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Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
Rustllng Of Leaves.

Untll few years ago Hampshire
rustlcs used 20 sit up tlll l2 o'clock
on old Christmas night. and as soon
a. they heard the leaves rustllug they
went to the nearest eomatall to watch
the animals get up and lie down on
the other side. The Idea Of watching
the animals arose from the belief that
at NJ o'clock on the uirht ~ the Na.
tivty oxen kuelt iu their stalls la honor
81 the event that the rusillug of the
leaves refcrs 81 the tradition that
thorn trees blossom az midnight 20
commemorate fhr SaylouF's birth
Cornish falk bsiiuye that sheep turn
"a the east aud hoN their beads GA
oid Chtiaimaa nlshi in memofg af the
sheep belonging % fhe Shepherds a.
urthIeheW. and in Yurh hlru bees
bonn in thrlr hlfea au tha same oeea
s.ua
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
Decorations In Middle Ages.

They did their Christmas decora-
tions very thoroughly In the middle
ages. Every mans house as also
the parish churches. we're decked with
holm, ivy, bays and whatever the sea.
son OF the year Afforded 10 be green. a"
We read IA STOW. but he omits 20 men
tlon that decking with eyergreens In
the month OF December. liko most OF
the details Of our Christmas festlyi-
ties. was heather in origin Il orig
mated. for all that. IN y very poetic
idea. Tor tho Druids dld h So that
the woodland spirits might have a
warm place Ia whieh TO take shelter
until tho spring came round again
and the trees out of doors once more
bad leaves of their uxn.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
ChrIstmas omsna

Happy aud prosperous all 10 ths
babe born st Christmas hong lived ana
aaHpy he allde ihal N married thea.
sul lt h Frf Wesy taf Chualmaa to
IaH uu Nlnda5 g. I# aaai iu aIfa
sun 0f many hiHda at lht season
.Hf 'si aa GNH.saIi.. le ahe fhe masf
fIts hanHed toHau H tHe aarll.
afeH aE $3.50 aaaI aahes of SAT- BE-
ala traahlaat sH laH.almaa momIuH
t tItatf NAIiafmaa HeaHa aUEht
SOS 4.sE sHt may tbH CaHatH - -
Hf tFIahf t .aanl
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
THE CALL OF CHRISTMAS
Inspiration of Time Should Bring Us
Deeper Sense of Personal Re-
sponsibllity.

II is Christmas time, and at this
moment the call f5 to lift up our
hearts and welcome the Light of the
World, to rest for while in the glory
of that light; not, indeed, forgetting
the lessons he would have us learn,
nor those great servants of his who
taught us to know and love and work,
and have passed away; but In thank
fulness and alteration seeking to learn
more and more how he would have
us serve him. The inspiration of this
blessed time should bring us deeper
sense of personal responsibility, and
Of our duty to our neighbor in regard
to questions touching the general well
fare; and, beyond all, deeper faith
that faith by which mountains can be
removed-and truer love, a devotion
that can bear even the reproach of the
cross, If permission may but be grant
ed to share in bearing a part of that
burden.
The advent of Christ makes us debt.
ors to God and man. 1t is therefore
not for us to question whether others
are kind to us, as whether there Is
love, gentleness. meekness, sympathy
and helpfulness in our own lives, or
not. With this spirit of the season
reflected and perpetuated in the life,
Christmas giving will resolve itself
into Christ-hke giving every day from
Christmastlde to Christmastide of ev-
cry year of grace. Christ came not to
be ministered unto, but to minister, to
suffer, and to die for others, even his
enemies. Rising far above the lower
aim of getting and gaining solely for
self. the grateful heart will ask:
What can l give to my Redeemer
who gave himself for me, and what
can / do for others, for his sake, and
the gospel's?" That is the reincarna-
tion of the Christ spirit. and exalts
him who said: And I, II be lifted up,
will draw all men unto me-"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
OLD STORIES OF CHRISTMAS
Beauty That Keep Them Al
ways New.

