Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1908-12-10
FOR DECEMBER.
CopyrigM 1908. By C. H. RietA.

Save. brothers, save with care,
A nickel here and a nickel there.
Atwo.bit piece will fill the tum
OF some small cclebrant with gum,
Nigger-toes. peanuts. bum.bum,
Apples. raisins. lemon 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 stockings in row.
A four-bit piece will buy sled,
Apair Of boots upholstered red,
A doll with skull. grass on her head.
A teddy-bear. horn. = drum.
An air-gun. iack-knife. pair Of skates.
Magic lantern. dollhouse. game,
A boz Of soldiers made Of tin
Save for the Christmas-momins 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 for the empty nook.
A box Of holiday cigars.
A hat-pin. slippers. pair Of mitts.
A dozen handkerchiefs, shirt,
A piece Of neck-wear new and strange.
Save for the annual exchange.
December was the tenth month in the
old Roman year. and gets lis name from
the Latin deem 10Y. 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 rear
arranged the calendar and moved Christ
mas along to time when the firemen
had nothing else on.
The risky calf will sniff the mora
and merrily cavort, and the frost will
nip him where his scAnt upholsterine is
short. The boys will flock to Sunday.
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.
The melancholy days will come, and
boreas will roar. The wolf will thrust
his muzzle through the key.hole in the
door. He'll Whit the scent Of bacon
bought at 20 cents 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 = lar;
The plummer's chauffeur will get out
The throbins racing car:
But. while relief is on the way
TO plug the gushing spout.
he car will have hemorrhase
And blow its innards out.
The unemanclpated wife will quit hel
coy bed. and build the fire the while
her lord pretends that he is dead. She'll
wrap herself up in her hair and shive,
IN the dawn. and chop the kindlins,
hustle coal and turn the damper on;
and. while she freezes till she turns the
nue. OF persimmon. the scientists will
wonder why the men outlive the women.
Milady's 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, am coming, Lord!"
on the list the sun will enter Capri.
corn and the winter solstice will occur.
ms Will cause the trust. to spawn, and
me Yule-tide will come in. Sol.tice i.
from sol (the sun) and si.tere Ito s,and).
Thus, having touched its tumins.point
SCUM OF the equator. the sun temporarily
stands still. This was where Joshua
held it up. from which We have GU,
word Josh" Anybody can Do Il.
AT any rate. the 2lst will Be The
shortest day Of the year. and We shall
pass under the influence Of capsicom
the Goat. That is the tenth sign Of u.
zodiac. II was represented On The IN.
Gent monuments as an old man viii
the body Of goat. which signifies ia
during the Christmas season fathe. I.
the goat.
The Christina. shopper Marathon
Will happen IS Of yose.
And the little savinss-bank will chase
The present round The Store.
The unleashed dollar viii pussue
The frightened teddy.beas;