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The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

Along about October when the
granaries Of the world are full TO
bursting and the cellar is so clut-
tered up with coal and preserves that
the maid cannot reach the laundry
taps without stumbling over the snow
shovel, somebody says something
about Christmas and gives father
heart disease. All summer dad" has
been wrestling with the problems Of
business-this was presidential year,
and everybody had TO have vacations
and Billby & Jones started in direct
competition and-oh, the dickens
knows what!
And now he has to face that Christ
mas thing again!
The list is a mile long and father
knows it will put crimp in his bank
account amounting almost to cramp,
but mother says II will have to be
added to, if anything, so there!
But somehow as | look at dad" |
cannot restrain from asking:
why should father be the goat?"
It wasn't so in the days when I
was dreaming of a wonderful career
In letters. Everybody worked on
Christmas presents then and father
was not called upon to settle the
Christmas bills for all the family. I
made a "corner-copia" eve don't spell
it now the way we pronounced it
them for mother. She knitted some
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

The express wagon is backed to the
grocery store entrance and the driver
assisted by the grocer's boy, begins
to unload Christmas trees. Soon the
walk is cluttered with them and the
passersby, catching the spirit of the
tree. smile at the children gathering
round. \ light snow is falling and
the green OF the spruce is inviting, to
say nothing of the reason it has come
20 town.
What a lot of Christmas trees the
grocer has ordered-and yet how few
compared to the many thousands that
grow in Christmas Tree Land, away
UP north. Up there the woods are full
of Christmas trees and the SHOWS are
so deep that snowshoes may be nee
essary. And in Christmas Tree Land
there are vast stretches of nothing but
evergreen trees and white snow-and
in the snow. if you are versed in
woodcraft, you might find the track
of a deer and innumerable trails OF
Brer Rabbit. leading away through the
greenery to the quiet, vast places.
Probably you pay 81 or more for a
Christmas tree. Up north they are
free, but the hardy men who gather
them must wade in the deep snow and
draw them many miles to the railroad
that they may be shipped to the little
boys and girls of the city.
And as you sit beside your tree,
with your heart glad and your spirits
gay, you might ponder on how that
tree got to you. You can picture the
vast snow field and the forest with the
December sun shining on it, shedding
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

in the wind, deep dimples at the cor
ners of her mouth, and the swift
flashing smile that eyes and mouth
and dimples joined in. Yet it had
been more than beauty that had held
him true through the years. There
had been a look in her eyes, a look
of abiding faith and clean, straight
honor, that he had loved and trusted,
The memory of that look had brought
him back over the sea, to find her
this Christmas and tell her that now
he could claim her.
Bob! Stolid, good old Bob. While
he had been playing globe trotter,
trying to catch the flying heels of a
madcap, wayward fortune, Bob had
stayed quietly at home and won the
girl he loved.
There in the dingy, chilly interior
of the old hack Give fought out his
battle with himself. He would be
game, he said; he would not mar
their happiness with one word OF
look. He could not go back. There
was his mother. He could not give
up seeing her merely because Fate
had given him a knockout blow, not
exactly in the solar plexus, but a
trifle to the left.
"All out" shouted the driver jovial
ly, pulling up short before the great
old mansion on the hill, with its bar
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

ed rooms, and turned quietly around
to the side door that he had had oc-
casion to use many a time before
when he had been out late larhng.
1t was unlocked, and there was no
one in sight. 1t was still early, about
$780, Probably the family was at
dinner. Yet some one was playing
softly in the long music room south Of
the library. He stood in the dimly
lighted hall listening, old memories
sweeping over him. 1t was only a
little quaint Christmas carol that Fay
had always loved. Years ago, when
she had first come to live with them,
a little forlorn kiddie, orphaned and
with no one but his father to act as
guardian, she had loved that carol,
and always sang it at holly time. He
heard her voice now and gripped his
hands as he listened.
Harlk, the herald angels sing,
Glory to the newborn King,
Peace on earth and mercy mild"
She saw his figure reflected in the
tall mirror and rose with a half
frightened cFy.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

am l in time for? l want to load up
with gifts"
Guess you'll have to. It's in your
own family. Bob finally got her."
Give turned quickly as the old sta
ton agent went chuckling toward the
express Office trundling a truck OF
baggage. He followed him, his dark
eyes keen and troubled.
Got whom. Mr.. Dunkley? l haven't
heard any news from home for weeks
I've been abroad since June, aud just
got back in time to catch the express
west for Christmas. So you see it's
all a surprise to me-"
Surprise to all the town. Never
thought Bob had the nerve to ask a
girl to marry him, let alone that
spunky little Lawrence one"
The name struck Give like a whip
lash. He called goodnight and hur.
ried over to where the old station
hack waited.
The driver called a CHEEKY Christ.
mas greeting to him, and he an
swered it, but as they swung up the
long rock hill toward the town, he
leaned back and shut his eyes and
wished he had never come back.
Not that he had any hold on her.
There had never been a formal en-
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

