The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1907-11-30
oANDEReoNE's DECEMBER FORE
CAST


/ Across the fields of white;
/ When winters ring Is in the ground
And the nights are clear and still,
And the boys 60 belly buster down
The slick and shiny hill.
December Of the Christmas tree
And childhood's brightest dream;
/ December Of the ecstacy
I OF hallowed Christmas cen:
When the last sweet lullaby is sung
And children's whispers cease.
strung
Along the mantel-piece
December Of the drum and horn
And bundles slyly hid:
J 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
yels
J OF kids with nighties on.
December was the ninth month in
/ the old Roman calendar. and its name
is from Decem (tenp. When Julius Cae-
sar became Big Stick Of the empire, the
month contained but twenty-nine days.
| He added two more-one more to make
ready for Christmas. and another To re-
cover from it. Christmas gifts origin
ated with the Greeks. Hence the say
/ ing. Beware Of the Greeks bearing
gifts" Santa Claus was invented by
the toy manufacturers of Neuremburg.
! Germany. where the Teddy Bears came
| from.
! The motto ICr Unls month VIII be,
| shut the door" Mr.. Roosevelt and
! Mr.. Bryan viii be the leading presiden-
tial candidates. and prohibition will
/ continue To be the burning issue. The
I 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-
scented to let the Winter SOlstice of
/ this year begin at : p. IN. on the 22nd;
but there must be no drinking, and ev-
| cry one must be in by Curfew. The
! 2lst will be the shortest day in the
year. This Will be on Saturday. and if
, you are at church next day and stay
! for the sermon. you will notice that the
22nd is much longer.
The moon will be full on the 10Th
and the signt of the zodiac for the
month will he Capriccornus the Goat.
This will make butter go up, and send
kids to Sunday school
The old mill pond Will lreeze again,
! And everyone will skate;
The molly-coddle. modest swain,
Will thither go with Kate.
She'll slip in such a way that she
VIII see a brilliant star,
! And he will deeply blush To see
How long her stockings are.
The money scare will quiet down
unhappy circums tance-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 sub
scriber will insist on paying up with
| wood.
on the End Speaker Cannon will as
sembIe at Washington, where he will
re-elect himself and resume the enact
! Of lnx in, h.a nf ne
Democratic minority and other onlook-
ers The final edition of the Presi-
dents message will be read. Wall
street will be given another physic:
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 exclusive club
of multi milliOnaires. Congress assem-
bled will take up great public questions
like the need for new federal build
ing ar Podunk and Coyote Center; the
| growing demand for a more elastic cur
rency. and why nobody will stay in the
army AT the generous inducement of
S13 month and found-dead in the
! Philippines.
Persons born under the sign Of Ca
pricornus the Goat are great orators,
thinkers and teachers: self-conscious
and not meddlesome: good story tell
ers. eat too much. have style and pride,
talk too much. are distrustfuL and can
keep Il secret Gf males). They are
selfish. and never get the hot end Of
il in an exchange Of Christmas gifts.
. They continue To hang UP their stock
/ ingS when il is a hardship upon Others
- ill them. Girls born in CapricornuS
are hard Ia win. generally prefeTriEg q
/ parrot To the stork.
/ The Want-wo.f's wall will ride the blast
Where poverty prevails:
\ few late lagEard geese Will pass
] With winter on their tails.
The sleigh viii jingle up the road,
the lines around the whip. and George
and Nellie. in the robes, Will loves own