The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-12-24
rght, 1907, by H. H. Mcclure
& Company.

copy Flgnl, tjUf DE II. IL Mcclure I
& Company
"Weu. SIR" said Mr. Dooley, Il see t
mat tl' booro iv iddycation down in /
| New york have about made uD their |
minds not to let tn childher sing
chris mas carols amy more"
Why not?" asked Mr.. Hennessy
We'll" said Mr. Dooley, Its this /
VA l see be tn papers; Certain
fprisntatives iv a splendid race
that has been crooly prosecuted an
crushed fr many cinchries, but are
still far firm broke wint to this here
lulttvaCed body iv retired grocerymen
an demanded that all references to
IN past be chopped out iv tn Chris
mas songs. They were wiliin tn
childher shud sing thin, if no min
ton was made iv tn origin iv Chris
mas An We can bet tn boord iv
iddvcation listened to thin. F'r race
that has been throd undher foot so
LONG. our fellow-d -dimmycrats firm
few miles east iv Ireland are far firm
weak in the great centers iv our
financial disturbances. "a
Names endin' in 'heimer are far
more frequent on III NlnuoWS ~
banks thin names beginnin' with 90
or Mae Ourselves an tn Germans
hold our grip on tn distribution iv
moisture, but if Father Kelly wants
to buy a shirt, he has to go TO me
trnd Jake FelsenthaI FIR it Th' Irish
are tn greater potes, but they have a
shade tn best iV us at mental arlth-
mentics. We inthrajooce arithmetic
into pothry. an they inthrajooce
pothry into arithmentic. Their names
many newspa-apers an on tn more
alurin' advertisin' pages iv all. They
amt quite as good hands at pollytcks
as we are, but f'r foreigners they're
not so bad. an combination lv US
an thin can bate tn wurruld. SO ye
can bet tn boord iv iddycation afther
addin up tn Episcopalyan vote,
listened to what they had to say
'Howiver, Jake FelsenthaI was in
here to-day an he says there's naw-
thin in it. He's fine man, me frlnd
Jake Fensenthal, He was at wan
time captain iv Comp'ny G in tn Hi
bernyan Rifles; he was tn fastest
hundherd yards man we had in tn
Gaelic Athletic Assocyation, though,
nacherally, not so good at tossln' tn
cabar or putin tn shot, an he has
often boxed at our weekly concerts
undher tn name iv O'Halloran. He's
a fine pious man, too, an often have
I seen him go into his church with
his stovepipe hat on his head. He
give me tn laugh Whin | told him me
were startin' to abolish Chris mas.
Don't We believe it, says he. Well
niver do anything to injure a fstival
that makes people look 50 cheerful;
We're a happy race Ourselves, an
we're glad iv wan day that dhrives tn
gloom off tn faces iv IT, rest iv ye.
WHY SAYS he. with Il wink, If amy
thing iv tn kind was attimpted, my
people wud rally around Chris, mas to
prCtict it again its inlmltes. But +
that splendid wave iv Hebrew slntimlnt
that sweeps acrost tn Christyan
wurruld wanst a year an makes ye
buy things f'r other people f'r feai
they're goin' to buy something akell4
vallyabie FIR ye, what wud become II
tn department stores? No, sir, II
stand firm an fight to save this {isti
val that is so dear to ye, again al
tn attacks iv tn anti-Semites. As fl
tn Christmas carols, didn't | used tt
sing thin mesilf when L was little
kid, an Schwarzmeister, Hogan an
mesilf used to attend tn Unitaryar
sunday school th' Sunday they hat
tn Chris mas tree? They nlyer hur
me No song iver hurt annyWan If i
was set to music Cheer up me poy
Come over to tn store. I've got Sc
if tn Lives iv tn Saints that l can le
We have cheap. 'Twud make suit
a bic Chris mas pr1Sent.
''IV cOOrSe he's right. NO wan Cal
have amy rale dislike iv Chris mas
It's kind iv gin'ral holiday tina
ivry wan seems to get a part ", 3
hivens, | believe that if old Mahone
himself was alive he'd hang up NJ
stockin' on tn mantelpiece an 8
broke givin' prisints to his wives,
little less thin two weeks time a
tn wurruld will be up arly, slng1I
rolgs, ,exchangin' gifts, slappin, eac
other on tn back. cryin' out Chris
box Merry Christmas. Tn sam
10 ye, Patrick, Bill, Eetienne, Jovannl
Carlos Hans, MiIkeoyitch, or Epanny
mondals.' Billyons iv childher vii, 3
yell4 in hundherd dif'rent lar
languages: oh, look what [ got |
tn avenin'. nillyons iv genial me
" Ill be standin' at tn heads ~ table
sappin' carvin knife on steel, al
thin goin' at a turkey an periofmll
miracles iv scientific dlSthrlDunoi
Pleasant wurrds will go round L
have some more iv thin mashed pc
catoes.' Pass tn cranberry sauce
Father. if ye'er not careful ye
have nawthin' left f'r ye'ersllf 'NlVe
We mind me- Thrust tn old man