The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-01-15
not long before She had pressed several

not long before she had pressed Severa
girl friends into the service
Bertha had picked out six boys. and girl
a to attend the Christmas tree. The boy
!, sturdy little Germans and Swedes, had
early been inducted into long trousers
I and miniature coats by their fonC
. parents.
They had looked very queer and
, uninteresting to Bertha heretofore
! but now she studied their broad
! features and square figures with deep
! interest.
The little girls she felt more easy about,
but she also noted well their length of
arm and limb and the general size of the
little maidens.
Aunt Fanny secured the pattern OF a
wonderful hood consisting of three
pieces. Small bits of merino and silk
could thus be used advantageously in its
manufacture, and Furthermore, when
completed, the hood can be drawn up by
a magical string, into just the size to fit
any head.
Then Mother Hubbards coats and
dresses, with very broad hens basted in
at the bottom, to be let up or down at
will, in order to make them of suitable
length for any child, were constructed.
do not need to tell you how mamma
found some bed-ticking that, trimmed
with the leavings of dress braids, made
wonderful petticpats, or how all the little
feet were provided with bright red
stockings, knit out of yarn bought for an
afghan. -
All the bits of bright silk were made
into neckties for the boys. The rest of
were also IroyidoJ VIII bonGIorcb;cf
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Sor,a f,;o,,d otnd aodi,
a Tan O'Sbonta,
Rertbo yyorlyod oorl,, aud la+a Sbo
wanted sboos for oil ~ "biidrer % R,,f
aIasi Shoes oost ,ono,, TSay connnt
he corcocted ont af ,,iooo ba%s ~. CO..
imred ont of bacll brnadtbs or in f,ct
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Rnt if portIa Isl Io"i'ooi ont ro,. ,t,o
srbstan+iaIs sLo Lad nv, ,,o means o,,1
bonsted ber ;ngenn;t,, M, tbe,r
All tba tn,,s ,Sa,.o ss,,.tnd o,,ar ond tbo
bovs nondod tIoso thnt naadod I,and,nT
Then one of the y;rls made civ beontif,l
dolls ont of white wadding and bInn
worsted
bottIo Of oild;p, tbo+ wos LOTT ovor
from last Gb,istm5s made significant
ornaments co., the troo
The bovs went IN the woods and fonnd
soma large oonaS W WV WV 80 wv i0"''N
These We're gilded. co vero oranCes
and hononos and n,,ts aud egg.shnIIs
with lifts of ribbnn drawn throngb
them To hang them IN the trce
Mommo lad heen n littIa douhtt,,l
about the way in which the Christmas
nests might bebove
WTbev WON'T oct arv worse than
TOMMY Brown did al Jam;e's Marty Z"
said Amt Fannie
As il would have hoe, impossible for
anv nna to Ie',ave worse finn tbe rich
and aristocrtic Tommy Brown did Mrs
Miller had nothn0 tn sav
The cbiidren were invited IN come at
six o'clock and each was gsk,d to minr n
lhasket
A. nrecise,v siv IN n stroke tbe bell
ronG M anJ "nop nnonin% tba Joor tbora
atneSii atSii tho fIrao ImtIn,ovo. cI,;lJro,
,"r,,I,bed to s,cb N InUSeo that thniI
focos sbone lilo noI;sLcd chor,v R,cl
iof 49,, ,go.n tLoI t,,,, na,,;S arirIs iooIg;nG
bine WITH The coIdYhnt oI 50 hanny
Farther in the h1ckTrotnd were lie
TrncLIcs tbe Wagncrs and last the Van
derherg twins
Tboy bore hostets of all sizns and
shanes from a verv small lunch basket
fn an exceedinglv large market basket
ssljerry Cbristma - exclaimed Rertba
and Che never nttered the wish Will sncb
a M deem m meaning in her life ~ '''
ssNIa,rv Christmos y; renlied \ dnzen
little roTgh voices
Tho tr6on yas admitted and .s soon
os tbo;r IptS orJ nnotS ,ycro ''r, ronnyod
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&c IL iooirnd fo tIase iitiia ones ''''
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