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Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04
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Der nOropirts fabrenbe Bahasiersue
Ro AZ ces Sort Wapne, Cincinnati unr
2ouiSpiIe 3usises Der Safe @rie unc
Weiisrn 9nbn tpelder Donneritae Nbenb
um 8 ubr BON Wuncie mad Sort Wopne
abfubr, entslsilie UNI IL ubr an Der
S%taoierense BON Sort Wapne infoIse ei'
ner seidloHenen Weibe an Der 8reusuns
Der 4ittsburs, Sort Wapne unb @bieaeO
Bnbn. Die %2ofomotiue. Der 8spdds
unb Der srite BuHaeierp gen ftirsten ben
S%abnbamm brnab. Der 2otomotiufdbrer
aelsp bon Sort Wupne purbe feit se'
tIsmmt tn feinsm Sab" unO 70 itIimm
perbrlbt, oab er iterben piro, fem Sei'
ser tpurbe burb bus ,,Gab"' Senter ee
ibIeubert, bod nidt sefdbrli& perlebt
bic Yafaoiere famen NIT unerbebllden
8~erlebun8en oapon.
Snfolee elmer @oaiiion stpiiden stpsl
i5ra6tslBen Der Great NoItbern gtien.
babn tpurosn nabe @lasaop, Montana.
spei Mdnner BON 3ueperionul set6or
iet uno brei idIimm perlebt. Duid
ben 8uiummenitob serieiben bic Cars in
8rano unb sipanais osrieIben purben
Serit6rt.
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.sarnesie's Nanserplatteu. Sabrif

gInorsip Carnegie. Der in Bars peilt
lbeilte nit, bas er oas @arnesie'f6
Banserplattens 0ert Der Ser. Staten
Restsruns sum 8aufe Offsrirt babe.
Solte bas 4nerbieten abBelebnt rperoen,
70 fpitb bic 5lrma oas 8ert anbeIipeitis
~pertaufen. @r iaete. baB er bas Ban.
serplattenperf u aus Bfltbt segen bas
2ano erriGtet babe, uno baB iib bic
Bsrie ME bssabIt bdtien. Serr @arne'
aie eriIdrts ferner, bas 8eri6t, oab er
unb Serr Rodefeler cine 8%ereineuns
.orsaniiirt, UNI Die @lieners' unb Stabl'
Snbultrie in Amerita su controIlren, ent'
bebre jeber 8sSTdnouns.
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eelapars, eada. g. @sHsrn e%iisnbabn.

3Hss psrla0sn SCRANTON Grprsb fir 0sra.
euit, Sspssp, Utica, Buffalo unb ben Wtftn
1910 uub 2.35 Worssns unb f.55 Nahm.,
gsrbinsuns ma6snb In Buffalo uat altn
punftrn in BEN Wsftn, YiusbamtOn UNI Bath
UNI 800 Or. uub LOS Ratm. Glmira grprsb
nm 5 S. Ra6m. 9rprsb fir Hsp gJorf, lao,
$50, SIS, 800, 1920 Dr.. 1885 uue 1888
Ra6m. Grprtb fir philadelphia, Cation,
Trenton. SIS, 500 unp 1870 Dr., 1855 unb
1893 Ra6m. RtdoIfon ACCOMMODATION puldbi
Scranton nm 400 uub 6 10 Ratm. 5pbs.
hanna aespmpoatipn Ssrtabt Seruutcn nm 6.t0
Nbenbs.
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slsmiral @fattbsps' @erfAIdas.