Jewels of light. A squirrel is floun-
dering about in the snow trying to
locate some buried nuts and blue
jay is scolding saucily from a maple
tree hard by. And then, into the
quiet comes a man. He is a sturdy
man with a wooden cap drawn closely
over his ears and nose. There are
Sits for his eyes. On his feet are
great woolen packs with rubber shoes
and his trousers are tucked inside
the packs. His coat is very odd, to
you consisting of great, bright
sweater sort of garment, buckled
closely around him. On his shoulder
he carries an ak. He begins to cut
Christmas trees and the one you
have in your home is a very pretty
one that pleases him as he hauls it
away to where his team awaits. With
many other trees your tree is put on
the sled and after a time, is hauled
to the depot where it is shipped to
your grocer.
The man who cut it was no doubt
a lumberjack and if he is like his kind
he lives in a log cabin with his wife
and children. In the olden days he
worked in the timber exclusively, but
now he farms during the summer on
a wee farm that he is clearing of
stumps. and in the winter time he
cuts wood for the lumber companies.
And his little ones always have a
Christmas tree, for Christmas trees
are free where he lives, but probably
it is not as plentifully loaded with
gifts as yours, for which you should
be very thankful.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

socks for me. l rigged up a shaving
paper outfit for pa and he gave me a
perfectly good twenty-five cent jack
knife. / made a wood box for the
neighbors wife and she sewed me a
pair of mittens. Everybody made
things in those days. For weeks be-
fore the holidays, mother worked ev-
cry night on Christmas gifts, and she
was as happy as could be doing things
for those she loved. Into the fabric
of what she was sewing, she put the
love and affection of a great heart
and all Of us did the same.
And I'll leave It to you-didnt the
things we got in the old days, the
presents we made ourselves for each
other, come nearer exemplifying the
true Christmas spirit?
OF course they did
And father did not have to dig
down in his pocket and pay for two
hundred and fifty-seyen presents, two
hundred Of which are given just be-
cause somebody else gave us some
thing and got on the confounded
list!
I'm for Christmas-but / like the
old.fashioned observance best. It isn't
observing the "peace-on-earth" spirit
to load dad" up with so much debt
that he can't crawl out in five months.
Better take to wood boxes and cornu'
copias.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

ricade OF tall pines,
heavy now with
snow. "Wish / was
in Bob Patterson'e
b o is toni g hit,
Turned on some
illumination didn't
they? And, oh,
listen to the band.
Thank you, sir.
That gives the mis-.
sus and kids at
home a little ex.
ira celebration"
Give picked up
his two suit cases
and swung up the
gravel path, hest.
tated at sight OF
4bo hriII;ap+Iv IiOhf
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

mer va ca t l o n
with me, and Bob
fell in love with
her. That's all,
Give"
"Ah?" Give
sighed and drew
her into his arms
a 6 ain. T h e y
would make it a
double wedding
just to pay him
back for the mis-
cry of the last
half hour. Yes,
they would. And
he'd go back and
punch that old
fellows b e a d
down at the sta
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

Don't, DEAR" he said, oTOkenly,
hurrying to meet her. He forgot
Bob and all he had heard, and saw
only her. 81 just got in-nobody
knows l am here yet-why, dear
dear"
She was sobbing on his shoulder,
her hands, wrenched from his grasp,
held his head against her cheek.
Give saw she was dressed in white
soft satin that crushed under his
clasp like bruised flowers; he felt
he was robbing Bob, and yet there in
the dear old room they both knew so
well, in the tender winter gloom, he
held her close, and kissed her-lips,
hair, wet eyelids-and forgot all ex'
cept the splendor of the might have
been.
"They won't miss you," she man
aged to say finally, pushing back his
face and holding it in her hands at
a safe distance. Pm 80 sorry-but
you see l was thinking of you, and
and wanting to see you so, and then
suddenly l looked, and you were here,
right here, with me-"
And too late" he added bitterly.
"Oh, no, you're not, Clive," she
flashed back earnestly. "They haven't
been married yet"
"They? Who?"
Bob and Gretchen"
Gretchen! Who the devil is
Gretchen? l beg your pardon, Fay
you don't know what I've suffered
isn't Bob going to marry your"
She looked at him for a moment
in utter shocked silence, then laugh
ed her old ringing, gay laugh that he
loved.
'T marry Bob-Bob? You silly
silly"
GO ahead. Call me what you
like. Who's this person Gretchen
anyway"
She's my cousin, Gretchen Law
renee. She came to spend her sum
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

