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Morris tribune., 1911-12-15

Great Britain for the release Of Mason
and Slidell, who had been captured
| while on their way to England and
France as representatives of the con
| federacy.
In 1868 President johnson made
Christmas day memorable by issuing
proclamation granting full pardon
to every one who had taken part in the
rebellion.
Sir Isaac Newton, whose grand dis
covery of the law of gravitation re-
suited from the simple fact of his see
ing an apple fall to the ground, was
born on Christmas day, 1912.
William the Conqueror was crown
ed king of England Christmas, 1865.
Christmas night, 1776. Washington
crossed the Delaware, fought the bat
tie of Trenton the next day and defeat
ed the British.
King John Of England was born
Christmas day. 1166.
Christmas day begins in the middle
of the Pacific ocean on the one huD
dred and eightieth parallel Of latitude,
and there is where Santa Claus starts
and ends his great and only journey
Of the year.
In Russia Christmas day comes on
Jan. 6, for it's calendar is the old
style. Santa Claus in that country is
pictured and thought to be by the chill.
dren an old fellow very much like a
big bearded peasant, who flies around
with small pack on his back, his
team a span of small horses.
Bees in southern countries are be-
lieved to sing in honor of Christ's COM
ing. Reverence for the manger is
shown by the cattle. which kneel on
Christmas eve, while sheep in pastoral
regions, according to the shepherds
tales, march in procession to commem-
crate the visit of the angel herds.
i In the rural districts of England If
q cock should crow during the STILL
ness of a December night one might
hear a peasant say, "He is soaring
away the evil spirits from the Christ
mas holy day"
In Austria and parts Of northern
Germany food is prepared with great
est delicacy on Christmas eve and
placed upon tables in order that the
Virgin Mary and the angel. in passing
during the night, may not be compel
led to fast. A light is placed in a win
dow in order that the Christ child, in
traversing the streets may not fall
Countrymen in Poland assert that
upon Christmas night the heavens open
and the scene of Jacobs ladder Is re-
enacted. To the saints alone, howev
er. Is 1t visible. ..,..r.
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
What Has Happened
On Christmas Day

How many know that Christmas
90, although not as Christian fes-
tival until forty years after that date?
It was not until the fifth century that
1t was permanently celebrated on Dec.
25. Many interesting events have oc-
Cured on Christmas, and many tradi-
tions cling to that day. They make
entertaining and instructive reading
for old and young alike, so few are
jotted down here as we linger over the
'ssalnuts and wine"
uen Christmas comes on Sunday
il IS considered a most lucky day. 1t
means a good winter and an unusually
fine summer. Should a child be born
on Christmas Sunday it will be ia
vored by good fortune all its life.
Two notable coronations occurred on
Christmas day-that of Charlemagne
as emperor Of the west in the year
800 and that of William the Conquer
or at Westminster abbey in 1866.
Clovis, the first Christian king Of
France, was baptized on Christmas
day, 1876.
The pilgrims, who condemned all
church festivals, spent their first
Christmas in America working hard
all day long amid cold and stormy
weather and commenced the building
of the first house in Plymouth, 1920.
It is significant fact that no great
battles were fought on Christmas day.
They have occurred on the Oath and
the Goth Of December, but the ami
versary Of the advent Of peace on
earth has ever been observed. by ces-
sation of hostilities. A notable ex-
ception, however, is that Of the bat.
tie Of Okeechobee, Fla, in which
Zachary Taylor defeated the Indians
in 1887. .-......:. ~-: -..>
On Christmas day Of 1861 President
Lincoln and his cabinet met and de-
cided to comply with the demand Of
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15