aemiraI Wntlbstps, @bef oes Bureaus
fir ,,Jiapp Yarbs unO DodS". bat benz
Murinsietreidr ieinen SabreSberl6t ab.
eeItaitet. in peldem er ben 8au bon brei
neuen SrUdeno0dS in Bolton, NorfOIt
unb Ware SSlanO uno ben zines i1pim'
member Srodenoods in Sep Weit. Co.'s
lusas ober 9lIeiers, 2o., empfisblt. gr
bsilrpOrtet Die Bsripenouns BON Stein'
mDrteI. ba Gement i'm 8rcotlpner Sdiffs.
bauboie iebr tpenis befriepieenoe 8siulr
tate erseben, ierner bic Iuluse bon srO'
Sen @leitricitdis @erten in alien Nabp
garbs. Den gtat fir bic Rupp Yaros
uno Dods peruni6la8t er auf 50. 243.'
302.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04

" betam ih ieoeS
Sabr SaIsihmerseu uno ipenn mir arsts
li6e &unit iberbnupt ettpas BALI. 10 mar
bies 10 unbebeutenb, baB i'd es nidt
8or stpsi Sabren mar meme
frau sipei Wonate lang frant uno cons
Iultirte stpei Nerste, bod lit tie an elmer
iebr bartnddieen Sra~uenfrantbelt une
tonntsn ibr bic Gerste nidt belfen. SD
fanb, bab Yesru'na nidt u elm sute8,
iiaeres Seilmittel fur treben gals 1T,
ionbsrn ii9 aud bel S6pd&en uno Ser.
penfranfbeit porsielib befpdbrt. SD
CAB bic aerste auf unb faufte cine 5lai6e
9e.ru.na. SIN brei Tueen na4her ftanb
meme Srau auf unb 1T feitber seiuno,
pdbrenb i'd ieitbem bon meinem Salsleis
ben befreit bin, an ipeldem i'd ionit Minis
beftsns finfsebn bis ~stpansis Gage labos
rirte. Seit mir Sbre Mebicin eebrau'
den. 1T meme Srau nidt mebr einen ein'
sisen Sag frunf sepeien unb bat iis msbr
als finfste Bfuno Sugenommen."
SIN einem ipdteren Brief bon %. Suli
1897 itreibt Serr SlanGaro ,,Nas
8rantbeit, bic mir in Der Samilie baben
1T, tpenn mir fein 9e'rusnu befommsn
f6nnen. Wir 2eute i'm SIoen balten
B%e.rusna fir cine @ottessabe. SD
empfabl Be.ru'na Sreunben. bic an
4tbma litten unb tpuroen bieielben burd'
cine Slai6e furirt. Benn INNER Nes
ru'na sebraudt tpirb, ipridt es fur iit
ielbft."
Or. Sartman, Der grfinber bon BE
ru.na, bat elm neuss Bud ilber bronis
iden &atarrb, pelbeS bon Der Be'ru'na
Drug Manufacturing Company, @olum'
BUS. Ohio. fret ueribidt wiro.
Sragt Guren Ipotbefer fir einen freien
8esru.na almanac fir 1898.
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aisf1ass @rsslfeuer in Muelans.

Cine Depei6s aus 9afu auf Der SaIb.
INTEL NpihsrOn an Der Behtifte bee
8cSpiihen Wssrss, sinsm Mittelpuntts
Der srOBen 6lprobucirenoen &9sionen i'm
eurOpdiitsn Rublanb. meloet. Oub pas
8etrolsumqueaen' 6eusr. peIdsS in Der
Ra6t pom II, October in ROmanp, els
mem 8crorte BON 9aiu, nusbrnb une in
tuT,er 3eit ale anberen Ausaen in otr
lmseeenO srsriffen butte, erit Jest se
lDi6t pOrosn iei. 8ieIe Aueqen uno
8Obrbrunnen itno ;srt6rt unO Insseiammi
IT elm S6aben bon elmer RIaion RubeI
anaetibtet fporoen. IS pirb berihtet,
bob elm anoereS Seuer in ben Nnpbta.
Ausasn Su 9ibiSabat ausssbro1en iei.
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1897-11-04
Yin q dtptuoguh tiae.

