The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-25
PRAISES OUR MERCHANTS
AND THE CHRISTMAS GOODS HE
FINDS IN RALEIGH.
READ THIS LETTER TO THE CHILDREN
Their Friend Old Santa Clause Tells Them
Many Things Of Interest and Makes
Valuable Suggestions for
Young and Cid.
Ny Dcar Children:


My Dear Children
Well, | arrived in the city last night
and found all asleep, just as l expected.
/ have had rather a hard time getting
around, and | am awfully tired this
morning, but you know | have got a
whole year now to rest, and I'll be all
right again by next Christmas, and then,
il you will all be good children. I'll bring
you all sorts of pretty things when
come again. When arrived in town
last night | was somewhat bewildered.
You know | have to he everywhere at
the same time. That's pretty hard to
do. and you children. / know, can't UNI
derstand how | do it. bur wait until you
get little bigger. and then III tell you
all about how l do it. You know don't
have to work rest all the year and
only have one duty to perform. and that
is to 30 around every Christmas eve
night, ill up all the little stockings and
make all the little children happy.
I know you are all happy this morn
ing with your pretty toys. your wagons.
trains. candies, oranges and other good
things and Mama and Papa are happy.
too. because Santa Claus has made the
little ones SO happy. 1t took me long
while this morning to get the smut off
my face and the ashes ont of my eyes.
Some of these chimneys are awful
smufty. and in some places | don't be-
leve the ashes had Deen taken out in
three or four days, but that is mama 5
fault or the cooks fault. and ! am not
going to blame the children for it.
| know you are all thanking good old
Santa Claus this morning. and wonder
ing where in the world he got all these
pretty things. Well. | am going to tell
you where ! got the most Of them. /
am going to tell you so that if you
should happen to want some of them he
fore | come next Christmas you may
know where to find them. When l ar
rived last night | was little uneasy
myself for fear that | would not get
enough pretty things for all the child
rem. bnt | succeeded after while, and
then didn't exactly know where all the
children lived, but | met Mr. Frank
Ellington, of Wynne. Ellington and
Company, and he was kind enough TO
tell me all about how to find the different
-. y
Ellington and Company. yon know, are
in the real estate business and what
they don't know about where the
homes and houses in Raleigh are located,
is not worth knowing. even by Santa
Claus; and then before | started out
had to feed my reindeers. remembered
that for a dozen or more Christmases
had bought my feed from Messrs. Jones
and Powell / found them still in bust
ness. and still selling the best kind of
feed for reindeers or any other kind of
stock While the reindeers were eating,
] heard bells ringing. ! thought at first it
was a fire. but soon found that it was
church bells. and that they were ringing
for the children to go to Christmas trees
and ether Christmas Sunday school ex-
ercises. I love the little Sunday school
children and | want them all to go TO
Sunday school next year and be good
children. and then / will remember them
again next Christmas.
Well, knew when / heard the church
bells ringing that unless | arranged quick
for each Sunday school scholar TO re-
ceive present. some of them would be
disappointed. so ! hurried on and fixed
up things for them ALL BY this time
my reindeers had finished eating. so
hooked them up and began making the
rounds. But about this time ! began feel
ing those old rheumatic pains. You
know, my little friends, that / have to
be out in all kinds Of weather, and i
emit keep from catching cold and hay
ing rheumatism; but it don't worry me
now like it did years ago, because ! nave
found something that will cure 1t. When
| was here n year ago | got some
1sheumacide from The Bohbit Drug
Company. and il cured me in Il jiffy; sc
when | felt those old rheumatic pains
coming back. ] looked mp Hal Bobbitt
and got some more Rheumacide, and now
j am as lively rs a cricket.
At one OF the first places ! visited when
| started out about midnight ] found
one Of the little children very sick; its
Mama and Papa were sitting up nursing
ii. and oh. so anxiously watching oyer
II. and doing everything possible: but
saw the little child needed some medi
cine. The drug stores and other stores
had closed np. Int ! remembered that til,
Robbit Wynne Drug Company had stop
ned shutting up their popular Fayetteville
street drug store Mt any hour. day %
night so ! sent my servant Aerial. af
ter The medicine. and he was back Will
if in Il few moments. You can see
children. what great convenience 1t IS t
have drug store in your city Keep opel
all night AMI ! commend tn" Bobblt n
Wynne Drug Company for their thought
flllncss and enterprise.
But while my servant, Aerial. was gon
after the medicine the little sick child
Mama told me that she bad for hour
been suffering with wretched head
ache Indeed she had been sitting II
50 much that she was almost worn on
and her poor head was aching terribly
] had Il few bottles Of Mr.. J. lrede
John9onS celebrated Anticephalagin
in one Of my grips and knew. of course
that dose or two Of it would cure tn