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Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
Yu1etide Customs.

1t is customary to give quarter pres
ent and expect a So one in return.
With the usual perverseness of nature,
Christmas comes in the middle of a hard
winter.
The modern highwayman doesn't say
money or your life!' he wishes you "a
merry Christmas"
The small boy who tries to make too
much noise is apt TO blame Santa Claus
for not giving him an extra head for his
drum.
Some people wish you a merry Christ
mas instead of giving you present be-
cause it's easier to pay the compliment of
the season than it is TO settle with Santa
Claus.
Your wife expects you to look pleased
when she gives you a $40 smoking jacket
and tells you she has had it charged
Truth.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

" ANITA CLAUS is the children :
friend. Who he was we have little
~ means of knowing. Authentic his
tory is almost silent on the subject. mere
ly stating that he was the Bishop of
Myra. in Lycia. and died about the year
326. Tradition has woven many pretty
tale about him, and one runs that lie
appeared i'm the night time and secretly
made valuable presents to the children of
the household. What manner of person
st. Nicholas was. seems subject To varia-
ton, according to the time. place or man
ner of regarding him. Medieval painters
represent him as slender. and clad in full
episcopal robes with miter and croZier.
Modern painters and storytelcrs i'll En-
gland. Germany and America, give MS II
jovial. rubicund type of Il man, with none
of the features of the cleric. Kris krin-
gle is regarded as an alternative name
for Santa Claus. but he is II totally differ
ent being. Kris Kringle is simply a cor
ruption of the German word Christ
Kindlein," or Christ Child.
Christmas is childrcn's day: ii is the
day when, as Dickens says. we should
remember the time when its great found
er was child himself. Ii is especially the
day for the friendlcss young, the children
the blind No child should be left alone
OH Christmas day for loneliness with chill
dren means brooding. A child growing
up with no child friend is not child ut
all, but II premature man or woman.
The best Christmas present TO a boy
is box of tools the best to Il girl any
number of dolls. When they get older
and can write letters II postotiicc is Il de-
lightful boon. These are to be bought.
but they are far more amusing if made ut
home. Any good-siZed cardboard box will
do for this purpose. The lid should be
fastened to il so that when il stands up
it will open like a door. A slit must he
cut out about an inch wide and from five
to six inches leng so as to allow the
postage of small parcels, yet not large
enough even To admit the smallest hand.
Children should learn To respect the in
violate character of the post from the
earliest age.
Capital scrapbooks can be made by chill
dren. Old railway guides may be the
foundation and every illustrated paper IA
magazine of art A paste box. next to
a paint box. is n most serviceablc toy.
Hobby horses are profitable steeds and
can be made to go through any amount
of PAGES. But mechanical toys are more
amusing to his elders than to the child.
who wishes To do his own mechanism. A
boy can be amused by turning him out of
the house. giving him Il ball or n kite, OF
letting him dig in the ground for the M
happy mole. Little girls, who must be
kept in on rainy day, or invalid chill
dren, are very hard To amuse. and re-
course must be had to story telling, To the
dear. delightful thousand and one books
now written for children. of which "Alice
in Wonderland" is the flower of perfec.
ton.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
THE CHRISTMAS TREE STATE.
Great Demand Is Annually Made or
the Forests of Maine.


