Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1900-12-20

and Other Poems" brought $2050.
1t seems pity that poor Poe's works
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The large army Of fancy-workers is toll
ing these days way beyond union hour, to
fashion the requisite number of gifts for
the friends and relatives upon each ONE.
Christmas list.
Be-ribboned and be-painted calendars,
whose golden texts and sprawling design.
leave on'y space enough for microscopic
figures to designate the day Of the month,
are being manufactured by the gross for
fathers and grandfathers whose souls real
( ly yearn for one of ex-Gov c. S. Pages
masterpieces that had figures one could
read with the naked eye at distance of
hundred yards.
These same afflicted relatives have every
reason to expect the usual number of EN-.
broidered and handpainted penwlpers.
which will be too pretty for anything but
to passepartout and hang up on the walls
packages of shaving paper, every sheet
decorated with priceless water color
sketch on which to wipe a soapy razor, and
/ blotters that it will take valuable time and
much more patience than any mere man
possesses to use without leaving an I'M
slightly smear of ink across the oil painted
punches of forget-me-nots and daisies on
both sides of the sheet.
Sofa pillows, embroidered with flowers,
| the like of which is sometimes seen in seed
catalogues but nowhere else, are being
! trimmed with ruffles of lace for fortunate
gentlemen, who will find later on that
these works Of art are quietly viii sked
away and dingy old head-rest substituted
i when the time for the afternoon nap
arrives
But though useful articles become ride
ulous through wealth of ornamentation,
still beautiful objects are the only proper
manifestations of the beautiful Christmas
spirit.
The following communication, bordered
with a dainty ivy wreath enfolding the
words, Holiday Greetings 1900-19Ol,"
has been sent to clergymen in the prohi-
bition state of Vermont within few days.
Its tone suggests state of affairs posi-
lively appalling to temperance workers and
little surprising perhaps to high license
advocates, who have always appeared to
think that their best hold was with the
laity
| Who for instance would ever imagine
that the visit of one clergyman at the home
of another, instead of season of pious in
tercourse and uplifting counsels, is rather
an occasion of hilarious enjoyment rivaling
the bacchanalian revels at the Montpelier
seminary
The average layman, who has always
thought pityingly of the austere, monoton-
Gus life of his minister, after reading the
subjoined epistle in good faith, will feel as
though cataracts Of misrepresentation have
been removed from his purblind eyes:
-, Kentucky, U. s. A,
II 90.
Dear Reverend Sir:
Feeling confident that either at home or
visiting your brother clergymen, you have
met with our famous product, Superior
Whiskey," we beg to say that we would
esteem it privilege to serve you as well
To this end, we request the favor Of
shipping you an order by prepaid express,
which we will charge to you on credit ac-
count; goods to be returned at our ex-
pense should they not prove satisfactory
Under these conditions, you incur no out
lay whatever, unless it is agreeable to you
to retain the shipment.
Itmay not be amiss to remind you that
as we are honored with the patronage Of
religious trade extensively, long expert
ence has qualified us to care for their bust
ness in the most genteel manner Our
packages are forwarded by prepaid ex-
press, wellsealed and free from advertise.
ment
| We have no doubt that you will realize
the advantagersof purchasing direct from
the distiller, thus saving the profit of the
several middlemen and the possibility Of
adulteration at their hands. As you have
opportunities to know whereof we speak,
you will lalso appreciate that the use Of
Superior whiskey in the government and
religious hospitals throughout the countr,
is the greatest proof of its superior virtue.
! and We believe in this connection above all
others, your interest is assured.
Wesanticipato q favorable ra.D. =,