The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-12-30
aEoRa1E,s PA
Shows His Ma How to Do Christ
mas Shopping.


complainln the Other Day about How
mutch trubble 1t was Coin Chrismus
shopper with the stores 80 crowded you
couddent hardly Git thrue, and every
buddy trying to see Which could tramp
on your toes the offunest in a Given
Time.
Paw dldent pay any tenshun till he
got thru readln about the --latest base
ball deal. Then he throwed the paper
Down and says:
Whats that?'
So NAV told him agin and paw says:
II tell you what I'm goin to do, III
Kit a Day of and wen go and Finish up
this Job al wunst 1t makes me sick To
hear this Foollghness about shopper
trubbIes all the time. II wimmen
would NO how to so at 1t they wouddent
have no trubble a. all. The Way TO DO
10 10 make up your mind what you
Want 10 Git and Then go and by It
without runner all over the sltty ana
examiner all the FAN and winter stiles
Of fOlden beds and sosstdge grinders
when you know frum the starr that you
want to git a solud silver teaspoon that
was marked down from sixty sents. You
go along and Watch me TINS time ana
It'll save you much trouble In the rev.
ture."
paw got his Day of all rite and Aunt
grace come over to take, care OF the
baby and the pupp becous NAV sed II
was a Shame II g and little albert uld-
emit get a chanel TO see the sites.
When We got down town, and was
pushen thru the crowd pretty soon we
come to a place WHARF they was a tur-
rable lam. and all the people were try
in 10 get ahed of one another, and some
Of them had their hats knocked down
over thare eyes, and everybuddy was
pullen or pushen. and paw let go OF
little alberts hand and hollered; Hello
here s'a FIRE goIn on" and tried to rush
WHARF 1t was. After while ne tound a
nopening, and that was the last we seen
of him for q long time.
Al last cot site Of him fitin his way
Out agIn by comm Side ways with
glasy look, and hollered;
What was It, paw"
"Thay are sellin salt sellers with soIuo
silver tops on them in There LOT nVg
sents apeace to-day" paw says ana
bot ten." ,,,,,,,
them 20 nav ast. eve got all we need.
"Tel we can remember our friends,
nav saws. They'll come in HANDY II
Ne Rit presents from people We dident
expect to send ennything TO.
BY the time we got whare NAV c0 9Sl!
stand off and look at paw she seen maj
three Of his oVercoat buttons was tore
out by the roots. ,.o
Then we got IN mnmeHse PiSSSS
WHARF they had Toys and Things, ana
I Cess the old Feeln he used to nave
when he was Boy got into paw agln.
Ennv way he wanted 10 wind up every
thing what would go, and purity soon
NE come to a Sheep which would oiatt
~ van pulled Its Tale. They was a big
crSv,d around, and Clerk was Dom the
nuIIen but as soon as she quit paw
Eot to thc Frunt, or mebbe you ought 10
Sow Ia the rear, with little albert, ana
took a hold. SumthIng seemed 70 SUCK
and nav give jerk and the tale come
on. paw held It In his hand kind OF
surprised fer a mint, and Tau man
with fur around the Bottum OF MS over
cote sed: oo.o
feel sheaplsh." 49,. r.,
do you mean to inslneWate t"h' IA
gote?" 49,. ,.., ,ot,on
an I couddent hear what the man anserd
and he went away while paw was set
tlin for the sheep.
% over al the next counter they was
aeIien Bibles what was damldged by wa
Ter They was a turrable crowd around.
II never new before" paw sed, 'tnat
neepul thot 20 mulch OF the Bible But
cess thay don't want 1t fer home use
They car always give It away 10 sum- sum
buddy else without! maken them ""u
Sd we mite as well get a few, too. a.,
BY ften purity hard ne GOT up 70 'ns
counter and found one that W9sen 50
hadlv damaged. So lady with uup.
he chin reached over and Took It away
Sror, him, and while paw was tryln 70
and out what she ment by 1t Ihey
crowded him away, and nav came hur-
TvIn around from Behind O Post ana est
WHARF little albert was ..
HTter nav had hunted nearly all over
the store We found Him WHARF thay was
n little Train OF cars runntn on track
and paw got Interested. and staid q long
time watchin the Fun and rcsten up.
"WeII," saw sed. what are you Solh
TO get for Aunt Grace?
IT dunno" pa anserd. %,
81 thot you had your mind al mnGe
Haft to pick out what you wanted wheh
ThSy was three or four men como
chngin n nlckpocket about that Tine
and one or Them run agin paw ana near.
iv showed Him thru pile OF drums, ana
thew went tumblen all over the tiore.
Paw didn't stay TO help pick them up,
nut Sed II he dIdcnt git out In the open
air purity soon WHARF he could draw ms
bTeih agin they would be three more
Helpless orGuns In the world.
When We was goln home little alpert
nserIy got smuth0red In the car ana a
lady with sled set the end OF one rum
nor In the Small OF Paws bnck. Paw
c,5dent cit away, and she cuddcnt move
tho sled. ".L..
everybuddy hast 20 take the first Car
Comes along or die IN tho attempt
"Yrs" sum buddy Rcd, why dldent
YOU walt for the next onc."
paw was to bizzy tryin to md WHARF,
tho plcnty Of room up In frunt was 10
anGer.
"Weli, paw. did you see everything
you wantcdY , -, .,,.
on the hore and handed NAV the lch
salt RollerH, and sed:
dVhnt do you meRn2 II amt mans
nlncc to by Christmas presents. Some
gimmcn don't use emmy reason tall. BY
Goorge. they want man to urn the
mummy aud then they mint satlgilcd but
think he ought to 20 out and aho them
how to spend IT, This hole Chrlsmus
present blEncss is carried too far emmy
way" a. -,
nv that time tho pupp seen the sheep
ana madC jump at II, and when paw