Daily Kennebec journal., 1900-12-22

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The Little FeIIer's Stockin'.
oh, it's Christmas Eve, and moonlight,
and the Christmas air Is, chill, 4.
| And the frosty Christmas holly shines
I and SparkleS on the hill
And the Christmas sleigh-bells Jingle.
and the Christmas laughter rings.
AS the last stray shoppers hurry, takin'
| home the Christmas things;
And up yonder in the attic there's lit
| tie trundlc bed
| Where there's Christmas dreams a-danc-
| in through sleepy, curly head
And it's Merry Christmas" Mary, once
| agin fer me and you
| With the little fellers stockin hangin'
| up beside the fiue.
| isn't much fer show.
And the darns are pretty plenty round
about the heel and toe
And it's color's kinder faded, and it's
| Sorter worn and old,
| But it reely is Surprisin' what lot of
love 'twil hold,
And the little hand that hung it by the
chmbiy there along
| Has a grip upon our heartstrings that is
mighty firm and strong;
| So old Sanity don't forgit it, though 1t
isn't iinc and new,
That plain little worsted Stockin hangn'
| up beside the fiuc.
And the crops may fail and leave us
with our plans all gone ter smash.
| And the mortgage may hang heavy, and
| the bills use up the cash,
But whenever comes the season. jest so
| longs we've got dime,
There'll be somethin' in that stockin'-
| won't there, Mary?-every time. 3.
And if. in amongst our sunshine. there's
shower er two of rain,
| Why, We'll face ii bravely smilin, and
/ Wen try not ter complain
Long as Christmas comes and finds us
here together. me and you,
With the little fellers stockin' hangin'
| UP beside the flue.
-Joe Lincoln, in the Saturday Evening
Post.
This is the years great bundle day.
Splendid sleighing; there will be no
better this winter.
Once more, are you making plans to
the new?
The home coming of the young people
for the Christmas holidays brings the
greatest happiness of the year in many
households.
The reading of the various declara-
tions of young Charles Stain makes one
blush for the feeble and amateurish at
tempts of the late Ananias.
The announcement of Mr.. Pearsons s
deputies settles the matter in Cumber-
land county. They are men of true and
tried steel and will not bend.
1t was a great session of the Maine
, State Grange al Lewiston. This is the
banner year of the order but ii pro-
poses to make even greater ADVANCE
ment before it meets at Augusta, next
December.
OF course you are wearing a sprig of
holly. these days? If not, why not?
And then there is the mistletoe to keep
an eye on a little later.
There is the usual complaint from
some of the cities that the happy
youngsters with their sleds are not
careful enough of the rights Of others.
1t is said to be an actual fact that a
letter addressed to "Helrs Gate,
Maine" was delivered at Saco. this
week. The postal department. how
ever. has yet taken no step to change
the name.
The census reports show that there
is just one mule and one jackass in
Hancock county. The Ellsworth
American is getting people by the ears
wondering where they live.
Among our Maine exchanges which
has issued special Christmas numbers.
this week, all attractive and very
creditable to their respective Offices.
are the Richmond Bee, Pittsfield Ad-
vertiser. Rockland Courier Gazette,
Portland Sunday Times, Gardiner In
dependent. Bridgton News. Calais Ad-
vertiser, Rumford Falls Times, and
ArOostook Pioneer.
One of the Waterville dentists was
greatly surprised to find what ap-
peared to be a Christmas package left
at his office door the other morning.
Still more was he surprised on opening
it and finding a Chinese suit. with all
its equipments. A fter considerable
study he happened to remember that
| there was a masquerade ball the night
| before. Question: Was it a present or
was it only case of "after the ball is
over?"
Many white deer have been seen and
number shot in Maine during this
last fall, but the one reported to he
shot by an Orland sportsman beats
| them all. The deer was small and
white, and was covered by thick
| fleece resembling wool 1t is further
| reported that after the deer was shot
| and properly dressed, the hero brought
| it home, and when cooked it not only
smelt like mutton but tasted most de-
cidedly like it. But it must have been
deer all the same, because men who
| don't know deer from sheep, sheep
| from deer don't live in eastern Maine
| This is season of nerve trying sus-