The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-01-03

dogmas are allowable, such as the i'm
maculate conception, ct. al, but such
damnable deception as TO tell child thai
good old Santa Claus will come down the
chimney and fill a stocking hung up in
the chimney corner in pure faith, is a
folly and SIM Only the other day a
poor boy came into the office NY God
he was poor His thin garments, relics
from warmer months, showed evidence
of hard boy-wear, and as if to accen-
tuate the situation, the rain was coming
down, as only winter rain can; not
kindly, welcome drops of Spring and
Summer, but pelting and pitiless and
cold as Christian charity. l put in two
shoves of coal, pulled the doors close
and told him TO pull up to the stove, get
warm and dry. His face looked pinched
and almost pallid. After time he
warmed up, something as wet dog, and
says, well, ii will be Christmas soon.
don't believe in Santa Claus do you ?"
well, yes, | said, II do" "Well did
he ever come to your house?' asked the
sad little lad. Yes, when was a bow.
IKE you, he came every Christmas 4,
wei, he never comes to our house, and
believe Santa Claus is only your father.
and lots OF the boys say so. Some of the
little girls don't, for they get dolls" he
slowly replied. Evidently some response
6llity rests with the father, thought
Well. you know have no more than the
law allows, in the way of clothes, but |
raked out fairly good coat and pair
OF trowsers, put the coat on him and roll
ed him up in it. gave him the 'breeks"
and sent him home, with the request that
ms mother remodel them met the old
man with the trowsers on the day after
he had been wearing overalls before-and
so fancy there is another good intention
gone to rest in the locality where thew
say such things abound.
Christmasl | boughta doll baby for
10 cents and hung it on the Christmas
tree tor six-year-old little Floy and this
morning, as | came from breakfast she
rushed out of the house and pulled me in
to see the ''lovliest doll" as she mt i
that ever was" After duly admirinp il
| naturally asked where she got it. sOh.
santa Claus, she says, drought if To
me from way up in the ice land where he
makes them and put it on the tree for me
Don you think he's awful good? dear
~ love Santa Clausw Ofcourse | could
only say to myself, "all right, very well
you don't know the old saint as well as
do Skinner might be more appropriately
"A world OF delusions isn't it! Well.
where ignorance is bliss etc, We had n
very pleasant Christmas breakfast and |
FOUND stocking, with my name, hung
on the horns of a big buck-a regular
swamp buck-killed on the shores of
Lake Superior So goes the world
imperial Caesar, dead and turned to
cray NAV stop hole to keep the wind
away, and the royal buck from Mimi
esota offers his horns for us to hang orr
christmas follies on, he himself a MARTYR
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ton OF life! But still, it's Christmas and
rom stately Catherdrals and humble
temples come the CLEAN of lights. Bells
cnime and organs peal, and choirs chant
Ihe story of shepherds that heard the
Iidlngs OF angels on the plains of Judes
reace on earth good will to men, Is |
i a TACT or fable? But be il as il NAV I |
WISH you and yours the old wish. Mer-
tie Christmas. ~ q