Not all who desire a Christmas tree for
the holiday merrymakings can sally forth,
armed with hatchet, and hew from their
own acres. Therefore at each Christmas
season great demand is made on the for
ests of Maine for young spruces.
No tree but an evergreen will do, and
no evergreen but the spruce presents the
delicate, feather fiat, clean limbed
branches of dark perennial shade, which
throw out by contrast the brightness of
the suspended presents and favors.
On Sunday, the fifth of December, 1891,
ten carloads of Christmas trees for New
York were detained in the Portland yard
because they were loaded so that it was
impossible to work the brakes. This OBJ
lection was overruled, and the sweet
smelling freight was allowed to proceed
to its destination. How the ears were
loaded can easily be described, but the
fragrance of twenty-five thousand fresh
ly cut evergreen trees must be left 10 the
readers imagination.
The ten cars, all FLATS" or platform
cars, were each thirty-four feet long,
loaded eight feet high. and all came from
the small station of Wiscasset, which
lies at the head of one of the numerous
bays on the coast of Maine.
At regular intervals about each car,
four on each side and two at each end,
were stout spruce stakes. originally
Christmas trees which might have done
duty at the Castle De Blunderbore. These
rose to the top of the load. which was lin
tied to a height that would clear all over
head bridges on the road.
IL. Al, Il
lengthwise, butts to the front and rear
tops to the center. so compactly that the
loaded car was one solid block of green.
Each car held about twenty-five hundred
trees. large and small. tied in bundles of
four. From six hundred and fifty To
seven hundred bundles were packed in n
car. so that the ten carload lot contained
twenty-five thousand trees at least.
The marketing of Christmas trees is Il
Maine speciality. Every year spectators
purchase the right to cut trees from the
land owners, paying half cent, one cent,
and two cents apiece for trees from eight
to twelve years old on the stump. Then
the natives are hired to cut and bring
them to the shipping point. where they
cost the speculator from ten to twelve
cents each, loaded on the car.
He pays also for their shipment to New
York-sixty seven dollars per car, or about
two and one-half cents per tree.
The trees retail in New York for from
one to five dollars each. according TO their
size. The same quality of tree can be
purchased on the street, in the city of
Portland, ut from twenty-five to fifty
cents each. while in other parts of the
State boys who wish for Christmas trees
sally forth and cut them for themselves.
Youths Companion.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

wanter know who hit you in the neck with
that hard snOwball?'
You bet do" replied the man, slack
ening speed.
will We gimme a quarter ef | ketch
him and bring him here"
Yep"
Gimme 30 centsT
YES" said the driver, lifting his whip
from the socket: but L don't give you
any more'n that"
well. git the money ready
You haven't got the boy that threw
the SNOWFALL yet"
"Yes. | have. That boy is me. Dads
sick, and me mother can't get work. The
twins il too little ter earn anything. an II
/ don't hustle there won't be- any Christ
mas tree at our house. Ill take a lickin'
any day fur 30 cents"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

Got a clipper-slcd, an when us boys goes
ont to slide
Long comes the grocery cart AN we all hook
ridci
But, sometimes. when the grocery man Is
wOrrited and cross,
He reaches at me with his whip and larrups
up his hosS:
An then | Ian and holcr: "Oh. you never
teched me-
But jes' fore Christmas I'm rs good as 1
kin be,
Gran'ma says she hopes that when ! get TO
he "A man
I'll be n missioner like her oldcs brother
Dan,
As wuz ct up by the cannibals that lives in
Ceylon's isle.
Where every prospeck pleascs an only man
in vile.
But gran'ma she had never been Ia see q
Wild West show.
Or read the life NV Daniel Boone, or else /
guess she'd know
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

knee again and innocently pleaded: And,
dear Santa Claus, please bring papa a
race horse that can win sometimes. That
was his mothers work, suppose, but it
went. l bought tree that night, loaded
it down with toys the boy had asked for,
and then trimmed it with the tickets that
hadn't won in the races. The unique
festooning represented hundreds of hard
dollars that had been scattered in the
wake Of a race-track skate have not
played a horse since that time, and
have made up my mind that i never will
again. It's delusion and n snare"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

* the Union Pacific Road, the tele-
- graph line stretches to the north,
leaps across to the Laramie mountains,
and at point opposite the great mass of
earth and rock and tree, called Red
Butte, 1t comes to sudden stop. From
this point to the fort, distance of TWEEN
ty-tive miles, is the toughest portion of
the way, and the skulking bands of In
dians make il the most dangerous.
At the terminus of the line Is a rude
shanty and a soldier operator. Close by
the shanty are tents of the soldiers. who
are setting the poles and pushing the line
along until the fort shall have electric
communication with the outside world.
Ii is December now-only two days to
Christmas. There have been cold rains,
snow storms, severe weather. and the
soldiers are wondering why they have
not been ordered back to the fort for the
winter, when mounted messenger ar.
riyes over the trail bearing the expected
order. The Colonels wife has gone East.
The operator is to wire her to remain
where she is until spring. When her an.
swer is received the shanty Is to be closed
up. camp broken, and the party headed
for the fort. The afternoon wears away,
the night comes down, and some of the
soldiers are asleep, when Benton City
sends il its call. and follows it by tele-
gram reading: THE Coloners wife
started West four days ago. and ought
to be there or ut the fort now"
Next morning there was an arrival
from the South. The Coloners wife, rid
ing a horse with blanket for q saddle,
dismounted at the front of the shanty,
and opened the door with CHEEKY
'Howdy do, boysv' to the operator and
the Sergeant. As both men stood at "at-
tention." she removed the hood and cloak
which cnveloped her, shook off the snow,
and said TO the Sergeant:
II came through with hardly an hours
rest, and I'm hungry as a wolf. Tel
some IF the men TO cook something. I'll
give the Colonel surprise"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