to win the cups: Minnesota, Nortl
Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Idaho
Washington, Oregon and Alaska,
Here is partial list of the trophie:
offered:
The St. Paul Association of Com
merce will give silver trophy culs fol
the best state exhibit and for the bes
sectional exhibit.
In Minnesota the following cups arc
offered For the best half bushel Of
winter wheat; for the best ten ears
of corn; for the best bushel of pota
toes, and for the best bushel of oats
For North Dakota two prizes are
offered, a cup for the best bushel ot
wheat and another for the best halt
bushel of fax
South Dakota exhibitors will be
given cups for the best bushel OF
wheat and for the best ten ears of corn
For the best half bushel of non,
irrigated and for the best half bushel
of irrigated winter wheat some Mon
tana growers or exhibitors will re
ceive cups.
Idaho is offered cup for the best
five boxes of commercial apples
Oregon and Washington growers
will have an opportunity for friendly
competition, as a cup is offered for
the best hushel of apples grown in
either Washington or Oregon, and an,
other cup for the best sample of al.
falfa. There is cup for the best
half bushel of wheat shown from
Central Oregon, and for the best col.
lection of processed fruits from either
state.
Besides the cups offered by the AS.
sociation of Commerce, the Great
Northern railroad offers cup in each
state for the grower furnishing for
the state exhibit the best collection
of samples. The Sioux City Tribune
is offering handsome silver cup for
the best 7howing made from an acre
of alfalfa in South Dakota
Many other prizes are offered by
the Land Show and business firms Of
st. Paul anl Minneapolis, announce
ments of which have been made to the
state commissions collecting the sx-
hibits.
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
LAND SHOW WILL
Give MANY PRIZES
St. Paul Association Of Commerce
Offers Silver Trophy Cups.
BEST EXHIBITS Will WIN

Business Interests of the Twin City
and Those Interested in the Devei,
opment of the American Northwest
Contribute Prizes Worth Thousands
. of Dollars to Encourage Exhibition
of Products at Land Show In ST.
Paul December IL to %.
Exhibitors from every state at the
Northwestern Land Products Show in
st. Paul Dec. II to %, will be given
an opportunity to compete for more
than fifty valuable silver trophy cups
offered for the best displays, twenty
Of the trophies being given by the ST
Paul Association of Commerce.
This announcement was made by
the management of the Land Show
and the Association of Commerce this
week. Accompanying the announce
ment is the statement explaining how
the trophies are offered. -
"As the Land Show in st. Paul is
an enterprise given by the states of
the American Northwest, individual
competition is almost eliminated by
necessity" says the statement "The
trophies are therefore offered to the
commercial clubs, communities or
states first. Another class of prizes is
offered for the growers furnishing the
best samples to their state or sectional
exhibits. 1t is not desired that any
individual make an exhibit at the
Land Show except as the samples are
furnished those who are collecting and
preparing the state and sectional ex.
hibits. The name of the grower may
appear on each of these samples The
trophies in this class, of course, will
60 to the grower furnishing the sam.
pies, but competitors must make all
entries with those in charge of the
state or community exhibits in their
own states and not through the Land
Show management"
The offering of fifty trophies is on
par with other things about the ST.
Paul show. 1t is perhaps the largest
list of trophies ever offered by Land
Show
These states and their individual
contributors, commercial clubs and
communities will have the opportunity
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
A jolly Christmas Game.

For a rousing Christmas game pro-
vide number of large, rosy apples
and as many trifling presents. Each
boy or girl in turn is given a broad
bladed knife, with which he or she
must scoop up one piece of fruit. Bal
ancing the apple on the knife blade, he
must walk rapidly around the room.
All those who succeed in carrying the
fruit over the prescribed course are
allowed to select one of the prizes as
reward, or a peanut may be carried
on the knife blade if the stage man
ager prefers.
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15

S. Y. Gordon and his smile have not
been seen in st. Paul or at the state
capitol for a week and the wise ones
are wondering. They are keeping =
close eye on his movements.
THE COUNTY CHAIRMAN.
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15

TEE MINsTRELs PLAYED THEIR CHRIST.
MAS TUNE.
The mutual nod, the grave disguise
OF hearts with gladness brimming o'er
And some unbidden tears that rise
For names once heard and heard no
more,
Tears frightened by the serenade
For infant in the cradle laid.
Hail, ancient manners-sure defense
Where they survive Of wholesome laws
Remnants Of love whose modest sense
Thus into narrow room withdraws!
Hail. usages Of pristine mold
And We that guard them mountains old!
William Wordsworth.
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15

This is an age of big things and the
statement that it costs the great state
of Minnesota nearly $4,000 a day to
maintain it's credit probably does not
surprise you, but lest you forget it,
and in case you are interested, want
to inform you that such is fact. And
this amount is required every day in
the year. BY the month the sum to-
tails $1,363. .732.43, and for year s16,-
St;4.789.21. Weekly it sums up $314..
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
Dickens Christmas
From Works of Yuletde Author Whose
Centenary Comes In February.