Der llnterjsidnsts bat, Madden er mebrers
Sabre lang nit einem ihtpersr 9unnenleiren
bebaftet mar, wsIdes in Sdpinoiudt aas,u.
artsn orobte. burh einfane Wltel ieine Sc.
iuuobeit pieosr srlan9t, uuo er mill oisfes
peiImittsl Der Ieibenosn Wsnidbsit mtttb ellen.
Nm Vile, wsIde oas SeilmittsI boben moIIen
ftidt er bersitlulltsft cine Gopie oes bon ibm
bsnubtsu Rtespts usldes Die eeIoeno'u ale
elm iideres SeilmitteI 8easn Sdpiubiu@t,
afbma, &atarrb, Srouditis, uno ollie balss
uno eungenfranfbeiten teunen Isrnen wsrOen
Sr butt. pub ale 9s,osnoe fem WRittel probirsr
psroen. ba ss uniddbbar 1T. Stsienigsu
pelde oas 8seept baben polen, ueIdes ibnsn
nidts toftst uno fh pieIeidt ale cine @obltbal
%erpsiieu miro. poleu freuuoliidt aSrsfirsn:
Rev. Edward A. Wilson,
Brooklyn, New York
ca gtruGbnt oisie 9etiuus.
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Gifenbabn Seittabelle.

erie uno @Bomins galeD Giieubabn Go.
Wpntag, 81. Wiai 1897.
i3iias psrladen SCRANTON ME folat: 8ir
Rep gorf unb 3piibsnfatipnsn auf her erie
8abu, tbsniu fir Satplsp, Cafe drill nnb lofaltn
punftsn I'm 500 Morgtns unb 2.28 RaGm.
Wsitsu 3iigs fir Cafe @risl unb 3pifbtn1a-
tipnrn I'M S.45 Dr., uup $50 Ha6m.
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IT cit i'd attJsbu Sabre aft mar bis In Der Bit ala
9 Id BON Or. WiIes etdriunssmittsI b6rte. tttt
Id an a~uptiamsrStH bsftissr gsru6Iitdt auO iapadsr
geroauuua. Mit Der Ssit srSsists fb and Ssr3tranf'
belt. Sb purbe bon rtsbrsreu aer5ten %bebanbelt. ie'
bod obue aiubsruns su erboItsu. Seftisss 9sr1fOpteH.
nit Stbm.rs.n in Der IiHisu gruit fnrSsr atem uuo
Cbuma6tsidas uaatsu MID oes 2sbens Hiioe. Sd
btIorate mir Or. DtiIss' Restorative Nervine
uuo New Heart Cure rno uabm btsis abtpsa.
Ielnb udh ben auu.iiuu9en Elm. geHsring itelte
Nr MiIeS' fh ioiort tiu uuo nattt
iolhe SOrtibrttts, baB i'd
NerVlne binusu ieds Wonatsu ishs'
paetores uuo orsibis plumb on 9sipiat
suuabm. aae StmtrSsu am
0ealtn SsrS,n fiub tort uuo i'd bin
o6uig frei bon alsr y,robftat'
Trau @barIes Ruapp.
On. German e.. eiitIs SAILS. U. D.. z. Eloo. 1895.
81. WliIts' Remedies tperbeu bon allen Npotbtferu
unter %atipiiier Sarautie psriauit. Thrift bic ertte
Glaids ear feine geiiernng, 10 ipiro has 9elo Surid'
srftatist' Ssntihes Yuh nit Yeinrttbung hes ger
Bsns unb Der gsrusn ptro aut WtrlauesH fret 5u9s'
ihidt.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL co., Elkhart, Ind.
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Grant Stetter,
unO SGGcrci
Waiuffraae. Anne DarP

