The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-20

charter members iiere, and. new names
are proposed eaclrweek y :.
There will lie a"weisht socis l';ield in
the school house ut Toilette Friday even
ing, Dec. 9th. All are cordially invited
to attend. Proceeds to 60 towards nay.
ing for the organ.
Christmas Cheers.
"Buy. baby, buy low!"' but whether it
is buy Glow or high" everybody, that is
anybody, must and does buy more or
less. to help make Christmas, the feast
day and the gift day, of all the year.
Just now the busy housewife is planning
the Christmas dinner, new suits for the
boys and dresses for the girls. The hus.
band signs as lie thinks of the bills, b,,t
helps the wife to plan for the comfort
and joy oil the little ones, and'fgures per.
haps to his own discomfort, or business
detriment, TO make home and its inmates
happier. And the younger ones have
been saving their nicklcs for long time
back and i'll their turn wondering what
they can buy to please mama or that
papa will like. Then there is the young
man without Il home of his own, but
who hopes soon to have one, he is figu,.
ing how much Of his months salary he
can spare to make pleasing sift to the
one whom lie hopes to make mistress of
that home. And the girls, bless their
pretty pictures. with slender purses, but
/ with generous hearts and busy fingers,
are getting together the raw materials
from which they will make mama pref
ty tidy. brother Il warm scarf and papa,
or maybe some other fellow, Il pair of slip
pers.
The question of the hour, of Christ.
nas day, is huy-what and where!
And just to help out the good desires.
and the good gifts, we took u stroll
down town this week to see what we
could see and perhaps help answer
this question of what and where"
While the thoughts of the young
and old,(dyspeptic people excepted)are
already being turned toward the one
meal of the year. the royal Christmas
'ilnner, yet us everybody is perforcs
an earley riser OH Christmas morning,
the appettcs for breakfast will be
sharp for nice oatmeal porridge, hot
jill 'nny.cake and smoking bnckwheats,
and we would remark that II. C. Field.
man can tell you where you can get
the raw material. and us for the bread
and biscuits, it will he the cook s fault
not his. il it is Il failure. Long ere this
the mother has sent to Picile's for
the beef and mince-meat flor Christ.
mas would scarce be Christmas with.
out mince pies.) and now she thinks
with SO many to dinner, she will need
besi'le the big fat turkey, IL nice roast
o. hect or pork; and to help flavor the
Christmas breakfast what is nicer than
Picles sausages. Now having pro.
cured the foundation let us look for il
superstructure worthy tie base. And
here comes the variety, and in the
variety comes the difficulty of choice.
Canned goods of summer fruits, vegc.
tables and sauces, bottles Of pickles.
catsup and relislles, raisins, dried fruit
and spices, sugar for sweetness. barrels
oi acidity, cotfecs. teas and chocolate
are they not piled from flour to cell.
ing in each and every grocery. and
don t eac! sell seventeen ounces to
the pound, and don't each give a little
more than the other for the almighty
dollar. Give the order for all the
snlerfinc groceries needed for a Christ.
mas dinner. and any ono Of our genial
grocery men will guarantee to fill it
from his shelves, Or if any thing is
lacking, from pepper to sartlines, lie is
sure to ''lave IL carload on the road
to arrive Tomorrow" Joking aside,
one could select pretty fair dinner
ready prepared from any of our gro.
GERS shelves. and amy good cook could
make dinner lit for Il king from the
materials found there and Messrs.
ThompsOn, Full or Shaw will be GLAD
to prove it to You. if you step within
doors. Now for the dessert, Apples
can he got almost any place. but when
it comes to such "tropicals'' as banilas.
grapes, oranges, lemons, and other
fruits (of which we usually have have
plenty in our own orchards at tLi $
time of the year, but which owing. to
the drOutll and other climatic reasons
there is this year Il scarcity,) we will
have to buy them Of Kemp. OF the
fruits of the base sort" such as cab.
bage, tnrnips, onions and potatoes
sweet :and swate Irish" he has a
cellar full, and as for oysters and Gel.
cry, will you step in and see. lie will
tell you the rest. Before finishing
)ur Christmas dinner. we should have
bit of cheese. and perhaps Il pat of .
honey, we III, hit ais, find some nuts
md fruit that would look well and ,
act "a ,,inltv 1,y or :.e |