Bells.
Ring out We bells of Christmas
A merry, joyous chime;
Wake all earth's sleeping nations
~, hail +la lln,.n,I %;,,n,

Ring out We bells of Christmas
A merry, joyous chime;
Wake all earths sleeping nations
To hail the blessed time;
Let hills and wales re-echo
The angels song again;
Ring out the glorious tidings,
"Peace and good will to men,"
"Good will to men," This the language of
the bells-this the meaning of the day. My
own heart, in loving gratitude, responds to the
Heaven-sent message, and l long for a more
eloquent pen with which to express the
thoughts that come crowdinS up "too thick for
utterancc." This blessed, holy Christmas time,
what precious associations cluster about it,
Even hearts unused to the melting mood-cal-
loused it may be, by lorg continued, unequal
conflict with the stern realities of life must,
methinks, grow soft and tender with fond re-
collections of better, happier days: while youth,
with future all untried, imbibes yet fairer
hopes and brighter anticipations from the
glorious halo surrounding this Sayest holyday
of the year.
And how meet and fitting it seems to cast
aside the cares and sorrows of life, in loving
observance of the Christmas tide that gave u
Savior to the world. Oh, hearts be glad, re-
joice and
If counting DER the vanished years
That mark thy life's brief span;
Thou findest they have brought to thee
True love for God and man,
Then let thy heart be glad"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
CHRISTMAS WAITS AND STRAYS
A BATCH OF HOLIDAY HUMoR GATHERED m
FROM ALL QUARTERS.

Twas Christmas night, ten years ago,
1.-TWO weeks had | been courting)
When first my lips pressed Mary James
Great glory, how transporting:
Isaw no mistletoe that night;
did not caro- II finder
If every yule log in the land
Were burned down to cindcr.
The sun, the moon, the earth, the stars,
The tender Christmas tidings--
Oh, what were these at such time
10 our loves sweet contidinSs2
To-day three chubby, handsome boys
Are rOmping in my airy,
Their father was my college chum,
Their mother was my Mary.
THE LANDLADY's CHRISTMAS.
"Ah," sighed Mrs Hendricks, the landlady,
as she rested for a moment on the lounge,
what a glorious time of the year is Christmas
l enjoyed the holiday so much !"
Il fail to see what enjoyment Christmas
Day could have had for you," growled her dis
contented husband.
What" she exclaimed; "don't you remem.
ber?"
''Remembera No; don't remember any.
thing"
Why, the boarders were all invited out,
and We had picked-up dinner.
THE SAFE SIDE.
'No, George she said, 81 cannot marry
you. l shall always esteem you as a friend,
but cannot be your wife"
George hestated. CLARA" he said, broken
ly, will you grant me one favor before 1 go
Away forever ?"
Yes, George" she replied, kindly. "What
is it,"
..pIoo,a ,o,,. vow ror,,.,, ao,r,, on ,,,,o- ,,5
let me have it TOR Christmas present. I
shall esteem it very highly and feel safer
about it."
BEFORE AND AFTER.
Dot vas leedle Jakey's shtomack
Ven de krlSmas day begun:
Un dot vas Jakey's shtomacle
Ven dot krismas day vas done
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25
BEFORE AND AFTER.



Lady ito tramp at the oor)-Certainly, my
poor man. Just go around to the kitchen
door and the cook will give you a nice piece Of
roast turkey and some mince pie.
Tramp-(with disgust There it goes again;
turkey an mince pie l amt had nuthin' but
turkey an mince pie for week back. I'll be
glad when the holidays are over.
HANGING UP TIME.
swell, Bobby" said the minister at dinner,
81 suppose you expect to hang up your stock
ing p
"Oh, yes" replied Bobby.
'And will your papa and mamma and sister
hang up their stockings, too?"
MA and sister will, but pa says he will
have to hang up his watch"
''I think, Charlie" said Mrs. Smallface to
her youthful, Il shall put you into long
trousers very SOON.
But not until after Christmas, ma"
''Why not 2"
ooh, because You know, ma, / shall have to
60 into short stockings, and they don't hold
much"
NOT SINCERE.
"He is not sincere Christian"
''What brought you to that conclusion
You ought to be more liberal minded this
blessed Christmas time"
''He don't do as he would be done by"
''Why do you think so ~
because he bought my boy drum"
LONGINGS.
I would were boy again,
Back in the old home, quaint and dear;
With Christmas coming, now and then,
Say about nineteen times year,
And that wore brand new and whole,
Stockings as long telegraph pole.
DING-A-DONG.
Those Christmas bells, those Christmas bells
How sweet and clear their music swells!
They swell our hearts with joyous thrills,
They swell likewise our New Year bills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-12-25

When wake in the morn, oh, my darling,
l think it would save you much snarling,
And gaze on my footing with care,
If some good solid darns saw there.