Centenary Comes In February.
An angel, speaking to group or
shepherds in a field; some travellers,
with eyes uplifted, following star;
baby in a manger.
Happy. happy Christmas that can
win us back to the delusion of our
childish days; that can recall to the old
man pleasures of his youth; that can
transport the sailor and the traveller,
thousands of miles away, back to his
own freside and his quiet home.
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After dinner Caleb sung the song
about the sparkling bowl. AS I'm a
living man. hoping to keep so for
year or two, he sung it through.
b b
A merry Christmas and happy New
York to the old man, whatever he is!
He wouldn't take it from me, but he
may have it nevertheless.
But my song 1 troll out for Christmas
stout, .e
The hearty, the true and the bold.
A bumper I drain and, with might and
main,
Give three cheers for this Christmas old!
Wen usher him in with a merry din
That shall gladden. his joyous heart.
And we'll keep him up while there's bite
or sup, ~
And in fellowship good wen part -.
We're to be together all the Christ
mas long and have the merriest time
In all the world. -
He heard them give each other merry
Christmas as they parted at crossroads
and byways.
Yo no, my boys! No more work to-
night. Christmas eve, Dick! Christ
mas, Ebenezer! Let's have the shut
ters up!
Christmas was at hand In all his
bluff and hearty honesty. 1t was the
season Of hospitality, merriment and
open heartedness The old year was
like an ancient philosopher,
to call his friends around him and,
amid the sound of feasting and rev.
elry, to pass gently and calmly away.
q @ .....-
The tree was planted in the middle
of a great round table and lowered
high above their heads. 1t was bril-
liantly lighted by a multitude of little
tapers and everywhere sparkled and
with bright objects.
T.. q t
Upon your own hearth, in its quiet
sanctuary, surrounded by its gentle
Influences and associations, hear her.
her me, hear everything that speaks
the language of your hearth and home
.. ....... 3; 3 .A.r<.5 s,51Gs
~ We all come home or ought to come
home for a short holiday-the longer |
the bettef-from the great boarding |
school, where we are forever working
at our arithmetical states, to take and |
give rest
. y
Holly, mistletoe. red berries, ivy, tur-
keys, geese, game, poultry, brown
meal, pigs, sausages, oysters, pies, pld-
1ings, fruit and punch.
o y
But hark! The waits are playing.
and they break my childish sleep
What images do I associate with the
Christmas music as see them set
forth on the Christmas tree?
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And numerous indeed are the hearts
% which Christmas brings brief sea-
,on of happiness and enjoyment
How many old recollections and how
many dormant sympathies does Christ
mas time awaken!
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
The Spirit of .
Christmas

