The Pensacola journal., 1909-12-19

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have unmeaningly omitted. But. speak.
ing of West Virginia, it was that high,
quaint, isolated Cumberland mountain
state, which IS neither North nor
South nor East nor West in its pOllti-
cal and social sympathies, that Eave
NE my first taste of a Southern Christ
mas.
In Old West Virginia.
In West Virginia, where Grandpapa
GassOway Davis is growing older ana
richer, where uOOnshine whiskey IS YET
pretty freely manufactured in the old
stills slowed away among the noun
tains, where Katherine EIkins has no.
yet been borne aItarward by the Duke
of the Abruzzi and where Col. Fred.
Grosscup lost the United States col
IectOrship because President T0IGy
does everlastingly hate the sight OF
Judge Peter. the brother Of Col Fred
and the backCT Of Col. Fred's -
bitiOns for 4 cut Of federal pie. J g-e
Cumberland mountain VcnTSUD and ."l-
der little pig pork instead Of al.''-..-E
and cranberry saUCe-aut all the 'i...
l heard those heavy Pinch ,s.--
crackers roaring in the street CE.~..'
the wav thew roar a homo on FuE-r
of JuIv and the way they reared Tr
November night i'm 1892 when G.oy'E
Cleveland carried that normal. Sa-
publican state of mine and WAS helped
by u back to the Whit harse-
Christmas cracker were -.W -u F.r-
We never have had them III %.. ..n--'
lana thcurb Cbr,-tr-q. ir .-.., ing
Ian5 isn-. ary-.,. NH. fra- never
bavc had tre-, in the lax country OF
tbs Midi. zz-s-f
WI, ~ -r-ris+-,,se Crackersq
7 r7ieerr,.t fiat certain Of nv digni-
frd <cr.Tor, -,afrr-rre r-f-fr cor
sid-r t-r....=sI,-s-- z-... .-.f.- .-..-.f.afTzed
# sbould Writ the. he gun
no-vTor conmotfOn --a T.. -,-l tina
oIdluarfIy marks q Cf.lf. ..-....--.iav ccIr-|
bratiou in the count low The Pc
tOrrac and FL. OHIO T.rir IS still
r,uo-, T1rrrrra7--r, --. kim r.rl1Ir9sr in
N-avv EugIqnr- tre nd timers in thai
nacI- of 'z,-ro4. ere shocked beyond all
dascriDriop 20 learn that in the aver
age western state tho man that can
talk the Toudast and sperd the most
money fooIislIv is counted far and
aVav the hest fellow. And for that
reason I'm inclined to harbOr the be
lief hat tpey- would think fracracLlers
and Roman caudIos-souetbiug they
never SEQ saz-a nm The nations birth
dav and al stated poliricaI noriods-
v-ero . r;ara oF cross iu,DroDTierv.
For myself I'm not oDpOsnd to the
crackers and the candles. Christmas.
the hanniezt and most E0DefuI dav in
all c~eati~n c7D he fcrriveu for 2 little
srrpI14s noise ,sDr-faIIv in the country
tl,at has b~en lifted TO eIation ON the
wings of I5-cont cotton. with tho IS
cont kind on the nOt-tCo-far-av-..y
horizon. ard where the average man.
unless he be afflicted with the most
chronic case of the lazy bug-ma~k
Won. 7 don't call it hOokworm-cau
earn a generous remuneration bv his
labor during hours that are not cx-
,essive and under conditions more
coDacnia1 to n majority Of men than
tboee that cntain in the more cold
bIoodad selfish states to tbe North
and the Fast of MS
s.Tbe 1 i've and Stirrino Christmas
No I'm for the live and stirring
Christmas. not for the sedate and
sauctfmonious Christmas-so long as
We keen 0ur festive hiIaritv virhf0
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