There are some so-called "old sto-
ries" that are really not old, for they
have an interest, a freshness and a
beauty that keep them always new.
OF such are the story of Christmas
and all the legends and tales that be-
long to the great festival.
There Is a legend in Germany that
when Eve plucked the fatal apple the
leaves of the tree Immediately shriv-
eled into needle points and its bright
green turned dark. The nature of
the tree changed and 1t became an
evergreen, in all seasons preaching
the story of mans fall through that
first act of disobedience. Only on
Christmas does 1t bloom brightly with
lights and become beautiful with love
gifts. The curse Is turned into a
blessing by the coming of the Christ
child, and thus we have our Christmas
tree.
The visits of St. Nicholas to the
homes of the people on Christmas eve
as an annual custom grew out of a
festival in honor of Hertha, a Morse
goddess. At this festival the house
was decorated with evergreens and an
altar of stone was set up at the end
of the hall, where the family assem-
bled. From Hertha's stone we get our
word "hearthstone." On the stones
so set up were heaped fir branches.
which were set afire and through the
smoke and flame Hertha was supposed
to descend and influence the direction
of the flames, from which were pre-
dicted the fortunes of those present.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
SHEPHERDS WATCH AT NIGHT
RefutatIon of Contention That They
Could Not Have Watched on
December Night.

Some historians contend that the
shepherds could not have watched By
night on the Bethlehem plains in De-
cember, IL being a period Of great in-
clemency. In answer to this a we'll
known student says: Bethlehem Is
not cold region. The mercury usu-
ally stands all the month OF Decem-
Der at 46 degrees. Corn is sown dur
ing this time, and grass and herbs
spring up after the rains. so that the
Arabs drive their flocks down from
the mountains into the plains. The
most delicate never make fires till
about the end of November. and some
pass the whole winter without them.
From these facts | think II is estab-
lished without doubt that our Saviour
was born on the 25th OF December.
the day which the church throughout
the world has united 10 celebrate In
honor of Christ's coming I'm the flesh"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

Still held, not only refrain from dis
countenancing practices which the
holy church regards as heretical on
account of their origin, but even en-
joins the due observance on the peo-
pie. Wherever possible, details OF
these customs have been modified
with view of bringing them into as
close obedience as possible with the
instructions of the Vatican.
One of the easiest tasks in this re-
spect was the encouragement of the
old custom Of ceasing work for IL
days after Christmas and postponing
the discussion of all differences and
legal disputes for the same period.
Among the "seasonable customs and
beliefs" which have for the most part
ben dying out, If they are not already
dead in many parts of the country, are
the following:
Christmas eve being dedicated to
Adam and Eve, boys born on that day
were christened Adam, and girls Eve.
Fortune telling on Christmas day
was INDUCED in: at Brussels, for ex-
ample, the burghers assembled around
the fire and roasted chestnuts, listen
ing to their fortunes meanwhile At
Spa, handful of salt was cast upon
the table by the host; If 1t melted
there would be a death in the family
or else a wet year in the country,
though II the salt remained hard a
guest would die, If. by chance, one of
the lights went out at the critical mo-
ment
Among the metal workers of the
province of Hainaut molten lead was
plunged into water. and the figures
produced by the operation were sup
posed to represent incidents in the
life of the "plunger"
In the Ardennes, the weather for the
coming year was determined by plac-
ing lighted candles In walnut shells,
which were allowed to float on a ba-
sin of water II the candles went
out the year would be bad one.
agriculturally speaking; II the remain
ed alight until the end 1t would be
good year.
Nuts thrown on the fire by lovers
foretold Joy II they burned with a
sputtering; sorrow. II there was any
noise.
According to an existing belief.
everything living changes It's position
at the hour of midnight on Christmas
day. Everything sown In the fields
that day Is bound to bear fruit-even
though 1t be sown on the snow It.
self.
While It is considered unlucky 20
spin fax on Christmas day. a shirt
made from fax on that night is good
for many ills" Christmas day eggs
always produce fine chicks. farm
er could ensure good crops from his
fruit trees by striking them with an
ak on Christmas day. always provided
that nobody went near the trees
with spinning wheel within "a
| hours.
In the province of Antwerp the peas
ants say that "hellwagen" or char
| lot OF blood Is driven through the sky
at full gallop on Christmas night. the
explanation being that some impious
| peasant dared 10 go out wood gather
| ing with his wagon one Christmas
| night. and that. by way OF punishment,
he is condemned TO drive through the
| sky year By year.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

