The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-02-07
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CHRISTMAS.
Exposition OF the Advantages and DIsad-
vantages attending on tho Celebration Of
the Christmas Holidays.

The following poem was composed by q
member of the Anderson Chautauqua So
| ciety, and read before the Society at re-
cent meeting:
You may call this celebration disadyanta-
Tt Is not only that, but simply outrageous,
To see. howl men labor their living to seek,
And then what they get they spend all in
one week. ;-,,a-ze
Well, Christmas comes but once o year,
|!And every soul must have good; cheer.
o, that day that lovely day
Bearing our thoughts from cares away;
Away from regret and cankering care,
Away from thoughts ofevery: day fare,
Away from the corn.bread and bacon and
greens,
f.Away,f the labor behind; the: scenes,
FrOmBeeding fraisfIis and baking of cakes,
And grinding Of sausage and weighing Of
-. steaks; =: 80. - = : . = - . !;
Away from the bills you anticipate,
Away from the debts incurred ofS1ate, !.
Away from the cousins and uneles rn1t, e g ana
Whose name your soul, like nightmare.
haunts,
With. ."vhat shall i | give him, per. wiper or
Watch. case r.
And "what shall I give her, q ribbon or
glass vase ?''
AL that Is over when Christmas is here;
All that is over till this time next year.
Oh, Christmas time is the time for me !"
You are asked out TO dine, you're asked in
to tea;
You go to the parties in pouring rains, :.
And what does one care then for rheumatic
pains?
You frolic aud jig, you dance and play
You get up airtations with other folks
flames
SYouj just live; on eggg.nog, even champagne
You wear best "bibs.and. fuckers" and
Sundays to-meeting' hats;
You scorn the scorn the. sight of 9 needle
or pen ;..s =, -. Z = : :,
Thank your stars !-they needn't intrude
themBe elves then I
.s she till; y, sf;...s
And the barrel 81, old sermons shaken up
with will,
For who canwrite new ones in times like
these 7: ~ 80. s:::. s;sitt2
When, review an old ones pretty tight
The merchants leave all thoughts of CAM
- brio and s1ihng,
And indulge in the wild joys>of glass. ball
nshoctin -
The small boys studies are allowed to stop,
He gives himself up to making fire. crack
p - ers pop. = & :. =
The maidens all give up their sweeping and
For 70 sssaRss WolR sa1a at christnas is simply
disgusting. -
The mother gives herself up to somemild
relaxation-
Such. as .darning, drinking tea and charita-
Bile conversation, 40 III.
Till the end Of the, week comes, the week
:sf2t. without work, - Nss;; l5 .si,.S
And the household machinery stops with
The New Year finds everything upside
Which for 6hristmas day "had been done
up brown
The house girl gets married, your cook;
strikes for big wages,
Though you give her the same You have
- ., i5ss;sil given: for ages: =.
You clean out'yoar wardrobe, bureau and
trunk, I'll q. IN
And come across tasks you intended to
i,hunk.n
You answer old letters, make new resolu-
Begin 4 @ your new diary and work out solu-
OF problems that worry from year to year,
Ofawhat you shall eat and what you shall
Papa comes to dinner With frowning brow,
And wonders awhere are the good things
now
That I noticed to-day when the bills came
ts'5: in, :; - : -.T.s = 8.
! With everything J, charged, from a hair to 3
he Was dunned for: the lovely watch-case
from Sue,
And ,sSs sSs,,2i ;S5il fef sHilEs Manuel was
He paid fle the f-buttons given him by
John,
But not Ma1y's slippers he had put on;
And thinks to himself, in the household
e g. strife, 49,.
i.rd;7ather 60 psnniless all my life
Than to have SO many bills to pay,
or LET 20 unpaid on New Years day.
I Do pardon the metre. my courteous
/ And Istste forth haithsthatt my. poem ends.
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