Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-12-07
Observations For the Closing
Month of 1907.
Special Reading of the Signs Which
Will Influence Conditions During
December.

And childhOOd'S brightest dream;
December of the ecstacy
OF hallowed Christmas cen;
When the last sweet lullaby is sung
And children's whispers cease,
And the wee sweet stockings all are
strung
AlOrg the mantel-piece.
December of the drum and horn
And bundles slyly hid;
December of the one great morn
OF mornings for a kid;
When the chimes of sweet and
mellow 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 it's
name. is from decem(ten When
Julius Ceaser became Big Stick of
the empire. the month contained
but twenty-nine days. He added
two more -Oue more 10 make ready
fol- Christmas, and another to re-
cover from it. Christmas gifts origi-
mated with the Greeks. Hence the
saying, Beware of the Greeks
bearing gifts" Santa Claus was in
vented by the toy manufacturers of
Neuremburg, Germany, where the
Teddy Bears come from
The motto for this month will be,
''Shut the door" Mr.. Roosevelt
and Mr.. Bryan will be the leading
presidential candidates, and prohibi.
ton will continue the burning issue.
The liquor interest will build walls
around Peoria, ILL.,, st. Louis, Louis
vile and Milwaukee. and their war
balloon will make daily observa
tiOns of the movements of Mrs.
Nation.
The moon will be full on the 10th,
and the sign of the zodiac for the
month will be Capricornus for Goat.
This will make butter go up, and
send kids to Sunday school.
The money scare will quiet
down unhappy circumstance-and
money will frequent again the
pocket of our pants. The new gold
coins they're making now without
I'm 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 in
sist on paying up with wood.
Mr.. Fairbanks will take refuge in
the dignity of the Senate from his
cocktail prosecutors, and several
new members will be taken into
that exclusive club of multi MILL
Onaires. 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 induce
ment of $13 a month and found
dead in the Philippines.
The want VOLTS wall will ride the
blast.
Where poverty prevails.
A few late laggard geese will pass
With winter on their tails.
The sleigh will Jingle up the road
the lines around the whip, and
George and Nellie, in the robe will
loves own honey sip. The sleigh
wall hit 10 foot bank, and they'll
go rolling down, with Nellie's foot
in Georges face-and walk six
miles to town.
The new rules for farmers pro-
mulgated by the Farmhands Union,
will go into effect viz: Farmers
will provide automobiles for ali
help, and will serve as chduffeurs,
they will eat at the second table
and sleep in the hayloft; they will
rise at 4, do the chores, and serve
breakfast to the hands in bed at 9;
they will provide photograph and
current magazines; hands will
supervise the farm work from IL TO
70, and from till 3; the earning of
the farm will be placed in a basket
every Saturday and poured through |
a ladder placed horizontally with
the ends on two chairs; what goes
through. tie hands get-and what |
sticks on the rungs goes TO the |
farmer.
Santa Claus will make the usual !
rounds on the night of the Path. |
Men will get cigars. neckwear and
moustache cups. ladies will get !