Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-27

OF some small celebrant with gum,
Nigger-toes, peanuts, bum-bum,
Apples, raisins, lemoh drops,
| Popcorn, suckers, caramels, .
Filberts, taffy, butterscotch,
Walnuts, figs and angel cake
Save for the Christmas belly ache.
Save, brothers, save your dough,
Save for the stockings in row
A four-bit piece will buy sled,
A pair of boots upholstered red,
A doll with skull grass on her head,
A Teddy bear, horn, drum,
An airgun, jack-knife, pair of skates,
Magic lantern, doll house, game,
A box of soldiers made of tin
Save for the Christmas morning din.
Save, brothers, save for keeps,
Save for the night nobody sleeps
A six-bit piece will buy book,
A piece of cat fur for the cook,
A picture or the empty nook,
A box of holiday cigars,
A hat pin, slippers, pair of mitts,
A dozen handkerchiefs,t a shirt,
A niece of neckwear, new and strange
Save for the annual exchange.
December was the tenth month in
the old Roman year, and got it's
name from the Latin decem (10).
But what with forest fires in the
middle of autumn, the Roman Fire
Department had no time to put out
Christmas trees, and when Numa's
own palace burned, he rearranged
the calendar and moved Christmas
along to a time when the firemen
had nothing else to do.
The frisky calf will sniff the morn
and merrily cavort, and the frost
will nip him where his scant up
holstering is short. The boys will
flock to Sunday school with fine reli-
gious fire, the hired man will hang
around unworthy of his hire, the
warning goose will hurry south on
frantic wings a-rustle, with winter
urging him along where Cora wore
the hustle.
The melancholy days will come
and Boreas will roar; the wolf will
thrust it's muzzIe through the key
hole in the door. He'll sniff the scent
of bacon bought at 30 cents a pound
| and plain potatoes by the box with
tissue wrapped around; and every
time we chase him off and bid him
to his den, the trusts will pump his
stomach out and sic him on again.
The water pipes will all explode,
And give the house a jar;
The plumbers chauffeur will get out
The throbbing racing car:
But while relief is on the way
To plug the gushing spout
The car win have a hemorrhage,
And blow its innards out.
The unemancipated wife will quit
her cozy bed and build the fire the
while her lord pretends that he is
dead. She'll wrap herself up in her
hair and shiver in the dawn, and
chop the kindling. hustle coal and
turn the damper on; and while she
freezes till she turns the hue of a
persimmon, the scientists will wonder
why the men outlive the women.
Milady's winter suit will cost,
"A fifty-dollar note;
The man will face the winter
In the same old overcoat.
The cook will gasoline the fire,
And the choir in sweet. accord,
Will sing on Sunday at the house,
Q, Am Coming, Lord"
On the 21st the sun will enter Cap
iricorn, and the winter solstice will
occur. This will cause trusts to
sprawn and the yule tide will come
in. Solstice is the sol (the SUM and
sistere Ito stand). Thus, having
touched the turning point south Of
the equator, the sun temporarily
stands still. This was where Joshua
held IT up, from which we have oul
word josh. Anybody can do 1t.
/ At the same rate the 21st will be
Il the shortest day Of the year, and we
shall pass under the influence Of Cap
ricorn, the Goat. This is the tentl
sign of the zodiac. It was represent
ed on the ancient monuments as al
old man with the body Of goat
i which signifies that through thu
E Christmas season father is the goat.
The Christmas shoppers Marathon
i Will happen as Of yore,
4 And the little savings bank will