The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1894-12-21
Christmas Presents.

"Glory To God in the highest; on earth
peace, good will toward men,"
Beautiful and right it is that gifts and
good wishes should fill the air like
snowflakes at Chrismastide. And beau
tiful is the year in its coming and in its
going most beautiful and blessed be-
cause it is always the Year of Our Lord.
No one should be deferred from max
ing presents because they feel unable to
indulge in expensive ones If gifts are
only valued by their cost price, your
list of friends is sadly in need of revis-
ion, for it would seem to be evident
that you have made mistake in choos-
ing them. True hearts value more
highly the gift prompted by friendship,
be the gift never SO trifling in intrinsic
worth, than that which resounds with
the clank Of dollars, sent merely in OBJ
servance of custom.
The prettiest present to make Il friend
is one that is most useful To him, and
people Of moderate means who wish to
make presents can always find useful
things which can be procured without
much sacrifice. And If we make sac
ritice in this direction we feel the better
for it, Doesn't the glad look on the
face of IA loved one amply compensate
for all one has yielded to place it thereg
Then, when we have decided as to
what we can spare in this line, let us
look about us and decide what To buy
and where to buy it, The merchants
whose advertisements appear i'm the
columns of this paper carry large and
varied stocks of goods from which may
be selected presents fitting and accept
able To those in every walk of life. An
article that would make a suitable and
acceptable gift to one person would be
as So much trash to another, therefore
the selection of the gift is half of the
battle.
Suppose it is poor widow with
family of children whom we would re-
member. Go to Buffers or Warmers
and order bill of groceries TO the
amount of your intended gift, or to Oc-
obock Bros or TROOPS and send up
ham or its equivalent. Is it poor boy
who is having "A hard struggle to keep
himself in school for want of suitable
clothing? Go to Smiths or Shower
mans and expend the intended sum in
the purchase of the most needed arti-
cles. Is it a young married couple just
getting ready to commence housekeep-
ing? Go to Holmes & Bilsborrow's or
to j III. Waters II Co. and fit them out
with stove and furniture; or to Good
ale's or Phillips and get them a bed
room suite or a set of chairs. Is il a
young lady in moderate or Strengthened
circumstances? Go to Sellick's, Avery's
or Broughton's, where little money
will go long way in purchasing dress
goods, wraps, gloves, and the thousand
and one things equally needful. Per-
baps it is sweetheart? Go to the
Wolverine Pharmacy and get n toilet
set or one of those elegant plush al
buns Is it housewife out on the
farm you wish 10 make happy? Send
her Challenge churn. And if it is
photos you are going To distribute, of
course you will go To Tromp.
Every man and firm named above
are worthy of patronage. Their goods
are carefully selected for the demands
of our people; they are sold as cheaply
as they can be bought in any market,
and it is the plain duty of us all, espe-
cially in these close times, TO patronize
our home dealers i'm purchasing such
things as we need and they keep.
So, let us oil have q Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year.