Morris tribune., 1907-12-14
December Of the drifting snow

December of the Christmas tree
And childhood's brightest dream;
December of the ecstacy
OF hallowed Christmas e'en;
When the last sweet lullaby is sung
And children's whispers cease,
And the wee sweet stockings are all
strung
Along the mantel- piece.
December of the drum and horn
And bundles slyly hid;
December of the one great morn
Of mornings for kid;
When the chimes of sweet and mel
low bells
Are welcoming the dawn,
And the house rocks with the merry
yells
Of kids with nighties on.
December was the ninth month in
the old Roman calendar, and its name
is from deem (ten). When Julius
Ceaser became Big Stick of the en-
pire, the month contained but twenty
nine days. He added two more-one
more to make ready for Christmas,
and another to recover from it. Christ
mas gifts originated with the Greeks.
Hence the saying, "Beware of the
Greeks bearing gifts" Santa Claus
was invented by the toy manufact-
urers of Neuremburg, Germany, where
the Teddy Bears came from.
The motto for this month will be,
"shut the door!' Mr.. Roosevelt and
Mr.. Bryan will be the leading presi-
Dental candidates, and prohibition
will continue the burning issue. The
LIQUOR interests will build walls around
Peoria, Ill, St. Louis, Louisville and
Milwaukee, and their war balloon will
make daily observations of the move
ments of Mrs. Nation.
The Anti Saloon League has con-
sented to let the Winter Solstice OF
this year begin at p. No. on the 22d;
but there must be no drinking, and
every one must be in by curfew. The
21st will be the shortest day in the
wear. This will be on Saturday, and
if YOU are at church next day and stay
for the sermon, you will notice that
the 22d. is much longer.
The moon will be full on the 18th,
and the sign of the zodiac for the
month will be Capricornus the Goat
This will make butter go up, and SEND
kids to Sunday school,.
The old mill pond will freeze again,
And every one will skate;
The mollycoddle, modest swain,
Will thither go with Kate
She'll slip in such a way that she
Will see brilliant star,
And he will deeply blush to see
How long her stockings are.
The money scare will quiet down
unhappy circumstance-and money
will frequent again the pockets OF our
pants. The new gold coins they're
making now without "In God We
Trust" will turn up in the hat at
church as priced as any dust. The
scrip we have will be retired, and
real dough will look good, but the old
subscriber will insist on paying up
with wood.
On the second Speaker Cannon will
assemble at Washington, where he
will re-elect himself and resume the
enactment of law in the presence of
the Democratic minority and other
onlookers. The final edition of the
Presidents message will be read, Wall
street will be given another physlc;
and it will be officially declared that
this country cannot exist half capital
and half water.
Mr.. Fairbanks will take refuge in
the dignity of the Senate from his
cocktail prosecutors, and several new
members will be taken into that ex-
elusive club of multi millionaires.
Congress assembled will take up great
public questions like the need for
new federal building at Podunk and
Coyote Center; the growing demand
for more elastic currency, and why
nobody will stay in the army at the
generous inducements of $13 month
and found-dead in the Philippines.
Persons born under the sign of Cap
ricornus the Goat are great orators.
thinkers and teachers; self conscious
and not meddlesome; good story tell
ers, eat too much, are distrustful, and
can keep secret Gf males). They
are selfish, and never get the hot end
of it in an exchange of Christmas
gifts. They continue to hang up their
stockings VIXEN it is a hardship upon
others to ell them. Girls born in