Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1910-12-02


Six-bits a dozen. souse a bit.
And sausage even close to it
When Tom considered il, in brief,
And also how much more a thief
He would be this time than before,
Wisely passed the butchers door,
Rejoiced that self had stood the test,
And went on hoping for the best.
December is flom the Latin
decem. ten. 1t was originally the
tenth month OF the gear, but owing
to the widespread unpreparedness
for Christmas it has been showed
along from time to time, until it
C now as far back as we have
been able to get it. Caesar, who
was in the habit of making each of
his soldiers some kind of apresent,
ever suggested pushing it further
along still and having about fifteen
months in the year, but the Roman
merchants protested that it was
impossible to sell holiday goods
except in very cold weather, and
Brutus, Cassius and several other
koman business men finally stabbed
him.
The custom of giving presents
was originated by the Greeks, and
they mad such a faculty for getting
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 a Christmas
day when all the Greeks were
showing what they had gotten and
we're laughing about il that
Diogenes. who made a practice of
criticising the national faults in
some amusing 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 will 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 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 will push against the
door and our old friend Boreas will
oar 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 cav,rt
around about 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
now many storms may sweep his
deck. Who has his scuppers bulg-
ing kraut and ali things s~hip-shapc
in and out and, oil the products of
his cline right at the portfolios all
the time.
o happy day that fixed our pick
upon this land and babe us stick
our newborn colors in the ground
and claim the country lying 'roundl
And cheers moreover, one. two,
three, for freedoms aborigine.
who did moi prove so awful stout
but what we all could throw him
out!
1T is the place and no mistake.
for raising provendcr to bake. and
giving freely of the least essential
to a Christmas feast. a bug or so
is on the job, and the weather
frequently plays hob. but on the
whole and in the sum we're dog
gone happy hat We come.
On the 21st of December the sun
will cross the Tropic of Capricorn,
which will give the trusts the ball
on our five yard line. one down to
g. rney will g over on the next
play, and Mr.. Rockefeller, who is
playing grccnbacks for tn, trusts
this year, will Kick goal. The
feature of Christmas will be that
MIR. Roosevelt won't have any He
isn't taking any chances of Santa
even handing him anything
else this year.
Dur Mr.. Morgan will revert