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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26
"NOW l LAY Me"

The cowboy stood twirling his hat,
and looking at the little kneeling fig
ures. The cattleman's vision seemed
dimmed, while in the eyes of the trav-
cling man shone distant look--a look
across snow-filled prairies to a warmly
lighted home. The children were soon
asleep. Then arose the question of
presents.
1T don't seem to me I've got any
thing to give EN-" said the cowboy,
mournfully, unless the little kid
might like my spurs. I'd give my gun
to the little girl, though on general
principles / don't like to give up a
gun"
Never mind, boys" said the drum
mer, you come along with me to the
baggage car"
SO off they trooped. He opened his
trunks and spread before them such an
array of trash and trinkets as took
away their breath
There" said he, "just pick out the
best things and I'll donate the lott"
mo, you DON'T" said the cowboy.
I'm going to buy what l want and
pay for II, too, or else there amt goip
to be no Christmas round here"
That's my Judgment, too" said the
cattleman, and the minister agreed
So they sat down to their task of Sc
lection. They spent hours over it in
breathless interest, and when their
gifts were ready there arose the ques-
ton of Christmas tree. 1t had stop
ped showing, and tramping out into the
moonlit night, they cut down a great
piece of sage-brush. The mother
adorned it with tinsel paper and the
gifts were prettily disposed. Christmas
dawned for two of the happiest chill
dren under the sun, and a happy moth
er, too, for inside the big plush album
selected for her the cattleman had
slipped hundred-dolIar bill.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

81 heard a story lately. which I think is
And Roberts self was on my lap. his
a.. Ups We're at my ear
"A dreadful, dreadful story" a sudden,
Somebody said the other day there amt
no Santa Claus.
"would YOU believe II. auntie? They
said twas all a trick
About the tiny, reindeer and the visits of
Saint Nick,
That all the chimneys were too small,
the stoves were all toe. hot.-..--.
And lots of just such stuff as that, /
can't remember what.
They said that years and years ago,
with fire-places wide,
And all the doors upon the latch in all
the countryside,
Both old and young for myths and
dreams had quite pretty passion,
But now belief in Santa Claus had all
gone out of fashion.
And when cried that I could prove
twas all a wicked lie,
They only shrugged their shoulders and
said ia better try;
/ never will believe 1t, I know it can't
be true!
For i I've never seen him, say, auntie.
haven't your?
All, yes, my little questioner, quite often
in my dreams,
Though when wake only see the cold,
white, still moonbeams:
Doing l often think ! hear the sound
of horn and hoof,
And waking find the elm-tree boughs a
tapping on the roof.
But have other reasons than those
plain TO eye and ear
For trusting in the story that We hold so
true and dear;
never shall outgrow IT, nor lose my
faith, because
The world will never get beyond a need
of Santa Claus.
Youths Companion.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

her face lighted up. "Oh. say" she ex-
claimed, wait a minute"
She dived under the table and came
up with a counterpart of the horse
they had been discussing; a counter
part, but with broken leg and minus
that very useful appurtenance, a tail
There" she said, Il just happened to
think Of this! Somebody knocked it
off the counter yesterday and broke
the leg. The tail kept coming out any
way, and guess it's lost now. You
could have this for a dollar. Mebbe
you could fix it all right"
The man examined the fracture seri-
ously. why, that's easy" he said.
"All it needs is to peel the hide up a
little and splice the leg and then put
on some of old Peter Cooper's salve.
Make it as good as new"
And perhaps you can get some
horsehair and make a tail. They're
just tied in bunch and put in with a
plug"
"Oh, I'll fix that ell right, miss. I've
got an old bristle shaving brush that
l can use It'll be real stylish one of
them hobtailed coach horses, you
know"
They both laughed.
You're mighty good, miss, and I'm
obliged to you"
"Oh, that's all right" said the girl
81 know how it is Christmas times
myself" and she sighed as the GUS
toner turned happily away to play his
part of Santa Claus, veterinary sur
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