Father calls me William, sister calls me VIII,
me BIZ,
Mighty glad ain't glrl-ruther be- hoy
Without them sashes. curls aud things that y
W. rn by Fauntleroy!
Love to chawnk green apples an go swim
min In the lake
Hate 10 take the castor-ile they give f'r
belly-ache,
Most all the time the hull year roun' their
amt No flies on me.
kin he.
Got a yaller dog named Sport sick i'm on
the cat:
Fust thing she knows she doesn't know
where she Is at
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
A Race Track Ficnd Cured.

The following story is told by one who
for years was an inveterate better on
horses: 1T was Christmas eve. My 4,
year-old stood by my knee in his mighty
just before being tucked in his crib, and in
his infantile manner was praying to
Santa Claus to bring him the treasure up
on which he had fixed his heart When
he had finished l asked the master of the
house what should old Santa Claus bring
papa? He bowed his little head on my
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
Her Hearts Desire.

There comes time once in every year,
when children may without impropriety
give their loving friends hint i'm season.
Uncle William was talking with Lucy.
his best little niece, about Christmas. He
wished to know ser mind upon u certain
highly interesting object, but preferred
TO get at it indirectly.
Now. Lucy" said he, in casual man
ner, 'if l were going to buy a doll for a
little girl, what kind of one do you
think she would like?"
30, Uncle William" answered Lucy.
with undisguised interest, there is moth
ing like twinsw
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
,Johnny's Woe.

Curly headed Johnny had tear drop In his
eye,
Curly headed Johnny couldn't speak without
sigh.
And the Christmas preparations that were
round him everywhere
Had not the least effect upon his melan-
choly air.
"Oh, what's the use Of hanging up my stock
Ing" he would say;
There's 3othing to look forward to for me
on Christmas Day;
He'll scratch us OF his program when he
bitches up his team.
For Sanity needs fireplace, and they heat
our fiat by steam."
Washington Star.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
The Boarding-House Turkey.

"Is the fuse laid?' inquired the land
lady of the head waiter.
1T is, madame"
"Then fire it,
~ have, madame
But the turkey is still whole
''Yes, madame, the powder had no
effect on it,
''Then send for some dynamite. and
tell the boarders the turkey is so tender
il takes time to carve IT,
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

That Buffalo Bill an cowboys is good enough
f'r me-
Excep' jes' fore Christmas, when I'm good
as kin be-
Then ol Sport he hangs around. sollum
like and still
His eyes they seem a-sayin': whats er mat
ter. little Bill?'
The cat she sneaks down OF her perch,
a-wonderin' what's become
Wv chem two enemies NV hern that use ter
make things hum.
But am 81 perlite and stick so earnestlike
to biz,
That mother seZ To father: "How improved
our Willie is.
But father, havin' been a boy hsself, sus-
picions me.
When. jes' fore Christmas, I'm as good as
kin be!
For Christmas. with It's lots an lots NV cam
dies, cakes and toys,
Wuz made, they say, f'r proper kids. and not
f'r naughty boys!
SO wash yer face, and bresh yer hair, an
min yer p's and q's
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

1t was drawing near to a very interest
ing season of the year. Willy was getting
ready for bed. His mother looked happy.
"My dear" she said. 81 am glad to see
that you do not hurry through your
prayers as you used TO do
"No, ma a'am," said Willy; "Christmas
is week after next, and / have good
many things to ask for"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19
He Was Surprised.