Long years ago Shakespeare put
some fascinating words into the mouth
of Hamlet words full of old legend
and tradition, as when he refers to the
"cock growing for Christmas as it
used to be called. The prince of Den
| mark says: ..r ...-
Some say that ever 'gainst that season
comes
Wherein our Saviours birth is celebrated
The bird Of dawning singeth all night
long,
And then, they say. no spirit can walk
abroad.
The nights are wholesome then no plan
cts strike,
No fairy takes nor witch hath power to
charm,
So hallowed and SO gracious is that time.
Every one feels in that subconscious
region Of himself commonly known as
the heart that the time is really hal
lowed and gracious one, but his mind
may tell him that to many the time is
not so gracious as it might be. Only
to the few perhaps has Christmas ever
been gracious, but there are newly
arisen classes who have not even at
tained unto the merriment which was
a conspicuous feature of past Christ
masses. These have never had it. and ,
even those born In more ample circum-
stances who would be expected to un-
derstand these things appear to have
lost somewhat of the art Of Christ
mastide if not altogether its essential
spirit.
"Good will toward men" is even now
not of universal application, so that
there is still ample room for the exer-
else Of hope. Christmas is the one
day in the year when the whole world
seems to feel a simultaneous longing
for what might be. One who under
stands the meaning of modern thought
has written, "All this world is heavy
with the promise of greater things.
and day will come-one day in the
unending succession of days-when
beings who are now latent in our
thoughts and hidden in our loins will
stand upon this earth as one stands
upon footstool and laugh and reach
out their hands among the stars"
i LIS lOuSluS lot Il ulSlduL luedi Is Tue
same feeling which surges over one in
the presence of splendid sea view
with wide, unknown horizons. 1t is a
feeling which will not be repressed at
the da Wn of beautiful summers day.
This spirit of hope plays a great If
not always fully recognized part In a
successful Christmas. The spirit of
Christmas is largely composed Of
hope. Hope is, in fact, one of those
fundamental motive forces In man
which help to make Christmas possi-
BILE to him, and a proper use Of this
force will do wonders with Christmas.
A conscious effort to see the sparkle
of the candles rather than the pink
grease upon the floor is another won
der worker, and the taking of delib-
crate thought for the morrow on the
part Of those who play Santa Claus to
the young fails in this case to bring
rny penalties in it's train Many have,
wished after visit to the toy fairy
lands Of Christmas:
Backward, turn backward,
o Time. in your flight!
Make me q child again
Just for tonight sss
Morris tribune., 1911-12-15
The Minstrels Played
Their Christmas une

The minstrels played their Christmas tune
Tonight beneath my cottage caves,
While smitten by lofty moon.
The encircling laurels thick with leaVes'
Gave back rich and dazzling sheen
That overpowered their natural green
How touching when at midnight sweep
Snow muff1ed winds and all is dark
To hear and sink again to sleep
Or al an earlier call to mark
BY blazing fire the still suspense
OF self complacent innocence!
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-04-01

MIR. Wade Martin of the Fifth
Ward of st. Martin parish was in
town last week aud announced pos
itively, his candidature for the Of
flee of Sheriff. MIR. Martin says
he is in the fight tc stay until the
end, that he is going to head the
Good Government movement and
has the promise of large number
of leading citizens in all the wards
of the parish. Mr.. Martin says
he will make a thorough cam
paign Of the parish aud will make
it bis business to SEQ that the laws
are executed according to LAW and
that the election be fairly held and
the votes fairly counted. We are
accustomed to so much tricks and
peculiar Interpretation of the cleo
tion laws, bulldozing aud frauds,
if we are to believe what the politi-
claus say, regarding political af-
fairs, that we c&n see that Mr..
Martin is undertaking a big job,
and for him to make a success of
it, he must thoroughly organize
his forces and have the assurance
that his hackers and followers will
display more back bone and tena-
city than those members of his
faction who were kicked out of Of
fee by Sanders the Great, contra
ry TO law, aud remained out with
out even going to law to maintain.
or at least try TO maintain their
right. as have doue the members
IN Iberia parish who were also
fired and MIR. L..C. Gauthier who
was robbed in the third ward.
Those fired members of the school
board of Iberia were reiuslated to
their position on the school board
and Sanders new commissions were
that much wasted paper aud the
same thing was the result in the
courageous and plucky fight of
Mr.. Ganlhier our present police
Juror of the third ward.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-04-01

Constipation brings many ailments in
its train and is the primary cause Of
much sickness. Keep your bowels regu-
lar madam, and you will escape many of
the ailments to which women are sub
ject. Constipation is a very simple
thing, but like many simple things, it
may lead to serious consequences. Ma
ture often needs little assistance and
when Chamberlain's Tablets are given
at the fret indication, much distress and
suffering may be avoided. Sold by all
druggists.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-04-01

L. Percy Ogden of Crowley who
was with the administration ring
left them aud made speech at
the Good Government meeting and
roasted Sanders and his admins
tration, but Sanders let out the
reasons why Mr.. Ogden is not
pleased with his administration.
Ogden was after fat job which
he wanted Sanders to give him, he
was not very particular about one
special job, but he wanted one of
several good fat jobs, which he did
not get. Well, we believe when a
politician can not a job from his
faction, it is time for him to quit,
and Ogden did the right thing.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-04-01
Never Out Of Work.