that no provision had been made
for hymnbooks. The congregation
was notably poor and not in the
habit of pinching itself for the sake
of charity, so the outlook for a
supply of new books was very preca-
rious. 1t was q late summer man
a man of reputed wealth and influence
in the distant city whence he hailed
who came to the relief of the devout
clergyman.
"I'll buy hymn books for the
church." said he, "and send them down
to you-on one condition-that you let
me insert small ad. that will really
not be noticeable. It's an ad that
assure you will bring great comfort
to your flock"
The simple country divine ponder
ed the offer carefully, and finally, aft
er a vestry meeting, it was decided
that there could be(no possible sin in
accepting such an offer The donor
was man of such integrity and char
acter that the rest was assured
We'll, the books came down from
the city, 100 of them, finer than any
thing the people had dreamed of.
They were still very new at Christ
mas-in fact, had never been in use
until that day. In great pride, the
parson called out the number of the
good old favorite Christmas hymn:
"Hark. the Herald Angels Sing"
The congregation, equipped with
their new books, turned the pages rap
idly and were ready. The organ
struck up the tune that everybody
knew. And Justify sang the people,
gazed steadfastly on the written
words:
"Hark the herald angels sing,
Fakers pills are just the thing"
The parson listened, looked, brush
ed his hand over his eyes, and a mo-
ment's panic passed over the church.
But It passed Then on into another
verse they plunged:
Peace on earth and mercy mild
Two for a man. and one for child"
rang the impious words. The parson
coughed. closed his book, and the serv-
ice broke up in confusion. Every
body had forgot that the generous
hymn book man was interested in 4
patent medicine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
No Laa4Lnas

Tramp 60 little Willie. who haa
auened che doari ilaFs scr bad yer
thFlatmas dinner sea hule bogg
NHI.e $50, ae.re laal saiug 20 gat
ii uua.
IwmH IheH perhaps r HaiI
around ? esu eat soms ~ ths eatabie.
alE e..f#
liH NHIir Iss.inE uf BE- HoM
lef fHIH Hat Ealna Ia a. aHl
hin left
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
important.

Millionaire (to his daughter-"Tell
me, child that young man Who wants
10 marry you this Christmas. has he
got any money!
Mlaa luuucence-M Money. fatherg
Why, D. has just glyen ms q cluster
diamond ring studded with pearls
Alilllonulr, Yes. / kuoN. ll4s he
aHI money itftF
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

FutHsr saUuf. "a hai e. fogr teach.
or salHE Ia s.ta Eal faF Christina.
rrHff
SAMMY A Hu..IaF
Fh. .ha.H wH fhat aa ~
aebt iH.Es4H af 8 present
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
Crippled.

Reggar (piteously)-Please help a
poor cripple al this festive season.
sir
Kind old Gent thandiug him some
money! Hess me, Why. OF course.
How are .ou crippled, my poor fel
luw2
BeEEar Ipocketlng tho money!
Financially crippled. sir.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08

NHla aaa't Ike ths mau aho in'
vented aiHhlHF
Ia.b NbFt
hrlIg Cause papa says thrF gtat
rafs trrf uafh aud H s1Ha ciaus
aser .le ~ cane hFlus al tha lalusa
hHHt
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
THE FOOLS SEARCH
EPISODE IN JOSTLING THRONG
OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS.
Order for Purchase of a Fools Can
endar Brings Funny Experiences
Men, Women and Children
All Are Mad

HEY are all mad;
men, women. chill
dren, spinsters
and bachelors,
floorwalkers and
clerks, drivers
and delivery boys,
it would seem
there could be no
madder, merrier
time.
The funniest
things happen, If
one only had time
to dwell on them
and laugh over
them. but such
enjoyment is de-
MED in these
days of strain
and struggle.
In a moment of
thoughtless good
nature we prom
ised to do the
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-12-08
A CHRISTMAS HYMN
DONATION CAUSES cONSTERNA-
TioN IN CHURCH.
Little Ad Slipped Into Stately Anthem
by Charitable Summer Cottager
Breaks Up Christmas Day Serv-
Ices In Confusion.

