The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1910-12-03

And how the unfOrElvtnE lust
For vengeance would move the trust
To make example of him lest
Some other piper's son protest
Against pork chops at thirty fiat,
And picked pigs feet selling at
Sixbits a dozen. souse a bit,
And sausage even close TO it
When Tom considered it, in brief,
And also how much more thief
He would be this time than before,
He wisely passed the butchers door,
Rejoiced that self had stood the test,
And went on hoping for the best.
December is from the Latin de
Gem, meaning ten. 1t was origin
ally the tenth month of the year,
but owing to the widespread I'M
prepa, edDess for Christmas it has
been showed along from time to
time, until it occurs now az far
back az we have been able to get
it. Caesar, who was in the habit
Of making each Of his soldiers
some kidd of present, even sug
gested pushing 1t further along
still and having about fifteen
months III he year, but the Roman
merchants protested that it was
impossible to sell holiday goods
except in very cold weather, and
Rrutus, Casslns and several other
business men finally stabbed him.
The custom Of giving presents
was originated by the Greeks, and
they had such a difficulty for get
ting the better of it when they ex-
changed presents with anyone
that the expression "Beware Of
the Greeks bearing gifts! became
historic. 1t was on q Christmas
day when all Tho Greeks were
showing what they had gotten
and were laughing about it that
DiOgeCes, who made practice "f
crlticlsing the national faults in
some amusing way, set out on his
famous search for an honest man.
The Terslans one time resorted to
arms in an effort to get their pres
ents back, but they were badly ie
feated at the battle Of Marathon,
and no serious attempt to get
presents back has ever been made
from that time to this,
The colt will burrOw in the
stack and the festive colt will
arch his back and gamb"l at a
fearful! gait to make his ichor cir
culate. The bear will slumbcr in
his bed and dream that Roosevelt
is dead, and the Winter night will
worry through with the wolf kiyi
ing down the tlue
The wind will push against The
door, and our old friend Boreas will
roar and fill the Winter night and
fell with samples OF his college
yell. The price of eggs will feel
imbued to beat the mark for alti
tude, aud butter will cavort
around about two miles above the
ground.
O happy man that has bis bold
up against th9 Winters
cold, and has DO urgen need to
reck how many storms 4 lay sweep
bis deck. Who has hid scuppers
bulging kraut and all things ship
shape in and out. and all the prod
ucts of his ol'me RICH; at the port.
holes all the time.
0 happy day that fixed our
pick upon this land and babe US
stick our newborn colOrs in the
ground and claim the country ly-
ng 'ronnd! And cheers, moreover,
me, two, three. for freedoms
.borigine, who did not prove 50
awful stout but what we all could
;hrow him out!
1t is the place, and no mistake,
or raising prOvender to bake, and
irving freely Of the least essential
o a Christmas feast. A bug or
o il on the job. and the weather
plays hob. but on the
Whole and in the sum we're dog
zone happy that we come.
4
On the 2lst Of December the
un Will cross the Tropic of Capri
orD, which will give the trusts
he ball on our tive.ysrd line, one
own to 60. They will 60 over on
he next play, and Mr.. Rockefe!.
rr, who Is playing greenback for
he trusts this year, will kick goal.
he feature of Christmas will be
hat Mr.. Roosevelt won't have
ny. tie isn't taking any chances +,
{ Santa Claus even handing him
else this year.
ur Mr.. Morgan will revert
Q hanging up his spacious shirt,
nd tying up the tail TO pot
Santa Claus has got.
woe is US! How tough it il
o hang our stocking under his!
ut faita is hope, and hope is trust,
nd some fine day the tail will bust. =
As many things have bust be
IRE, and bifgo. on the parlor