F~E"KV wv TWEEF
Barms uno taIts Speiisu tnO gu ieotr Ga.
stsJsit gu babeu. 6riidss Eager tets on
3upf ionic 8eius. eiquors uno Gigarrsn.
Die nit meiner potel uerbuuoens 86dstei
liefert Elm uorjisIides Sndutri unO ptrbtr
ole 8eielunasu prompt uno billtg bsiorgi
%raut Stttttr
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Reter Stipp.
MaarermeiffGr HRb @0RtfaftOF,
327 Waibiaston Ibeane,

sssrnibsr Dem Stabtstbdubs,
nbernimmt als in Sas Maurerfad einidIagen.
ben arbeiten uno lefrrt gstsrsburssr bIaus
uno Beft Mountain 9elbe Wouerfteius uno
lebrodeus Stsius fur Ssmentb6ben in Se[ern
lad allen Sbeilen Der Staot ldnel uno biuigft.
g. GeIepbout SO. 1854.
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@eher 6als.

SIN einem Brief
an Dr. Sartman,
batirt BON 81.
DECEMBER 1896,
fdreibt George
u. 8landarb bon
Waibinston. @e'
orsia .S@on
ieit ben isbten
spanais Sebren
befam i'd iebes
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Orig Onrr's
Mnton
&efaurati0n d gaIDu,
3l3 2~adatpanna Atpnue.

Die Weftauration uirb ftsts nit ben fsintsn
SeIitatefsn Der Sabrss3eit perisben fem.
an @etrduten baIts i'd nsbsn Dem bortis
liden q. Robinionfdeu Bisrs. nur Die bsfea
Beine unb oiquore, unb 20 niro mein Be.
ftfeben fem, ourd prompte uno rsels Tstisn.
una bic Sunoen ,ufrieoen su teller.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23

How them two kissed and chung to one
n other, till the children got out o pa
tience and wouldn't wait no longer for
their turn! Then Uncle Jerry came to the
resky and says, betwixt laughin' and cry
in:
There, there, children! I guess that'll
dew! It's my turn now," and he took her
to the lounge where she could lay and
rest and still be with 'em all. She pulled
him down to her and kissed him and
whispered:
ooh, husband, how good you be! You've
made me the happiest woman in the
worldv'
Uncle Jerry got away as quick as he
could, and went out to the barn and set
down on the hay cutter and laughed and
wiped his eyes till he was some calmer.
Then he fell on his knees and thanked
God reverently for Showin' him before he
died what true happiness wuz, and how
to get it for himself by bestowin' it on
others.-New York Tribune.
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has took to her bed in the prime o life
and don't wanter live no longer! For l
find that's about the way it is with her.
When Uncle Jerry came back he went
up to the bed and sat down beside his
wife and looked at her. She was asleep,
and Mis- Hopkins thought he must a
realized how pitiful she looked for she
seen him draw his hand acrost his eyes
two or three times on the sly.
Bimeby he got up and went out to MIS-
Hopkins, and, says he:
''What was the doctors orders? What
can do to help YEP
"He ordered nourishin' food, and wine,
and so on" she says, "and l guess the
fust thing you may kill a chicken, Ii
you're minter, and git it ready fer the
broth; then go over to Jim JacksOn's and
buy quart or so of that oldest grape
wine O his,n. She'll be awake by the
time you get backwith it, l guess"
Uncle Jerry didn't so much as wink at
mention of the chicken, but when she
spoke o. the wine so offhand and matter
O. course he drawed in his breath once or
twice kinder spasmodicky, but he never
opened his head.
When the broth was ready Uncle Jer-
Hopkins filed one Of the chiny bowls that
was Aunt Betsey's mars and set it in q
plate with cracker or two, and he took
'em along.
The broth was good and strong, and
when Aunt Betsey tasted ont she looked
at her husband real kinder scairt, and,
says she:
where did this ere come from?'
And he 'aughed and says: 'It's made
out O. one Of our best Plymouth Rocks;
is it good!'
A wonderin', quiverin' smile lowered for
minute on to her poor face; she didn't
know what to make ont. But when he
logged in the jug O. wine and poured out
hull half a tumhler full and handed it to
her, her eyes fairly stuck out of her head
with establishment.
Drink it; it'll do you good" says he
cts Jim Jackson's Oldest grape wine
you've heard tell on"
"Why-why, husbandw she whispered,
didn't it cost an awful sight O. money ?'''
"Only So a gallon" he answered, tryina
to smile, but lookin' rather CHASTITY. She
slipped it slow, eyein' him over the top O.
the lumber as she done so; but pretty
soon she set it down and spoke again,
awful meachin, and pealin', her lips
tremblin' as if she was going to cry.
I'm sorry to put you to so much ex-
pense, husband. I'm afraid-I'm afraid
it amt with whilen'
He got up and blowed his nose with all
his might and main.
II want you to get we'll, .Betsey. want
you to get well!' he managed to say.
The strangest expression come into her
face you ever see in any creatures Then,
as if struck by somethin' in his looks, she
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any rate, all to once she give out and had
to go ter bed. The next mornin' she
couldn't get up, but Uncle Jerry didn't
think much about it, s'posed she'd be up
bimeby; but when he come in to dinner,
there lay his wife jest the same, as II
she hadn't no thoughts O gettin' up.
He didn't know what under the sun to
do, but he knew he must do somethin', so
he het a brick and put to her feet, and
was jest making mustard plaster to
put ON her somewheres when Mis- Hop
kins happened in.
She see how it was with Aunt Betsey
in a minute. She's awful cute about some
things, Mis- Hopkins is, and she aim
afraid O no man livin'.
"Uncle jerry" says She matter Of fact
as you please, "your wife's very sick
woman, and she's goiu' to die right off,
I'm afraid, less we hyper round and do
somethin', and do it quick. But fust I'd
better step over n fetch the doctor"
Uncle Jerry was wonderful took down.
All of sudden he realized that his wife
was invalooable to him; he felt that he
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23