T WAS a charita-
BILE summer cot
tager who put up
the money for q
new church at
the summer re-
sort of x, down
on the Atlantic
coast. The viii
lage parson was
grateful beyond
words. for the old
structure IL u u
been an eyesore
to the folk who
desired of all
things to attract
wealthy summer
resorters.
But when the
season was over
and the new
church was fin
ished his rever-
ence discovered
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26
CAME TO TEACH IN A NEGRO
SCHOOL, BUT DIDN'T LIKE THE JOB
From The Macon Evening News.

The refusal of Miss Millicent
Priest, of Hudson Falls, N. Y, to
accept a position of teacher of cook
ing in a negro institution in Macon
after she had come south for that eX-
press purpose is still the subject of
much discussion in local school cir
cles. although the incident took
place several weeks ago.
One morning several weeks ago
Miss Priest, q young lady OF about
20 years. pretty and seemingly we'll
educated and refined, appeared at.
the offices of the board Of education
on Mulberry street, and acted as II
in great distress. She was crying
bitterly. To one of the officials
of the board of education she told
her story. an unusual one.
She says that she applied to the
agency of the American Mission
Board in New York for a position
as teacher in one Of the schools under
it's nominal supervision, and was Of
fered place in the school at Ma
con, Ga. She was told that it was
negro institution, but that her only
intercourse with the negroes would
be in the class room, as she ana
about 20 other white teachers, in
Guiding the principal and his wife,
would be housed in a private dormi-
tory.
It was with this understanding,
Miss Priest stated, that she came
south. Upon her arrival at the school
She was shown to a room on the third
floor of the general building, and
installed therein. She declared
that the walls we're so dirty she
would not hang her clothes up, but
laid them on the bed. She stated
that the door had no lock, and that
negro male students rooms were on
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26
J0CLE SAINTS RICH HARVEST
The Destruction of Paper Money

Has Amounted to s13,OOO,OOO in
Fifty Years. Fire, Shipwrecks
and Collectors Are Largely Re-
Sponsible.
WASHINGTON, D. C.-The United
States government in so years has
accumulated $13,OOO,OOO from unre-
deemed money. A long-standing
question, namely How much do
governments make through the fail
ure of its citizens to present it's pa
per for redemption? is answered
fairly accurately for our country in
those figures. Expert matnemati-
clans in the United States have fig
ured on the problem, and the results
they have obtained by different
methods are $50 nearly identical as
to lead the layman to feel confidence
that they have hit somewhere near
the mark
Obviously the difficulties sur
rounding the statistician wishing to
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26

sweet Christian rest; day of prayer
and worship. 1t should be to every
man type of that everlasting rest
the saints enjoy in heaven.
1--WE should remember that this
holy day is a civil institution, and
is a physical and spiritual necessity,
and has a claim upon each individual
conscience.
This is a Christian land and this
a Christian state, but we have to
deplore the fact that so many of
our people have little or no regard
for our Christian Sabbath.
Your committe begs to suggest
that our people refrain from patron
izing Sunday newspapers, soda
founts, Sunday excursions and any
and all things that tend to desecrate
the holy Sabbath day.
Remember the Sabbath Day to
keep it holy"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26
KEEP SUNDAY AS DAY OF REST
Interesting Resolutions Adopted by
Woman's Missionary Society
of This District.