It matters not what the origin of
Christmas. whether born among Pa
gans centuries before Christ when
heathens offered sacrifices to their
gods in JOY over the return of the sun
after the winter soltice, to warm the
earth and cause it to again smile with
fruits and flowers; nor how many of
the customs employed in the observ-
ance of the day are purely Christian,
nor whether the anniversary Of the
birth of Christ fall on Dec. 25. All OF
these vexed questions are Tor the
theologian, the historian, the anti
quarian. II solved beyond the per-
adventure of dorbt, their solutions
would not detract from nor add to the
significance of Christmas to the vast
majority of people who observe the
day. 1t is sufficient for them that the
day is, and its observance is Christ
like-the one day in the whole year
on which there Is almost universal
emulation of the example set by the
Wise Men of the East, not to Christ
only, but to our fellowmen whom He
said are His children.-Ex.
Poverty with contentment is better
than wealth without happiness.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

Irvine the bittersweet and holly
Arched above the hearthstone's glow,
Joy, not melancholy,
Came, indrifting with the snow;
In each face the frost's a-tingle,
Ana afar on flying wing
Comes the sleigh bells rhythmic Jingle,
Through December Journeying.
Set the board and ask the blessing
For the bounty amply spread,
In the simplest words expressing
What a loving father said
Peace on earth"-for this is nearest
When the SHOWS with US abide,
And the winter air is clearCst
In the hush of Chrstmastide.
Bring the old musicians fiddle,
Relic OF the bygone days.
send the fairest down the middle
While the Hitting music sways;
Light of foot and quick of laughter
Swing the dancers, toe and heel,
AS they pass or follow after
In the quaint Virginia reel.
Deck the tree and light the candles,
Let the stockings all be hung,
For a saint with furry sandals
Ger the Eousetops high has swung;
And his reindeer steeds are pranCing
Through the star-bespangled rhine,
And the moonbeams pale are CHANGING
In the merry Christmastime.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

and the stylish dresses of the ladies
who jostled him on either hand One
given to studying the faces of Christ
mas shoppers would easily have read
the question which makes Christmas
the most pathetic as we'll as the bappi-
est holiday in the year-the question,
Can do it with the little money l
have?"
At length the man caught the eye
lof sales girl, and leaning over the
counter said in low voice;
Say, miss, I've got little Teller at
iiome that's been talking for months
about Sanity Claus bringing him a
horse. I'd like to get him one IL l can
afford it. How much is this?" and he
pointed to an equine paragon in front
aof him.
That is three dollars" said the sales
1girl. Best grade we've carried. You
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

ptuAlNe W pun NldSt III ioA 80
quantities and are so easily made,a few
recipes for Christmas goodies may be
useful to our readers. Years ago peo-
pie believed that candy was harmful.
but that notion was set aside; and IL
Is declared really beneficial-of course,
when eaten at the proper time, in
proper quantities and made OF pure
materials. Homemade candies are al
ways pure, the best materials are used
and the cost is much less than Is paid
for the same grade in the stores. II
is nice plan to make your own
Christmas candies, and you can send
boxes away to your friends who will
prize things made for them much more
than anything bought.
To send candies away they should
be made to look as dainty and pretty
as possible. Fancy baskets can be
cheaply bought that will be pretty
after the candy is used, and lined with
waxed paper over a fringed inner lin
ing or some delicate colored It's
sue paper. In packing place waxed
paper between the layers, and when
the basket is filled wrap the edges OF
the lining paper over the top SO that
the candies are covered, then gather
the fringed tissue paper into a rosette.
and tie with baby ribbon.
In making peanut candy, to every
half pint of shelled and blanched pea
nuts use one cupful each of molasses
or sugar. Boil together until the mix
ture is brittle when dropped into cold
water; then stir in the half pint Of
peanuts before taking from the fire.
Pour into buttered pans and mark off
into squares or lengths before 1t cools.
Hickory nuts, English walnuts or al
monds may be used in place OF pea
nuts.
To blanch nuts is to remove the fine
skin which covers the nut under the
shell. This will easily rub off In pea
nuts, but other nuts require different
treatment. After removing the shell
cover the nuts with boiling water, and
let them stand until the dark skin
will easily rub off, then put them into
cold water. Dry between towels.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26
SANTA CLAUS, v. s.

