Morris tribune., 1908-11-28

Save, brothers. save with care,
A nickel here and nickel there
A two bit piece will fill the tum
OF some small celebrant 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 the stocking in a 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, a 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 SIKH piece will buy 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, 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 its
name from the Latin dec EN- (10). But
what with forest fires in the middle
of autumn, the Roman fire Depart
ment had no time to put out Christ
mas trees, and when Numa's own
palace burned he rearrange6 the
calendar and moved Christmas along
to time when the firemen had moth
ing 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 Sum
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.
The melancholy days will come, and
Boreas will roar; the wolf will thrust
his muzzle through the keyhole in
the door. He'll Whit the scent of
bacon bought at 80 cents 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 it's 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
camper on; and while she freezes till |
she turns the hue of persimmon,
the scientists will wonder why the
men outlive the women.
Milady's winter suits will cost
A fifty y-dollar note, !
But men 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,
80, I am coming, Lord!"
On the 21st the sun will enter
capricorn, and the winter solotice
will, occur. This will cause toast to
pawn, and the yules tide will come in.
'olstice is from sol the sun) and
istere (to stand). Thus, having
ouched its turning point south of the
quator, the sun temporarily stands
till. This was where Joshua held it
p, from which we have our word
osh. Anybody can do it.