fore Christmas, and Aunt Betsey lay
back in her easy chair in the cheerful sit
tim room. A pitcher full of late fall flow
ers stood on the mantelshelf; cracklin'
fire was burnin' in the open fireplace, and
the old tabby cat lay before it on the rug,
purrin' for all she was Wuth-a perfect
pictur' of content.
The door was open into the kitchen, and
she could see Mary steppin' round about
her work, gettin' ready for to-morrer.
She could smell the stuf1in' for the turkey,
and the plum puddin' bakin' in the oven.
She knew there was hull shelf full O.
pies in the pantry-she see 'em yesterday
six mince, six punkin, three apple an
three cranb'ry tart. She thought it was
too many to make at once; and seemed
so strange She sighed and laid her head
back, with the old look on her face. She
was thinkin' of Ellen and the children
She sat there, blamin' herself and think
in what poor, weak kind Of a mother
she was, till the tears rolled down her
cheeks. Then, all at once, she heard a
noise outside.
The stage had stopped, and there was
the sound O. voices talkin' and laughin'
and of feet hurryin' up the steps. Then
the door opened-no, it was burst open
and in trooped a parcel O. children, and
behind 'em, not fur behind, with her hands
stretched out and the happy tears stream
in down her pretty face, come her daugh-
ter Ellen!
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23
CHRISTMAS Mus,w..