HE big blond mechanic
looked awkward and out
of place in the crowd of
women shoppers at the
toy counter. He seemed
painfully conscious of the
sharp contrast between
his old working clothes
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

pee It's covered with real horse hide
Rnd has real hair tail and name"
The mechanic shook his head hope
lessly.
Y Yes" he said, 'it's fine horse, all
Fight, but / can't pay that much.
Thought p'Taps / could get something
&or a dollGr--a smaller one, mebbe."
q I'm sorry" said the girl, sympa-
thetically, but we cleaned out every
one OF the cheaper kind this afternoon
and this Is the only one that's left of
The three-dollar lot" Then suddenly
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26


acquainted with each other, and sat
about the stove at the end of the car to
talk it over" One of the men was a
drummer, another cowboy, the third
big cattleman, and the last the minis
ter who tells the story. They finally
fell into conversation with a poor wo-
man and her two children, the only re-
naming passengers, and found that
the mother, who had tried to maintain
herself by sewing since her husbands
death, was giving up the unequal strug-
gle and going home to live with
grandma"
The little threadbare children had
been promised a joyous Christmas
there, and when they found that the
blockade would prevent their getting
farther, for the present, they cried
bitterly until sleep quieted them. Just
before they dropped off the drummer
remarked:
Say, parson, We've got to give these
children some Christmas"
That's what" said the cowboy.
''I'm agreed" added the cattleman
The children were told to hang up
their stockings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26
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gift Of q fGLcy bedecked
box of candies is at all times
a most welcome gift, and as
bonbon candies are very ex-
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-12-26

>LllRlgNnAS
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our travellers who were
snow-bound in a Western
passenger train on Christ
mas Eve speedily became
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05
Boston's Sea Trade.

For long time wooden shipbuilding
has been at low ebb in Boston. An
occasional schooner or barge has been
launched here, but the Maine yards
have constructed year after year the
greatest vessels of the coast fleet. and
most of them.
Many of these Maine-built craft,
however, have been owned in Boston,
have hailed from this port, and have
been managed by Boston merchants.
They have, as rule, been very success
full. Beginning with the Spanish War,
the cOaStwise trade has had several
years of excellent business. Freight
rates are no longer high, but large sail
ing vessels of the modern type can be
run at profit in the coal trade all the
year round. When winters icy gales
blow, the voyages are longer and the
risk of mishaps is greater. But freights
rise in the autumn with the withdrawal
of the older and smaller craft The
great three, four, five and six-masters
are strong and powerful enough to defy
the oceans fury throughout the bitter
weeks from early December to spring.
The Journals news columns the other
day told of the projected building at
East Boston of the greatest wooden
oOhOOAOA CIIC WOllus IL W Ill UCdI GllC
name Of HOratiO Adams, and will be
five-master, with capacity for six
thousand tons of cargo. No wooden
ship has ever been launched at Boston
so large as this, except the famous
Donald Mckay clipper Great Republic.
We are very glad to see Boston men
resuming on 50 broad a scale this
ancient Boston industry Such a vessel
as the Adams represents an investment
of upward of hundred thousand dol
lars. She will do the work which thirty
or forty years ago would have required
dozen or twenty schOOnerS of average
tonnage. She is built primarily for the
coast trade, the chief part of which is
the carriage of coal from the Southern
ports to New England. But she is
adapted to any trade in the world and
can do as other great fore-and- alters
have done, and make long voyages off
shore if freights at home are dull and
foreign rates lucrative
Boston has lost nearly all of her old
time square-rigged merchant fleet, but |
she has not lost all her ship-owners.
Along State, Commercial and the adj
jacent streets are many active and sue
cesSful shipping houses, conducted by |
men who know the shipping trade from |
top to bottom. There are no shrewder
or more resourceful ship-owners any
where in the world than these Bosto-
mans who have survived the long de- |
preston in our shipping interests. |
They believe that they see brighter
time ahead. They are preparing to
take advantage of it. With this mod
ern wooden schooner at East Boston
and the steel schooner greater still in
the Fore River yard at Quincy, Boston
Harbor holds more promise of new ton
mage than it has held for many years.
Boston Journal
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05