Oh HIS 1ttSlIlNbs
From The Americas Times-RecoFuer'
The Womans Home and Foreign
Missionary Socities, of the Amerl-
Gus district held their annual con-
ference at Richland on OCTOBER
1916, 1910, with a very large num-
Der of delegates and visitors IN at
tendance. "a
Among the ministers present lena
ing their valuable assistance were
Revs. M. B. Terrell, o. B. chester
J. E. Seals and DR.. j. P. McFerrln'
In addition to the highly satlsIac-
tory business transactions, the meet
ing was deeply spiritual and most
helpful to all present.
Among the many good things pro-
ceeding from this woman's CONFER
ence was the appointment of a COM
mittee to draw up the following reso-
lutions, with the request that all
delegate in attendance have the same
published in their local papers:
1.-THE Sabbath is of divine origin
and authority, and not simply a mere
holiday. 1t is the basis OF CHRISTIAN
civilization and progress. II had a
very important place in the lorna
ton of the Jewish nation.
Jesus declares that 1t was made
for man. He means by that that
man should regard it as a day OF
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26

the second floor, and that negro fe-
male students would sleep on the
third floor in rooms close to her
She says that only two other white
women, the principals wife and the
matron, would be in the building,
and they would sleep on the first
floor Miss Priest also stated that
she had to eat at the same table
with the negroes and even use the
same bath tub
When she realized that if she
stayed she would have to submit to
these indignities, Miss Priest says,
she went to the principal and told
him that she could not remain under
the roof any longer and would leave
at once. She applied to the parson-
age of the Mulberry street church,
but the pastor, Rev. Mr.. Wray, was
not at home at the time. She then
went to the board of education Of
fees and told the facts as related in
the foregoing.
Her story aroused the sympathy
of Superintendent c. B. Chapman,
and he communicated it to Messrs.
w. T. Anderson, C. NJ. Wiley and
Mayor Moore, a committe from the
board then at the office. Mayor
Moore furnished transportation as
far as Atlanta and he and the others
subscribed enough money to pay Miss
Priests way to Virginia, where she
had relatives, with whom she is now
staying.
Yesterday letters were received by
Superintendent Chapman and other
officials Of the board of education
office from Miss Priest and from her
guardian aunt thanking them sin
cerely for the kindness shown the
young. lady at the time of her dis
tress in this city.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26
COTTON SAMPLES COST ss5.
Government Ready to Supply Nine
Grades at Price Named.

Government Ready to Supply Nine
Grades at Price Named.
The department of agriculture
at Washington, d. c., has announc-
ed that it is prepared to supply the
nine official grades of white Ameri-
can cotton recently promulgated by
the secretary of agriculture. The
grades will be furnished for $35 a
set, the cost of their preparation, as
required by law. The sale is be-
gun in accordance with the recon-
mendation of the committee Of cot
ton experts, upon whose advice the
grades were established, that they
be issued for general use during the
crop season of 1910-11.
The official grades are elaborateIv
prepared and the integrity Of each
type is attested by full-sized photo
graph secured in the box cover and
bearing the signature of the secre-
tary and the seal of the department
of agriculture. The permanency of
the standard is to be secured by the
preservation OF twenty-five sets in
vacuum to be opened as occasion
may demand for purposes Of compar-
ison.
Numerous letters approving the Of
fetal grades have been received from
prominent American cotton interests.
prominent members Of foreign ex-
changes who have seen the types
have also expressed themselves in
terms Of high commentator.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1910-10-26

The governor says satisfactory
showing was made to him to the eff
lect th2t the prosecutions We're pure
ly political and of q partisan nature,
and he promptly pardoned the en-
tire lot Of them without bothering
to consult the prison commission.
Gov. Brown Saves the Prosecuted.
Nov the faction which brought
about the pTosecti0ns are now
criticising the governor on the
ground that he has pardoned, as they
claim, without investigation, persons
who have grossly violated the
primary election law.
The governor, while not attempt
ing to refuse his critics, has given
out brief statement in which he en-
phatically contradicts that view, stat
ing that he made careful investiga-
ton of the matter, became convinced
that the prosecutions were purely of
a partisan political nature and, in
effect, that they were without merit
He thereupon pardoned the alleged
offenders.
There is nothing else that can be
done at present, Of course, but the
two factions will continue to lie in
wait for each other until another
election.
If half of Gflmer county could
put the other half in Jail there is
little doubt but that jail space would
be at premium in Gilmer and her
neigbbOring counties.