Cañon City record., 1910-12-15

But when, with bacon 40 cents,
He thought upon the consequence.
And what he probably would get
In case he landed in the net,
The lawyers he would have to hire
To save him from the butchers ire,
The money Cudahy would spend
To push it to the bitter end,
The merciless concern of Swift
To see he was not set adrift,
The sum that Armour, if he fled,
Would offer for him live or dead,
And how the unforgiving lust
For vengeance would move the trust
To make exampel Of him lest
Some other piper's son protest
Against pork shops at thirty flat,
And picked pigs feet sailing at
Six-bits dozen, souse a bit,
And sausage even close to it
When Tom considered it. in brief,
And also how much more a 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 decem,
meaning ten. 1t was originally the
tenth month of the year, but owing
to the widespread unpreparedness for
Christmas 1t has been showed along
from time to time. until it occurs
now as far back as we have been
4. h. In,
the habit of making each of his SOL
diers some kind OF a present, even
suggested pushing it further along
still and having about fifteen months
in the year, but the Roman mer-
chants protested that it was imposs-
ible to sell holiday goods except in
very cold weather. and Brutus, Cas-
sius and several other Roman busi-
ness men finally stabbed him.
The custom of giving presents was
originated by the Greeks. and they
had such a faculty of getting the bet
ter of It when they exchanged pres
ents with anyone that the expression.
Beware of the Greeks bearing giftsi"
btCdlllt II was pH ~
mas day when all the Greeks we're
showing what they had gotten and
were laughing about it that Diog-
enes. who made n practice of critics.
| ing the national faults In some anus
I ing way. set out on his famous search
/ for an honest man The Persians one
, time resorted to arms in an effort
to get their presents back. but they
were badly defeated at the battle of
Marathon. and no serious attempt to
get presents back has ever been made
from that time to this.
The colt viii burrow In the stack,
and the festive colt will arch his back
and gambol at a fearful gait to make
+ his ichor circulate The bear will
1 slumber in his bed and dream that
Roosevelt is dead. and the Winter
night will worry through with the
wolf ki-yi-ing down the flue.
The wind viii 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 altitude. and butter will
cavort around two miles above the
ground.
| o happy man that has his hold
stocked up against the Winters cold.
and has no urgent need to reck how
many storms may sweep his deck.
Who has his scuppers bulging kraut
and all things ship-shape in and out.
and all the products OF his CLINE right
at the portfolios all the time.
o happy day that fixed our pick
upon this land and bade US stick our
newborn colors in the ground and
claim the country lying 'roundi And
cheers. moreover, one. two. three. for
freedoms aborigine. who did not
prove SO awful stout but what we all
could throw him outi
II is the place, and no mistake, for
raising provender to make, and CIV
ing freely of the least essential to a
Christmas feast. A bug or so is on
the job. and the weather frequently