The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-12-25

dose and i'm n few minutes her head
was perfectly easy. She thanked me
kindly aud declared as l was leaving
that hereafter She would always keep
bottle Of Anticepalalgine in the house.
At another place / found the children's
papa very sick. He had been sick for
4 week or more. and his, good wife and
friends were very uneasy about him. lie
was indeed dangerously i'll, but he SEEM
ed perfectly composed. Referring to ms
extreme Illness he told me that one OF
the best things that he had ever done in
his life was taking ont Il policy for Sl0,-
600 in the Mutual Benefit Life lnsur-
ance Company. Il may. or / may not
get well he thought to himself" but in
any event my dear wife and precious
little children will he provided for. lie
could indeed with perfect confidence re-
" upon this solid old company and it's
popular general agent. Mr. John q.
Drcwry to pay the policy promptly and
thus protect his dear ones from poverty
and want. But i must stop telling you
children about these serious things ana
talk this Christmas morning about
brighter things. | would have all you
children. however who are healthy and
hanpy. remember your little sick or sor-
rowing friends during your Christ
mas festivities. You know your old friend
Santa is the friend of the poor as well
as the rich, the grave as well as the
gay. | remember them all. and 20 to
see them all. Why. children. you
would be surprised to know how many
turkeys | have sent to the poor during
this Christmas. / bought about all the
dressed turkeys that your popular grocer
Mr.. Thomas Pescud, had left, and then
L. I,,,, oh Af
celery and cranberries from Mr.. Pescud.
and all you children know that what you
huy in the shape of edibles from Mr..
Pescud are the best that can be found
anywhere.
But / must tell the little ones about
my supper last night. You all think.
perhaps. that old Santa Claus lives with
out eating. Don't you children believe
it. If you had seen me eating at Mr.
Dick Gierch's restaurant last night you
would have thought that | was surely
eating enough to last until next Christ
mas. | just loaded upon quail on toast,
tenderloin steak stewed. fried and raw
oysters. Wild duck, cold roast turkey,
venison, fat goose, chickens cooked in all
sorts Of ways, hot coffee by the gallon,
and dozen other good things i'll the
same proportion. Don't you believe that
Santa Claus don't eat anything, especial
liz when he gets to Dick Giersch's res
taurant in Raleigh. On leaving Giersch's
remembered that | had promised my
self that / would give Il number of good
little boys suit of clothes each for
Christmas: so | stepped into Cross and
Linehan's and bought a number of suits.
They keep the kind of children's clothes
that | like, and mems clothes too, for
that matter. and then they sell them so
cheap. and | bought here also dozens of
the prettiest neckties ! ever saw for
my young gentlemen friends. | like to
trade with John Cross and VIII Line
han because they are such clever fell
lows and keep such an extensive stock.
Coming ont of Cross & Linehan's /
looked across the street and saw that
magnificent store of Sherwood Higgs
and Company. | go all over the country
you know, children and into all the big
cities, but there are mighty few places
where ] have found as pretty Il holiday
store as this great Higgs' store, with it,
flashing Christmas trees. dancing dolls
band Of music and great apartments
crowded with everything Imaginable for
old folks and young folks. You ought
70 have seen me. children, when | came
out Of IigS' | was simply loaded
down with wagons and trains and drums
and horses and innumerable other things,
and | found there too, hundreds Of use
fu presents for your big sisters and
brothers and for mamas and papas, too.
shall remember Sherwood Higgs and
Company when j come again next
Christmas. and / would advise you to
remember them all along during the
year.
OF course you children know whose
candy you are feasting on this morn
ing | have been in this business so
long that / know just where to 90 to
| get the best of everything. | have been
| for thirty years getting Registers Candy
| for my little friends and | have never
been deceived by my friend Register
| yet There are many kinds Of candy,
| you know, children, but there are few
| people in this or any other country
that make such candy as Royster. /
| find that the little folks and the big
| folks, too. not only in Raleigh, but all
over the State, prefer Registers Candy
1 to any other and desiring to please
! them. j always buy my candy from
| Royster.
| And talking about shoes. You know,
| children. | wear out a good many shoes
| climbing over roofs and chimneys, and
| besides ! find it necessary to give nice
| pairs of shoes to many of my friends,
| both grown folks and little folks, as
| Christmas presents. | have no trouble
along this line in Raleigh. / know
| it is ii rather hard thing to get shoes
that will suit all right and fit all right,
| but | don't have any trouble of this
| kind at Mr.. $. G. POOLS popular shoe
| store in Raleigh.
| Here / can find shoes to fit or suit
anybody, and then Mr.. Pool sells them
at such low prices considering their
| quality. ] do not find in all my ram
bles a more complete shoe store or q
more clever management than at >.
G. Pools.
/ tell you Raleigh children that you
ought to be proud of your city anyhow.
1t is a fine place and your merchants
are so full of energy and enterprise that
even your old friend Santa Claus can
buy abundantly of almost anything that
mans genius has invented and manufac
tured. Your merchants are splendid
specimens of industrial energy and in
: tcgrity and | like them all.