The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-01-03
Winthrop Harbor Has the Most
Unusual Christmas Celebra-
ton Ever Reported
NEINABER GIVES MANY GIFTS
Tavern Keeper is Ostracized by Peo-
pie of the City and Gets Back by
Giving all of the Child
rem Presents

Before the astonished eyes of the
children of Winthrop Harbor, gather
ed Christmas day in the trim village
school house for the annual church
Christmas exercises, appeared two
Santa Clauses, alike in attire, alike in
hair and whiskers, alike in everything
but generosity, in which lattet quail
ty according to all reports, the un-
orthodox Santa Claus who came last
was the better.
The circumstances that created the
humorous situation are in themselves
SO lndicrous that it is no wonder the
denouement partakes Of the farcical.
There are two factions In the viii
lage, the Methodists and the not
Methodists. The not Methodists are
not prohibitionists either, and cluster
about the port1y and smiling person
ality Of one Neinaber, keeper of the
village tavern, as their natural leader,
as result of whose fertile magma
tion the village is one vast smile now.
Neinaber is the leader of the village
politically, and man of generous
mein and mind.
When Christmas approached the
Methodists, who do not belong to the
Neinaber faction, organized the wo-
men of the village into committee
of ways and means and proceeded to
make arrangements, ignoring Mrs.
Nienaber, it is said, because she is
the wife Of the village tavernkeeper.
When Mr.. Nienaber heard that his
good wife had been left out he was
wroth and swore vengeance novel,
dramatic and complete, which is why
there we're two Santa Clauses Christ
mas day, residents of the village
state.
Leave his wife out of the good cheer
for something for which she was not
to blame in any way? Not much, said
the good man. And he planned a
signally successful revenge.
Christmas afternoon the Methodist
faction held its Christmas exercises
in the school house, which is on the
main street of the village and not far
from the tavern. The Rotations
were good. There we're some tnneful
Yu1etide airs. There were some good
piano solos. Finally the stage was
cleared for the entrance of Santa
Claus and one Jansen, attired as the
patron saint of children, made his
appearance. He made hit.
Candy and Christmas cards we're
distributed with lavish hand by the
church Santa and when all was done
and he had prepared to disappear and
take off the false whiskers, suddenly
there was Jingle as of sleigh bells
outside the school house and another
Santa Claus, the exact duplicate Of
the first, walked in
sI'm the other Santa Claus, he
said, land /, too, have a pack that
needs tightening. He shook hands
with the first Santa.
Then he mounted the platform and
began to give the children toys, books,
candy and oranges to the value of SIS
or more, interspersing his gift making
with humorous remarks.
Thus, pointing to resident of the
village who has recently been married
happily, he said, 81 amt got nothing
for You, Billy, because you got your
present three months ago"
And this was the Neinaber revenge
the second Santa Claus.
The generous revenge has stirred
the village to make peace and if to-
morrow there were to be Christmas
celebration, Mrs. Neinaber would be
invited to join with the other good
ladies.