Whate'er the facts or fanc,os =.
They are divine If they bnt s1 81 our creed
And hence the brightness oee'Ve our nesa.
Gem, VI that goriouls
That still is called "Tbe g. ''''0O'
A. 4 Star ia f. bsyond all other stars. des,u,,
10 shed purer lustre on tpieasigned;
And through the various lanSnahlnd,
10 warm and cheer and elevate t ~ soul
Nv %eiI ~ alunough Its broad supern.,h
May De put concentrations of ~ Nal beam,
Ihat Ut up many an eastern Bdd bseams
10 sned ereWhile their radiancad ,oreast,
west? "uee Ger Ii,
Whate'er the grade or color of th,
In essence, light and love are 81 ttt :, name,
Both myth and mystery mnst 'ne same
cling, '''o'' 10 all thing,
Else Progress has no source FROM
spring. 'n Whence 10
Here none superior knowledpe NOV
AS mind and matter are coneei,. ma! ASSUME
Nor has Veda or Apocalvpsn W Al gloon;
DiSpelled one cloud Of the nrofo,, /
But see! amid our happy homes w
Win peace and JOY widespread tbr roana.
While merry little household c,-,
born OnFistS an
OF every song and smile tbis ch-,
morn. NuFlStmsi
Then let our inmost souls ascend in
TO that mysterious power who crpiS 5alse
ways; euiueS ou
And let us truly thank him. one and ou
For all his Christs and Vedas De ar all,
small sAea1 and
But, oh, alas! that we should only so
His love and care in full prosperity
Or that discomfort for a single honr
Should prompt US to deny his fosto,,.
power! -'s'eSlA
oh! when shall it be clearly understood
That evils but the darkest shade of oou,,
That in some great equation NAV he eMbG e,'.
Darkness as though 'twere lights trU U'eas
plement? iue co1
But now that we are all assembled bo,o
On this glad day, the white stona nt a
year "a u
AS on this elevated plane we stand
Let us give those below helping hand
Let each produce what treasures ho h,
From any lore he loves-no matter what,
But all the Christian needs, on his araor,
VIII simply be ''the Sermon on the Wovu.
-Jenness-Miller Monthly. '11"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23

F.! could not get along without her, nohow.
| He was as anxious to have the doctor as
Mis- Hopkins was, and told her to hurry
| and bring him.
So she went-he lived near by-and she
| says to him:
Doctor Cross, now is your chance to
do a deed O. humanity, and put spoke
| in Uncle Jerry Fosters wheel for all
time! If he's got any heart and feelin's
you must find 'em and work on to 'em for
! his wife's sake. It would be cruel to
bring her back to life, less you can do
| somethn' to make that life endoorable
Don't, | beg on We, raise her up to live on
| in the same old skinny miser'ble way!
Better let her die and done with it,
They discussed and considered over the
matter for a few minutes, then went to-
| gether to the house.
They found Aunt Betsey layin' jist the
same only she stopped cryin'. The doctor
examined her andAdiaggernosed her case
as we'll as he could, then he motioned I'm
Gle Jerry out into the other room and shet
the door behind him.
1t seems the doctor took him awful
sollum and in dead earnest, and says he,
to begin with:
"Uncle Jerry, do you set high vally on
your wife's life?"
High vally on my wifes life?' says
Uncle Jerry, red in the face. "Of course
1 dew. What you talkin' about?"
II was here when you fetched her home
bride I remember how handsome she
was; plump as a partridge, fresh as a
flower, and as laughin' and clipper girl
as l bout ever see. Changed, terribly
changed, amt she?" turnin' to Uncle Jer
~ and feelin' in his pocket fer his ham
k'chif to wipe away the tears. 1T does
beat all how she's changed says he.
"Changed!'' says Uncle Jerry, II of
fiuster, 'of course she's changed! Why,
we've been married goin' ON % year! You
can't expect woman to stay Is all her
lifev
II know that farmers wives grow old
pretty fast as gineral thing; break down
young, don't they? But, Uncle Jerry"
squarin' round on him suddenly and look
in him in the eye, Il want to ask you to
compare your wife's looks with the looks
of other women of her age in town, no
handsomer, no healthier than what she
was when you married her, and tell me if
you think there's a difference. Now,
they're different from your wife, and
why? I ask you fair and candid, why
shouldn't she look as happy, be as happy
and make as good a 'pearance every way
as them women? And why is it that she
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-12-23
DOn'ts About Gifts.