gagement. II e
had no right to
ask a girl to mar
ry him when he
was only a young
cub just out Of
college with his
standing to win
first. But she had
known, ah, but
she had known
well where he
stood, and how
he loved her. He
could see her
now, small and
slender a t six
teen, S till in
short skirts, her
dark curls flying
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

ton for not telling him it was
Gretchen Lawrence instead Of Fay.
"Oh, Give, let me CO." she whis'
pered. They're all at dinner, ana
you know your mother"
"I know all about it," said Give,
comfortably. He raised her chin
gently and looked into the dear, true
eyes he had trusted. Fay did not
know all that lay behind that look,
how, mentally, he knelt in all humil
ity and asked for forgiveness. Yet
all he said was:
"I forgot to wish you Merry Christ
mas, dear!"
ssss55szssS 9e,
Sesia>SS'
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20
HOW, WHEN AND WHY
A SECOND ADVENT
Denver DlVlnGS on Right Track,
Says Pastor Russell,

No World Burning - Satan to 5o
Bound-Sin, Sickness and Death to
Be conquered-Man to Be Delivered.
The Power Vested In Messiah-His
Kingdom Near-How II Will Appear.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

Denver, Dec. l.
This city is stirred!
Seventeen pastors
of all denomina-
tions have been
discussing The Sec
ond Advent for a
month. Now comes
Pastor Russell tell
ing us all that
"The Earth abid-
eth forever"-that
1t will never be de-
stroyed by literal
fire. According to
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1912-12-20

WA. ]. MCDANIEL. has a fine line of
nice pieces in furniture, most appropri-
ate for Xmas presents.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08

supplemental special tax IL for the
sum Of Seven (700) Dollars. and
the said installment became and
was due and payable on the second
day Of January, A. ID. 1912, and Is
now due and unpaid.
The six remaining installments of
said supplemental special tax are
for the sum Of Seven Hundred (700)
Dollars each, and the same become
due aad parable on the second day
q January. A. d. 1918, the second
day of January. "A. d, I2Ii, ibe
seeand day of January, "A. ID. 1915,
the second day of January. A. u.
1916. the second day of January.
a. D. 1911, and the second. day OF
JaHHafg,SA. d. 1918. respectively,
and each and all OF. said seven in
paid installments hear Interest 81
the rate Of five fs> per cont per ar
mum from the 9Th day OF May. A. u.
1908. payable annually at the same
time that the said several install-
ments become due and payable, re-.
spectively
The combined amount OF the
fourth installment of said original
and supplemental special tax Is the
sum Of Eight Thousand, Three Hun
dred (8300) Dollars. s...
The combined amount OF the six
remaining installments OF the said
ORIGINAL and supplemental special
tax Is the sum Of Eight Thousand,
Three Hundred $4,000 Dollars
each fall
All persons interested are hereby
notified to call and pay the amount
assessed, at the City Treasurer and
Collectors office, at the First Bank
and Trust Company's Bank, Nos,
iO9-6l1 Ohio street. In the City OF
cairo. Illinois, within thirty (30)
DAYS from the date hereof.
Dated this Sth day of January. A.
10, 1912. n JAMES QUINN.
City Treasurer and Collector.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08
LAL ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
Special Warrant No. II.

re-. Public notice Is hereby
hat the county court of Alex
county. Illinois; has rendered
,nts Tor a special tax and for
Elemental special tax upor
" benefited by the following
ement: For the construction
ified tile pipe sewers. house
lions and inlets and bricF
les In and upon Twenty-se-
and West Twfnty-second
Twenty-tbird aud West
--third streets, VEST Twenty.
stree.. Twenty-fth and West
r-Y,fth streats, Twenty-Sixth
West Twenty-Siyth streets
-.scventh and West Twenty-
b streets. and Charles street
'ainnt street. In ths city o.
Illinois; and for the. fillinf
, and all OF said streets. ey'
Id Twenty-seventh street. will
from lot lire to lot line ant
grades Of said streets as ea
ed by ordinance; the sewci
4 Twenty-Second and Wes'
g.Second streets extendinE
manhole constructed IN ath'
lrciel avenies main sssewers 4
! torty-six tas). feet west o
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08