The Chicago Inter-Ocean mentions
some of the reasons why this country
is so rapidly attaining the commercial
supremacy of the world. We are send
ing pianos to Germany, watches to
Geneva, automobiles to Paris, damask
to Ireland, lace, curtains to Noting
ham, genuine Havana cigars to Cuba
and golf sticks to Scotland. We are
shipping salt to the greatest salt-pro-
ducing districts of Europe, those of the
Tyrol. We ship great quantities of
wheat to Odessa. We ship hops into
the hop countries of England, We sell
thousands of barrels of American wine
in Germany and thousands of cases of
California champagne in France annual
ly We are reproducing practically
every art and industryAin which the
different countries of Europe have ex-
celled and we are able to produce them
in such quantities that we can under
sell the foreign manufacturers every
time. The Inter-Ocean inquiries where
and when we are to stop, and the Toledo
Blade rejoins:
There is no trade limit to the people
OF the United States. They can do
that the people of any other
country can do and can do it better.
This country has the men and means,
the enterprise, the ingenuity and the
perslstency to conquer the commercial
world.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05
Herrick Family Reunion.

The eighth annual reunion of the Herrick
family was held at the Dyer cottage, Little
Harbor, Northport, Tuesday, Aug 9th
Nearly seventy relatives and friends were
present. An excellent dinner was served,
after which the meeting was called to order
by the President. Prayer was offered by
Rev. c. H. Bryant. Officers were elected
for the ensuing year as follows:
President, Henry Herrick
Vice Presidents, Leslie Miller and
Emery Griffin.
Secretary, Mrs. Lucy Herrick.
Treasurer, Mrs. Hannah Wilson.
Chaplain, Mrs. R. T. Herrick.
Executive committee, Emma Herrick,
Mrs. Belle Griffin, F. }. Taber.
The time and place of the next meeting
was left to the executive committee.
Remarks were made by the president, F.
j. Taber, Rev. c. H. Bryant and others.
A vote of thanks was passed to the host
and others for entertainment.
The meeting closed all too soon and all
expressed the hope of meeting again next
year.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05
A Native Artist Commended.

High commentator of the work of a ma
tive artist in interior decoration is embodied
in the following letter to Gov. Hill and W.
W. Stetson, State Supt of Schools, from
Herbert Myrick, the well known editor of
the New England Homestead:
Springfield, Mass, Aug. %, 1901.
Dear Sir:
While visiting my old home at Castine, on
Sunday, had the pleasure of going over
the Normal School building there. Was
particularly impressed with the artistic
harmony Of tone In which the main hall has
been decorated by Elisha Perkins. Having
visited most of the art, technical and man
ual training schools Of this and foreign
countries, I do not recall single school
room finished with more perfect taste, to
say nothing of being done at modicum of
expense. just this job entities Mr.. Perkins
to being placed in charge of similar work
throughout the State.
Yours very truly,
HERBERT MYRICK.
President and Editor.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05

The following transfers in real estate
were recorded in Waldo County Registry of
deeds for the week ending Sept. 4, 1901:
Northport W. G. Campmeeting Assn, to
Chas. B. Brown, Bangor land in Northport.
James A. Meservey, Lincolnville, to Heze-
kiah Farrar, Belmont land and buildings in
Lincolnville. Cora M. Sides, Belfast, to Her
bert J. Kimball, Warren land and buildings
in Belfast. Annie Hall, Islesboro, to Emily
Maud Hall, Boston; land in Islesboro FL
mer E. Thompson, Stockton Springs, to Re-
becca R. Owen, Orange, N. j.; land and
buildings in Stockton Springs. Dorothy NJ.
Herrick, Nashua, N. H., to Alma L. Gard
ner, Belfast; land and buildings in Belfast
John P. Reynolds, Jr., Wilton. Mass, to
James C. White, Boston; land in Islesboro.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1901-09-05

The proposition to have the poor
cared for by the counties instead of by
towns finds approval with many, but
all agree that the matter should be
thoroughly investigated and considered.
The Gardiner Reporter-Journal says:
The argument of economy sounds
reasonable, but there is a chance for a
doubt about even that. An institution
on a large scale is liable not to be so
closely looked after as the town affairs
are, where everybody knows all about
the circumstances of those desiring
help. There is a chance for a discus
sion over the proposition, and the COM
mittee will doubtless get the views on
both sides Of the question before max
ing up it's report.
One Of the strong arguments in favor
of this plan for caring for the poor is
that it would save much costly litiga-
ton on the part of the towns. But
what assurance have we that part, at
least, of this litigation would not be
transferred to the countiess Then, is
there not possibility that the carrying