The busiest little things ever made are
DIR. Kings New Life Pills. Every pill is
a sugar coated globule If health. that
changes weakness into strength, laI-
guur into encrgy.' brain flag into mental
power; curing Constipation, Hpatache,
Chills. Dyspepsia, Malaria. Only 25c at
all druggists
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1911-04-01

Money is made by selling rath-
er than by buying Let our farm
ers have something to sell the year
round and they are independent.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-10
O'LoughIin Says
Too Many Boxmen
Veteran Umpire Declares
Twirlers Should Work
Harder

Silk O'Loughlin is the latest to come
through with a solution to the heavy
hitting in the major league this year.
says the Detroit News. Silk does not
blame the lively ball for the bat
tests which have been going on but
like some others, says 1t is the pitch
ing.
Silk thinks the clubs are carrying
too many twirlers.
Each club has six or seven men
who are working in the box, and none
of them gets enough work to keep in
condition. When a pitcher goes to the
mound there is always another warm
ing up SO that he can relieve the one
in the box If he Is hit hard. The vet
eran knows there is a corps of re-
cruits ready to work as soon as he is
hit hard and this makes it a simple
thing for them to take things easy. If
the managers would not coddle their
veterans to such an extent they would
show more Of their last seasons
fOrm,'s
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-10
Tragedies Of the Big
City Enacted Nightly
Everything Topsy-Turvy to
the Men Whose Duty
Comes in the Night Sea-
(NaM York Tim ESD

To the man who works at night
nothing is the same as to the man
who works in the daytime 1t IS a
topsy-turvy world he lives in. When
his neighbor is getting up to do his
DAYS work he has washed his hands
after doing his and is getting into
bed When ones day ends the 9TH
er begins The lychnobite awakens
with the owl and eats his breakfast
in the evening. The moon is his
sun, while the sun is his candle. His
evening paper is the one which de-
clares itself as a morning publ1ca-
ton Everything is switched around
for him.
should behold the shadows of life.
He does behold them, and they be-
come so natural that all but one in
5000 pass them without notice.
There are approximately $4,000
night workers, or lychnobites, in New
night are commons common as
the Following incidents were to the
men who told of them.
City Hall Park assumes an atti-
tude in the darkness differing vastly
from it's appearance in the daytime.
Then it is a scene of stretched out
forms. All manner Of men find re-
pose here.
"WeH, are they all here?" the po-
liceman on nightly duty in the park
was asked one morning.
He nodded. Yes. they're all here;
we can't keep 'em out because we
amt got locks or doors. And we've
got a Christian here" he added.
"What?''
He pointed to one man, sleeping in
a sitting posture. Hes got a Bible
in his picket" he explained. HE
reads it every night by the arc light
there until midnight, then he goes to
Sleep"
One day this mans body was pick
ed out of the East River. He prov
ed to have been a prominent preach
err who had fallen upon hard times.
But he had kept his Bible with him
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-06-10
SHINGLE HILL CLIMB
Eighteen Drivers VIII Com
pete in New Haven
Event Today

What will probably be the biggest
hill climb of the season is scheduled
for this afternoon at Single Hill,
West Haven. The competition is I'M
der the joint auspices of the Yale
Automobile club and the New Haven
Automobile club. Eighteen drivers are
scheduled to pilot their respective cars
in the various events.
One of the star attractions will be
David Bruce-BrOwn, winner of the
Grand Prize race at Savannah, who
scored third in the recent 500 mile race
at Indianapolis. The record for the
nine-tenths of a mile course is 81 sec
ondS flat made by Bruce Brown.
Ralph De Palma will not appear at
the Single Hill climb as he had ex-
pected to, owing to the dates conflict
ing with the Chicago meet at Haw-
thorne track, for which he had signed
having agreed to race Burman. The
following drivers and cars are enter
ed to compete in the climb.
David Bruce-Brown, Fiat: Caleb
Bragg, National and Metallurgique
Ralph Beardsley, Simplex; Walter
Jones. Amplex: Adrien Iselin. Stearns:
Jack Rutherford, National; r. E. Gill
lam, Correja: Ellsworth Smith. Ford;