special tax Is for the sum of Three
Hundred t3oo) Dollars, and said In
stallment became and was due and
payable. ON the second day of JAM
uary, A. d. 1911, and has been paid.
The third fnstallment of said
special tax is for tho sum of Three
Hundred (300) Dollars, and said in
stallment became and was due and
PAYABLE on the second day of jan
ua-v. a, y. 1912. and is now due
and unpaid. 11y
The seven remaining installments
Of said special tax are for the sum OF
Three Hundred t300l Dollars each
and the same become due and nav
ahie on. fhe second dav. Of January
A. D. 1918. the second day Of jan
vary A. D. 1914, the second day OF
1cnuary. A. d. 1915. the second day
of January. A. d. 1916, the second
dav Of January. AID 1917, the sec-
|crd day cf8Janr arv, A. y. 1918, and
the second day of January. A. n
1ale. respeo lively. and each and all
nj said eight unpaid installrpents
bear interest at the rate of five t5,
rer cent rer annum from the 12th
dav Of January, A. d. 1909, payable
annually at the same time that the
said several installments become
due. and payable. respectively:
All persons interested are hereby
ratified TO call and nay the amount
as2essed, ct the City Treasurer and
ltnlertcr'q office. aat the First Bank
and Trust rompany's Bank, Nos.
fno-61 Ohio street. In the City OF
cairo, Illinois. within thirty t30)
days from the date hereof
Dated this 9Th day OF January A.
ID. 1912. JAMES QUINN,
City Treasurer and Collector.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08
JAMES QUINN
City Treasurer.


Public notice Is hereby rires 10
tho ousn n~ss and hrsl8 HIM. cs1 I'M haze.
matter described ,Snr1sta-ed In
provement Ponds issued by the s,itv
of Cairo, Illinois, n that the City
Treasurer OF said City of ca'to has
aseertatned the amount OF the anseial
assessment which has been collected
hinder assessment No. 9 OF said City
of Cairo. which is applicable to the
payment OF the nnmatured Improve
rnent Bonds issued by said City Of
Cairo OF each Of the Series herein
after described. under Ordinance No.
ITO OF said City of Cairo, adopted
December Hath, AID 1906. and ap-
proved December 5th, A. d. 1906.
for the improvement of Sixteenth
strickland Seventeenth street In said
City OF Cairo by the construction In
the said Sixteenth street and Seven
teenth street of a vitrified tile pine
sswers and iinlets and brick msnholes
and by hhing the SAID streets With
earth from lot line to lot line ard 10
EhaRgrade of sa'd streets a. now ts-s
tablished hv ordinance. under nid
Ordinance No. 10 Of said City OF
Cairo. Illinois. and that said City
Treasurer of said 9Citysof Cairo has
also selected by lot the particular
|lfnynaturen Improvement Ponds Of
each Series heresnsfterS iesrriNed
which will he paid or the 10th aaf
Of February, AID faf2, OUT of tie
amount of said special assessment
which has been collected: thstrfse
particular unmatured Improvement
Ronds which have been 30 selected
| by the said City Treasurer to be paid
and the Series to which they belong
and the number OF the improvement
Eaorld OF each Series which will be so
paid and the total number OF I'M
provernent Bonds OF all Series which
will be 80 paid are as follows:
Improvement Bond numbered 6
of Series, numbered 6, being one In
humber: sImpfovement nond umber-
ed of Series numbered 7 beirgpuG
In nnmber; II n2proveintn bond u1tu
lper8l8& oS Eer.ea aiilfberea 81 brtfg
ono in' rrtr1teri aud improvement
Hoad Numbered : 81, Seyis@ nulabesed
q. being bae In nunihtr3 'tfat tfeStor
fai nufaBertycE 'ssicE IrlnTover1e NJ
| Bor ds of allSferie$s which have been
selected to be paid ard win be paid
i'll .Hnufe8 ihAtaali Gesthe abofefs2e-
scrlbed Improvement Bonds will be
1 aaid at the Office Of the CITY Treas
urer Of said City of Cairo, at the
First Bank and Trust Companys
Rank, Nosl 60e-e11 Ohio street, in
che City OF Cairo, Illinois, on the
nth day Of Febrrary, A. r, 1913. on
I demand. and that all OF said de-
scrited improvement Bonds. andthe
Interest coupons belonging therr'o.
must be presented for payment at
i the time and place last mentioned,
and that all of said described I'M
provement Bonds, and the Interest
4 coupons belonging thereto, will cease
to. draw interest from and after said
10th day of February, A. D. 1919,
| Dated this Sth day of January, A,
D. 1919. @ 4l
JAMES QUINN
.., Ciry TreaS0rer.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08
Notice to the Owners and Holders Of
the Hereinafter Described Unma.
turcd Improvement Bonds Issued
By the CITY Of Cairo. Illinois. to
Present the Same for PAYMENT.