Mrs. Gazzam-Ive got a box of cigars
for my husbands Christmas present.
which will surprise him.
Mrs. Maddox-Women don't know how
to buy cigars for men.
Mrs. Gazzam-I know that. so | got
Brother Jack TO get them for me-
Judge
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

to be seen. The Colonel's wife may tell
you the story-thc Sergeant couldn't be
coaxed to, but he can't conceal the limp,
and is proud of the extra stripes he has
worn on his sleeves ever since that Christ
mas day.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

Como, old year. 'tis time TO go.
Age, perhaps, has made you slow.
But your time OF rule has flown
And i come to claim my own.
You are popular no more,
All your triuinphs here are gone,
With what strength Is left TO you,
Had you better hasten on.
Learning from experience,
have promised much, like you.
When another year has flown
People will condemn me, too.
But what matters that to us?
Years, like men, must come aud go.
We are fast with promises.
With fultllments we are slow.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

.'You haven't got 50 about you. Jonesr'
"No, I haven't. Wife borrowed the last
TO buy my Christmas nt."--Atlanta
Constitution
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

sonny" said the market man, in n
voice that was remarkably husky, here's
yer - cents. I'm in hurry now-you
needn't bother about deliverin' the goods.
Well call it square e'AWashington Star
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

Now comes the glad New Year;
Though fate may do her worst.
She cannot blot that legend clear:
''All bills due on the hrst."
Atlanta Constitution
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

A Financial Transaction.
Say, mister" said boy who had just
overtaken a market wagon after pursu-
ing it for four or five blocks, do you
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

will remember the poor If / have TO
make memorandum to that effect every
morning.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

GIAYLING LODGE, No. $50, =. d A. NJ
meets in regular communication on Thursday
evening on OF before the full Of the moon,
nj. A. BATES, w. M.
A. TAYLOR, Secretary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. W. H. Mawhorter, Pastor. Services every
Sunday at 7:cO p. M. and alternate Sundays At
1881 a. m Sunday school at 2p IN.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

ST. MARY's CATHOLIC CHURCH.-Father
H. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
in each month.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

MARVIN POST, No 24O. q. A. r., meets the
second and fourth Saturdays in each month.
A. c. WILCOX, Post Com.
ii. TRUMLEY. Adjutant.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

CRAWLING LODGE, 1. o. o. f., No. 49, =
Meets every Tuesday evening.
NJ SIMPSON. N. q.
J. PATTERSON, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ, No. 13J.-
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
JOHN Il. HUM. H. p.
A. TAYLOR, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

An don't bust out yer pantaloons, an don't
wear out your shoes;
Say yessum TO the ladies', an yessir 10 the
An when they's company don't pass yer plate
f'r pie again:
But thinkin' nv the things you'd like to see
upon that tree.
Jes fore Christmas be as good as you kin bel
Eugene Field, In Ladies' Home Journal.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

wOMEN's RELIEF CORPS No. l62. meets ON
the 2d and 4th Saturdays at = o'clock in the AT
ternoon. MRS. NJ. +. HANSON, President.
REBEccA WIGHT, Sec.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

DANISH Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH = Rev.
A. Henritzy, Pastor. Services every Sunday at
1880 a m and p. m, and every Thursday at
7:3O y. IN. Sunday School at 2 D. m.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

CRAWLING ENCAMPMENT, I. o. o. r.. No.
ll6.-Meets alternate Friday evenings.
w. MCCULLOUGH. C. r.
$. g. TAYLOR, Secretary.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rsv. A. b. Mosur
Pastor. Services every Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hour Sunday y-school fol-
lowing morning service. Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EAST
ERN STAR. No 49, meets Monday evening ON
or before the fun OF the moon.
MARY L. STALEY, w. n
ADA VI. GRoULoFF, Sec
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. T. NJ. No IG2. =
Meets every Saturday evening
A. MCKAY, Com
WM. WooDFIELD, n. *.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1895-12-19

