The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-01-06
Edison Echoes.
CREEDE.
. our Correspondent

From our Correspondent.
The Christmas festivities at Edison were
carried on in that good old fashioned way
that had the greatest tendency to make glad
the hearts of the children, which i'll fact is
the real 0use of such occasions. Everything
was prepared for good old time, and in an
ticipation of such an event the house was
crammed full, so much so, that when we ar
rived we had to hunt about for some time
to get a seat. When we were seated we
looked at the Christmas tree, and although
we have seen larger ones in our time, we
never saw one fixed up IN any nicer shape.
The tree was lighted up with wax candles,
and thickly hung with presents. The first
thing on the programme was for the children
who were to take part in the exercises to go
out into the vestibule while old Santa Claus
and his wife presented themselves. Old Mr..
Santa commenced to talk about getting ready
to go out with his presents when Mrs. Santa
put stopper on his intentions most en-
phatically by asserting her women's rights
and declaring he should not stir out of the
house that night, but must stay to home with
her and she took her knitting work and sat
down as though that settled it, and it did 8,
for Immediately in came the children, led by
a little boy who spoke the Introductory, and
he did it nicely. He delivered a salutation
to Mr.. and Mrs. Santa Claus an expressed
surprise at meeting Mrs. Santa Claus, as he
had never heard of her before. He ended
by complimenting them on their jolly APP
pearance and hurrahing for them. After
ward we learned that he was Roy Rogers,
the little son of our station agent. Follow
ing came speeches and songs by nearly every
one of the little ones, and we must say that
they all gave credit to their training, and
their merit was the highest praise to the
patience and management of their teachers
and we predict that there are those among
the little folks of Edison and vicinity who will
be heard from in time to come. Some very
fine pieces of vocal and instrumental and
vocal music were rendered by the grown
folks, and we think Ed Harris did himself
proud on his violin that evening. After the
exercises came the distTib Jtion of the pres
ents, which of course was the most interest
ing event of the evening and although every
body expected present, still it was amusing
to note the look of pleased surprise that
would occasienly break up the seeming L
don't expect-anything look that reposed on
the contanances of some. We were one of
| these, but it will not do to tell what it was
we received for that would give us dead
away. This Christmas eve is one that will
long be remembered as one of the bright
episodes in the lives of our childred and we
are heartily in favor of one of like nature
every time the period comes around.
We wrote up the Christmas festivities held
at Edison for last weeks publication and sent
them to Goodand by a neighbor, but foul
or five days after we was over to his place
| looking up the address of some implement
manufacturer, when, 10 our neighbor pulled
ont of his pocket our last weeks items. He
looked at it, then looked as silly as the early
bird that attacked the snake and then said
| "By hen! done forgot that letter entirely
We were extremely shocked at his profanity
i but not so much so as to discover by hi:
! speech, under stress of excitement, that ht
was native of Missouri. He had always
represented himself as native of New Jer-
sey, and this being our native state also, we
had heretofore looked upon him as a sort o.
brother, and as we had both settled here al
the same time, yOn might say, in figurativ'
/
were Jonathon's and Dayid's, then the read
er can imagine the terrible rent this suddeT
tearing asunder of our souls, tas it were)
has made in our spiritual anatomy. Ant
now our souls which heretofore have lived
and moved and had their being as one, hence
forth must go it alone.
Mr.. Bennett has shooting match at Ed.
son on the last day of the old year and sew
eral turkeys went the way of all the earth
A beef was also 1affied of and Jim warder
was the lucky man who won it, besides win,
ming three or four turkeys. Verify, it i,
is sometimes true that ''Luek has her favor
ties"
The weather that ushered in the new yea
is ali that could be desired by the most fas-
! tideous and 1.-THE only drawback to an entire