Public notice is hereby given to
the owners and holders OF the here
matter described unmatured I'M
proyement Bonds issued by the CITY
Of Cairo, Illinois. that the City Treas
lrer OF said City of Cairo has ascer-
tanned the amount Of the special tax
assessments which nave been collert.
ed under Assessments No. 3 of~said
City Of Cairo which is applicable to
the payment of the unmatured I'M
provement Bonds issued by said City
of Cairo of each Of the Series here
matter described, under Ordinances
Nos. So and 106 of said City OF
Cairo, adopted March 18Th. A.. d..
1906 and approved March 10th, A..
H. 1906, and adopted November
18th, A. d. 1905 and approved
November 14th, A. D, 1906, respec-
tiYely, for the improvement OF ohio
street, from the north line OF Eighth
street to the north line OF Fourteenth
street, in said City Of Cairo, by the
construction In said Ohio street,
from tha said north line OF Eighth
street to the said north line OF Four
,eenth street, Of vitrified tile pipe
sewer, house connections and brick
and by the construction
unon the said Ohio street. from the
std north fine OF Eighth street TO
1.-The said north line of Fourteenth
street, OF q vitrifed brick pavement,
brftE catch basins and under said
Ordinance No 81 OF said City OF
Cairo. and that said City Treasurer
of said City of Cairo has also selected
Sy Fot the ftartfcular unmatured
Improvement Bonds OF each Series
described which will he
| ,ald on the 10Th day OF February, y
In 1912. out of the amount OF said
ppeelal tax assessments which nave
been collected; that the particular
| unmatured Improvement BONDS
| which have been so selected by SAID
city Treasurer to be paid and the
Series to which they belong and the
number os Improvement Bonds o.
I,aob Series which val be 70 raid
Ienff.tnc total number ~ Improvement
IjtonEs OF All Series which viii. be 30
Ipail are as follows
Improvement Bond numbered I on
gtrin% numbtfed baiHE nT@ tp
| lumber. that the total number 81
llmproyement Ropds of all Series
which have been, selected to be paid
and which will be paid Is one; thai
the above described Improvement
Ij}ond win be paid at the office OF the
city Treasurer OF said City OF CAIRO
at the First Bank and Trust COM
,pany'b Bank, Nos. s0s-611 Ohio
lrtreet. In the City of Cairo, Illinois
Ion the 10th day OF February A. ~
ila12. on demand, and that SAID &c
Iscribed Improvement Bond and thf
Interest coupons belonging thereto
must be presented for payment at the
time and place last mentioned, ano
That said described improvement
Bond, and the interest coupons pc
longing thereto, will cease to draw
Interest from and after said 1Ott
llov Of February, A. d. 1872.
| nated this sth day of January \
| D. 1919. ,.,,-.. o,-,,.,,
City Treasurer
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-01-08

duo mud unpaid.
The SIX remaining nnStallmeuts
o. said special tax are for the sum
OF -Four Thousand t40Q0l Dollars
each. and the same become due and
payable on the second day OF jan
uary, A. d. 1918, the second day of
January A. n. 1914, the second day
ot Jonuary, s. n. 1918, the second
day - 'arnsry. A. n 1916 the sec
ond Gay o., J8l1uafy, a. " FSI7. ana
So second ,'ay ~ January, A.. n.
Wis, Teapect5 ~, and each and all
OF said 6eveH installments re-
pllninr r,uraid hear iaterest at the
rate Of Tvs a. rer ccrt. lter annur
from II" j2fb day Of stusls., ~ ~
1909. pGyontA apnuallw 81. tne sane
tisna tfS, HE said setcra' INSTALL
MEATS Aolome duo and payable. re-
spect!vely
All persons interested are hereby
noticed TO cell and paw the Amount
nsssassd IT the City Treasprar ard
Collectors Office. al the First BanH
Nnd Trust CompanyAs Bank, Nos,
s09-6ll Ohio street. In the city Of
Cairo. Illinois, within thirty (30)
days from the date hereof. g AZ
Dated this sth day OF January
A. d. 1912.
T JAMES QUINN,
City Treasurer and Collector,