Don't above all things ask the river
whether you may exchange her gift.
Don't forget that it is the inward shirt
that makes the real value of the offering,
Don't express dissatisfaction with a
gift, no matter how great your disappoint-
ment.
Don't above all things be guilty of max
ing list of articles you desire. This is
a species Of polite blackmail.
Don't, even in your innermost self, spec
ulate as to whether your gift will bring
a return, and above all return in none
tary value.
Don't forget that the chief charm of a
gift is essentially the surprise Don't,
therefore, barter with a friend as to re-
ciprocal gifts.
Don't, if you have neglected to remem-
Der friend, wound her pride by sending
a New Years gift in exchange for her
Christmas present. The motive is too ap-
parent.
Don't give gifts because you feel COM
pelled to do so from sense of social obi
CATION. There are other ways to acknowl-
edge Indebtedness than by making the
hottest Of holidays matter Of trade and
barter.
Ton't consider the intrinsic value of a
gift when you are the recipient. And
when you are the giyer let the gift be
costly as thy purse can buy-don't be
skinny!
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~, that most every farmers wife has for
her own use, all went into Uncle Jerry s
pockets; and if she wanted a new gown
or a bonnet or pair O. shoes-I hadn't
orter say if she wanted 'em, but if she
must have 'em, and there want no posi-
BILE airthly way for him to skin out O get
Elm 'em-then Uncle Jerry would go to
che store with her and buy 'em and pay
FOR 'em, jest as if she was child or an
ijiot, and incapable O. dewin' business on
her own hook.
II Aunt Betsey hadn't had the best dis
position in the world, she wouldn't stood
At all them FEARS. AS it was, it wore on
her, and told on her fearful. Though
Uncle Jerry was one o. the richest men in
Gown, she might "a been the wife O the
poorest and miser' blest, so fur's any out
ward indication was consarned-or in
ward indications, either-for she was al
wers half starved, and want nothin' but
skin and bones, as you might say.
! Uncle Jerry grew wuss N wuss. and
,eeme along towards Christmas he got a
Aran'-new crochet fer savin' into his head
1t was at family devotion one mornin'
E3est before the readin', that he divulgated
at TO his wife. He finds the place in Ne
Aeniar-he alwers read the long chapters
an fall and winter-and puts his thum' in
% keep it, then, drawin' on a long face
he looks at Aunt Betsey over his spe'ta-
cles, and says he:
wife, l are Of a notion that this 'ere
Christmas business is all foolishness
Seems il it must be sin in the sight O
the Lord to eat so much one day in the
year. l don't believe it's necessary tc
make pigs n gluttons Of ourselves in
order to have thankful hearts; and if VIC
10 to meetin', and so on, why amt that
enough? / reckon We'll sell the turkey
this year and have our usual dinner
longs there amt no children comm
home, nor nothin'."
Aunt Betsey set there with her hands
M her lap. not exactly thinkin', but kinder
wonderin' and grievin'. And when they
kneeled down to pray she kept on wonder
IN more'n ever. She wondered what
she had to be thankful for, anyway
".Now, il Ellen could come homer Ellen
was their daughter, all the child they had
IN the world, and she lived so far away
That she couldn't afford to come home
and bring the children-bein' she was q
wsider and poor-but, oh, how her mother
did wanter see her! What did she care
about turkey and plum puddin' if Ellen
and the children couldn't eat it with her =:
Yes, the money might as well be put in
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seemed to get dim idee that he was diff
ferent, and she tried to make out how 1t
was, but couldn't, and, bein' too tired and
weak to think much, she jest shet her
eyes and give it all up.
That night Uncle Jerry harnessed the
old mare and went over and got Mary
Buell. to came n stay with 'em a spell.
Mary's an excellent good hand in cases
O. sickness, and bein' an old maid, she's
always ready to go and dew fer the neigh
bors. She's prime nuss and housekeep-
er, and she's good company, too-jest the
kind O. person to cheer Aunt Betsey up,
you know Wall, it come along the day