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Center Plain n......................J. u. b. Garter
SOCIETY MEETINGS.
-~>~~oo~~~~~>~~~~~o-oDc-~ -oDc-~~~~>~~>N~~>~~~-~~
M. T.. CHURCH-Rsv. H l.. Cope. Pastor.
Services at 10 80 o'clock IN. and 71a pm. Sum
day school at IL IN. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7,s o'clock. All are cor
daily invited TO attend.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rsv. A. Ii. Mosur
Pastor Services every Sunday morning and
evening at the usual hour. Sunday school fol-
lowing morning service Prayer meeting every
Wednesday evening
DANISH Ev. LUTHERAN CHURCH = Rev.
A. Henritzy Pastor. Services every Sunday at
1880 a. IN. and y. m, and every Thursday at
7:30 y. IN. Sunday School at 2 y. m.
METHODIST PROTESTANT CHURCH.
Rev. w. ii. Mawhorter, Pastor. Services every
Sunday at 7:cO p. M, and alternate Sundays a.
1881 a. M. Sunday school at 2 y. IN.
ST. MARY's CATHOLIC CHURCH-Father
II. Webeler. Regular services the last Sunday
in each month.
GaAYLING LODGE, No. $50, +. a A. NJ
meets in regular communication on Thursday
evening on OF before the full Of the moons
Nj. A BATES. WI
A. TAYLOR Secretary
MARVIN POST, No 24O q. A. r. meets the
second and fourth Saturdays in each month.
A. c. WILCOX, Post Com
II. TRUaLEY. Adjutant
woMEN's RELIEF CORPS. No. l62 mee.s ON
the 2d and 4th Saturdays at o'clock in the at
ternoon. MRS. NJ. +. HANSON, President.
REBEccA WIGHT, Sec.
GRAlLING CHAPTER, r. A. NJ. No. 1s,--
Meets every third Tuesday in each month.
JOHN +. HUM. II. p.
+ CRAWLING LODGE l. o. o. f.. No 49,
Meets every Tuesday evening.
NJ SIMPSON. N.G.
J. PATTERSON, Sec.
CRAWLING ENCAMPMENT, 1. o. O. f.. No
llG.-Meets alternate Friday evenings
w. MCCULLOUGH, G. r.
s. q. TAYLOR, Secretary.
CRAWFORD TENT, X. o. T. NJ. No lG2. =
Meets every Saturday evening.
VIM WooDFIELD, X. K.
CRAWLING CHAPTER, ORDER OF EAST
ERN STAR, 40. SO, meets Monday evening ON
or before the fun OF the moon.
MARY L. STALEY, w n.
ADA VI. GRoULoFF, Sec.
PORTAGE LODGE h Of p, No. l1.-Meets
first and third Wednesday of each month.
MARIUs HANSON, G. q
]. HABTwfcK, X. OF X. and s.
COURT CRAWLING, /. o. F., No. '90-Mects
second and last Wednesday of each month.
3. s. CLAoGETT. q. H.
F. HARRINGTON, r. =.
CRAWLING HIVE, No. 81, l.. o. y. M.-Meets
every first and third Wednesday OF each moDth-
SARAH NJ. WooDFIELD, Lady Com
EDITH WooDFIELD, Record Keeper
LEBANON CAMP, No. 2l, w. o. W.-Meets In
regular session every Monday evening.
GEO. III. BoNNELI, Counsel Com
HARRY EVANS, Clerk.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-10-06

by origin and character to the East. and a
Dutch decoration Is q glazing anachronlsm-
In Miessen ware. formerly blue and white;
there are some specimens or white ana soio
china. not delicate IN style or shape. but
rather quaint and generous in size puz-<
zle Is q set Of so-called custard cups OF
Copeland china a strange blue color. eacn
little cup or pot having a cover, though
why no one knows.
Anything can be used for a cushion cover
these days. IL a piece OF Turkish embroidery
be long and narrow, make IL up with a cusn-
ion OF that shape. and thus get a variety.
Altman has a greatfrfany OF these Eastern
bits. and has fitted I'd a 'cozy corner, in
Oriental fashion, WHICH is very attractive.
At this store is also Seen a line or INDIA
prints. which are charming; they are cot,
ton. crinkled in effect, odd In color. and
from SIS a yard up. Among all this East
ern wealth was a domestic little article, a
tea coy. made of channels, painted with
water colors in a good design, and lined
with dark silk-a suggestion TO be followed:
Never was there anything more beautiful
Of the kind than the white lace curtains,
especially those costing 500 a pair. They
are all OF French make, and usually OF the
STYLES OF the later Louis, those called
s.Marie Antoinette.' mad OF braid sewed
onto a coarse bobinette. being strikingly
handsome and very durable.