The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-30
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, cHRrsTIAN NATION.

a Dr. W. NJ. Yandell at His Clubs
Christmas Dinner.
~ Beau Monde.
:. IN Christian Nation? That is the
Ian that have been revolving In
Ind while enjoying this repast. say
~, IN account OF not being altogether
81 n late years as TO the correct APP
s.,,op of any particular meal BARRING
..st.sp for, having unfortunately ac-
M in common With Il number Of other
,.hsrn gentlemen, an abnormal dis.
'...r OF the principal organ Of digestion
y over.indulgence in diet OF parched
and branch water during the late
y NV plebeian appetite has ever since
"a f,r a hearty dinner along toward
81 o'clock daily; business men lead.ng
s.s,sry lives, al that time. very sensib.y
~ mnch the swell has his luncheon.
.ssir from the born swell, make no
:stl,n | concedc IL even to the NJ
.srh 10 spend much of his life abroad
ssason Of having developed remark.
4. talent as a chrograpnlst. enabling
4 to sign other gentlemen's names with
ftfsimilI,ude such as to Impose upon
N bank cashiers. but when IL com a
S1sas boy, never wore snues In he
stY time when chinquepln mast failed.
soriess to feeling VI excessive fatigue:
III ungrammatlcal but forcible Tyxas
angular, | lay right down In the rad.
pnt Is this u Christian Nation! AS
n aging that Is the ques ion thai /
n been revolving In my mind during
'ouien sabe rlpdSt. When | note h.
{inljAssimal amount OF rel giOus zeal
eku from the average fin d. sieclo,
niortable en- istian by prssi i-nt al
oshmation y ting aside day for fast
u Humiliation and y aver | say TINT
8 not But when l see The feryid zpNI
|dysd from snin by II like proclaina.
ksappointing day for thanksgiving. or
Empowering bibulous IN huslasm
aaifes go by ailn,fs IN Celebrating he |
Necessary Of the r,h of the savior Of
hrkina, say unh, sltatingly, it Isl il is |
W gentlemen. TO thank God on a ful |
epach, aud n mistake made BY IN |
1d.day saint IN atlrlbut.ng acqu essence |
The divine VIII on such occl lions u |
kot unnatural.
Ereaking If good eating / had always ,
i'll lately, regarded
Ne may live with iut friends: wo NAV
i've wi bout books;
II civilized man can not live Without |
cooks
piece Of post pranaial extrayapnnce
Frlts Oh poetic license, but cJntainIuf, |
gem OF truth. / now Incentive ine !
srmatlons and affirm he mega ion. We |
" live without friends, dolbtless W.
" asslnlilate FOOD and continue rhvs,c- |
TO exist, but that H. not 10 llyei "a
journey toward he dark portal. goal |
Az hotlhI me mtle-stoles IN the
tne grave stones 81 loved ones. who
n9i In anguish asked, Is suicide a sln9 |
y i've without friendsb Wretchi Thc-
DRAGONS OF The prime,
PAL tear each o. her in their slime
we mellow music matched WIKI him"
Ne may live without books. Thar is
y nothing 10 read. What better wer,
neh than sheep or goat that nourijn
I'ahd NE WITHIN the BRAIN" A cross.
wy popuIst orators speech on The
w question, or the latest effuslon OF
~. aohdn mar, JIM Corbett. were bet
set ciyliiaed man cannot live without
II Is a solemn unvarnishe5
pn maj the youhger of you gentlemen
nevsr feen one, They all ded with
MY say with becoming modesty thst
ha question ! hold myself uartlru-
qioHii'd 10 speak, having given
oest years Of my life to gas,ronomie
s.meht9 ton and being master of tho
ne and art of blscult-making, one
he latest left of al my kind. For
w years | have endeavorcd to indtict
mat ART each Lew so-cal,ed cook
u mas been my misfortune IN ~
nented with, yet | do assure you on
may may, Oh gentleman tha, the ethno-
distinction betv cen the descendants
InntcAh canibals who have rendered.
burden TO my invalid wife anI
ripleu the ruin of naturally robust
,mon, consequently lovely disposition,
myself, and the Aztec descendants
mserutable providence has inflicted
lor my sins. Is not more marked
are The physiognomic difference. .
~ ~ IMPRESSION of their biscuit. Those
NV VIII ~ pitied. scanned and SCARED
s'nea as smooth as the head Oh Tie
Nv al the orera house the first !
OF the Black Crook. | can predi.
10 enange of cooks with the same I'M &
NJ eeerIisnty from n sight of the bis
g.s A. IRON , sight Of the cook. Wien /
csIe,ous small ham Of the patriciali I
iashire, cured with srioke from sound |
Wy ,nd The elegant beaten biscut ,,
| n cnildhcod have become as with lhe .,
s,s -. me Old time Oakley. our South
fts s,s ,,is.d plain cornbread, frieG I
Etnsn win cream gravy and the IVORY ,
s p9ssom and talters' will become. ]
s W. lodo. extinct. | really fear that I
/ ,bs ' iasi state as regards the resdi, =
lsfsc,,aate war. would not prove at all
l'to am proud OF being an American,
n Inv, me old flag and here declare
Nv, any more revolutions arc at
49, ! snail not be a revolver, and IL
vpnlry desires to tackle the English
m 1ussian bear or German beer, |
Y ueerfully risk my life in her SER
~ an officer in the quartermasters
a ss | do confess TO regret that
NJ. nNe out my days before the n.g-
5rrTe set free, or that the nggers
ueen set free until had lived out
M have forgiven the other
| ms ior All their ether sins, hut I'M.
N M, I've forgiven them for taken .
W bow this Christmas season and
,nser having put me In remins-
n ,mooo, | VIII. II some gentleman
49,, ,ass the wassail, propose a coast:
thE OLD KENTUCKY HOME"
s snuan, old Kentucky, where the
4 eass is very blue,
tme whisky Is the smoothest, and
4 W. girls are fair AMI true.
hi :, crop Of bcgawd gentlemen 10
XXI 81 heart and sand,
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