The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-25
DRIFT WOOD

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 'Llte is man hunt" says The pai- 1t certainly iA--with the old maid. 4
 Don't eat too much dinner today, just because its on the sasie-
 what did Santa 'brung" you9
 ws don't know but what a Southern christmas with the firecrackers pop ping isn't better after all than the Christmas up East where you hear nary cracker or torpedo. Pittsburg determined to keep up her rerutat.on for scandals, now moves in- to the front rank in her role of corrupt ion and municipal graft. Gomez, very wisely asks for warships the first thing; he'll aim in the right dis reetion as a ruler after all, perhaps. santa Claus couldn't help but smile knowingly to himself last night as Do over Montgomery in spite Of the pratt ing pessinists who are forever pre- dieting to the contrary. Mitchell and six for Morrison, was tha swift slap handed organized labor by the shpr6me Court Of the District of Columbia.
 France was very much Frightened hy an AarthaMalks there the other day, but the United States is 50 accustomed to Roosevelt by now that q little thing Ike an earthquake would go unnotteed on this side of the pond. p,oasiy anS iasA almost every cry day Ssesuse oid Alabama Is going dry on the 1rat os remember the old saying: there's no usa to cry over split milk; 1t only nakes 1t more waterY.
 Mrs Russell Sage has given s1oo.OO0 to erect a Y. M. c. A. building on Long island. We imagine poor old Uncle Russ turns over in his grave now and then at his wife's beneyolencs.
 Teddy is lashing himself into .'fras- zle" 60 as to dazzls the big hungry Af- rican lions at dollar a word
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 Booker Washington says Mfr. Taft un- President since Lineoin. Is Booker fishing for an invitation to dinner aF the White House?
 William Van Fleet and two conpan- tourney above the clouds. Once the bal. loon rose to q height of more than T.. 900 feet and the aeronauts saw rain along some ~joy JuiceI they would probably have seen pink elephants and purple rabbits in the clouds, which would doubtless have enorued more pleasure for the time being.
 while the children of John Heron were playing in front Of their home aS Duryea, Pa, bear and her cub appear inc children, but the mother sent them into the house. The bears ate 8 few apples and went oft into the woods NsGI ysry % 1nappreciative of the mothcr, to say the least. CT R. please wrtee.l
 ChrIstmas Day. Christmas Day is just the gtaddest ,t. f1 ts to tHss watch tGa the ehiiun with their
 bright eyes all aglow; Ita fun to watch the old folks with
 their hearts a-feelin' young An their faces wreathed in smiles there
 where the kids stockin's are hung Oh the joy of each toy to the happy girl
 and boy,
 There's q happy squeal from Baby Nell q merry shout from Roy. .. ,,. As the chillun pour the goodies on the
 rug in wild delight, (They'Ve tumbled out of bed before it's
 hardly yet dayiightl Soon the house Is in~ confusion, TOT the
 kids can't get away, And just won't dress for breakfast. no
 they'd Tuther stay and play With the drum and doll and fire engine.
 and little stove that cooks That said he'd bring you yesterday,
 and pretty picture books, Was there ever such a Santa In the
 world as yours tF, Don't you wish that you had seen hlm'
 Son't he understand his hiz2 There are balls and tops and hrecrack-
 CTS and candy, mercy sak0D- There's enough to give dozen boys
 dozen stomach aches There is nist1etoe and holly hangin'
 from the chandelier. There is blushing Maude and Molly al-
 ways standin' somewhere near Always standin' round "unknowingly'
 but somehow if they can Always manage to be under 1t when
 there's near some young man. But the winner is the DINNER, come
 right in and have a cheer Oh the moAnin' and the groanin' of the
 table you can hear, See the turkey there a beamin' in the
 center of the board An inside him a-steamin see the ches-
 nuts neatly stored. Oh there's pDnkin pie an goodness
 there is monstrous cakes and stun Fit to feed the gods an everyone has
 got to eat enough
 There are old fashioned sweet pickles.
 there is salad. there Is sauce, There is cranberries and celery. pigs
 feet jam, jes reach across. There is buttermiIk and dumplings. say
 I'll have to stop right here, There ain't room in this one column. to
 describe one-half the cheer Let us close 1t with toast, ito dear old
 Christmas Day the best, Of all the year, but God be near us to0
 on ali the rest"
 P. H. A.
 
 Drift Armstrong declares that a wo- man will nearly always stick to a man through diversity. Furthermore, when aH.v-