The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1908-11-30
GANDERBoNE'S FORECAST
FOR DECEMBER

Copyright 1908, by c. H. Rieth.)
Save. brothers. save with care.
A nickel here and a nickel there
A two-bit piece will fill the tum
Of some small celebrant with gum,
Nigger-toes. peanuts, bub- bum,
Apples. raisins, lemon drops,
Popcorn, suckers. caramels.
F'ilberts. taffy butterscotch,
Walnuts. figs and angel cake
Save for the Christmas belly-ache.
Save. brothers, save your dough.
Save for the stockings in a row
four-bit piece will buy sled,
A pair Of boots upholstered red.
a doll with skull grass on her head.
A Teddy bear, horn. a 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 a book.
A piece Of cat fur for the cook.
A picture for the empty nook.
A box of holiday cigars.
A hatpin, slippers, pair of mittS,
a dozen handkerchiefs. a shirt,
A piece of neckwear new and strange
Save for the annual exchange.
December was the tenth month in
the old Roman year, and gets it's name
from the Latin deem QO). But what
with forest fires in the middle of au-
| tumn, 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 time
when the firemen had nothing else on.
The frisky calf will sniff the morn
and merrily cavort. and the frost will
nip him where his scant -upholstering
| is short. The boys will flock to Sun
/ day school with fine religious 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.
BOreas will roar; the wolf will thrust
his muZZle through the keyhole in the
door. He'll sniff the scent of bacon
! bought at 80 cents a pound. and plain
potatoes by the box with tissue wrap
| ped 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 will have a hemorrhage
And blow its innards out.
The unemancipated wife will quit
her coy 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
persmmon, the scientists will wonder
why the men outlive the women.
MlladyS winter suit Will cost
a fifty dollar note.
But man will face the blizzard in
The same old overcoat.
| The cook will gasoline the fire,
And the choir, in sweet accord,
Will sing on Sunday at The house.
20, l am coming, Lord"
On the 21st the sun will enter Capri
corn. and the winter solstice will oc-
cur This will cause trusts to spawn
and the yule tide will come in. Sol
stice is from sol (the SUM and sistere
| (to stand). Thus. having touched its
turning point south of the equator. the
sun temporarily stands still. This
was where Joshua held it up from
which we have our word josh. Any
| body can do ii.
At any rate. the 21st will be the
| shortest day of the year. and we shall
pass under influence of CapricOrnus
the Goat. This is the tenth sign OF
the zodiac. 1t was represented on the
ancient monuments as an old man
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